Buggy behavior in Automation Editor (LMMS 0.4.15, WIN7/64)

[djxtreme]

When using Automation for enable/disable effects the Editor changes Behavior during editing. I (try to) make a track with 4/4 beat and 4 bars for my loops (i.e. 16 beats per loop). For an intro I automate a filter frequency and in the next bar I want to disable this filter completely. That's why I used an automation track to control 'enable/disable effect' - button of the filter. If I click a point in the editor, the whole Automation curve behind the clicked time is activated. Unfortunately this 'extends' my loops and after 16 'regular' steps I hear 4 steps silence (remember: All my Tracks in B&Bline editor only contain 16 steps). So I assume the Automation editor makes internally 20 Steps.
Is the (especially automation) editor behavior still buggy? How can I edit the automation curve completely 'clean'? Why don't you use two points (which coordinates can be given by values instead of a very inaccurately mouse pointer fumbling... ) to define at least a line for the automation? Especially for filter frequencies this would help, because in the moment I only see a linear frequency axis ranging from 10 Hertz to 20000 and a distance of at maximum 25 centimeters on my monitors for this range. That means, that a range of 20 Hz to 400 Hz (a common range for a cutoff in a Bassline) is represented by less than 1 centimeter (!!!) - unrealistic tiny and not really usable at all.
As I mentioned: Define a line by giving its first and last value and let the rest be calculated... and start using logarithmic frequency ranges .

[raekman]

Especially for filter frequencies this would help, because in the moment I only see a linear frequency axis ranging from 10 Hertz to 20000 and a distance of at maximum 25 centimeters on my monitors for this range. That means, that a range of 20 Hz to 400 Hz (a common range for a cutoff in a Bassline) is represented by less than 1 centimeter (!!!) - unrealistic tiny and not really usable at all.

You know you can zoom the vertical range, right? Does that help at all?
http://lmms.sourceforge.net/wiki/index. ... or_Toolbar

[djxtreme]

Thanks for the reply, raekman. For a frequency automation it helps a little bit, but it would help a lot, if I could change the zoom factor(s) more flexible (a wider range and especially not in the given large steps (25%, 50%, 100%, 200%,..., 800%). And: I found, that in some cases LMMS seem to make my loops longer, when I use automation inside them... and - what a fun - I just found a way to 'find' and remove the additional steps from a loop . But I'm sure these 'additional steps' were not made intentionally. So for the moment I simply wish LMMS will be enhanced and debugged...