Re: [LAU] 'Modular' midi controller for keyboard

From: rosea.grammostola <rosea.grammostola@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Apr 16 2013 - 11:57:09 EEST

On 03/30/2013 03:53 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
>
> On Sat, March 30, 2013 3:43 am, rosea.grammostola wrote:
>> On 03/30/2013 09:01 AM, Simon Wise wrote:
>>> On 30/03/13 05:35, rosea.grammostola wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The bcr2000 has rotary encoders with LEDS.
>>>>
>>>> The bitstream 3X does have potentiometers and it's possible to set the
>>>> 3X in
>>>> such a way that the know has to pass the value of an control in a
>>>> certain
>>>> software, before it gets 'on'.
>>>
>>> I find the need to move the knob (or a fader) to pick-up the value as
>>> above
>>> very clumsy in many circumstances ... especially when fine tuning
>>> something it is difficult to make the first small adjustment, and
>>> requires finding the target
>>> value first from the computer screen etc. Its OK if you have enough
>>> knobs so that you can control most things you want to without switching.
>>
>> The Bitstream 3X has two modes, which should prevent undesirable jumps:
>>
>> Jump mode:
>> allows the instantaneous sending of MIDI data no matter what position
>> the control is in at the time of the change.
>> This mode could provoke undesirable jumps in the values when the user
>> uses the different groups of the Bitstream 3X, the physical value of the
>> control may not correspond to the value of the same control in a new
>> group.
>>
>> Hook mode:
>> allows the user to avoid any undesirable jump in values: After any group
>> change, if the physical position of the analog control doesn’t
>> correspond to the value of the same control in the newly
>> selected group, the MIDI data is not sent while the physical position
>> and the value are different. Thus, no jump in value is obtained.
>> The LCD screen of the Bitstream 3X indicates the direction to move the
>> control to finally generate the MIDI.
>
> This has been a great thread. I think if I was using a control box as
> drawbars, I would want sliders and not worry about jump from changing
> presets. I would work in one of two modes in that case, hands off with
> persets and manual control... or throw money at it and use motors :)
>
> For most other kinds of settings, rotary encoders make the most sense...
> though for me cost wise, a touchscreen with midi over wireless is probably
> what I would do as a notepad seems less expensive than a box with knobs.
> The sensitivity can be set so that 1" of finger movement can be 10% full
> range or 100% full range (maybe even on the fly). First touch anywhere on
> the control would always be accepted as where ever the control already is
> and so long as your finger is still touching the screen it doesn't matter
> if the finger leaves the area of the control being tweaked.
>
> In my case, I am thinking in terms of a studio remote control. Being able
> to tweak input levels and start/stop transport and arm/disarm record. Ya
> the computer is in the same room, but it is in a bad place to be sitting
> in front of and performing at the same time, a bad place for mic setup and
> a bad place acoustically for sound pickup. Right now I leave 5-10 seconds
> of dead space at the beginning of a track to give me time to get from the
> computer to my performing position and that detracts from my performance.
> walk over, get guitar, don headset, put myself back in artistic mode, get
> myself back into speed of the song, etc.
>
>

Ok the Bitstream 3X is too expensive for me atm and I'm not sure enough
about what I want yet. So I did end up buying a snd hand nanokontrol v1.
Now I can compare the difference between encoders and potentiometers
first :)

Thanks all.

\r
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