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I don't think that presets will ever magically suit the exact need(s) for specific sound sculpting.  Just as every song is different, every instance of processing is different.  Presets, no matter how "precise," will get you close but tweaking will be necessary in every instance.  It would be rare if it at all possible that a preset will match perfectly to fix a problem or properly enhance a sound.  If it were that easy, then we would all be making great mixes.
 
Kind regards,
 
Living Room Rocker

mike_mccue
 
Imagine, instead of fumbling up and down to tweak an equalizer setting with a thumb, people can choose something from an incredible and comprehensive list of presets and get exactly what sounds the best for anything they are doing.

wasn't "touch" brought into the game to quickly adjust a knob or fader??? like something that you would do on a real device??? sort of intuitively?
 
If you can't do that with touch and you end up just browsing through presets ... well, then throw out your touch screen. you could use a cheap foot switch for browsing presets and have your hands free for beer & smokes
 
to get "touch" off the ground and make it fly, i think they would first have to reinvent the entire sonar gui. i could see "touch" work with really well designed interfaces e.g. fabfilter pro-q, but that is just a "small" application with a single purpose. sonar got way too many options (which is great!) but only a few you can successfully work with in "touch" mode ... so the mouse will stay with us (especially as all the contro surfaces are also left out in the desert to die slowly but certainly) ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What was funny; I did not see Seth use one preset.
 
Go figure.

FWIW, I'd think of touch as being an extension/addition to keyboard/mouse (not a replacement).
Zooming and scrolling are really intuitive using touch (familiar due to smart phones)
 
Regarding presets, I don't think Touch will have an impact either way.
Presets are great for templates...
But each scenario is unique
Think about AmpSim plugin presets.  If someone creates a distorted preset using a Tele with single coils, it likely won't sound "right" when applied to a Les Paul.  The starting points are radically different.

mike_mccue

bapu
What was funny; I did not see Seth use one preset.
 
Go figure.

That is so last year. In the future mindmelds will be known as "mindmelds".

You'd better get a TM on that one McQ
(before I do)

I think Mike is talking about preset virtual faders/knobs what have you.  Move one knob and instead of raising or lowering the frequency setting of an EQ, it moves that and the curve.  Kinda like how some EQ's get a wider or narrower Q when boosting more.  Simultaneously moving various parameters according to some preset rules.
 
I don't think it would be more precise, necesssarily, than an EQ preset but shore would be fun.  I've always loved joysticks since the college days w/ a Synthi AKS.  I've got one of those novation keyboards w/ an XY pad today.  And I love using it to "play" Alchemy's performance pads - which is what I'm thinking about. 
 
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FreeFlyBertl

wasn't "touch" brought into the game to quickly adjust a knob or fader??? like something that you would do on a real device??? sort of intuitively?
 

I thought touch was introduced as a compromise to reduce cost and save space.