VC OS3 Gui

[Totty]

Hi,

I thought i'd post my thoughts on the GUI, it is an improvement on the whole, reminiscent of NI's FM8 colour scheme but I have to say I think the browser page is harder to read than before. Or is it me!

Mike

[plaid_emu]

I agree. When I first saw the Browser page I thought something was wrong! Then I was like.... OK......I think it's supposed to be this way?

[Splat!]

Yeah, it is difficult to read.
Now, I miss the old GUI I think I like the Red and Grey/Black combo better. It looked darker and evil
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[Totty]

Originally Posted by Splat!

Yeah, it is difficult to read.
Now, I miss the old GUI I think I like the Red and Grey/Black combo better. It looked darker and evil

I miss it, but I think its better layed out and more logical. I like the dark look, but the browser page is very dense, the patch numbers align strangely and the text (black) is clashing with the surrounding lines and grads. May be I'm being picky, but I do design too!

[wavesinspace]

I wish they would just give us the whole shabang on on one friggin page...

Either use the TI hardware layout with extra knobs or albino 3 as a starting point...

(if using albino layout, just make sure it is easier to cycle through the osc waveforms cause on albino this is a bitch)

[iand]

Yep, I don't care for the GUI at all.

[soundsubs]

well hmmm.

i LOVE the new GUI.
i think its classy. i wonder if its because i have the Polar?
i wonder if people who have the non-Polar (non-white) dont like it.
it would be cool if it matched the hardware!

[DeFex]

they should make it skinnable, then we could waste even more time not making music

personally i like it a bit better, althought the old one looked "cooler" i find the new one easier to read.

[fgimian]

I'm colorblind and I personally like it, although I think that 2 things about it look terrible...

1) The browser page looks really horrid, everything is stuck together and the new colors make the page look very plain and harsh.
2) The gradients on the envelopes look really out of place, I think they should be solid colors, or the gradient should be significantly less extreme.

Overall, for me, the red was very hard to see on the old GUI (most colorblind people have trouble with red on black) so this new GUI is a lot better for my taste, assuming some touch ups are made in the next revision.

On the other hand, why not give people skinning abilities? Would certainly open up a new world of interfaces for this awesome synth!

[marc]

Originally Posted by DeFex

they should make it skinnable, then we could waste even more time not making music

personally i like it a bit better, althought the old one looked "cooler" i find the new one easier to read.

that was the main reason why we did it.

m