Introducing the Rear Window blog

@trixie

I've been following this project closely since the beginning and Rave definitely starts to look very promising editor - Good work!

One feature request to consider: zooming with mousewheel could be mouse position dependant? Now zooming is always centered in wave display.

@densho

Thank you for using Rave!

In all honesty, I'm not happy about the program's zooming functionality: it's not as good as I'd like it to be. The way it works very much stems from how the soundeditor.gadget is designed, which is not my original work. For example, you cannot set a particular zoom ratio (say, 30%); instead, the gadget zooms in/out and then reports what the current ratio is. I'd like it to work differently, but then I'd have to rewrite a good deal of the gadget code.

Improving the zooming is on my to-do list, but currently I feel I'd better implement recording (planned for version 1.8) and finally write some effect plugins.

@trixie

I agree with the feedback regarding zooming and you seem to be on the same page.

That said, I think your priorities are in line with what users wants, such as recording and more effects/tools (Normalize, Noise Gate etc... effects as you wrote).

I can live with the zoom working the way it does now.

Keep up the great work!

@all

The new blog post is a bit more personal this time and less about development, but I hope you'll enjoy it.

@trixie
Don't worry, you're right and Dave is wrong.

Well, Dave is actually a bit of a simple person (simple means here: has a big IQ but a narrow view).
Who forgot what roots look like, never understand things as a whole.

@Trixie
Interesting read!

Of course, you can't expect that ppls from the past do have same sensitive connection with something with which you and we have. It's all just different for everyone.

But to add, the man who didn't solve main man's instincts and didn't have a lifes to which he has responsibility (i mean childs and wifes), will of course didn't consider any kind of other interest to be worth enough.

It's your own victory to have a part of live where you can allow yourself be a happy child while still being a 45-year-old man :) Many ppls only wish about.

Dave and co often end up alone over TV with a beer. And it's also often happens that the ppls from childhood are totally different from what they are after 20 years. I have seen many of my friends changed that much to the "bad" side :)

The hobby and ability to spend time on, thinking about past, present, about everything and have "analize of", it's the prize of the ppls who are sort their own lives. Think about those millioners collecting cars, and what such "Daves" will say them when they will start talking about some car from 1890. Or about anyone else having an interesting hobby, which many of ppls can't understand or allow.

Probably the only reason why you take it all seriously, because it was a man from childhood. I also didn't like to see what happens with the ppls from childhood. They often ends bad, sadly.

@trixie
Leave "Dave" in the past. It sounds like he lack passion for anything.
A life without passion is a pretty empty life.

I know well the expericence of looking back in life on experiences that you had a passion for and then you come to find out the person you were sharing those experiences with were really passionate about it. While it's dissappointing, it doesn't take away the feeling you experienced during that time.

Look towards those who share the passions you do now and enjoy your experience in the here and now. Know that there are others, such as myself, that use and enjoy the projects that are born of your passion. Most of use here share your passion and enjoy the experiances it brings. As long as you enjoy what you do, then it doesn't really matter what other people think. Keep the passion.

@trixie

I agree with others here, don't let his view on things weigh you down.

It sounds like he has been so busy making a living and a life for himself doing whatever he was (self-?)educated to do, that he never really got time to find out how to enjoy "playing" and experimenting, either with the tools of his daily work or for that matter some completely different hobby.

It's something that I have seen happen to some people who make computers and programming their carreer. Maybe in the beginning it fascinates you enough that it can fill not only your working hours, but also your spare time. And then the road to total nerddom is paved and polished.

Then again, databases *are* fascinating ... I spent the last couple of decades of my career getting deeper and deeper into them . But I was lucky enough to have a life as well - and my Amiga interest.

Thanks for an excellent post with lots of food for thought.

Best regards,

Niels

@trixie

It's unfortunate, but I think alot of people think like Dave - retro computing is still fair niche, and not everyone wants to relive the good old days.

My own first programming came from the Atari 130XE manual. Great days.

@daveyw
Its not only about retro computing, that can be anything which is hobby and not mainstream and not popular. Just some have no interest in things interest you. I dont understand for example art collectors, but this is their hobby which they can allow and have interest in. The better your life are, the more interests (which not everyone will understand) you have. All in all there are reassons why we share our amiga and os4 interest between us here, and not on bike's show where everyone will give a dim about os4 and claim it worse than stone age :)

Dave sucks

Depends how you look at it. Which would you rather use daily? An old Skoda Octavia from the 1960's or a modern Octavia from this century? If all you care about is functionality and comfortability then old machines are obsolete and not relevant any more. Even though they had their times, they are just junk today. But some people still enjoy keeping them working and have fun using them (not daily as that might be impractical just as a hobby) and maybe also have nostalgy for the times they were in daily use and modern. Dave might just be very rational thinking. not caring about anything alse then practicability but that does not mean others who value ideals and nostalgy more cannot have fun using machines that aren't main stream or relevant today. Unfortunately AmigaOS is not viable as a daily use system today, it lacks memory protection, 64 bit and support for most common platforms today but as a hobby and nostalgy it can have a place. You can be stuck in the past, live only for today or try to make the future, it's up to everybody to decide what they like to do.

@all

Thanks for reading, everybody!

@all

The new post on the Rear Window blog sheds some light on the development of version 1.7, which has just been released on OS4depot.

Enjoy reading & the new version! And as usual - if you'd like to support my OS4 activities, feel free to buy me a coffee or use the PayPal donation button on my blog site. Thank you!

Top quality! Both app and blog posts

@trixie

Great read. Yep, 2023 was a horrible year...

Would love to see your file requestor with preview function expanded to include images and maybe video and rolled out across the OS.

@trixieQuote:
Your friend is a remarkably unsentimental person. This reminds me of something a history teacher once told us: the past is not behind us, we are standing on it.

@trixie

nice update man!!!
BTW your sndreq.class would be an awesome newreq.class (asl replacement),.

@ trixie

thanks for the update Dave sounds like an introvert and a boring one to boot


@BSzili

wells said words you're old history teacher quoted.

@all

Thank you for your feedback, and I especially thank those of you who have sent a donation. Your generous support is really appreciated! I don't think I'll spill too many beans when I say that I have already started working on version 1.8, which should finally support recording. Cross your fingers!

@BSzili, @328gts

Yes, seeing how my friend has changed was disappointing. There's a certain grudge in him that I think stems from the fact that he hasn't been able to turn his life into something meaningful. But then again, he gave me a topic for my blog, so...