For me, the skeuomorph of a knob is very much not a knob, because it cannot be operated solely by touch.
The knob on the MXR phaser directly connects my fingers and my ears. Once I have to use my visual cortex, it's a book.
And the skeuomorph knob is a terrible skeuomorph because it replaces rotary motion with linear motion...and that linear motion moves the cursor away from the point of interaction and the point of interaction strongly suggests a point graphically because it is a circle.
I guess I will keep going...if the sweet spot on the MxR is 1200, then why not make the pedal a musical preset and get rid of the knob altogether? OK...everyone isn't into the Unix philosophy and phasers have rhythm. But still there is a question whose main answer is marketing.
You can have to many knobs, but also too few. Minimalist UIs are great if you want a particular cool sound that you like, but they get in the way if you want to go beyond that.
The knob on the MXR phaser directly connects my fingers and my ears. Once I have to use my visual cortex, it's a book.
And the skeuomorph knob is a terrible skeuomorph because it replaces rotary motion with linear motion...and that linear motion moves the cursor away from the point of interaction and the point of interaction strongly suggests a point graphically because it is a circle.
I guess I will keep going...if the sweet spot on the MxR is 1200, then why not make the pedal a musical preset and get rid of the knob altogether? OK...everyone isn't into the Unix philosophy and phasers have rhythm. But still there is a question whose main answer is marketing.