Are there any control updates planned?
Posted: 07 Feb 2008 17:21
This might seem like a strange question. What the heck do I mean by "control updates"?
Well, right now, the way that the "controls" are implemented are somewhat primitive and limit synth design and sound design options. The controls I am talking about are the controls found on the patch selector. Currently there is no way to limit the range of assigned controls and the knobs aren't big enough to give inspiring names such as:
Slow---Fast
Death <-> Life
Calm - Heavy
These names don't reflect what parameters are actually being changed. They are creative names that reflect a combination of parameters that one may assign to one control. These long names are impossible to use and on top of that, assigning multiple controls to a single knob is usually not a good idea because you can't limit the ranges. I think professional synth patchers would really be inspired by these features as it lets them create a way for end users to control their patches exactly the way they intended.
Implementing these features would require a bit of thinking and development time (I assume). What are your thoughts, Kasper?
Well, right now, the way that the "controls" are implemented are somewhat primitive and limit synth design and sound design options. The controls I am talking about are the controls found on the patch selector. Currently there is no way to limit the range of assigned controls and the knobs aren't big enough to give inspiring names such as:
Slow---Fast
Death <-> Life
Calm - Heavy
These names don't reflect what parameters are actually being changed. They are creative names that reflect a combination of parameters that one may assign to one control. These long names are impossible to use and on top of that, assigning multiple controls to a single knob is usually not a good idea because you can't limit the ranges. I think professional synth patchers would really be inspired by these features as it lets them create a way for end users to control their patches exactly the way they intended.
Implementing these features would require a bit of thinking and development time (I assume). What are your thoughts, Kasper?