Similar to how the mechanic works on the Centroid, you should be able to insert and remove channel strips on the Maschiniste, Merger, Splitter, and Minimixer.
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With the Maschiniste, it would allow you to more easily sample instruments and extend the amount of percussive samples you can use with one device. With this in mind, it would likely favour quantities of channel strips ranging from 4 to 12 (with 12 being a cutoff based on how many notes there are in a single octave)
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With the Minimixer, a range of 1-4 (maybe even greater) would effectively create a pseudo-"Tiny AUX"
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With the Merger/Splitter, this feature would be useful for running out of in/outputs in cases like splitting sidechain. I find I'll often run out of channels on these devices. This means I’ll have to use a channel and run it into another device only to gain two more channels. Case and point: it gets really messy really fast.
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I would like this on the splitter when I'm compressing lots of things. Don't need to keep adding more splitters. Also I like a nice and ordered workplace.
Yeah, I agree, especially if your sidechaining both compressors and gates (perhaps even other devices that now have that as an option), it can get really messy, really quickly.
Bumping this mainly for an expandable splitter.
I've actually been thinking about it recently...
Currently, the merger/splitter devices use the points of a triangular interface to convey the use of three different audio signals. Would increasing the quantity of audio signals change the interface by adding sides to the polygon?
Say, 4: quadrilateral, 5: pentagon, 6: hexagon etc.?
Also, how many would be too many? And would it just be better to redesign the interface to be more of a rotated Kobalt with expandable/collapsable channels?
I think my Splitter would end up looking almost like a circle then :D Yes, I was actually thinking of something similar looking to the Kobolt. Just lots of outputs to route everywhere.
Haha, I can see that now.
What would be the limit? Same as the Centroid (32 I think) or less?
The control knob of the splitter/merger uses barycentric coordinates and needs as many dimensions as channels - 1. Four outputs would have to be controlled by a tetrahedron and five would need a 4D 5-cell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-cell) which is erm ... tricky ;)
Otherwise the levels would no longer be independent from each other.
It would most likely look like a reverse Kobold (Dlobok) as @jordynth suggested.
i hope you meant this request for the kobolt
Yes.