Some words about the history:
My first idea was to make the module as narrow as possible for displaying as many channels as possible on a small screen (see left side of screenshot).
Then I enlarged the display for better readability of the VU-meter. For this I had to make the module wider (see right side of the screenshot).
So there appeared a lot of space that could be filled by placing all the elements more loosely and by doing so, giving a more relaxed look to the module.
On the other hand this space could be used to display a fader.
