Changes

=The Status Area=

=The Status Area=

On the top-right corner there is a small area where some useful information is displayed in real time:

On the top-right corner there is a small area where some useful information is displayed in real time:

* '''Audio peak-meter''' or '''CPU load-bar''' => 1 or 2 small horizontal bars on the top.

* '''Audio peak-meter''' or '''CPU load-bar''' => 1 or 2 small horizontal bars on the top.

!colspan="3"|Status Icons Legend

!colspan="3"|Status Icons Legend

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|<span style="color:#8080FF">'''m'''</span>

|style="padding:10px"|<span style="color:#8080FF">'''m'''</span>

|'''MIDI-IN'''

|style="padding:10px;width: 200px;|'''MIDI-IN'''

|It's shown when MIDI messages are received.

|style="padding:10px"|It's shown when MIDI messages are received.

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|<span style="color:#FF0000">{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}}</span>

|style="padding:10px"|<span style="color:#FF0000">{{#fas:exclamation-triangle}}</span>

|'''XRun'''

|style="padding:10px"|'''XRun'''

|It's shown when there are Xruns. If many, you should hear clicks and pops too. This means the CPU can't process audio fast enough and you should consider disabling some CPU-hungry option (like VNC, headphones, etc.) or reducing the complexity of your layer setup.

|style="padding:10px"|It's shown when there are Xruns. If many, you should hear clicks and pops too. This means the CPU can't process audio fast enough and you should consider disabling some CPU-hungry option (like VNC, headphones, etc.) or reducing the complexity of your layer setup.

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|<span style="color:#FF0000">{{#fas:bolt}}</span>

|style="padding:10px"|<span style="color:#FF0000">{{#fas:bolt}}</span>

|'''Under-voltage'''

|style="padding:10px"|'''Under-voltage'''

| Zynthian is working in a degraded state, with the CPU frequency capped to 600-800 MHz, trying to stabilize the system and avoid a system crash. You shouldn't see that icon and if you do so, you should consider looking for a better power source.

|style="padding:10px"|Zynthian is working in a degraded state, with the CPU frequency capped to 600-800 MHz, trying to stabilize the system and avoid a system crash. You shouldn't see that icon and if you do so, you should consider looking for a better power source.

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|<span style="color:#FF0000">{{#fas:temperature-high}}</span>

|style="padding:10px"|<span style="color:#FF0000">{{#fas:temperature-high}}</span>

|'''Over-temperature'''

|style="padding:10px"|'''Over-temperature'''

|Zynthian is working in a degraded state, with the CPU frequency capped to 600-800 MHz, trying to stabilize the system and avoid a system crash. You shouldn't see that icon and if you do so, you should improve heat dissipation (using a heat sink, etc.)

|style="padding:10px"|Zynthian is working in a degraded state, with the CPU frequency capped to 600-800 MHz, trying to stabilize the system and avoid a system crash. You shouldn't see that icon and if you do so, you should improve heat dissipation (using a heat sink, etc.)

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|<span style="color:#b00000">{{#fas:circle}}</span>

|style="padding:10px"|<span style="color:#b00000">{{#fas:circle}}</span>

|'''Recording Audio'''

|style="padding:10px"|'''Recording Audio'''

|An audio or MIDI recording is going on.

|style="padding:10px"|An audio or MIDI recording is going on.

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|<span style="color:#00b000">{{#fas:play}}</span>

|style="padding:10px"|<span style="color:#00b000">{{#fas:play}}</span>

|'''Playing Audio'''

|style="padding:10px"|'''Playing Audio'''

|An audio or MIDI track is being played.

|style="padding:10px"|An audio or MIDI track is being played.

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Alternately, the "CPU-load" bar can be enabled from webconf, replacing the Audio Peak-meter. The CPU-load bar shows the CPU usage as calculated by the Jack Audio Server:

Alternately, the "CPU-load" bar can be enabled from webconf, replacing the Audio Peak-meter. The CPU-load bar shows the CPU usage as calculated by the Jack Audio Server:

  This is a running average of the time it takes to execute a full process cycle for all clients as a percentage of the real time available per cycle determined by the buffer size and sample rate.  

  This is a running average of the time it takes to execute a full process cycle for all clients as a percentage of the real time available per cycle determined by the buffer size and sample rate.

 

=The Zynthian UI Workflow=

=The Zynthian UI Workflow=