It’s interesting - even though something like a basic XY pad can functionally be compared to two sliders or knobs, the form itself gives way to more expressiveness.
When I’m turning two dials, I’m aware that I’m controlling two parameters. But an XY pad has a way of making me forget that, and become more interested in the sound.
So what would happen when you take that concept and add pressure sensitivity, will another dimension add even more to that “immersive” effect?
Oh, and this controller has 16 of those?!? That’s crazy. Right now, I am trying to understand what just one would mean to musical performance
So yeah, something worth thinking about…For starters, one could produce an awesome theremin-style synth with two oscillators, using pressure to control velocity.
XYPad was introduced just last month, so that’s definitely a start. Try to replace “pad” with “xypad” in the control-map, and you should something which look closer to the Quneo.
Unfortunately, XYPad MIDI support is not 100% complete at the moment. I’m looking out for the Quneo’s specs to appear, and by then Duplex should obviously be able to support it.
Until then, creating a functional XYPad mapping on a MIDI device means representing the X/Y axes as separate sliders. But hey, if it works…