Perhaps there’s a good case for a screen dedicated to JUST live playing control with the buttons for fills and variations, breaks and intro/outros MUCH bigger and laid out so they’re harder to miss?
That’s one of the beauties of touch screen operation, you can provide alternate layouts (maybe ‘simple’ and ‘full” e.g.) for specific tasks. Seems like, for actually LIVE playing, there’s a lot of unnecessary data being displayed, forcing important things into a more cramped space. And the other great thing about touch screen operation is that adding simpler screens isn’t a total rewrite of the code, just an alternative front end.
There are times when I want to see a whole bunch of data on a screen. But in the heat of performance is not one of them.
Good idea! We will definitely consider it in the next update. And yes, it is not a big effort to program.
And yes, although I know that buttons and controllers on the MODX could possibly be used, I don’t see enough of them for all the fill and variation selections one might need. Not to mention, compared to a dedicated arranger, they still are placed FAR further from the LH playing area than any real arranger. Usually, the fill and variation buttons are the absolute closest to the LH chording area to minimize the time away from the keyboard. Workstations aren’t arrangers!
In the video review posted earlier, a Korg NanoKontrol placed on top the MODX front panel was used to add more physical controls.
But yes, a long row of buttons just at the root of black/white keys is the optimal solution. ..... if you can live with a tiny and low quality screen (which hinders every action and is not easy on aging eyes) and a dated features set, and ... many others downsides (including the price and total inflexibility on keyboard action/quality/size and other controllers you might want to add to your setup).
Every product/solution has its pros and cons. As always in life, you have to balance your priorities.
P.S.: If you closely inspect the Odissea Veneziana performance video, you will notice that the performer has a Yamaha Genos above the MODX (he also used it in older videos on his YouTube channel). So he apparently was not fully satisfied even by the 4k€ Yamaha flagship arranger. Maybe he wanted to try something better .....
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