I pray for mcu support for prochannel please please please !

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I pray for mcu support for prochannel please please please !

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"Touch support for Intel-Inspired Ultrabooks and other touch-enabled devices."


What does this mean, exactly, vis-a-vis X2 in a Windows 8 environment?


Could I buy a touch screen monitor and use it with multi-touch, e.g., riding multiple faders as once?  If so, wouldn't that be huge, like having Sonar on an iPad, but with all the power of a PC and a much larger screen?  Ultimate control surface and monitor in one?


I realize they are expensive, but could one use dual touch screens, lay them at a gentle angle (so as to not have to reach up so high) and have a virtual "console" at your fingertips?


And plugin control via touch?  Could be amazing after all these years of fighting with ACT, Automap, and the like (granting the limitations and quirks of touchscreen over tactile pots and faders).


What am I missing here (probably a lot).

Why not get one touch screen and lay it flat. Use it as if its a control surface. I believe Windows 8 and X2a may give us this ability. This has been in the back of my thoughts ever since Windows 8 came out.

Same here.  I'm hoping we'll be able to do exactly that!

Wonder whether it will do iPad over wifi thingy?

I hope they fix the basics and bugs tho. That's what we all want I think.

Could I buy a touch screen monitor and use it with multi-touch, e.g., riding multiple faders as once?  If so, wouldn't that be huge, like having Sonar on an iPad, but with all the power of a PC and a much larger screen?  Ultimate control surface and monitor in one?

Yes X2A will work with any touch enabled monitor or on touch enabled ultrabooks. It should also work on the upcoming Microsoft Surface Pro. There are several multitouch enabled monitors available now, some cheaper with 2 touch points and a bit more expensive with about 20 touch points like this one.
http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16824016310


As far as multitouch operations go, the console, matrix and track view have been optimized for multitouch gestures. In the console you can operate multiple faders at one time and in the matrix you can turn on multiple cells at one time. You can also zoom and pinch zoom gestures and swipe across the screen to scroll, touch to select tracks etc. 
You can also touch plugin controls to manipulate them.

Its definitely a huge workflow enhancement to have multitouch support built in, and an alternative in some ways to a control surface. Its very intuitive and effective to use and in many cases quicker than using a mouse. The touch workflow is very addictive once you start using it.  Marketing will have some videos showing this in action soon.

Besides the new features and Win 8 support, there are tons of fixes and improvements. Over 150 issues in our database were resolved.

Sounds like a winner to me Noel. But that is what I expected from you guys.

Now, where's that like button ...

Best Regards
Ludvig

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk
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Could I buy a touch screen monitor and use it with multi-touch, e.g., riding multiple faders as once?  If so, wouldn't that be huge, like having Sonar on an iPad, but with all the power of a PC and a much larger screen?  Ultimate control surface and monitor in one?

Yes X2A will work with any touch enabled monitor or on touch enabled ultrabooks. It should also work on the upcoming Microsoft Surface Pro. There are several multitouch enabled monitors available now, some cheaper with 2 touch points and a bit more expensive with about 20 touch points like this one.
http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16824016310


As far as multitouch operations go, the console, matrix and track view have been optimized for multitouch gestures. In the console you can operate multiple faders at one time and in the matrix you can turn on multiple cells at one time. You can also zoom and pinch zoom gestures and swipe across the screen to scroll, touch to select tracks etc. 
You can also touch plugin controls to manipulate them.

Its definitely a huge workflow enhancement to have multitouch support built in, and an alternative in some ways to a control surface. Its very intuitive and effective to use and in many cases quicker than using a mouse. The touch workflow is very addictive once you start using it.  Marketing will have some videos showing this in action soon.

Besides the new features and Win 8 support, there are tons of fixes and improvements. Over 150 issues in our database were resolved.

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