Hi John and AndyB
Like you I do not like the sliders. They should have been motorised ones but they are not.
Yamaha have designed the sliders so they do not actually respond until you reach the point where the position matches to actual volume which the style has set. You do not need to move them up AND down several times, simply move them in the direction needed as shown by the LED’s, and from that point they will work.
The only other way Yamaha could utilise is for an instant response, however that way you will get a massive and sudden change in volume.
Either way is not good, at least Yamaha should at least give us the choice by a menu setup.
Bill
100% this. I get that previously on G1, people complained that accidentally touching a slider could make a channel's volume jump unexpectedly, but with the "match reading and *then* let you adjust" setting, it's often frustrating if you're looking at the main screen or your hands, and you're trying to figure out where the volume was set to before it will then allow you to adjust it. Agree; they should've let you choose 1 setting or the other, or simply gone all the way and avoided the problem with motorized faders (which of course would cost more).
the next best thing they could do is scale it as you're approaching the value. EG the old volume was set at 127, your fader is at the bottom, so now you have to slap it all the way up to be able to bring it down; they should've implemented a velocity of volume change so that if they detect you're heading rapidly upwards towards the volume you want to bring down, maybe start changing it to the *actual* position of the slider (gradually, like a cross fade) once you're say within velocity/2 of the actual dest value.
Would prevent wild jumps, but also people having to go *past* the old value in order to start getting any movement.
Same goes with the other mode (like on G1), where it instantly jumps to the value you've just accidentally flicked it to? Why not have a fixed velocity change so if the stored value of volume was 83, and the fader was at 50 when I accidentally touched it, don't instantly jump to 50. Gradually decrease it. (like 25 velocity values every second, so it take a little over 1s to move from 83 to 50). Won't be so jarring, especially when you accidentally flick to a much higher velocity.
Mark