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Old 11-22-2011, 10:57 AM   #87
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A track focus section can be pretty sweet.

Does anyone actually like the method of spilling parameters across the knobs that are used for panning by default ?

Or would you prefer a single 8-knob section each with its own LCD to indicate the parameter being controlled. You'd need a banking switch and an editor to design per-plugin layouts to the controller to stay ergonomic.

Also, the Icon has a vital feature, plugin maps. If a separate control section is not in the cards, at least let people design per-plugin control maps that use the controls available on the hardware.

That said, Reaper could actually do that. The control surface plugin would just present resources and another software designer could build a tool to produce things like "Button 'Send' spills the first send on to the fader and changes the LCD to the sends name, repeated 'Send' button presses cycle through sends. Track selection reverts fader back to volume operation". That's just one example. Dreamer.

What about different-coloured backlighting to indicate different functions of buttons, encoders and even faders ? The software would handle that of course. For the Novation Dicer, the hardware handles layer switching, but in the end it's just a six-layer row of dumb buttons. The driver sends commands to light up two different colours of lights(red and/or green which mix to amber). It's probably cheaper to have the switches be completely dumb(one function) and handle the layer switching in the driver software, or the Reaper control-source utilization software which doesn't exist yet.

How about backlighting the knobs, even if it's just a hole with translucent plastic(like the Dicer) ?

Green = pan
Red = sends
Yellow = plugins

Spilling controls of one track on to all the control resources requires an indicator of which track is currently that master of the board, even with a separate plugin control section.

A track selection button that lights up(classic) ? A simple little hole with an LED behind it that lights up ?
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