On Thu, 30 Oct 2014, david wrote:
> saw this design and first thing I thought of was using it to make music.
>
> http://www.wired.com/2014/10/sliders-knobs-dials-give-tablet-physical-interface/
The designer thought it would be good for music too. One has to look at
gains VS losses. All that is gained is tactile touch. What is lost is
visual feedback, that is with so little realestate one would want to be
able to switch banks and the faders would not work with that. The knobs
could, but the visual refference of seeing where the new bank settings
were would be lost. Changing configuration takes way too much time for
stage use and even in the studio it would be frustrating. For mere tactile
feel... that is knowing that your finger is in a certain place, a clear
template with slots would work better, though I do not know if it would be
better enough than a blank touch screen to make it worth while. Certainly
it would be cheaper though. It also makes the device a one application
device. For example running both a recorder and a remote mixer could not
be done. A "clip-board" with a smart phone and a small midi controller
might work better.
There are some things where visual feedback would be very nice. A touchpad
can be a wonderful tool for some of these things. Limiting it by covering
it's screen just doesn't make sense unless you have more than one
screen... and then a dedicated midi controller wins anyway.
My 2 cents...
-- Len Ovens www.ovenwerks.net _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Sat Nov 1 00:15:03 2014
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