On 11/20/2017 03:42 PM, Harry van Haaren wrote: > Developers, checkout 17:15, where the "Virtual Devices" concept is > introduced.
That /would/ be very handy in allowing users up the expertise chain (so to speak) troubleshoot/develop mappings with the hardware owners. The only thing I would suggest to make that process work well is to create a bonehead-easy way for a very non-technical user to create a virtual representation of their controller. (I'm thinking a GUI with a wizard that walks them through the process, automating as much as possible. Like have them take a photo of the device with their cell phone or Web cam, then try to auto-identify controls in the image so the user needs only edit their properties and move them around a bit instead of having to create them all manually.) That also lessens the responsibility for you and the OpenAV team to have to create virtual devices yourselves from every controller ever made. > it > hopes to allow accessing HD screens on > all Ctlra supported devices, and get tight integration to the next level. That sounds good on the surface, but wouldn't that then restrict the ability of applications to style the information on the screens to a set of pre-defined designs/layouts Ctrla supplies? I imagine a DJ application like Mixxx will want to use the screens quite differently than an audio editing application like Audacity or a DAW like Ardour. Another argument for not having another translation layer is performance, especially where low-latency response is expected from a DJ application with a moving-platter controller for example that sends over 1000 messages per second. How much latency does Ctrla add at the moment? Sincerely, Sean M. Pappalardo "D.J. Pegasus" Mixxx Developer - Controller Specialist
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