1 Mar
2005
1 Mar
'05
5:42 p.m.
Frank Barknecht wrote:
Why have an endless knob at all if it has ends and
thus is not an
endless knob? You could just as well use the standard knobs which
stop physically at both ends or use a slider.
A real rotary pot (or slider for that matter) cannot be synchronised to
software automation without the addition of motors - which costs £££.
A rotary encoder (such as is mass produced for CE equipment) is
comparatively cheap: with the addition of software such a rotary
encoder can synchronise to an external device (in this case PD or a DAW)
without the need to adjust the physical fader/knob position.
If you wanted to use sliders/knobs with end-stops, you'd need a
procedure in which the user wiggles the control until it matches the
external device or (as I have seen) coloured lights to tell you how to
move the control to achive synchronisation. Some manufacturers have
decided that this isn't a nice interface.
HTH
Rob