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-title: Calculating Feedback and Strip-types Values
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+title: OSC: Feedback and Strip-types Values
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<p><em>/set_surface</em> has two values the user needs to calculate before
use. In general these will not be calculated at run time, but
strip_types is an integer made up of bits. The easy way to
deal with this is to think of strip_types items being worth a number and
then adding all those numbers together for a value to send.
- Strip Types will determine What kind of strips will be included in
+ Strip Types will determine What kind of strips will be included in
bank. This would include: Audio, MIDI, busses, VCAs, Master, Monitor
and hidden or selected strips.
</p>
Audio Aux? say what? I am sure most people will have noticed that they
can find no <em>Aux</em> strips in the Ardour mixer. There are none.
There are buses that can be used a number of ways. From analog days,
- in OSC a bus is something that gets used as a sub mix before ending up
+ in OSC, a bus is something that gets used as a sub mix before ending up
going to Master. An auxiliary bus is used like a separate mixer and
it's output goes outside the program or computer to be used as:
a monitor mix, a back up recording, or what have you. In OSC where
to enable both buses and auxes if they would prefer.
</p>
-<h3>feedback</h3>
+<h3>feedback</h3>
<p>Feedback is an integer made up of bits. The easy way to
deal with this is to think of feedback items being worth a number and
then adding all those numbers together for a value to send.