[LAU] ZynAddSubFX Usability Survey

Hi there linux audio users, Over the past several years the ZynAddSubFX team has been trying to modernize our versatile synth. It has gained some pretty significant features such as MIDI learn, LV2/VST plugin versions, near full realtime safety, and remote user interface support. One thing which hasn't changed all that much structurally though has been the user interface. As a next major step for the project is a full rewrite of the UI, replacing the current junk-drawer of knobs with a much easier to navigate and explore interface based off of a mockup by Budislav Stepanov [1][2]. This UI will be a single window design, which will be resizable, present more consistent means of interaction, present more interactive views on synthesizer data, and be built with touch interfaces in mind. In order to make this a possibility I'm going to be working full-time on this for a few months and releasing it under an open-source eventually model. As this is a huge project and zyn is relatively well known in the LA community, I'd like to solicit feedback about this interface project and general usability/interface issues that already exist. This feedback is incredibly valuable and it will help greatly in making this next step forward what the larger community wants. Here's a short survey on the topic: http://goo.gl/forms/st8xv3s2I9 For those of you which might be interested in hearing about this project as it progresses, there's an announcement-only mailing list at: http://eepurl.com/bS2Z0P Thanks for taking the time to read this and providing any feedback, --Mark ZynAddSubFX Developer [1] http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/mockups/mockup-2014.html [2] http://budislavtvp.deviantart.com/art/ZynAddSubFX-UI-UX-Concept-2015-455890…