AJ Kerezy
Description:
Add a configurable
“New-State Feedback”
system that makes UI elements
light up / flash / glow
when a target
state changes
(e.g., Armed→Recording, Empty→Has Audio, Mute→Unmute), with per-widget rules for
when
,
how
, and
how long
the feedback appears—optionally synced to bars/beats.
Problem:
On dense canvases it’s easy to miss that something actually changed—especially when actions fire quantized or off-screen. Users need a fast, unambiguous
visual confirmation
(brief highlight, pulse, LED) that a control or clip
entered the intended state
without adding extra widgets or staring at tiny labels.
Proposed Solution:
  • Triggers (per widget/clip/mixer item):
-
On State Enter/Exit/Change
(e.g.,
recording
,
overdub
,
playing
,
muted
,
hasContent
,
armed
,
queued
).
-
Threshold Crossings
(e.g., send > 0%, level > −6 dB).
-
Event Hooks:
Follow Action finished, Scene load, Export complete, MIDI/OSC message received.
-
Quantize Start
(None/Beat/Bar/Loop; late-press guard aware).
  • Feedback Styles:
-
Flash
(one-shot),
Pulse
(N repeats),
Glow
(decay),
Steady LED
(while in state).
- Controls:
color
,
intensity/opacity
,
duration
(ms/beats),
decay curve
(linear/S-curve),
outline vs. fill
,
icon blink
.
-
Epilepsy-safe
option (limit frequency/contrast; respect “reduce motion”).
  • Scope & Targeting:
- Apply to
Buttons, Radios, Dials/Faders, Clips, Mixer Strips
, and
Text
(underline or background blink).
-
Cross-page relay
: optionally mirror a remote state to a local indicator.
-
Priority
system to avoid multiple styles clashing; last-writer-wins or queue.
  • Programming & QoL:
- Inspector
Feedback tab
with presets (e.g.,
Record Confirm
,
Clip Armed
,
FX Toggled
).
-
Actions/Variables
to trigger or query feedback:
Show Feedback (style, color, dur)
; vars
widget.state
,
clip.hasContent
,
feedback.active
.
-
Theme-aware
palette with auto-contrast; dark-stage brightness cap.
  • Performance:
- GPU-friendly animations;
Performance-Safe
mode throttles repetition; zero impact on audio thread.
- Fully undoable; per-project/page defaults.
Benefits:
  • Immediate, unmistakable
    confirmation
    that an action landed.
  • Fewer mistakes on stage; eyes off the screen sooner.
  • Cleaner canvases—no extra “OK” lamps or duplicate widgets needed.
  • Consistent, theme-aware signals across pages and projects.
Examples:
  • Record
    button does a
    white flash (200 ms, Bar-quantized)
    when recording actually begins; a
    steady red LED
    persists while recording.
  • A
    Clip
    tile
    pulses green
    once when it transitions from
    Empty → Has Audio
    after a take.
  • Toggling
    FX Bypass
    briefly
    glows cyan
    on the insert tile; long glow means “bypassed.”
  • Send A
    knob emits a
    short pulse
    the first time it crosses
    >0%
    , confirming the bus is now active.
  • After a
    Follow Action
    completes, a small
    header badge
    blinks to acknowledge the chain finished.
This summary was automatically generated by GPT-5.1 Thinking on 2025-11-24.
Original Post
New State Feedback - LIGHT UP
The State Feedback mechanism is LP is complicated, confusing, time consuming and detrimental to the health of the users. Seriously....
Users need a button to light up, when it is pressed
  • REGARDLESS of anything; regardless if there is or is not a press action in the button
  • REGARDLESS of anything; regardless if something happens or doesn't happen downstream
WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIGHT UP a button via an action (or MIDI binding action) without a PhD in software, or complications, or spending an HOUR..... trying to get something to work.
MAKE IT EASY!!!