Reply to Suggestions for further improving the firmware

Hello!

I hope this thread fits in nicely here - I haven't found any where you could post some suggestions for future FW updates, so I thought it would make sense to start one.

First of all, I really appreciate the work that went into these mods, and I hope I can contribute a little bit to make these even better!

So, here are my suggestions (maybe even for Version 1.4?):

1) Missing MIDI outs

Some buttons can not be programmed to switch their LEDs on, even if in theory they should have this capability. So far, I have found the "preview", "set cue" and "cue play" buttons, as well as the jogwheel lights, but I am pretty sure there are more of them lingering around.

2) ability to switch LEDs OFF (and enable BOTH of the Dual LEDs)

It would be very nice if we could switch the dual LEDs (with 2 colors) OFF completely. So far I believe this is not possible, since all LEDs only seem to know 2 states.

Edit: add the abilty to also switch BOTH LEDs ON at the same time

3) Fix the "flickering LED Bug"

I have tried to use a blinking LED to add another visual state to a LED and so far succeded, but there is an annoying bug where all LEDs flicker when you send out a MIDI message to a LED. This is a general problem, but especially annoying with blinking LEDs because then your whole VCI is constantly flickering like a X-mas decoration :eek:

4) dimmable LEDs

Not sure is the hardware even allows this, but it would also be nice to able to dim certain LEDs. Would be better in a low light situation, where you don't switch off the LEDs completely, but dim them down so you can still see some light.

These general improvments to LEDs would make it possible to use more sophisticated visual feedback on the VCI-100 LEDs

And here is another one:

5) Kill switches on all EQ knobs

Again, don't know if the hardware allows this, but special kill switch MIDI Notes on _all_ EQ knobs instead of just one would be nice.


Would be happy to see some of these suggestions be incorporated in future releases. Discuss and add more to the list if you like and keep up the good work!

regards,
Frank