Do controllers really need jogwheels?

[BentoSan]

you mean using the wheels to control the on screen pitch fader? yeah i use it with shift button. much better than the original faders, especially as i have range set to 100%, try doing that with faders

now use the vci pitch faders as fader start for decks c and d

No pitch bending not pitch faders !

I do Bento! But Im sure we discussed this concept in Bali last year

Indeed we did, ive had the idea for quite a while now !

Another idea would to use buttons with aftertouch data, then use the aftertouch data to affect the intensity of the pitchbend, however i feel pitching tricks would much be better served on a propper pitch wheel.

For instance if i was playing a tune on my keyboard that used pitch bends and tried to use a jog wheel for the pitch bending i am absolutely 100% sure i could get waaay more accurate results on the pitch bends using a spring loaded pitching wheel found on the keyboard over a jog wheel. With a couple of buttons to affect how much the wheel would pitch in semi-tones would also be a very useful.

Something a bit more off topic, i think Traktor really needs a pogo loop function rather than just a strait loop function (thought familiar with sampling techniques will know what i am on about. I think that would make playing sampled synths a hell of a better sounding because the loop would flow much much nicer. Might have to do this with the m4l ms pinky patch i think !

[josh@firestorm]

Does anyone actually like my pitch bend wheel idea out of interest ?

its the most logical approach i've come across and would definitely like to see it on some kit