trick for instant note range change

Bowmoney · Post by **Bowmoney** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:45 pm

so anyone with a kpro has probably realized that you can place multiple fingers on the touch pad and you will the note that is directly in the middle of all the points

i have found it to be a great tool in reproducing the same pattern over and over, because you can get a much finer touch this way

essentially, if you have your finger on the far left and keep the note held down, you can start a finger on the far right and your scale now only has 8 notes, because it is taking the note in the middle of the two points

so essentially, it is an instant way to reduce the note range to 1/2 the size of what you have it set on with the note range function

the kaosss touch pad is also very sensitive so just shifting the weight between yours two fingers produces nice easy to repeat intervals

maybe everyone knew this but i thought i would throw it out there...the krpo has become much more of a multi-touch tool for me rather than just a single finger tool

Pastor-of-Muppets · Post by **Pastor-of-Muppets** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:40 am

yeah - but it's not accurate to call it "multi-touch" as it's still only responding to a single input position, that just happens to be the average of two or more physical positions

SMK · Post by **SMK** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:45 pm

I have to agree...that's basically what you are doing.

Bowmoney · Post by **Bowmoney** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:09 pm

well, you guys can call it whatever you want, i still find it usefull

Pastor-of-Muppets · Post by **Pastor-of-Muppets** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:30 pm

sorry for being pedantic, but "multitouch" has a specific meaning and the kaoss pads specifically don't do that

Mr36 · Post by **Mr36** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:10 pm

"Multitouch" only has that specific meaning in the context you're perceiving it.

Bowmoney could just have meant it in the sense of touching the pad mutliple times.

Scott M2 · Post by **Scott M2** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:35 pm

Though it's not multitouch, it's still a handy technique.
Maybe we can coin a new term for it.

Anybody?

Pastor-of-Muppets · Post by **Pastor-of-Muppets** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:09 pm

Average Touch?

Middle Finger technique?

Scott M2 · Post by **Scott M2** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:28 pm

Touch Averaging or Average Touch are not bad.

Bowmoney · Post by **Bowmoney** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:03 pm

double fisted kaoss punch

Pastor-of-Muppets · Post by **Pastor-of-Muppets** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:35 pm

Bowmoney wrote:double fisted kaoss punch

WINNER

Mr36 · Post by **Mr36** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:09 pm

I think the manual says to avoid such techniques.

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:20 pm

Scott M2 wrote:Touch Averaging or Average Touch are not bad.

How about single-touch resistive touchpad?
averaging of two points like that is a typical characteristic of resistive touchpads. I think...
Or I could be wrong and it could be capacitive.

Scott M2 · Post by **Scott M2** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:13 am

I was thinking more about naming the technique
of using two fingers to perform on a non-multi-touch pad
to get those handy averaging results.

Mr36 · Post by **Mr36** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:04 am

I vote "touch averaging". It certainly sounds like a mean technique.

Or should that be median technique...