"Normalise" button request

[njc235]

Would it be possible to code a new button into the client which would normalise all faders to 50% for example. If you join a new server with a lot of users, it can take a while to normalise all faders one by one.

[corrados]

The "New Client Level" should do the trick.

[chrisrimple]

@corrados I use New Client Level = 50% all that time, and it's great. But I think this request is for a button that would set all storedfaderlevel values in the INI (and in memory) to 50. Maybe a new menu item similar to Clear All Stored Solo Values?

[njc235]

Maybe I wasn’t clear. I understand the new client level and it is great for controlling new clients joining a room but it’s for when I join a room. Maybe a ‘group all’ would also make this more feasible.

[dingodoppelt]

If I may add a thought: In issue #599 pljones mentioned a possible "balance" slider which may solve this issue and a few others. It would effectively slide between "solo" and "mute" and everything in between which would allow for a very flexible monitoring

[corrados]

It seems that the New Client Level does not work as expected. I just tried it out with a "fresh ini file", set the New Client Level to 50 and entered a server where some others were already connected. In contrast to my expectation, all faders were on 100 % when I entered the server but they all were supposed to be at 50 %. I'll look in the code soon to find out what goes wrong there...

[lesmower]

I always thought that the new client level only addressed a client that entered after you entered a server. Pre-existing clients in a server were not affected. I may be wrong.

[corrados]

No, the intention was that it also applies to a clients when you connect to an occupied server. If the New Client Level would work as intended to, njc235 would get what we want: When he sets New Client Level to 50 and enters a server, all clients (which are not stored in the settings) will get a level of 50 automtically and njc235 must not adjust the level of each client manually.

[corrados]

I'll change the title now to reflect the new understanding of the problem.

[njc235]

I still think it would be a good idea to be able to push a button and have everyone reset to a predetermined level ready for a remix.

[corrados]

The New Client Level actually works as expected. When I did my test and I saw that it did not work was because I was connecting to a server which was older than 3.5.5. For the New Client Level to work correctly, we need a Jamulus server version >= 3.5.5.