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Knobs are the primary interface in many live music controllers. Check out Ableton live, or the evolution uc-33 to see how they are commonly used. Would be very

by zmitri 14y ago

Knobs are the primary interface in many live music controllers. Check out Ableton live, or the evolution uc-33 to see how they are commonly used. Would be very neat for a web based controller. EDIT: Oops, I guess I can't read

ThomPete 14y ago
It could also be used as a percentage indicator for instance a round a persons picture in the middle.
- lbotos 14y ago
  That wouldn't be a knob though. That'd be a circular progress bar.
romaniv 14y ago
Knobs are the primary interface in many DAWs because their developers copy hardware interfaces without too much thought. They translate to computer interfaces very poorly. The main advantage of a hardware knob (over slider) is that you have very good control over it's rate of change. The main disadvantage is that it's hard to turn multiple knobs at once. None of this applies to software knobs. I can't think of why would anyone want to use this over Tangle's sliders aside from prettiness. The only sensible simulation of a "knob" in HTML I can think of would be a text field with a value that goes up or down based on how much you scroll mouse scroll-wheel. Thinking about it, I don't see why it should be different from a slider. You can have a tangle slider that is also scrollable with a wheel (if that is possible to capty with JS). Which is kind of the way normal UI sliders work.
- noisebleed 14y ago
  Well, they also have the benefit of being compact which can be beneficial in complex audio applications, but I agree that they generally suck and would almost always be better off as a slider.
- DanBC 14y ago
  The only time I enjoyed using software dial-knobs was when I had a hardware controller to tweak them with. In that situation having the visuals match is handy to avoid dissonance. In general, I dislike software knobs. They're an example of skeuomorphism that could be done much better.
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- zmitri 14y ago
  Sorry, I could have sworn I read it without it and then noticed it when I checked back later. I edited my previous statement.
baddox 14y ago
In all the DAW software and plugins I've used, there is at least an option to enable traditional up/down or left/right click-dragging. The knob still appears to spin, but you get the precise control of linear motion. Any good audio software will show you the numerical value anyway, so it's a bit of a stretch to say that knob widgets like this one are standard.
- meanguy 14y ago
  That's "traditional" in audio software. In 2D graphics software, radial manipulation is common. And don't forget the wonky 3D software modes where you just wiggle the mouse until something sort of rotates. Those are my favorite.

by zmitri 14y ago

ThomPete 14y ago

It could also be used as a percentage indicator for instance a round a persons picture in the middle.

lbotos 14y ago
That wouldn't be a knob though. That'd be a circular progress bar.

romaniv 14y ago

Knobs are the primary interface in many DAWs because their developers copy hardware interfaces without too much thought. They translate to computer interfaces very poorly. The main advantage of a hardware knob (over slider) is that you have very good control over it's rate of change. The main disadvantage is that it's hard to turn multiple knobs at once. None of this applies to software knobs. I can't think of why would anyone want to use this over Tangle's sliders aside from prettiness. The only sensible simulation of a "knob" in HTML I can think of would be a text field with a value that goes up or down based on how much you scroll mouse scroll-wheel. Thinking about it, I don't see why it should be different from a slider. You can have a tangle slider that is also scrollable with a wheel (if that is possible to capty with JS). Which is kind of the way normal UI sliders work.

noisebleed 14y ago
Well, they also have the benefit of being compact which can be beneficial in complex audio applications, but I agree that they generally suck and would almost always be better off as a slider.
DanBC 14y ago
The only time I enjoyed using software dial-knobs was when I had a hardware controller to tweak them with. In that situation having the visuals match is handy to avoid dissonance. In general, I dislike software knobs. They're an example of skeuomorphism that could be done much better.

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zmitri 14y ago
Sorry, I could have sworn I read it without it and then noticed it when I checked back later. I edited my previous statement.

baddox 14y ago

In all the DAW software and plugins I've used, there is at least an option to enable traditional up/down or left/right click-dragging. The knob still appears to spin, but you get the precise control of linear motion. Any good audio software will show you the numerical value anyway, so it's a bit of a stretch to say that knob widgets like this one are standard.

meanguy 14y ago
That's "traditional" in audio software. In 2D graphics software, radial manipulation is common. And don't forget the wonky 3D software modes where you just wiggle the mouse until something sort of rotates. Those are my favorite.