XiControl Bug & Omissions
The positives of this upgrade continue to be clearer. As Frank said above, 2.0 is really a deal-maker.
However, there is one major problem that I've found: although the compressor gain reduction metering works on the input channel strips and the meter pages, it is not working in the mix bus details, either for mixes 1-whatever or L-R. You can adjust the parameters there and get gain reduction, it just won't show up in the ladder next to the controls on the details pages. Before I upgraded the console to 1.11, it was in 1.09, and the 1st gen meter showed constant max gain reduction even when no reduction was occurring. The mini just showed nothing happening. After the upgrade, both show nothing happening when something is happening.
The new access to the Graphics and FX is great, as is the displayed amount of cut/boost you are doing on a particular slider, but it would be nicer if the frequency were displayed above the gain readout. My fat fingers hide the frequency labels down below the sliders.
Also in the GEQs, it is nice to be able to tap below the slider and see the boost/cut value displayed without inadvertantly affecting that level; it would be nicer to be able to sweep a finger across the spectrum and see the values (and frequencies) of all the sliders change sequentially. Doing that now requires individual taps on frequencies.
Neither a bug nor an omission is the fact that the graphic sliders have narrow widths and are tightly packed. This fat fingered person has an easy time hitting the wrong slider. There is a lot of unused screen width, and using that space to increase the distance between the sliders might solve that problem.
I also find I miss a center detent on the GEQ sliders. It's easy to leave a half a db difference one way or another when fingers leave the slider. As it stands, it will be easier to not use GEQ's and instead go to the expanded parametric page for each output, which is more usable on the iPad than on the console IMHO.
Another omission is the inability to get to the output delays from the iPad, unless I'm missing something. It's a winner to walk around and adjust delays from remote listening locations.
The final omission so far is on the panning; while the graphic is clever, it's easy to not leave it centered when wanting it to be centered, and I can't see any numeric or precise visual indicator on the iPad of pan position. As cool as the graphic is, it's not as precise as a dial with a clear center point.
In the scheme of things, these are minor issues; 2.0 is really wonderful. I even like it that it points out when your software needs an upgrade.
As an aside, are any iPad Retina users able to confirm that the same screen width is covered as on the lower-resolution screens? I was wondering if the higher pixel count somehow translates into smaller percentage of screen coverage. I hope not, but would like to know for sure.
