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I totally agree. I rarely use more than 3 peramiters at a time except when making a patch. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 24, 2007, at 12:36 PM, "Kelly Coyle" <skcoyle@gmail.com> wrote: > It could be we need different things -- how many parameters do you > tweak in performance? For me, it isn't so many: wet/dry, how extreme > the effect is (e.g., Q), how fast or slow, and maybe "tone" (or > frequency, or whatever). Add an X control for whatever is strange > about it: shape for tremolo, e.g. In fact, if you could map those four > functions to controllers I bet I could work a large number of VSTs on > the fly, especially if I got to generally set them up (via USB on my > computer) first. I'd guess that if you wanted to use more than three > or so of these boxes, you'd get the lappy. > > > > > On 8/24/07, Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think a lot of the appeal of a VST system is having a wide variety >> of plugins, most of which won't be four-knob effects along the lines >> of standard Boss pedals. >> >> Imagine a Boss pedalboard where all the pedals have no knob markings >> or names on them--not very usable. There has to be some display to >> communicate a lot of information back to the user, and I don't >> believe >> there's anything in the VST spec which would make it easy to map all >> the parameters (of wildly varying number) to a keyboard shortcut or >> whatever. >> >> I think I remember one VST rack host that looked like an Eventide >> type >> controller, with four or five softknobs and an LCD display, and I >> thought you had to use plugins which had been designed to work with >> that host so that the UI would work. Displays are pricey. >> >> TH >> >> On 8/24/07, Kelly Coyle <skcoyle@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I don't know. You can probably work your PDS 20 OK, or your "Metal >>> Zone" distortion. If the controls weren't rotary encoders, but 0-11 >>> knobs (where the knob position *was* the setting) it shouldn't be a >>> problem for at least a few knobs. Of course, if you had seven of >>> these >>> boxes, or changed the VSTs out all the time, then you might have >>> issues. I never had much of a problem with my Nord Modular if I >>> stuck >>> with the few patches I used a lot. >>> >> >> > > > -- > http://quotidianme.kellycoyle.net > http://organicguitar.kellycoyle.net >