Sucky exp. looking for editor. So any advice?

[Khazul]

Originally Posted by RenderGod

What software do you use for editing your synths/VST?

da knobs on its panel.

If you get a synth and it seems a real arse to get to grips with it and learn where everything is, especially if the manual aint very logical either, then sit down with it and the manual one day and draw your own block diagrams with controls, parameters, menu navigations, mod routing and whatever other wierd shit it has inside it.

Yeh - I know - takes a while etc.

But it serves two things, 1 - respresents everyting in a way that makes sense for you, 2 - forces you to go through everything and understand what it does, what it affects etc.

Once you made the diagram - either keep it as a reference or just bin it - the diagram usually aint important - its going through it and visualising it all in your head that matters. Then once done, you should find navigating menus, tweaking knobs, visualising an entire patch etc become quite easy and you dont end up being a slave to a mouse and a computer based editor. Often you may find that actually there was some sensible logic to the way everytinhg is done on it and what you though were really obscure choices about whats where etc actually follow a sensible pattern and become easy to find and remember...