13 Jan
2004
13 Jan
'04
1:51 p.m.
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:09:56 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote
Hallo,
Dave Griffiths hat gesagt: // Dave Griffiths wrote:
I actually quite like the PD interface, especially after a bit of work, like
your pattern seqencer.
I've been considering writing a modular gui
in tk - PD style (but hopefully a
bit prettier ;P )
Pd will probably not stay with tk, and some of its ugliness is rooted
in cross-platform thoughts (like using the Courier font everywhere). Regarding a common modular patch editor: although
softsynths are
relatives, there are various important differences between them. For
example, the Max family is very dependent on character input: You
create objects by creating a generic object and then giving it a
name. Afterwards the objects stay just that: a word, and it can be treated
like that (search/replace for example).
This is very much different from traditional modular synths that
follow a hardware emulation approach, like AlsaModularSynth or
Reaktor.
With traditional modulars there is also the thorny issue of whether you put
the module's controls in the gui box, or in their own window.
One thing I'd really really want is a patch layout tool for complex graphs
like maya's (whcih uses this: http://www.tomsawyer.com/gallery/gallery.html)
There are a few GPL equivelents, but nothing that can do this AFAIK.
cheers,
dave
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