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I did not know a roller exists on a device. Do you have any visual feedback on the boomerang? I would like it as standalone-roller? TH> make the roller an alpha controller (spins forever in either direction) That's what I want. I would use it with my Laptop and Möbius would show the changes in the GUI. I did not think about hardware without any visual feedback. Matthias (L) TH> I certainly prefer the Boomerang's roller control to a volume pedal TH> type controller, but in a programmable situation I think that you'd TH> need some LED's or some readout to show you what the software value TH> you were controlling with the roller was currently set to. make the TH> roller an alpha controller (spins forever in either direction), and TH> you'd be set, but now you need bidirectional communcation with your TH> rack gear, a second MIDI cable (how it pains me that MIDI requires one TH> cable for send and one to receive), and some way to get your rack box TH> to send that information. TH> TravisH TH> On 1/9/06, numbernine@gmx.net <numbernine@gmx.net> wrote: >> >> I have got an idea for a MIDI foot controller, that I I've never seen >> somewhere. If it exists please tell me. >> >> I think about a roll (or roller, or barrel, don't know the precise >> english term). I put a (very simple) sketch at >> http://matthias.loibner.net/files/contRoller.jpg >> >> It should have an endless rotary encoder and send relative continuos >> controller data. >> I think it has some advanteges compared to a pedal. >> >> When you switch the function of the pedal at your hardware or in >> your software, the parameter you wish to control can have a different >> value from the position of the pedal, so you need either to adapt the >> pedal to the needed position, or as relative movement you might not >> have enough way to control what you want. >> The roller could be more subtle to change a value, when you touch it. >> With a pedal I always fear to touch it too hard or accidentely. >> >> I guess a pedal is much better for controls where your movement is >> part of the music like a whawha, but for mixing or fine-control your >> effects I can imagine a roller or a set of four coud do a better job. >> >> 1st of all: what do you think? >>
