Analogue-sequencer

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Colin f wrote:

> I'm not so sure about LED rings only though - they are kind of limited in
> the resolution they can display.

i was thinking about this last night and you're right... for note values
especially, which often tend to be composed of values spaced close
together, or a couple of octaves apart at most, an LED ring might not be
so useful. this is even more true seeing as we have the ability to set a
range for each track.

i think the only way to do this is to use a Big-Ass Display (not to be
confused with a large human being displaying their bottom, or donkey, or a
collection of pictures of bottoms, or donkeys, of varying size).

the display would have to show both upper and lower knob row positions.
ideally, it would show positions and values for all four auxes, though
that might be a bit much. anyway, i see the note row being given a fixed
amount of vertical space, with the range being displayed for each note as
a black bar or something, with a white line within the bar showing where
the actual note is. a zoom range feature could be added to display only
the track note range in that fixed vertical space...

> I was thinking of maybe 3 digits of 5x7 LED matrix next to each
> encoder/endless pot, that could show numeric and note values.
> Pricey though...

probably not as much as the BAD

> The alternative would be a PLED display for each group of 4
> pots/encoders.

that would be interesting, though there is the PCB width problem...

> Or maybe just finding a cheap way to motorise Alpha pots.

two rows of motorized faders... oh yeah! :)

bleep.
out.

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