Re: [LAD] a case for a knob control standard?

On 28/09/10 21:17, Arnold Krille wrote: i prefer to have both available at once. i think galan does this. my need for the linear method stems from using the mouse for recorded modulation, which radial is useless for. (you need to describe a perfect circle in order to replicate the effects of a linear motion) some might argue that no one should use a mouse for this stuff, and they might be right, but i doubt they are offering to buy me a nice control surface either :) (even with such an alternative, linear mouse control is still highly convenient for experimentation and rough sketches.) some kind of reference lib could help, preferably a static lib. i hadn't thought of that. but bear in mind that most applications make use of a specific configuration back end. i would expect many developers to be loath to support more than one at once, splitting configuration options across different systems may be a deal breaker. but perhaps only so for the reference lib(s), not the underlying standard so there's no harm in it that i can see. we need input from the community to make it work though. would people consider using it? what control methods do people want/need? (a list of candidates basically) if people are sufficiently disinterested that they don't even comment then the opening question of whether it's a viable or not answers itself. cheers, pete.