maigre Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Hi ! I bought Rotary Encs with push button ability : you can turn it or push it. PEC11-4220K-S0024 on Mouser This is my first project, so i never play with a MidiBox yet :) I thought it would be nice to merge GP buttons with GP rotary encs. BUT then i realizes : this is not handy to mute/unmute multiple tracks at once (as i love to do with my yamaha rs7000) :pirate: . so i thought that i could keep actual GP buttons and rotary, and use the push function of the rotary encs as an alternate way to select a track (as left side buttons group & tracks do).. What do you think of that ? is it easy to implement ? if you have any clue ... Thanks a lot ! have a nice bit of year (as we say here in Southern France :ahappy: ) Best regards, Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunk Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) oh...sorry..i havent realized your post being SEQ related. Cant tell you since i dont own a SEQ (yet) Edited December 30, 2010 by phunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Hi maigre, also think of the possibility of encoder value entry acceleration (increased speed of change, no need to turn endlessly for larger changes), when it is depressed and turned which is a very very nice feature of the elektron (machinedrum etc) boxes and which is very intuitive - up to an amount, that you want to push down any encoder you encounter in real life just to "speed up things", nearly broke the car radio of my government last time ;-) TK has added support for "temporary fast" in one of the latest betas after my request - (thx again :-)). IMHO it is the best use for the push buttons of the gp encoders. Bye, Peter Edited December 30, 2010 by Hawkeye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilba Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 In my control surface PCB, I put pads for the extra pins for encoders with switches so all the switches are in parallel and on a single DIN input, so you could use them for the "temporary fast" function. However, the Re'an P401 knob (which I used) will grab the encoder bushing when you push them down, and they can get stuck down, so I haven't used them this way (yet). That could be fixed by disassembling the encoder and filing down the bushing by 1mm or so, which I will probably do when I build up my 2nd MB-SEQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Wilba, what I always wanted to know - how did you have the foresight, that "temporary fast" is coming ;-) ? Greetz to downunder and have a good new year! (Btw. the alps stec12e08 are working very nicely when depressed and rotated and are relatively cheap in germany, 1.90eur per piece) Edited December 31, 2010 by Hawkeye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAncientOne Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 In my control surface PCB, I put pads for the extra pins for encoders with switches so all the switches are in parallel and on a single DIN input, so you could use them for the "temporary fast" function. However, the Re'an P401 knob (which I used) will grab the encoder bushing when you push them down, and they can get stuck down, so I haven't used them this way (yet). That could be fixed by disassembling the encoder and filing down the bushing by 1mm or so, which I will probably do when I build up my 2nd MB-SEQ. Just a thought: "don't lower the floor, raise the ceiling" - I had a similar problem on another device. My solution was to put a small spacer inside the knob, making it sit a little higher on the spindle. Of course on your panel it might be aesthetically unacceptable, but it's a possible answer, and a lot less messy than filing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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