[linux-audio-dev] Programming Synth Knobs?

thockin at hockin.org thockin at hockin.org
Sun Feb 12 03:34:02 UTC 2006


On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 03:24:57AM +0000, peter wrote:
> For example, this shot shows a work in progress interface for a DSSI
> synth plugin. I rendered the knobs in blender with an alpha channel to
> get translucent shadows. The widget uses generic gtk functions to
> render each frame over the background as the knob is turned.
> It looks pretty nice in action, even if it's an eye candy overdose
> for some tastes.
> (if you dispense with the alpha and transparency, it's naturally faster)
> http://www.zenadsl6252.zen.co.uk/purgatory.png

This is not really as overkill as you'd think - it's kind of the defacto
way things look on Windows/Mac plugins.  Shadows and all.



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