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Feature Suggestion: Twister LFO KNOBS!!
Alright, something I've done using software (MidiShaper) a bunch but I think would be cool if it could be done internally in the twister itself would be if, like the title says, you would be able to configure the twister to output CC's in a consistent cyclical manner (in other words LFO KNOBS!!!)
I envision it like this... You have one knob that you set as an LFO knob. The knob visual indicator shows the status of the CC outputted and those LEDs will adjust in real time to show the fluctuation of the LFO (it looks really nice in action, it would look good on stage, sorry for lack of video). Then clicking the switch will cause the switch LED to change to a different color coded LFO variable that would then be controlled by the knob. There would be four different variables to control the LFO behavior.
First, the "mid-point" CC value around which the oscillator fluctuates (which if the LFO rate is set to 0, meaning off, makes the LFO Knob function like a regular knob). Click, the LFO rate. Another Click, the LFO width/amount (basically how far the LFO will fluctuate around the "mid-point). Final click, a selection of LFO waveforms (Triangle, the simplest, Sine, Sawtooth, Square, and maybe 'Random/Noise').
I bring this up because external MIDI LFO's aren't something I really thought about before but now that I've discovered them I have found a lot of uses and keep finding more. I imagine if the Fighter Twister had this capability, a lot of people would eventually use it and it would be yet another thing to set the Twister aparet from its competitors. Between the switch, the knob, and the different LEDs, the Twister really could get a lot of functionality packed into a single knob.
Disclaimer: I don't know much about the processor/hardware capabilities of the twister (am curious though, does anyone have the specs?). I don't know if the twister, as a platform, has the hardware necessary to run an LFO. I imagine it probably doesn't have the capability to run 64 midi LFO's simultaneously BUT from what I've seen of what it can do, I imagine it could probably at the very least be able to run at least 4 efficiently programmed Triangle LFOs and how many LFO knobs a Twister could have simultaneously could be limited by the firmware or MFutility.
Ok, so, with all of that said, the most important question, if such a feature was implemented, would people use it?
(I ask because, who knows, maybe when I have some time I might consider taking a whack at a custom firmware and programming it in).
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