[sdiy] Control Interfaces (was Wakeman)

[Rainer Buchty]

> But what about granular reverb, granular FFT, VC additive synthesis
> and other weird / complex things requiring several parameters to be changed
> simultaneously ?

Wouldn't that be the case for "clever mapping" of parameters? Just like
having a "brightness" knob as opposed to fiddling with the corresponding
"raw" FM parameters?

If those simultaneous parameters have to remain a certain ratio, then this
can surely be achieved quite easily -- however, if the resulting number of
parameters is just way to big that you physically lack the ability to
control them.

Let's take four pressure-sensitive touch pads -- assuming that your body
control is good enough that you can use your feet for controlling two of
them -- and a breath controller; gives you four 3dim controllers plus
whatever you will measure through the breath controller (breath
speed/pressure, breath rhythm) or at least 7 individual controllers.

This brings you already pretty much into fields which some old Yogi
masters might be able to cope with but probably not the live musician
(who may want to keep at least the hands for actually playing the
instrument of choice anyway).

Rainer