On 12/24/2012 5:21 PM, geoff wrote:
Surely you don't have to move your mouse further than you'd need to move to
turn a knob on some outboard (possibly even in a rack somewhere) ? Often
multiple knob-twists can be achieve in a single click-drag. I'd call that a
UI improvement over a box with knobs.
I don't measure workflow by how many inches I move my hand.
I measure it by how long it takes me to remember what I have
to do in order to get my hands on the controls. I move my
hand from the console fader to the EQ knobs and I'm there,
and I know I'm there. So what if it's eight or ten inches?
I may only have to move the mouse an inch to get from where
it is to where I click on the place where I can plug in an
EQ, then I click on the list of plug-ins, decide which one I
want, click on that, and then when the GUI pops up, squint
to read which control is which (they're always too small)
and click-and-drag. And then maybe I decide that another EQ
would be better and I do it again
Convince me that this is better than reaching over and
turning a knob, getting it to sound as good as I can with
that knob and move on.
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