duane - OK, I see here you're going now. 'The total of the dial values ... no greater than 1.0' looks like a good idea. It would probably be best to implement it as a optional mode. I also we're talking two ranges here. That would be, all positive dials adding up to equal or less then 1.0 and all negative dials adding up to equal or greater then -1.0. Now the problem is figuring out how to make it work. :-) Thanks for the feedback and the idea.