Option to reduce or disable “zero snapping” for volume faders and pan knobs in MIDI Remote

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I would like to request an improvement to the MIDI Remote system.

Currently, volume faders and pan controls appear to have a snap-to-zero behavior around the center position. While returning to exact 0 can be useful, this becomes inconvenient when using rotary encoders, especially the Stream Deck+ dial.

For example, with the Stream Deck+ dial, a small adjustment (e.g. moving to around +0.3 dB) often gets pulled back to 0, so the parameter does not move away from zero unless I turn the encoder more aggressively. This makes fine control around the center awkward and frustrating.

It would be very helpful to have one of these options:

  • A setting to disable zero snapping (so movement is fully linear, while still allowing an exact center value when the controller sends the exact center value), or

  • A setting to reduce the snap range/strength near zero (so small adjustments don’t get pulled back so easily)

The same behavior affects both volume faders and panning controls.

Also, considering Yamaha recently released a new controller that includes actual Stream Deck buttons, improving flexibility for modern controller workflows (encoders + Stream Deck-style operation) would be very beneficial.

Small additional request: please consider making the CC1 dial/knobs assignable in the Stream Deck app for general (non-Cubase) workflows.

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Hi,

I’m not aware of this kind of snapping. Isn’t it just the rounding issue at the end? Or the small range of MIDI CC? I believe, if you would use the 14-bit precision, this wouldn’t happen.

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Hi Martin,

Thanks for the suggestion.

I also considered MIDI CC resolution/rounding, but the same behavior happens even when using pitch bend (14-bit), so it does not seem to be related to 7-bit CC resolution.

For example, when controlling the volume fader, the exact 0 dB point corresponds to PB value 12258. However, values roughly between 12130 (-0.38 dB) and 12387 (+0.38 dB) get pulled back to 12258 (0 dB). In other words, there seems to be a kind of center snap range around 0 dB.

Because of this, small adjustments around the center cannot move away from zero unless the encoder is turned more aggressively.

Also, the same parameter can be adjusted much more smoothly with the mouse, and I do not see this behavior when controlling it via MCU. The snapping only seems to occur when controlling it through MIDI Remote with encoders.

If the snap range could be reduced slightly (for example to around ±0.25 dB), it would already help a lot. My typical fine adjustment step is about 0.3 dB, so the current range makes precise control difficult.