From 9cd0af6b5124f30bf6479aa6b2afc9762d553084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 19:33:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] compact meter+fader for > 6 channel tracks

---
 gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc b/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc
index 2f4942301c..3a9f6692e1 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/gain_meter.cc
@@ -305,7 +305,15 @@ GainMeter::setup_meters (int len)
 {
 	switch (_width) {
 		case Wide:
-			hbox.set_homogeneous(true);
+			{
+				uint32_t meter_channels = 0;
+				if (_meter) {
+					meter_channels = _meter->input_streams().n_total();
+				} else if (_route) {
+					meter_channels = _route->shared_peak_meter()->input_streams().n_total();
+				}
+				hbox.set_homogeneous(meter_channels < 7 ? true : false);
+			}
 			break;
 		case Narrow:
 			hbox.set_homogeneous(false);