I’d like to make a knob you can keep turning left or right. Anyone got an example of something like that handy?
I can only think of a Real World example - the frequency tuning knob in my car radio. Also the Volume control, come to think of it.
I suppose there would be no need for a pointer on it.
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Are you wanting unlimited number of turns, or just multi-turns? Like, say, dialling from 0 to 100 at the rate of 10 units per turn.
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Unlimited number of turns is what I was imagining. I’m just curious if there are any examples of it out there already in VCV rack
You can’t go unlimited because you need a distinct min-value and a distinct max-value.
On my module TapeRecorder I built the cassette-reels based on knobs. And the tape can be very long. My solution was to set minAngle = -6.f * M_PI and maxAngle = 6.f * M_PI to get 6 full circles a user can turn the knob in one mouse-movement. After the mouse-movement has ended it’s quite easy to turn the knob back to a position inside the middle circle by addin/subtracting full circles from the actual angle.
Do you want to emulate an endless encoder?
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That’s not true.
parameter knobs in VCVRack support INFINITY and -INFINITY for their min and max values. If you set both ends to infinity, this triggers the knobs to become endless knobs. But they seem tricky to handle. I don’t know of any examples where they are being used.
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Impromptu CV Pad uses a parameter with INFINITY/-INFINITY.
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By setting minAngle = -INFINITY and maxAngle = INFINITY the knob graphics will not be displayed.
By setting configParam(MY_PARAM, -INFINITY, INFINITY, 0) the knob will be displayed an can be turned endlessly, but double clicking the knob does not reset it to the default value.
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like the mouse wheel? I usually borrow mouse wheel functions for things that need a knob in absolute mode.
When you just need a +1, 0, or -1 value to determine if the knob is being rotated and in what direction.
Instead of an indexing value between two set points.
I would use 2 buttons instead:
[-1] and [+1]