Patcher Control Surface update ideas

[sirchris]

Hi

here are some suggestions for a future patcher's control surface. Take what you want from it. Thanks

1. Adding background image of choice to control surface or gradient colored background
2. Add a custom text list option field based on values so that as we change a control setting value text will display to something preconfigured. For example say you have a knob controlling a filter type. As the knob turns text will display LP, HP, BP etc. Whatever we want to associate with certain values
3. Easier routing of knobs to plugins. Currently we have to make the knobs and then go into patcher to assign everything. It would be nice if when we create the knob routings can be configured right there without looking at patcher.
4. Adding custom text titles to control surface
5. Ability to drag patterns or audio clips into control surface which creates a trigger button (image looks like pattern or audio clip image - this might work well with performance mode. Basically something unifying performance mode with control surface into one screen
6. Boxed in patcher screen. This means that clicking the plugin in patcher brings it up but contains the plugin to the right of a reconfigured screen. The popup mode gets messy. Photoshop's (paint program) layout is nice in this regard as each screen is self contained in the large windowed box.
7. new patcher graphics with better wires options (see UH-S Bazille example)

[sirchris]

Also align to grid copy and paste control nudge...