[sdiy] Control Interfaces (was Wakeman)

[Paul Maddox]

Rainer,

> Because it's the more or less only universally assignable controller which
> we can use to reproduce a value exactly.

but why exactly?
I mean, a guitarist can always pull a string the exact same amount
everytime, he can get close..
Why must everything be so precise?

> Any "universal" multidimensional controller in term becomes almost
> unplayable -- that was my 4-touchpad w/ pressure-sensitivity example -- or
> you need to concentrate so much on the control, that playing will be more
> reduced to a very limited polyphony or even monophony.

How many polyphonic flutes do you know?
My point is, many many 'real' instruments are not polyphonic, so why the
obsession with polyphony?
Perhaps we should drop polyphony in exchange for controlability?

Paul