KVR Audio

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri May 20, 2022 3:06 am

The only time I touch my computer on stage is to load the next song and it's hard to do that without a mouse.

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Fri May 20, 2022 5:03 am

I guess you have someone who does the FOH mix. I bet she is using faders…

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri May 20, 2022 6:17 am

No, everything is mixed in the DAW, months before we ever even think about performing it. Of course, we sometimes make adjustments during soundcheck but FoH just gets stereo out and my vocal mic. Realistically, that's the only way it can work.

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Wed May 25, 2022 4:56 pm

mouse? pff. i prefer a rat!

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:07 pm

Do you prefer a mouse or controller with your DAW?

Coffee please and thank you.

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:13 pm

milk with that or do you take it black?

starise · Post by **starise** » Thu May 26, 2022 6:52 pm

I use a mouse for fast location, keystrokes for commands and my Arturia Keystation for individual track mixing and automation writing. It is difficult to substitute a fader when making fine adjustments to plugins and faders.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri May 27, 2022 12:10 am

I find the opposite to be true. No physical fader is as frictionless as my mouse or scroll wheel, although I often prefer to enter precise values from my keyboard, especially when it comes to levels in the mixer.

Halonmusic wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 4:56 pmmouse? pff. i prefer a rat!

My mouse is a R.A.T., a R.A.T. 4+.

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:02 am

BONES wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 12:10 am I find the opposite to be true. No physical fader is as frictionless as my mouse or scroll wheel, although I often prefer to enter precise values from my keyboard, especially when it comes to levels in the mixer.
Halonmusic wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 4:56 pmmouse? pff. i prefer a rat!
My mouse is a R.A.T., a R.A.T. 4+.

Noice

DJDJ · Post by **DJDJ** » Sat May 28, 2022 12:47 pm

“Do you prefer a mouse of controller with your DAW?”

These days, just a QWERTY keyboard a la Renoise for most of it. I’m trying to touch the mouse less and less when writing, but for mixing in Studio One I prefer a mouse with a good scroll wheel

Bwells · Post by **Bwells** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:41 pm

I probably use my mouse and my Nektar T4 controller equally. After getting used to the controls on the T4 there is a lot I can do quickly in Cubase and Reason but I've still got several key commands I use on the regular.

signalpath · Post by **signalpath** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:44 pm

BONES wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 12:10 am No physical fader is as frictionless as my mouse or scroll wheel, although I often prefer to enter precise values from my keyboard, especially when it comes to levels in the mixer.

Second that.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:52 am

I just had a really good idea for a new type of controller - an array of scroll wheels laid out so you can control one with each finger and click with your thumb. Your pinky finger scroll wheel could be mounted horizontrally on the side of the device so you could move it like a normal mouse and the software woudl allow you to assign each wheel to a different MIDI cc no. How cool would that be!?!

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:58 pm

BONES wrote: Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:52 am I just had a really good idea for a new type of controller - an array of scroll wheels laid out so you can control one with each finger and click with your thumb. Your pinky finger scroll wheel could be mounted horizontrally on the side of the device so you could move it like a normal mouse and the software woudl allow you to assign each wheel to a different MIDI cc no. How cool would that be!?!

That would be cool. It would require enough height for the wheels, but it would be the closest to that Penny & Giles DC16 and MM16 faderboxes some decades ago which had endless faders and was way too bulky and expensive to be a success…

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/penny-giles-dc16
https://www.matrixsynth.com/2006/05/pen ... oller.html

Trensharo · Post by **Trensharo** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:23 am

Just get a Razer Naga and Tartarus Pro, map them and call it a day.