I would love to take the XY Grid a step further and be able to control 4 parameters at once on each side of the grid. If this is possible now, feel free to correct me. Otherwise, just food for thought 
Could you explain what you mean by “on each side of the grid”? Do you mean like there is 4 parameters - one in each corner - and the centre of the pad is Value 0 for all parameters? Or do you mean the X axis controller would control two separate parameters as would the Y axis controller? If it is the latter, you can do this with Bome MIDI Translator Pro.
yeah, more info needed @dylanmixer
JTB has it right. 4 parameters, one in each corner, the center of the pad is 0.
@dylanmixer @JTB I have a problem with grasping this concept - so we have got 4 parameters, when the crosshair is in the middle of the pad, all of them are set to 0. And what happens when the crosshair is for example in the middle of the second quarter of the pad? What are the precise values for all the controllers then?
I’d like it if one could specify a single “primary” controller, and have the other three move relative to it based upon some mathematical relationships.
For example, move Primary (A) left and up, and Secondary controller B goes right and down; Secondary C follows left and up but scales its upward movement by .8; Secondary D goes right but scaled by .5 and down but scaled by 1.5 so changes more extremely.
Or: set the output to be note numbers instead of CC’s, and then move Primary (A) left to right and it steps its movement according to a scale or an interval of values; Secondary B follows but its position up/down is offset by -5 and stepped using the same scale, and Secondary C is offset by -8 and stepped using the same scale.
With more Secondaries one could create a nice Atmos placement tool.
I wish I could explain better. I don’t know fully what happens under the hood! But what I’m talking about is similar to the vector position on the Korg Wavestation. You have 4 parameters, and you use one knob/ stick to blend between them. Does that help?
So in the screenshot each point is 100% of that specific parameter, and no other. Half way between B and C would be 50-50 blended. So at no point would all 4 parameters have a value. You can blend between B and C, C and D, D and A, and A and B.
@dylanmixer Thanks for explaining this - now I fully understand and it makes sense. Added to the Feature Requests.
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