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Originally Posted by bmanic  This is exactly the reason I've purchased a small touch screen for selecting active plugin (it's also off to the side) and using a midi controller for control (Novation Nocturn, not ideal but good for experimentation). This makes it possible to use it kind of like hardware gear without looking at any screen and using 100% ears. It's a very revealing experiment and I hope to get this system fully up and running by the end of the year (have even thought about integrating it to the desk itself).
Controlling something like Nebula without having any computer screen in front of me is just amazing.
Cheers!
bManic |
I'm glad you mentioned Nebula, as to me it is one of the most intriguing exemplars of plugin technology, yet also as much of a reminder of just how important interface and usability are. As Macc astutely points out, sound quality is useless without control; it's how we work with the equipment and arrive at the settings needed to do the job quickly and effortlessly.
As much as I enjoy the sound of Alex B's 5500 Nebula patches, I just hate the minuscule mouse movements required to nudge the gain -- it's just so damn finicky (at least in Neb 2). I literally find myself daydreaming about the real unit's tactile switches, so much so that Nebula unwittingly serves more as a reminder of how much I need to get my hands on some proper gear, than as a plugin poster-boy.