Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hallo, > Joe Hartley hat gesagt: // Joe Hartley wrote: > >> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:18:13 -0500 >> Spencer Russell <Spencer.Russell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > When a device has "infinite rotary encoders", what sort of midi >> > message to they send? The encoders in my US428 just go from 1 to >> > 127, then cycle back to one again. >> >> They mean that there's no hard stop at either end. When you turn to >> the left and get to zero, you can continue turning to the left infinitely, >> though it won't affect the value. > > There are others that send relative data: 4 to the left, 12 to the > right or so. For example the Pocket Dial supports this > increment/decrement mode depending on the setup: > http://www.doepfer.de/pd.htm > > I *heard* that the Behringer is "broken" in this regard in that it > just stops to send data when one end is reached (that is, it stays at > 0 or 127 without wrapping around at all). I'd be glad to hear if this > is true or not, Yes, it is, and I consider this behaviour the only sensible. For me, the other dials (those that wrap) are broken, and they are a serious accessibility hassle. -- CYa, Mario
