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add macos ear damage warning #220
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After a request from users on the forum, here is a proposal for adding a warning for ear damage under macos downoad page, with recommendation to install the SafetyNet quark, and a link to Quarks installation instructions.
I support adding this warning. I'm not sure what's the best way to go about the quark though - installing a quark is a potentially complicated task (if git is not present; we don't handle that situation well currently, see supercollider/supercollider#3967, supercollider/supercollider#4283 and possibly other issues). I don't know if we have an alternative, but maybe others have ideas about this? |
Maybe we can ask @adcxyz to add some installation instructions to his README?
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I think it would be beginner friendlier to simply list git as a requirement (on osx it's an easy installation + there's plenty of tutorials) and describe how to install the quark through the GUI. e.g.:
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the most important thing is to have the warning and instructions out there; people can ask for more help if necessary, and we can also update the Using Quarks guide to indicate the git dependency.
thanks for this @elgiano !
Hi, added instructions as suggested: |
Great @adcxyz, thanks! You just have some little formatting things there, if you would like to make it look better:
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thanks @adcxyz ! |
After a request from users on the forum, here is a proposal for adding a warning for ear damage under macos downoad page, with recommendation to install the SafetyNet quark, and a link to Quarks installation instructions.
Forum discussion: https://scsynth.org/t/way-to-limit-maximum-output-volume
Issue with CoreAudio not clipping/limit the output range: supercollider/supercollider#4894