imacarthur wrote:
>> That audio mixing board has easily >1200 dial-knobs alone, not even
>> counting the lights.
>
> Yes - exactly that sort of thing!
> And let me tell you (maybe you already know) the first time you sit
> in front of a desk like that, you freeze, 'cos your mind can't figure
> out what to do first (too many choices...)
Apparently that's what the drugs are for.
Or so I glean from VH-1 specials on the mixing sessions of famous rap
and rock records.
I seem to remember one producer saying there was such a cloud of pot
smoke and cocaine dust in the mixing room, the mix board looked like
landing at LA airport on a foggy night.
> Yes, and screen real-estate is likely an issue anyway with so many
> controls. But I still think some higher abstraction might help!
..if by "higher abstraction" you mean "stronger drugs",
that might indeed be the case. ;)
Kidding aside, I don't find myself defending this kind of design
(mass overloads of widgets) very often, but in some cases it's
really the situation calls for, especially real time stuff like
show control and audio/video production.
But as a general rule, yeah, it's usually wrong.
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