[Jay Levitt]

I'm considering buying a Yamaha DM1000 or 2000, but after working with the
console I have one big complaint: the knobs (er, rotary encoders) are way
too slow. It takes several full turns to pan left or right, or to go from
0 to infinity on an aux send, or whatever. It seems like the encoders
"skip" a lot if you turn them too fast.

Has anyone noticed this and, better, come up with a workaround? I thought
there might be a preference for "encoder acceleration speed" or some such,
but there doesn't seem to be one.

Jay Levitt

[Arny Krueger]

"Jay Levitt" wrote in message


I'm considering buying a Yamaha DM1000 or 2000,

Are people still buying these new, since the LS9 series came out?

but after
working with the console I have one big complaint: the
knobs (er, rotary encoders) are way too slow. It takes
several full turns to pan left or right, or to go from 0
to infinity on an aux send, or whatever.

I don't use the channel encoders on my 02R96 very often - I usually use the
encoder on the Data Entry and Transport portion of the control surface. It
has a finger hole, and I can spin it faster. I use my left hand to select
functions to adjust by touching knobs. I use my right hand to navigate the
LCD screen and turn the big encoder wheel.

It seems like
the encoders "skip" a lot if you turn them too fast.

I don't notice that.

Has anyone noticed this and, better, come up with a
workaround?

Just the sort of moves described above.

I thought there might be a preference for
"encoder acceleration speed" or some such, but there
doesn't seem to be one.

Never found that, but I agree that it could be useful.

[Jay Levitt]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:11:00 -0500, Arny Krueger wrote:

"Jay Levitt" wrote in message


I'm considering buying a Yamaha DM1000 or 2000,

Are people still buying these new, since the LS9 series came out?

The LS9 looks nice, but it's aimed at sound reinforcement - there's no Pro
Tools / Nuendo / Cubase / etc. control like the DM2000 has, which is a key
requirement for me.

I don't use the channel encoders on my 02R96 very often - I usually use the
encoder on the Data Entry and Transport portion of the control surface. It
has a finger hole, and I can spin it faster. I use my left hand to select
functions to adjust by touching knobs. I use my right hand to navigate the
LCD screen and turn the big encoder wheel.

Interesting. I wonder if, over time, I'll end up doing the same - but I
suspect I'll want to reserve that as a scrub wheel.

Jay