Multitrack Switch highlighting Colour logic

Damir

As you disable a track it should show closer colour scheme to a non loaded track, this beeing blue surround black inside, fully blue button should indicate track is enabled as this follows operational logic, no need to read the function description first to work out the logic is the oposite.
To us its more important to see what tracks are ON and this is normally indicated by a HIGHLIGHT,the opposite to this is when you see a track that has not bean loaded and wont play it is allways dark, so the next logic is when the track is loaded but still not active, it should be dark but having blue surround meaning it is loaded but still not active, then the next logic is solid blue meaning the track is fully highlighted and its ON AND ACTIVE, this follows all other logic on the app and all the other apps i have on the ipad.
Technically correct opperationally incorrect.
This also applies to the main selection buttons of MULTITRACK EDIT, SONG PROPERTIES and SONG EQUALIZER.

peter

There are two completely opposite approaches to this: Yamaha mixers for example have "on" buttons. These are lit when a track/channel is not muted. Basically all other manufacturers use mute buttons. These are lit when a track/channel is muted. I always found the Yamaha approach confusing and I will stick to majority of having mute buttons. But what might improve the visual representation is to color them red when active.

Damir

peter aha thats probably why i chose to buy a yamaha Tyros than a roland as it was more logically layed out and simpler to use.
Ive never bought a Roland product purely for those reasons their products were good just messy to use due to lacking in consistant logic.
Yamaha maitains consistant logic Roland is not very good at it.
My logic is simple.
The function should not need to be labeled if simple logic is used..
Qustion, what are you doing when you press something, turning it on or off.
What is a universal logic of something beeing on
It normally is highlighted like a light switch is normally lit up when you turn it on.
A audio track turned on should be lit up to indicate its on and dimmed when off, we dont need to know what and how this is done, visual feedback is very important.
The fact its a mute switch thats been enabled has no relavance to us its what we actually finally doing and what we need to see is whats important.

IF you removed the lable TRACK MUTES so people only had buttons to push i can guarantee you, you would find most people would easily work out whats going on using simple universal logic.
Most people would be confused by the logic it is using now.

All power points all around the world show you a red mark or are lit up when on.And not lit up or highlighted when off.

Thats why yamaha is doing very well i find all their products are very logical even products designed 40 years ago were well in advance in that respect.

Whats more important to you on stage whats muted or what is actually going to sound to the audiance at a few thousand watts.