Meyer Sound galileo 616 operating instructions Using Encoders

COMPASS USER GUIDE

When an option selector is clicked the setting is changed immediately after the mouse button is released. If you move the mouse off the button, the action is canceled.

When a drop-down selector is clicked a vertical list of choices is immediately displayed. The mouse button must then be released so that you can click your selected choice. When the mouse button is released the second time, the list disappears and the selected choice is displayed as the selector button label. In the example above, the “Layout” drop-down selector is showing its normal state, while the “Order” selector has been clicked and is presenting a list of choices.

Using Encoders

Gain, delay, and frequency value boxes are accompanied by a rotary encoder control. This gives you the choice of using a mouse to set the value instead of typing the value directly. Visually, the encoder looks like a round knob inside a square casing. When the knobs are colored the colors correspond to the colors of the Galileo 616 front panel encoders.

Unlike the controls described so far, the encoder is used by dragging: click and hold the mouse button, then drag the cursor around to change the value in the value box. The location of the click determines the rate of change: clicking the center of the knob displays a x10 label beside the cursor, indicating that mouse movements will result in larger value changes, while clicks further from the center will result in smaller value changes.

In addition to fine and coarse movement, encoders can respond to circular movements or linear movements dependent on the Compass > Compass Preferences > User Interface Display and Control Options > Value Controller Type preference. In Encoder mode, the cursor must travel around the encoder, as if turning it with one’s fingers. In Joystick mode, the cursor is dragged horizontally or vertically to adjust the value, as if the encoder were a slider.

Another behavior variation is selected by the Compass > Compass Preferences > User Interface Display and Control Options > Input Device Type preference, which modifies the behavior of the cursor when the mouse button is released. In Mouse mode, the cursor remains in place when the button is released. In Tablet mode, the cursor returns back to the encoder.

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