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@rwelteroth wrote:

Hi all,

just received my korg nanokontrol2 and tried with the 3.10 beta. Played a bit around with the settings of the nanokontrol2 and now it works, using the “Live” setting (set marker/stop).
Only thing that I don’t like so far ist that the pan pots just work in an area quite close to the central position. I get to the left-/rightmost pan setting by just turning about a quarter to the left or right.
Maybe there is a way to scale the mapping of the pot.

I keep on testing and provide more info as far as I find out anything new.

Many thanks for testing.

1/ Are the nanokontrol2 pan knobs endless encoders, or do they have a fixed min/max position?

2/ Does the knobs adjust the pan positions differently if you turn the knobs fast or slow?

3/ Does the range of the knobs differ if you select the other DAW modes?

Some technical info on how the MCU pan works:

On the Mackie MCU the “V-Pots” are endless encoders with no “notch” in the dial, and they use a LED light ring around the knob to indicate what the actual value is. The V-Pots transmit standard MIDI control change values to the DAW, but the values are delta-ticks, and not absolute values. Podium collects the delta-values and calculates how much pan should be adjusted. It then transmits the resulting pan position back to the MCU V-Pot light ring. The Mackie MCU furthermore adjusts the transmitted V-Pot delta-ticks according to how fast the user turns the V-Pot. Turn it fast, and you can pan from left to right with a single hand movement. Turn it slow, and you need to turn the V-Pot 360 degrees several times.