Whew!! It is not just me...
So is this an issue with ALL control surfaces and Sonar?
See my post...(I can't create hyperlinks for whatever reason???) cut and paste into browser
-- forum.cakewalk.com/fader-lag-release-latency-setting-m2861029.aspx --
With the vs-100 you would think it would be flawless, but no... release the fader wait... then it snaps back. Average time from release to snap back is approx 1.3 secs at 44.1 or 58,800 samples.
Absolutely beyond sub-pro.
I might be heading back to the digi camp if they can't figure out how to release a silly fader.
Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
In X2A the touch timeout value was reduced quite a bit. I think this is what you are seeing.
Should it be a timeout at all? Why not respond to to my release? I know these faders transmit some kind of signal.
OK i did research and found motorized faders generally use a capacitance sensing circuit to determine if someone is touching the fader.
And you use software to determine at what capacitance the fader considers itself touched and what to do if touched.
It is written in code just like php or any other code with a true or false or 0 and 1 statement.
Like:
Fadertouch {
if capacitance = 700 {
do this thing};
else {
do this other thing};
}
SOURCE - Cody Hazelwood - Look for "TOUCH SENSITIVITY" section --
Again cut and paste in browser
--- hazelwoodsound.com/motorized-faders-and-the-arduino ----
The expensive touch fader acts as if it is not touch sensitive at all and waits for a given time... like the fader is asking, "are you done yet?"
Try This...
- click on a fader in console view (make sure it is in touch write mode)
- Use your mouse scroll wheel
- duck a single word or note real quick by spinning your scroll wheel...
- the fader move down... holds for a set period then releases... approx release or timeout time is 1.45 secs
Touch sensitive fader should not suffer from that timeout code in the software writing. Touch faders should have their own lines of code.
Granted those duck outs are not something I do a lot of, normally I fine tune via mouse selection. However, it feels a bit wonky and cheap and it doesn't seem like a lot to ask for...
Please make my touch sensitive faders respond to my release and not have some predetermined timeout.
And if it must be predetermined allow me to make changes in the prefs. Like fader touch time out = 0ms.