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The information box associated with a playback contains a wealth of useful information including a watermark that shows the page number and playback legend. It would be extremely helpful indeed to have a second watermark that shows the playback number.

Background -

For all consoles (including Titan-One), it is easy to see which playback fader operates a particular playback as the physical fader sits directly above or below the information box (even on a quartz). When using Titan Mobile however, this is very rarely, if ever, the case.

This is simply because when using a remote screen, one or more of several factors will create some degree of 'offset' making matching up the legend with fader more difficult.

Firstly - faders are quite close to one another on the control surface, whereas the playback information that they correspond to are usually much larger and are thus spread out over a greater length, creating the offset.
Secondly - The relatively greater distance between the playback fader and it's information box can enhance the effect of the offset.
Thirdly - Despite attempting to align the screen with the control surface as much as possible, physical orientation between the screen and the physical faders can further enhance the offset Particularly if using the wing and/or a second touch screen.

Why is this such a problem?

When busking shows you must be able to quickly decide on the playback you want and grab its fader (or flash/swap buttons) without having to think about where that fader is.

Without the benefit of physical alignment I find this quite difficult, particularly towards the centre of the bank of playback faders. (mmmmm...... is it playback 4 or 5 or is it 5 or 6, for example). Thus I have to count (from one end or the other). This not only takes time, perhaps leading to a missed cue or mistimed cue, but at the very best it is time consuming, frustrating and very distracting.

(I've attached a number of photos which hopefully illustrate this better)

I have two 'workarounds' to deal with this issue at present, neither of which are as elegant and helpful as having the playback number shown as a watermark.

The first (and least helpful) is to add the playback number in brackets as part of the playback legend. There are several problems with doing this. You have to remember to do it (time consuming), the character size is small and may get 'lost' in the description.

The second, more useful, workaround is to stick a piece of LX tape to the screen under the playback area and number them with a good old sharpie. Whilst this helps, it is not very elegant and I don't think it is as clear as having a watermark would be.

Thanks for considering this.

PS..... I could not directly place this post within the developments requests section as for some reason the ability to add a topic was not available, nor can I see how to relocate it. Please do so if possible, thanks.

Thanks for the detailed request. The Titan Feature Requests thread isn't locked as far as I know but there is already a request for this there.

Thanks,

No, the post isn't locked however, I'm not given any option to add a topic, only to reply.

I did look for a similar request but did not see it in my search. I guess that very much comes down to how it has been phrased.

It's no doubt helpful to know that I'm not the only person to request this feature.

If you could show me where the other request is, perhaps it's better that I reply in support of the request.

Regards,

Steve

Reply is correct - it is a thread, not a forum. Fader Number Watermark (TM) There is no need to reply or add support.

Hi,

Oh I see, thanks...... I'll know what to do in future.

Regards,

Steve