I thought this was gonna be about blenders :(
I expected an article about social clubs (Rotary, Elks, Cosmos, etc.)
The cult of rotary mixers
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#52By the title I expected the article to be about kitchen blenders, as they are called mixers in my mother tongue. Do native speakers have this confusion?
For I second I thought it could be about faucets.
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#53By the title I expected the article to be about kitchen blenders, as they are called mixers in my mother tongue. Do native speakers have this confusion?
Native speaker and I had the same confusion, but was intrigued by the idea that people felt so strongly about their kitchen mixer, and was curious about what other kinds of mixers are available (that aren't rotary). I'm weird ;)
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#54One feature that faders have is clear visual and haptic feedback - a thing that is not as clear with knobs. For rotary controls not only are the markings smaller if they exist at all but you have to deal with angles instead of distances, for which we know from studies of pie charts for example, our brains are not well equipped for. Then there is the problem that for haptics you need a marking on the circumfence which…
The only problem with save/load in faders is haptics. Touch screens can show dynamic content and work like a fader just fine. (As opposed to a knob, which does not work right without the physical form.) Once someone invents a display with programmable shape, there's your programmable true fader.
>As opposed to a knob, which does not work right without the physical form
What about the iPod circle? That is basically a digital pot.
In fact that idea is used on a bunch of Bluetooth speakers including Harmon Kardon and Google Home to control volume.
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#55I thought this was gonna be about blenders :(
I expected it to be about Kitchen Aid. They have cult like following.
Same here. KA stand mixers are a de rigeur status item / badge that says "Hey, we've attained a certain socioeconomic status but we're not flashy about it! We just wanna make some pizza dough."
I'm a victim of this cult myself, and like everybody else I know who has one, ours gets used probably three or four times per year, max. It's such a cumbersome appliance to deal with that most of the time, I just use a fork and mixing bowl.
edit : also the noise is awful -- can't use it after bedtime unless I wanna wake the bambino
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#56I've been playing records for a few years and have had the pleasure of playing with a DJR400. Some personal additions to the article I'd like to share: 1. The physical feel of the device is amazing. Every knob feels and looks both smooth and incredibly sturdy. It's like the difference between driving a Mazda and a Porsche. Madza might be more versatile, practical, and cost-effective. But which one of them is more fun…
> After a long day sitting on a computer, the last thing I want is to feel like going to stand next to another computer. Utterly tangential, but this is why some of us still love shooting 35mm film.
I'm a web developer / gamer. My guilty pleasure is leatherworking. :)
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#57I thought this was gonna be about blenders :(
Get real! How many DJs, outside of home setups, use blenders in their audio rigs?
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#58And to think....all I want is a 6/12 channel stereo mixer with 3.5mm jacks so that I can combine my PC's and ham radio(s) signals into one common set of speakers.
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#60And to think....all I want is a 6/12 channel stereo mixer with 3.5mm jacks so that I can combine my PC's and ham radio(s) signals into one common set of speakers.
I'm sure you're already aware of this but 3.5mm to RCA adapters are relatively cheap.