Comprehensive user interface (was Re: [motm] MOTM/MIDI Part #2)

The Old Crow oldcrow at oldcrows.net
Thu Nov 2 01:48:33 CET 2000


On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Aaron J. Grier wrote:

> > Can you imagine how big and expensive the DX-7 would have been if it
> > had had one control per function?
> 
> no need to imagine.  it's called the DX-1.  it cost about USD $11,000.

  A DX1 doesn't have a control or display for every parameter.  It has a
display for every attribute of one operator as well as displays for the
keyboard scaling.  There are quite a few buttons to select parameters, but
changing of values is still done with a single data slider.

Crow

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