by John Bowen » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:12 am
OK, after investigating...a couple of points:
The acceleration of the knobs is set in relation to the range of the parameter, and what I thought would be wanted. For the filter cutoff, you have 0-126 semitones, or almost 11 octaves, to sweep, so we set this to get through the values within 2 turns. Usually because you want to quickly set the cutoff to a general range. Therefore, the default is to move quickly through 5 octaves in one turn. The LFO Rate, on the other hand, is usually something that you are fine-tuning in the lower end, so even though the Rate can go to 500 Hz, you will find that normal functioning of the Rate knob gives you adjustments in 1/100th Hz increments. The function of the Shift knob (hold and adjust value) adjusts this behavior to the reverse - cutoff values move by 1/10th of an octave, while the LFO Rate moves by ones.
In the case of the cutoff, you do hear some steps, as it goes through the range in larger 'chunks' in normal operation. If you use the Shift button, you do hear the smoother transition.
When you use the Performance Knob function, these act as a +/- 100% of the programmed value, but are acting with the same setting as the normal parameter acceleration. For now, there's no way to assign the shifted acceleration value to the Performance knob. A good point, and this needs to change.
Also, I don't recall now why the smoothing on the wide range acceleration couldn't be better, but I agree it's certainly something that we should change if possible.
As for lag, I did not notice any lag when using a Performance knob attached to the filter cutoff. Perhaps you can send me a Preset showing it?
Thanks for your input - I will add to the OS work list.
john b.
OK, after investigating...a couple of points:
The acceleration of the knobs is set in relation to the range of the parameter, and what I thought would be wanted. For the filter cutoff, you have 0-126 semitones, or almost 11 octaves, to sweep, so we set this to get through the values within 2 turns. Usually because you want to quickly set the cutoff to a general range. Therefore, the default is to move quickly through 5 octaves in one turn. The LFO Rate, on the other hand, is usually something that you are fine-tuning in the lower end, so even though the Rate can go to 500 Hz, you will find that normal functioning of the Rate knob gives you adjustments in 1/100th Hz increments. The function of the Shift knob (hold and adjust value) adjusts this behavior to the reverse - cutoff values move by 1/10th of an octave, while the LFO Rate moves by ones.
In the case of the cutoff, you do hear some steps, as it goes through the range in larger 'chunks' in normal operation. If you use the Shift button, you do hear the smoother transition.
When you use the Performance Knob function, these act as a +/- 100% of the programmed value, but are acting with the same setting as the normal parameter acceleration. For now, there's no way to assign the shifted acceleration value to the Performance knob. A good point, and this needs to change.
Also, I don't recall now why the smoothing on the wide range acceleration couldn't be better, but I agree it's certainly something that we should change if possible.
As for lag, I did not notice any lag when using a Performance knob attached to the filter cutoff. Perhaps you can send me a Preset showing it?
Thanks for your input - I will add to the OS work list.
john b.