Add new MDP feature to deactivate response from subcontrol

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See the Image. One control (such as a foot pedal) can control multiple controls. The Off/On controls disable or enable the connection from the Supercontrol to the respective Subcontrol. They act as open/closed connections.

The use case is a single foot pedal is used to control multiple functions such as Pan, Modulation, and Multi-FX. A Button for each function will enable or disable the output from the function's knob. Thus one, two, or all can generate an output at the same time.

This seems like a natural extension of the Show/Hide panel, where each function knob is a member of a panel. An option for Hide would be to deactivate all members of the panel.

I am currently working on a solution using MidiFire to loopback the On/Off buttons to control SB Input Rules.

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I agree with Don that the sense of the button should be reversed - when a disable control is selected - on = enabled.  To me, this matches the sense of show / hide - when a show / hide control is selected - on = show.  In many instances, you will need an extra INVERT button, as Don's example shows.

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From an engineering perspective, this early in the game while the feature is still in beta, this is trivial to do in either way. However, I can't call it a disable button and have it turn on and enable. So the semantics need to make some better sense. Thoughts?

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I guess we could do something like button off disables this control. Though that sounds ridiculous, there is some precedence for it. Which is button off sets this to default.

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Since the idea is a button will enable/disable or disable/enable, rename "Disable Button" to "Enable/Disable Button". Then change the sense so enable = on as suggested by jkhiser above.

Answer 1

Implementation of "Button off Sets to Default" and "Disable Button" features in beta

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Propoed Layoutl to switch MIDI Stream On and Off - Design described on Page 1.
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Proposal to switch MIDI Stream On and Off

Answer 2

Implementation of "Button off Sets to Default" and "Disable Button" features in beta

Here is the image and layout for my most recent comment.

Downloads: 87
Propoed Layoutl to switch MIDI Stream On and Off - Design described on Page 1.
Downloads: 341

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Proposal to switch MIDI Stream On and Off