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Is it just me, or is the radial control counter-intuitive? The control suggests that you change the value by moving in a circle. But, the actual motion required

• likeclockwork 12y ago
  This is common behavior for a software knob in my experience. I've used very few programs that actually expected you to go in a circle and found that motion to be a hassle to perform with a mouse.
  • onion2k 12y ago
    It'd make more sense to set the value of the knob to be the angle between the centre of the control and the mouse position.
    • anigbrowl 12y ago
      It turns out that most people don't like this in practice. In software where that behavior is implemented people ask for the option to make linear movements. For making electronic music many people don't want to set and forget a parameter, but vary it continuously, and angular adjustment is not convenient. Vertical/horizontal fader controls are popular for some parameters (eg envelope adjustment or crossfading between two sources), and hated for others (eg EQ).
      • anigbrowl 12y ago
        Downvoted for providing factual information...impressive.