On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 14:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Len Ovens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am wondering how those who like tactile feel in a fader would feel about > a sideways rotary control. I am thinking of something like the pitch or > mod. wheel on a synth. But no middle detent. Rotary encoders are great for > control surfaces, but the feel of a fader as compared to a rotary knob > makes faders easier to think with. I am thinking if I can use the same > idea with a fader feel where the control is endless, it would work well. > The box would have to be thicker of course and may be less use for stage. > The box could be made thinner by making it touch sensitive and self > centering like the pitch wheel, but I think that starts to make the > motorfader look better. The up side of the sideway encoder is that the > midi messages are just direction/number of ticks. > > My first thought was a touch strip like the old guitar style stage > keyboards, have it inside a slot so it is easy to feel without seeing it. > Moving the finger up just sends up tics and moving it down gives down > ticks, so the finger can start anywhere on the strip which will be where > the (virtual) fader is now and move from there. I would have to use a adc > and take ticks off the LSB after doing a greater or less than calc. The > encoder has this out directly. > > Also, ticks and direction happen to work well with the control board I > have on hand... the software can change that to a hard value if required > though. > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net Sounds interesting. A bit more work, but it's possible to get miniature toothed belts and pulleys. I wonder if this would give a thinner structure and a nicer feel as you would be pushing the belt up and down as your 'slider'. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
