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EAW UMX.96 Owner's Manual
Chapter 11: Touch and Spin
The Touch and Spin section refers to the portion of the console
containing the touchscreen and the Intelligent Encoder. Touch and
Spin provides a mechanism to control the entire console including
any input or output channel, the output processor, and the integrated
Smaart analyzer. The touchscreen also allows access to the console
configuration screens and the console file system to back up and re-
store your settings. In addition, just above the Intelligent Encoder you
will find the touchscreen navigation buttons, Snapshot controls, User
Keys and Mute Group Masters.
The touchscreen displays all relevant information for the selected input
or output channel. The display shows on-screen knob position and
scale which always matches the corresponding LED position for param-
eters controlled by physical controls on the console's control surface
(be that at the channel level or within the selected channel area).
Being touch sensitive, you can actuate buttons, etc., on the screen
simply by touching them with a finger or the included stylus.
The Intelligent Encoder uses an advanced encoder for parameter
adjustment. In an analog console, controlling something usually just
meant having a variable resistor (potentiometer) at some point in
the circuit to make the change. If you wanted a particular feel (click
stops, torque, etc.) it meant using a different part. There was no way to
change this after-the-fact without replacing the part.
Digital consoles typically use multifunctional encoders to deliver
rotational information back to the CPU in digital form. These encoders
typically provide little or no physical feedback to the user. The feed-
back required depends on the usage at that instant. An equalizer's
gain control might need a center detent, yet its frequency control
might need no detents and rotational limits. A rotary switch has sev-
eral detents throughout its rotation. The UMX.96's Intelligent Encoder
does all of this under software control by changing its feel for the
parameter under control. This allows the engineer to feel the results
of his adjustments and allows him to keep his eyes on the performer
where they belong. This is accomplished by having a single parameter under control at all times by the Intel-
ligent Encoder; this is illustrated by surrounding the on-screen control with a yellow outline. Simply touch
the parameter you wish to adjust and spin the encoder.
The Intelligent Encoder has a high-resolution mode, allowing smaller changes to be made, that can be ac-
cessed anytime by pressing the SHIFT button. This high-res mode also extends to the V-Pots.
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Navigation Area
These four arrow keys (up, down, left, right) located just above the Intelligent Encoder, steer the focus on the
touchscreen of the parameter under control by the Intelligent Encoder. Of course, you can also just touch
the item you wish to change on the touchscreen to give it the focus.
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Touch and Spin
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