[sdiy] Re: Re: [sdiy] presets & patching > combining 2 replies

[Richard Wentk]

At 12:03 15/11/2004 +0100, =?iso-8859-2?Q?Roman?= wrote:

>small LCDs with touchscreen are cheap. Axcel looks cool (I drooled 
>watching Axcel video presentation), but with today's technology it may be 
>easier to use a LCD. 320x240 backlit with touchscreen can cost under 30$. 
>The rest is in the firmware, and graphic controller.
>It could then consist of 4 or 9 tiles that you zoom into by touching their 
>areas. When zoomed, it'd show, say, 12x16 matrix. If something is to be 
>connected, touch the spot on the matrix and a square appears.

Okay, that would work.

>Or better - touch, and virtual slider appears, so you could control CV for 
>VCA at this matrix point.

This wouldn't. Virtual sliders are *horrible* - try a Korg Trinity/Triton 
to see why. You don't get the resolution or the responsiveness, and it's a 
lot easier, quicker and more tactile to add a physical data entry slider.

Richard