number of buttions for menu navigation

[5meo-geo]

hello midi-boxers

i have small question

planning to build midibox mixer  and i wonder how many buttions in minimum requered for the menu navigation???

10x in advance

[SounDuke]

the minimum is 4 buttons, otherwise you could replace 2 buttons with a single encoder to provide datawheel (more comfortable in my opinion) but you can add "shortcut" special buttons to provide quicker access to pages. But remember: not more than 128 digital inputs x core!

[5meo-geo]

10x alot

128 is far more than i need :)

problem was that i saw at most midibox in galery about 8 buttions arround the screen

and i already sent my panel desing to CNC cutng and set only 4 push buttions and 1 up/down switch

but now im calm :)

10x again

[machinate]

the minimum is 4 buttons, otherwise you could replace 2 buttons with a single encoder to provide datawheel (more comfortable in my opinion)

to clarify: would that be just 2 buttons and an encoder?

[Screaming_Rabbit]

to clarify: would that be just 2 buttons and an encoder?

... yes

Greets, Roger

[machinate]

thanks!

damn, I wish this system had 128+4 dins.  :'(

Uhm, newb q here, but if I did a two-core system would I be able to program both units from one display+buttons? Specifically a Midibox 64e and a MIDIO128. I'm a bit hesitant to do a system where part of it can only be programmed from a computer.