{"id":5418,"date":"2011-09-22T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T15:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2017-08-18T17:58:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:58:48","slug":"varieties-of-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2011\/09\/22\/varieties-of-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Varieties of Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2011\/09\/22\/varieties-of-controls\/jcb_21092011_144046\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/JCB_21092011_144046-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5419\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2011\/09\/22\/varieties-of-controls\/audiomixersmdpcb\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5422\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/AudioMixerSMDPCB-e1316671954319-500x345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5422\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Never would&#8217;ve thought how particular a fella could get about the action of audio controls. I&#8217;ve collected an assortment of potentiometers for the audio mixer project. From well-dampened to action that goes tick-tick-tick with detents. The red one in the foreground? That&#8217;s an optical encoder that continuously spins \u2014\u00a0no stops. It might be a bit of a control fetish, but the action of these things matters. Even in an era of touch, click and very screen-y interactions tactility and motion matter. Which raises a little concern \u2014\u00a0not doubt, just concern \u2014\u00a0about going hog-wild with gestures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do I blog this?<\/strong> Things are moving forward with the audio mixer. Slower than expected; unexpected things in and around the studio plus upcoming travel preparations and a shift-in-time to make the U.S. Labor Day holiday happen for me this Friday. Downtime and uptime. 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