If you have ever read any of my reviews in Sound on Sound on Pro Tools plug-ins you will know that I have an issue with plug-ins, knobs and mice. I just don’t get having a GUI that uses knobs. When trying to adjust a knob, which way do you move the mouse, up and down, side to side, in a circle, what, not clear, not intuitive. A slider is much clearer and intuitive when using a mouse.
So this got me to thinking could one use the scroll wheel on the mouse to adjust plug-in parameters. So I opened up a session and tried a few plug-ins in my plug-in folder to see what support there was.
Those that work – hover over the control and roll the scroll wheel
Those that don’t work – no sign of life!
I was very surprised at the companies that do and don’t provide this feature. Come on Digi, oh sorry, Avid Audio – you have developed the code to put it in your AIR plug-ins so why not all your other ones too.
Please try the plug-ins in your folder and post comments so I can add them to the appropriate list and lets see if we can’t get some movement on this feature.
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Mike is Pro Tools genius and an award winning ‘audiomeister’, defined as ‘a person of great skill and authority in sound’. His vast array of credits include music (from classical to rock), drama and documentaries across all the BBC Radio networks, as well as audio post production for video and TV, ‘new media’, live sound, commercial CDs, DVDs and podcasts, helping clients tell their stories with sound. He has been described as "an oasis of calm in a stormy creative world"; "quick, creative & easy to work with"; "always going the extra mile"; and "invests himself in the success of your project"’.
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