Crossover naming confusion/suggestion

[ozonepaul]

Hi!
When selecting crossover types in MultiBand plugins, in the crossover panel there is one option called "Disabled". I never knew what it was, so I left it alone (I always thought it's the same as choosing only one band in the "create default bands" area ). Today I played around with it and it seems to me it doesn't "disable" anything, it rather sends the full band width to each band and this "disabled" crossover type basically makes the plugin a monster parallel processor that can run the incoming signal 6x parallel (I don't have a clue who would need 6 parallel processing but it's good to know the option is there ).
Am I the only one who was confused about the naming or it would make much more sense to call this crossover type "Parallel"?
Thanks

[Held]

I don't if "parallel" would be a better name, but here's a video from Chandler that uses the disabled mode for inspiration.

[DarkStar]

"Parallel" seems good to me, especially as the Info uses that term. (And, in that mode, the X-axis should not have the 0% ... 100% scale.)

[MeldaProduction]

True... sadly, backwards compatibility, videos... it's too late I'm afraid...

[vectorwarrior]

Yeah, I agree that 'parallel' and removing the X axis scale would be a good idea. Backwards compatibility is good and everything, but this just doesn't make sense to new users... there's a point where maintaining things as they were causes a problem and I think this is just over that line.

[DarkStar]

I would agree. There are probably only a few people that have used this feature so far and I would not think that anyone would notice the change of name in the videos. Maybe a few videos will need refreshing (they use v11 ay the moment so may need an update anyway). The Info for these modes could also mention that the "Parallel" mode was originally named "Disabled".

Please give it another thought.

[ozonepaul]

True... sadly, backwards compatibility, videos... it's too late I'm afraid...

Thanks a lot for your response.
If I were you, in this case I would mainly think about future users, hardcore users most probably already know what the "Disabled" crossover is. Naming it "Parallel" would make the life of new users easier in my opinion. About the videos: it doesn't take much time to edit the videos and put a pop up on the relevant scenes in the video that says something like from version 14.18 the "disabled" crossover is renamed "parallel". That's it, I don't think any melda tutorial video needs re-narration, a pop up (text layer) in the relevant video scenes would sort this problem out.

My 2 cents

[Held]

I mean, anyone who's interested in learning about the crossover types can simply click the question mark and read the description. I don't think it would be worth the trouble and time could be better spent elsewhere.

I'm all for better documentation and naming, but this is an advanced feature where you could expect people to read the help if interested.

Edit: There's even a video series dedicated to crossovers here: https://www.meldaproduction.com/tutoria ... /multiband

[ozonepaul]

I mean, anyone who's interested in learning about the crossover types can simply click the question mark and read the description. I don't think it would be worth the trouble and time could be better spent elsewhere.

I'm all for better documentation and naming, but this is an advanced feature where you could expect people to read the help if interested.

Edit: There's even a video series dedicated to crossovers here: https://www.meldaproduction.com/tutoria ... /multiband

Normally I would 100% agree with you but here is my experience with this particular issue:
I've got the Melda Total Bundle. I'm not saying I'm a super hardcore user but I'm pretty comfortable using my Melda plugins, so I'm definitively not a Melda newbie neither (I started with the free bundle a good 6-7 years ago). It's not that I don't read the info if I feel the need (question mark; F1; Melda youtube video tutorial; search here in the Melda forum etc) but as I mentioned in my original post: I was convinced "Disabled" means Disabled. I thought it disables the selected "Band(s)" so I never touched this option. It turns out I would have used it already a couple of times if I knew it sets up any multiband Melda plugin for "parallel" processing. So I never really felt the need "learning about the crossover types", all the naming for the other types were self explanatory. Even with more esoteric crossover types like "Level", "Panorama"...when I felt a bit confused I just looked at the X axis (on the multiband meter area) and the labeling on the X axis made it pretty much obvious what I was dealing with. I never touched the "Disabled" option as I was 100% sure it will just disable the Band(s).
Than yesterday (the first time ever) I actually wanted to disable the multiband function, so I selected the "Disabled" band crossover type: surprise, surprise. What a shock : I just couldn't figure out why the hell did I get +20dB ear shattering output level rise. + I just couldn't figure out what the hell is the X axis labeling going from 0% to 100% .

Anyway, now that I do know what it does I'm fine with it. I just thought most probably other people are as confused about this naming as I was, so I created this post.
So to conclude: I do think it's worth changing to "Parallel", I think it's time well spent. Not for my benefit (because now I already know what it does ) but for the potential benefit of a lot of recent and future Melda users.

My 2 cents

[Held]

I just couldn't figure out what the hell is the X axis labeling going from 0% to 100% .

I think removing the labels is a change that could be done without breaking backwards compatibility or updating any videos, and it makes sense. So I agree on that

I guess there are different user types. I like to read documentation and help, so it never was a problem for me.

For someone who has a lot of experience with other plugins and is trying to transfer that knowledge it is problematic. So I see where you're coming from.