The old days were easier. The faders were 100 mm long and zero was always at 3/4; 75 mm. While meters, well, not the neddle ones, had the zero always located halfway. I learnt the business on analog consoles and still keep working on them 15 to 20 days per month. I always hated the DAW's faders and meters for that. All of them. The old way you can read faders and meters in a glimpse in very dimmed light without the need of scales.
One of the features I loved most the first time I jumped into Reaper were the extensible channels. In my default and the Rado theme days I always set the faders 100 mm long. Yes, I actually measured them on the screen and set a default template like this. Then switched to Imperial, and though I love it so much, got used to it and basically I don't use anything else, I miss my 100 mm faders every day.
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