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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Cameron" data-source="post: 96881" data-attributes="member: 42">Re: Scribble strip gripeThanks for the input. I don&#039;t think a synth is a valid comparison though since your patches should be done when you hit the stage. During a live sound festival situation where being able to quickly name the channels is paramount, I&#039;ve found the keyboard on the Venue to be extremely useful. Granted, you can use computer to do it on the X32. But it seems it would be relatively simple to add a direct USB keyboard connection for character input. Sitting there twisting a knob to make custom names is relatively time consuming in the heat of battle and can take quite a bit of time if you have several channels to name. Keyboard method on the Venue takes a few seconds. I realize other low cost consoles don&#039;t have this ability either. But the X32 is supposed to be a the &quot;game changer&quot; at it&#039;s price point. Keyboard character input seems to me to be a basic feature for such a console. And instead of a iPhone resting pad. I think a trackball would have been very handy for all sorts of things on the menu screen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg Cameron, post: 96881, member: 42"] Re: Scribble strip gripe Thanks for the input. I don't think a synth is a valid comparison though since your patches should be done when you hit the stage. During a live sound festival situation where being able to quickly name the channels is paramount, I've found the keyboard on the Venue to be extremely useful. Granted, you can use computer to do it on the X32. But it seems it would be relatively simple to add a direct USB keyboard connection for character input. Sitting there twisting a knob to make custom names is relatively time consuming in the heat of battle and can take quite a bit of time if you have several channels to name. Keyboard method on the Venue takes a few seconds. I realize other low cost consoles don't have this ability either. But the X32 is supposed to be a the "game changer" at it's price point. Keyboard character input seems to me to be a basic feature for such a console. And instead of a iPhone resting pad. I think a trackball would have been very handy for all sorts of things on the menu screen. [/QUOTE]

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