[sdiy] Synth UI [was: Modular - sound or song]

[Seb Francis]

Tom Wiltshire wrote:
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> There are one or two useability issues remaining, or ripe for 
> improvement. One is that reading parameter values off an LCD is not as 
> instantaneous as simply grokking the position of a knob. For this 
> reason, I think the Nord-style encoder with LED ring has value, even 
> if you can't see the full parameter resolution on the ring (Often 
> there are 31 LEDs, and Nord only use 15). For a real money-no-object 
> interface, you could combine these of course. LCDs above with 
> parameter names and values in detail, encoders below with LED rings 
> for an at-a-glance sense of what the settings are without having to 
> read the LCD.

This is exactly what they've done with the mkII version of the 
controller I was talking about:
http://www.novationmusic.com/products/zero_sl_mk_ii?option=1

Seb