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57sl button caps? and encoder slope adjustment?
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57sl button caps? and encoder slope adjustment?

midihendrix 6:13 PM - 3 October, 2007
Before I split hairs let me say that this mixer is really really nice.

This is sort of a weird idea...has anyone considered capping the b1-b6 buttons with some kind of rubber coating? In a way I find the keys on my ibm thinkpad to be more tactile than the 57sl buttons... Everything on the mixer has a perfect feel, from the rubber pointy eq knobs to cue slider...but the serato buttons are hard plastic. Just a thought.

P.S. Am I the only one wishes that when you turn the encoder for the frequency parameter of the filter, that you dont have to spin it around like 3 or 4 times to cover the whole frequency range? I would like it to have a similar feel to a regular knob for tweaking the cutoff...especially for house songs.

I would prefer the encoder to be more user friendly, or have a customizable slope like on a midi controller.

Thanks...
midihendrix 6:17 PM - 3 October, 2007
p.s. these are v2 buttons im talking about
nobspangle 6:57 PM - 3 October, 2007
What version of the firmware are you running?

If you upgrade to the firmware in 1.7.2 you will get this
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Filter details:
* The entire frequency range covered in one rotation of P1


I'm afraid the firmware can't do anything about the feel of your buttons.
midihendrix 9:02 AM - 4 October, 2007
thanks...i just updated. the filter frequency is much more managable though, although i must say it seems responds differently between when i turn it fast and when i turn it slow.

it would have been awesome if they designed big round mpc style pads for the b1-b6 buttons.
nobspangle 9:42 AM - 4 October, 2007
Unfortunately there seems to be a limitation in the rotary encoders, if you turn them very quickly then a lot of the clicks don't register so there is a maximum speed you can turn the encoder to get a full sweep in one turn.

On the pads subject, I can't wait for 1.8 with Midi support which will let me use my trigger finger with SSL.