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Phi Curtis Member |
posted 17 October 2005 15:53
 
I notice that I'm getting a range of 1.406 to - 1.406 instead of the expected 1 to -1 with !PenTiltX and !PenTiltY. I've checked all other controllers that the pen gives and they all give the expected ranges. I also looked in the wacom tablet system preferences to see if I have any unusual settings regarding tilt, but don't see anything relating to tilt there. Also, just wondering about future implementations of the expresskeys (the control buttons on the tablet). It would be fantastic to be able to access a completely different set of pen functions with each key being held down. So, for example, you might have a !PenDownExpress1, !PenZExpress1, etc. I'm contemplating additional pens, but it seems potentially confusing, as well as an additional expense. I imagine being able to manipulate a bunch of parameters relating to the playback of a sample with one set of pen parameters (maybe without an express key pressed), and also having a set of pen parameters relating to, say, a samplecloud, with an express key pressed. Also, I just noticed the touch strip. I wonder what that could be used for... best, IP: Logged |
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SSC Administrator |
posted 17 October 2005 16:53
"I notice that I'm getting a range of 1.406 to - 1.406 instead of the expected 1 to -1 with !PenTiltX and !PenTiltY" The idea is that a 45 degree tilt angle should give you a tilt radius value of 1. But a 45 degree angle would correspond to X,Y values of about 70% (square root of 2 / 2). So we made the range from 0 tilt to 45 degree tilt map to a range of 0 to 1 on the X or Y axis. More than 45 degree tilt gives you values larger than 1. Also, it is awkward to get the pen to tilt all the way down and still have control over it, so this gives you access to the full range without having to lay the pen flat on the tablet. We could clip the X and Y to +/- 1. That would mean a real range of 0 to 45 degrees and then it would stick at 1 for larger tilts. (It works like that in the XP driver already.) IP: Logged |
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Phi Curtis Member |
posted 17 October 2005 17:48
Ahh, that explains things. Yes, I think you are right - it would be awkward to control the pen at extreme angles. Maybe clipping the values would make sense - I've been programming with the assumption to a -1 to 1 range, and I guess conceivably I could have a situation where I absolutely didn't want a value out of that range. But it's not a huge priority - I was just trying to understand what was going on. Thanks! IP: Logged |
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sarth Member |
posted 17 October 2005 20:07
Why clipit? Why clipit? I can always clip it on my end, but if you guys are clipping it, I don't have the option of accessing it ... -- Sarthinator IP: Logged |
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Bill Meadows Member |
posted 18 October 2005 08:28
quote: I, too, would really like to be able to use the express keys and touch strip - more control for Kyma! IP: Logged |
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SSC Administrator |
posted 18 October 2005 08:45
The reason we haven't done this so far is that the express keys are not part of the driver. It's possible that we could ask you all to map the express keys to certain F keys and we could use those F keys to mean something in Kyma. Not the *best* solution though... IP: Logged |
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Phi Curtis Member |
posted 18 October 2005 11:59
quote: I imagine that this would be a preference under wacom preferences that could be turned on and off, if it were to be implemented (as I said, it's not a priority for me). Maybe the function key mapping could be put in preferences as well. For that matter, I would love to be able to access keyboard (meaning computer keyboard) messages for control as well - maybe only when audio is running, to avoid conflicts with normal interface operation. IP: Logged |
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