Pressure sensative knobs?

[Sir Nose]

Any manufactures of pressure sensative knobs?

Like aftertouch for a knob tweak.

I was thinking it would be nice to be able to adjust an second parameter by squeezing a knob as it's turned. In/out pressure would be nice as well to adjust a 3rd setting or to lock the squeezed setting.

[nvbrkr]

I'm sorry. I couldn't resist the temptation.

[Sir Nose]

The innuendo was totally unintended, but goes great with the recent kaossilator thread.

[Synthaholic]

I've seen knobs (usually on car stereos) where you pull the knob out to control a 2nd parameter with the same knob, then push it back in and you're back on the 1st.

On a synth with limited knob real estate, less commonly used functions could share a knob this way.

[nvbrkr]

Yeah, I was thinking where I've fiddled something like that. On my mom's car, of all places.

How about an X / Y -pad?

[gordwiebe]

not pressure sensitive, but... on the AN1X pushing the knob acts like a zoom function - giving you a smaller, more detailed sweep of the parameter. Pushing also calls up the actual value in the display without changing the value.
It would be nice if you could assign the push a job or value.

[I12]

The z1 has multiple parameters assignable and scalable per knob for its controls under the screen

Meaning that, the filter cutoff can go from 54 to 78 at the same time the lfo 1 amt can go from 90 to 0 with up to 4 params on each knob if i remember, each with linear, expo or switch response.

Quite versatile not sure how many other synths have that available

[HideawayStudio]

I've seen knobs (usually on car stereos) where you pull the knob out to control a 2nd parameter with the same knob, then push it back in and you're back on the 1st.

On a synth with limited knob real estate, less commonly used functions could share a knob this way.

Ahem.... the original Alesis Quadraverb had pressure sensitive buttons - the harder you pressed the faster it scrolled through parameters and values. Great idea... never really caught on.

[cornutt]

I vaguely recall an old Polaroid camera that had a squeeze-sensitive knob. Can't remember now what it was for.