12 Nov
2008
12 Nov
'08
5:37 a.m.
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 09:50 +0100, Bengt Gördén wrote:
Den Wednesday 12 November 2008 09.24.31 skrev Damon
Chaplin:
Yes, it is a fine GUI for technical users who want to create synths.
Reaktor & Synthedit both have interfaces like that (as would my app).
But Reaktor & Synthedit also let developers build panels with knobs &
sliders for non-technical users.
It works well in the Windows world. There are lots of Synthedit
synths/effects available, and they are used a lot with few problems. (Of
course the audio quality varies, but that is a separate issue.) Only a
small percentage of people want to delve into using Synthedit themselves
though.
Damon
I think we're going to have to disagree about
what makes a good GUI.
About 99.9% of VSTs use knobs and sliders, and people seem pretty happy
with them (as I am).
I can't compile Ingen at the moment but if the GUIs are like the
screenshot on the home page (http://drobilla.net/software/ingen/) then I
don't think it is really suitable for ordinary users.
I might not be the average user but I have never used a real modular synth in
my life. But having a look at the gui for Ingen I think I might be able to
work with it. I really think it looks intuitive. I'll install it when I get
home and see if I can get it to produce some noise.