[Trevor]

"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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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.

Why would he bother, you are happy with what you are used to, and don't like
change. Why you imagine everyone else should think the same is the real
mystery.

Trevor.