On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Simon Wise <simonzwise@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On 03/11/14 11:45, Len Ovens wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2 Nov 2014, david wrote:
>>
>
> I like feeling a real knob or slider, not the flat slick surface of a
>>> picture
>>> of a knob or slider.
>>>
>>
>> I think there is no one here who wants "touch" for controlling audio. We
>> all
>> want something we can feel that we don't have to watch. Watching while
>> moving
>> takes more concerntration leaving less for listening, but listening is
>> more
>> important. Worse (I don't know about others) the concentration used with
>> a touch
>> pad to make sure my finger is in the right place is fully on the upper
>> level of
>> my consiousness as opposed to a knob or fader that becomes an extension
>> of low
>> level muscle control for the most part.
>>
>
> it is the combination of real knobs and faders with the visual feed back
> of a touch screen for selecting and viewing things that works well ... it
> has been the basis of some very high end studio mixing systems for a while
> now. A biggish button displayed on a touchsceen requires less
> fiddling/distraction than using a mouse and cursor if you are mostly using
> your hands for the keyboard and real controls ... plus there are some types
> of control that can be done with multi-touch or pen quite nicely ...
> (certainly not knobs, faders and buttons)
>
>
> Simon
>
> Clearly the octopus is way ahead of us here but a touch screen that
dynamically changes its texture as well as its colour is totally possible,
just needs someone to figure out how to do it.
Martin
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