Isn't the whole point of the FX chain controls to keep the front-end simple?

Karyn


Isn't the whole point of the FX chain controls to keep the front-end simple?

For like, "a quick tweak here, and a quick tweak there." when you have a parameter like, "threshhold, or wet/dry"




No..  that never occurred to me.  but makes perfect sense.

:)

To me the FX2 Chains represents an opportunity for creativity. (If we had more than 6 knobs/buttons)

There's thousands of combinations of different effects that could be thrown together with an easy clean interface, spend time and make the effect once, and then slap it on a track every time you need that again, and if it could mimic number of ACT controllers, total intuitive control.l

Or.. how about those hideous GUIs many effects have where they try to mimic some real hardware with gaudy graphics (And fail miserably, only to break every interface standard because their custom made GUI doesn't follow any conventional standard, no tab order, common UI element shortcuts are broken etc..), just wrap a FX2 chain around that and forget the GUI abomination ever existed.

And lastly, an opportunity to wrap every plugin you use into a FX2 chain, place things in the order you want, not what the plugin creator wants, and have everything look the same, clean and efficient.

In the PC the constraint is to have a space efficient representation of the effect with the most commonly used controls available. Too much clutter and it defeats the purpose. 
That said I think in the future there is potential for having multiple banks/pages of assignable controls.

Yeah I understand that, also that it has to fit into the prochannel.

Multiple banks would be great, i just had an image in my head of being able to throw together crazy effects using FX2 and creating a custom setup out of them with FX chain knobs and buttons as a front end.

Thanks for replying though, it's nice to be with a company that communicates with its users.

IF you need access to the full gui of the FxChain you can open it from the fxchain gui. The limitation of the knobs and buttons is automation. If you need to automate more you will need to load the plug in the fx bin.

Fx chains 2.0 are layouted with 6 knobs and buttons in a row each.
The x2 pro channel fx chains are layouted with 2x3 knobs and 2x3 buttons in 2 rows each.

What does that mean for custom graphics? Are the two chain types not interchangeable?

Anyone?

TabSel


Fx chains 2.0 are layouted with 6 knobs and buttons in a row each.
The x2 pro channel fx chains are layouted with 2x3 knobs and 2x3 buttons in 2 rows each.

What does that mean for custom graphics? Are the two chain types not interchangeable?

They are interchangeable.  The custom graphics in the PC will be limited to the background images and label colors.  The custom knobs and buttons will continue to load in the FX Chains when they're in the bin... but will be ignored in the ProChannel, and replaced with standard controls.

FXChains in the PC do not support custom graphics. The knobs and faders are built in and styled to fit the PC. Presets however are interchangeable across PC fx chains and normal fX chains. If you load a customized fxchain preset it will ignore the custom art when loaded into the PC. Thats the only difference.