Re: Faderport: more options ?

Jörn Nettingsmeier <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.ardour.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 01/10/2018 05:46 AM, Robin Gareus wrote:
> On 01/10/2018 02:58 AM, jonetsu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Would it be possible to offer more options for Faderport actions for
>> Shift- and Long Press- Trns and Footswitch ?  Like offering to whole
>> gamut as in user ?
>>
> 
> Keep in mind that this may make for a less than ideal user-interface.
> There's only so much you can get out of a single fader and a few buttons
> while keeping the UI ergonomic.
> 
> Perhaps you could re-assign one button to function as "Link", alike the
> Faderport8 and Faderport16 control-link mode.
> ie. make the rotary encoder (or fader) control the the currently focused
> (mouse over) element in the GUI. That also works for plugin-controls or
> any automatable.

I guess the usecase is this:

99.99% use the faderport as intended.
0.01% hey, now I would really like to be able to just make this fader 
"MIDI-learn" and write out automation for <obscure-plugin-parameter>.

So no fundamental usability change, just "pause original function, do 
something special", then "switch back".


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