Comment by MattPalmer1086

Comment by MattPalmer1086 2 days ago

Completely agree. They are very prevalent in DAWs and audio plugins, as they try to look like physical hardware. I absolutely hate interacting with them, either with touch or mouse.

I guess the one advantage they have is they don't take up as much room as a slider, maybe?

bigyabai 2 days ago

I tolerate knobs in DAWs/plugins... if they let you manually enter a value. So much fiddling can be skipped by dialing in a value directly.

Without manual entry, you trap users in fiddly UI hell.

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dleeftink 2 days ago

When knobs are fiddly, most VST3s offer high-resolution midi mapping for precise automation. I agree through, that a precise readout is a must as the 'knob units' may not always map to what is displayed by the VST host.

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