[ddots-l] Re: native or Mackie emulation
- From: "Tim Burgess" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:32:30 +0100
You won't be as pleased as I am to get the reader out the door.
Unfortunately, earning a living eats into the available development time and
I've promised this product as a freebie to the community.
The interesting thing about doing this project is that, the more
accessibility I add, the more I find is possible using the hardware, so the
scope of the project expands.
Best wishes.
Tim Burgess
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-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bryan Smart
Sent: 13 September 2009 22:17
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: native or Mackie emulation
I'll be very happy when the Mackie Display Reader is finished. The
FW1884 is a great piece of gear, but us users aren't in such a good
position with regard to how the drivers are developed. With the software
for the Mackies, units like the ProjectMix should be as accessible as
the FW1884.
There are also many devices with Mackie support, but poor interfaces.
For example, many blind keyboard players have Motifs, and the Motifs
support a control surface mode via Mackie Control. However, the Motif
doesn't have enough buttons to select all functions for the knobs and
sliders, so the Motif uses lots of buttons as rotors that step through
several modes. For example, press the pan button once to assign the 8
knobs to control pan for 8 tracks, press it again to control the current
track plus its aux sends, and, I think, you can press it again to
control pan for the master buses. The ProjectMix does some of this, but
the Motif is overkill on this stuff. Plus, the Motif not so helpfully
remembers the last mode for a rotor, so unless you're certain what mode
you were in the last time for pan, for example, you'll accidentally
change the wrong setting.
I'm all for choices, especially since the FW1884 is becoming older, and
Tascam will undoubtedly and sadly discontinue it before too long.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of HF
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 2:15 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] native or Mackie emulation
Was wondering on this. Why is native better for the FW1884 for example?
Seems like the Mackie emulation has more support for things that the
FW1884 can't do. Like for instance, selecting pieces of audio directly
from the unit. There are already dedicated buttons for cut copy and
paste, but the actual selection must be done directly from the keyboard.
BTW if anyone hasn't realized it yet, Tascam seemed to break the arming
feature from the unit. Can't do it on three different units with the new
update.
HF
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