WACOM tablet weirdness

martian · Post by **martian** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:04 am

any other wacom tablet users there?

Ii'm usin the innuit 2 ( not the eskimo)

weird sh*t with things like gain control on the clip. also pretty wacked response when drawing envelopes etc -anything drag like ( yeah but no... not crossdressin.....sorry lil britain interlude...)

any other Mac users getting this?

cheers

martina

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:08 am

IIRC this is because when tweaking these parameters Live goes into high-res mode. I've heard of this problem a bunch of times.

Mbazzy · Post by **Mbazzy** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:41 am

Well I just bought yesterday a Wacom Volito tablet for my daughter in the local Aldi superstore (29 € ...) .. it was advertised as windows only so I thought it could be usefull for a 12 year old on her older win98 PC ... indeed fun ...

This morning however I tried it with my Mac's and know what, it works smoothly ... it needs some getting used to when you never used something similar but I see some good uses for it ..

Tried it in Live 3,0,4 (osX 10,3,9) on the envelopes and worked rather good ...

martian · Post by **martian** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:12 pm

weird!

I seriously have to go into fine mode and still a bit wobbly..

err_fatale · Post by **err_fatale** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:56 pm

yeah the little faders and knobs are buggy, like too senstitive. Using my tablet I use the stylus to drag and drop stuff,draw envelopes, velocity, VST params, etc., but when using the little tiny knobs and stuff in LIVE I usually just tap it to select it and use the arrow buttons. Maybe someday they will fix it....when more people start using tablets......otherwise it still kills the mouse generally for everything else...nothing is perfect...I think tablet technology is still too advanced and hasn't been really taken into consideration for Live....

network.funky · Post by **network.funky** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:16 pm

err_fatale wrote:I think tablet technology is still too advanced and hasn't been really taken into consideration for Live....

i have been planning to get a tablet for Photoshop work, one of the first things i thought when i moved over to Live a few months ago was how cool it would be to operate with a tablet.

err_fatale · Post by **err_fatale** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:40 pm

i recommend it. it's the only way to go. they cost the same as high end notebooks. If you want to use the tablet like a regular notebook, you can!!!! you get both worlds. Why limit yourself?

network.funky · Post by **network.funky** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:57 pm

err_fatale wrote:i recommend it. it's the only way to go. they cost the same as high end notebooks.

Wacom tablet are expensive but not that expensive. I think we may have got our wires crossed here.

I was talking about graphics tablets.

err_fatale · Post by **err_fatale** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:01 pm

oh, well not as cool as a tablet, unless it's a CINTIQ which will cost as much as a tablet PC. those tablet pads don't do it for me. Nothing like making contact with the actual GUI.

martian · Post by **martian** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:10 am

that would be my dream interface actually!

don't think those tablet PC's have really got the horse power??

if i won the lottery then I would have a cintiq in a blink!!!

nice tip about using the arrows BTW

tablets are great cos they are so predictable- mouse is inprecise!

martian · Post by **martian** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:13 am

err_fatale wrote:yeah the little faders and knobs are buggy, like too senstitive. Using my tablet I use the stylus to drag and drop stuff,draw envelopes, velocity, VST params, etc., but when using the little tiny knobs and stuff in LIVE I usually just tap it to select it and use the arrow buttons. .

fine for drawing envelopes - but the other buggy area is when u ry and edit the break points... whoa it sux at it..... even in fine mode its a beast to control - a bit like riding a bike on ice.....

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:53 am

network.funky wrote:i have been planning to get a tablet for Photoshop work, one of the first things i thought when i moved over to Live a few months ago was how cool it would be to operate with a tablet.

I've got an intuos. Been using it for about a year and a half now and it has definitely doubled my productivity. I am pretty much reliant on it now, if anything happened to it I would be screwed. I work mostly with photoshop, illustrator, and indesign. The keys on the intuos are the shit when you program to perform application specific shortcuts.

I have also used it with live, matter of fact the last gig I had, my friend thomas and I as FEAR the plumber, I used the wacom.

tedriot · Post by **tedriot** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:57 am

You can operate Live with your tablet

I use a wacom tablet and installed tablet 2 midi
http://www.livelab.dk/tablet2midi.php

Then you need a virtual midi cable
http://www.marblesound.com/Maple_driver.html

works perfect for me