Comments on: The Star Trek Studio: DIY Dragon MIDI Touchscreens Control Cubase

By: Where no $x has gone before « This page intentionally left Frank

Where no $x has gone before « This page intentionally left Frank — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:27:50 +0000

[...] a more subtle and practical way, here are two of the best home-made MIDI controllers ever, with one having a design based on the LCARS touchscreens seen in Star Trek: the Next [...]

By: Paulo Egidio

Paulo Egidio — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:42:47 +0000

You’re looking for a product called Magic touch. It is perfect if you already have the lcd.

Paulo

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:42:06 +0000

Hey Paulo!
Fantastic setup, I just wanted to ask what make of LCD touch screen you use? did you buy a touch screen or did you build it? is it multitouch?

I’m looking for a good cheap touchscreen for a setup for ableton live I have been building!
Cheers!

By: frank

frank — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:29:59 +0000

old news maybe, but kind of similar. http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/

By: Paulo Egidio

Paulo Egidio — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:42:08 +0000

About the LCARS:

LCARS IMHO is a beautiful design. Another point is they’re designed FOR touch screen systems. We realize that to be useful, one button should have at least an 40×40 pixel area.
If you compare this with the standard buttons within cubase, for example, you’ll get sometimes an 13×13 pixel button, like the solo and mute buttons.
The lcd/touch screen is a fast and convenient way not only to know which 16 tracks the 01v96 is displaying at one time, but also provides several “software” buttons to press.
In fact, we hardly click anywhere on the cubase screen anymore. When we use the mouse, if for controlling things like melodyne-style plugins thet needs extensive mouse manipulation.

Best Regards,
Paulo

By: Paulo Egidio

Paulo Egidio — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:37:05 +0000

Well, all of this started because we bought an bcr2000 for the studio and it sat over the desk for about an year, unused.

Then I tought, it would be really nice to have an small lcd screen to have the labels for the encoders.

I tried to find small lcds and realize not only that they’re expensive and there’s no way to attach 20 or more to a computer.

So we design a glass, put some holes into it and attached the buttons.

Paulo

By: c64

c64 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:32:10 +0000

There is even talk about the Plugin Controller going into mass production with the developer at Gearslutz: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/369415-fresh-approach-daw-controller.html

Enough show interest might make it happen :)

By: Jordan Hochenbaum

Jordan Hochenbaum — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:53:30 +0000

Like Joey Lawrence once said…whoa!

In all seriousness though (well at least half…no but seriously, all) I have about a billion+1 ideas right now… nice work!

By: AlexP

AlexP — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:32:57 +0000

Excellent.

By: Wonder Dog

Wonder Dog — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:46:54 +0000

@ Peter: I guess it is a matter of perspective. But if we’re going to emulate TNG tech, why don’t we aim a little higher? I’m sure being assimilated into an Orchestral Collective would bring some unique interaction advantages… :0)

Regardless of how they dressed this interface for public consumption, touch + tangible interfaces like these are the future.