![]() ![]() This enables users to navigate a primary ring of actions, which adjust depending on what you’re currently doing. It also encourages a more fluid workflow experience with features such as the Radical Gestures menu. Over in the Windows and Linux world, things are very different, with a plethora of touchscreen monitors on sale, as well as a mountain of touch-ready DAWs.īitwig Studio is perhaps the most touch-optimised DAW around right now, sporting complete multi-touch functionality, meaning that Bitwig’s faders, knobs and device displays can all be simultaneously adjusted. Meaning Mac-owning musicians are unable to dabble with a touch-centric approach, even if they wanted to. There’s also the fact that Apple’s OS X doesn’t support multi-touch. Perhaps one of the critical reasons why touch hasn’t been taken up more readily is that by its very nature, the benefit of touch-screen control only really shines on a larger screen (such as the aforementioned 43” Slate Raven MTZ or Acer’s T272HL). This is particularly attractive when it comes to mixing, with the ability to control many digital faders at once allowing you to treat your software mixer akin to a real-world console, and feel your way responsively through the process, as opposed to relying on fader automation. The 43" Slate Raven MTX is ideal for touchscreen use (Image credit: Slate) There are numerous attributes that touchscreen brings to the table, namely the fact that multi-touch surfaces enable you to adjust several parameters at once, while simple mouse-orientation only allows you to navigate and adjust specific points click-by-click. Perhaps the biggest question that people ask when it comes to touchscreen technology is just why they should switch up what they’re used to, aside from the obvious novelty of going in keyboard-free. It’s this type of high-spec setup that many of us instinctively think of when considering touch. While its hefty pricetag means the flagship is aimed at more of a pro-leaning consumer, Slate also offers just the touchscreen surface itself (the 43” MTZ) individually at a lower cost. It’s all housed within a retro-tinged design that harks back to the standalone consoles of yesteryear. ![]() Now on Mark II, the MTX is a standalone music production hub that incorporates a bespoke mixer, a multifunction toolbar and wide-ranging interface. The Raven MTX is perhaps the most striking example of a touch-based workstation. Though many might associate touchscreen with tablets, smartphones or Windows laptop PCs, there are other routes to eschewing traditional keyboard and mouse control of DAWs. ![]()
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