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THE INTRANCER · Post by **THE INTRANCER** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 7:46 pm

Most DAWs of some sort or another have always had some sort of knobs about them. What knobs have stood out for you to be the most useful, intelligent - well-designed and aesthetically pleasing for you among the DAWs out there over the years?
What makes a good knob?

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:00 pm

ive always liked the knobs in FL Studio. A good knob to me is something like this (that big metal knob):

Propellerhands · Post by **Propellerhands** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:14 pm

Easy on the eyes, easy to find, no special FX and no stupid colours, accurate, and without overly trying to look like "analog" counter-parts (Arturia etc, hello!).

Best knobs: Ableton, Serum VST, Reason.

eerie_audio · Post by **eerie_audio** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:21 pm

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:46 pm

For me MuLab wins in this category with it's snazzy built in knob designer.

THE INTRANCER · Post by **THE INTRANCER** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:37 am

pekbro wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:46 pm For me MuLab wins in this category with it's snazzy built in knob designer.

I didn't know it had one, does it export .png files ?

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:49 am

THE INTRANCER wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:37 am
pekbro wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:46 pm For me MuLab wins in this category with it's snazzy built in knob designer.
I didn't know it had one, does it export .png files ?

It's new in MuLab 9 I believe and still in need of more features (color for instance). It's basically a lite clone of the gK2000 knobman (or whatever). It's only for the DAW, it doesn't export knobs. Better off using knobman for that. Still, it's a cool thing, more DAWs should follow suit imo.

jinotsuh · Post by **jinotsuh** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:16 am

eerie_audio wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:21 pm

I was dying to go down one of those directions, even had it typed up.

syntonica · Post by **syntonica** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:43 am

Knobs are utilitarian. They don't need to be skeuomorphic or "beautiful". They just need to sit there quietly and do their job well when asked. Same as menus, buttons, sliders, pickers, or any other widget.

trusampler · Post by **trusampler** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:06 am

I don't really care , as long as they're able to map to Midi CC's, I'm going to assign them to a controller anyways. As much as I don't have to look at a plugin, the better.

rlared · Post by **rlared** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:11 am

The knobs in Dune 3, especially filter cutoff.

THE INTRANCER · Post by **THE INTRANCER** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:34 pm

rlared wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:11 am The knobs in Dune 3, especially filter cutoff.

I made Dune 3 mostly knobless here.

rlared · Post by **rlared** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:45 pm

THE INTRANCER wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:34 pm
rlared wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:11 am The knobs in Dune 3, especially filter cutoff.
I made Dune 3 mostly knobless here.

Your skins look nice. But I love the knobs in Dune so I wouldn't want to get rid of them!

tokarev99 · Post by **tokarev99** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:06 pm

Speaking 'bout PC stuff...

Best knob...
... is always a slider...

JockMcRonan · Post by **JockMcRonan** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:17 pm

outta here

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