KVR Audio

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:15 pm

iDesignSound wrote:Good to know it's not just me then

I include myself as well...last time I saw my vst list it was over 300!!

xalama qo · Post by **xalama qo** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:45 pm

robertszalapski wrote:@xalama qo: The large numer of presets is good if they are tagged well. Take a bit of time to learn about the tagging system, seriously.

Good advice, I should take the time to learn it properly...I might actually like it!

robertszalapski wrote:The Boz Imperial Delay has a pretty clever UI IMO. Possibly the best delay UI I've seen. It gives a great high-level, producer's view of the effects in the delay while letting you get in and tweak the other stuff. Great for staying in the right mindset when mixing IMO.

hmmm, the Boz is actually well laid out IMO, but the stripes and shiny knobs and perspectived view just detract from the clarity of the layout IMO. I'll stick with Timeless 2

2 plugins with realistic GUIs which are not fisheye-perspectived, and which I think look amazing are:

arcDev ET-301
http://rekkerd.org/tag/arcdev-noise-industries/

VLX-1 by STUDIODEVICES
http://www.studiodevices.com/

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:57 pm

Don't think the UI/GUI is ever that much of a deal breaker if the sound that comes from it is good. True, some graphics and others which break the flow of usual programming may have the effect of turning it into a just a player. After being on KVR for awhile though, I've noticed the community base of the VI can kill it for me much more than looks, flow, price, etc.
I now try to stay away from elitist and short bus groups of owners. And I guess that makes me a snob in relationship to their snobbery.
It's like the buddhist that wants to distinguish themselves as a person trying to remove all distinction.
Trapped and owned by their own premise.
Snob? Who isn't?

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:01 pm

xalama qo wrote:hmmm, the Boz is actually well laid out IMO, but the stripes and shiny knobs and perspectived view just detract from the clarity of the layout IMO. I'll stick with Timeless 2

i suppose if i wanted a gui like an early 80's hi-fi fm receiver, it might suit. one problem, like you say, is the weird angles which make absolutely no sense. also, there's so much wasted space (with unnecessarily large controls), forcing everything but the most basic control behind sub-menus

Azura · Post by **Azura** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:13 pm

early 80's hi-fi fm receiver:

http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=212 and http://www.softube.com/index.php?id=fc Love that look!

xalama qo · Post by **xalama qo** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:39 pm

This is worse!
http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=257

But I love the sound, so d16 is well loved here

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:43 pm

Azura wrote:
early 80's hi-fi fm receiver:
http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=212 and http://www.softube.com/index.php?id=fc Love that look!

i think the d16 gui's are well-designed. the softube one is a bit over-egged. if they manage to provide ease of use with the graphics, then fair play. but pushing a ton of function behind menus JUST for a flashy front-end is placing too much importance in the G, at the expense of the UI

robertszalapski · Post by **robertszalapski** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:42 pm

el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote:
xalama qo wrote:hmmm, the Boz is actually well laid out IMO, but the stripes and shiny knobs and perspectived view just detract from the clarity of the layout IMO. I'll stick with Timeless 2
i suppose if i wanted a gui like an early 80's hi-fi fm receiver, it might suit. one problem, like you say, is the weird angles which make absolutely no sense. also, there's so much wasted space (with unnecessarily large controls), forcing everything but the most basic control behind sub-menus

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvxlvSIIww

Well, I agree about the wasted space. However, I thought hiding the modules (and making the individual modules have presets) was clever and helps me focus on the right things.

MPowerSynth is the only other plugin of the top of my head that has presets for submodules. I wouldn't call it a great UI, however; it definitely has a few GUI issues that make it a bit slower/harder to work with than Massive or FM8. Love the randomization, though.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:47 am

Me? I used to be all over the whole pseudo 3D hardware look that people seem to like. Now i'm all about the sound because thats whats really important in the end. If it sounds good and the interface is not too hard to get around in then I'll be all over it.

quantum7 · Post by **quantum7** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:00 am

I cannot stand ugly UI's and unless something sounds exceptionally good, if it has an ugly UI, I will not use/buy it.

Aleatoriac · Post by **Aleatoriac** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:24 am

Yes I want Fabfilter UI's on everything from now on or I won't buy or use it. That's right.

Especially you Reaper GUI-less plugins that I occasionally flirt with. You bastards. You mind-sodomants.

rockstar_not · Post by **rockstar_not** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:19 pm

I just watched a documentary on Netflix called "Objectified" and there's a short section on there on interface - but mostly it's about the concept of design in general. Many famous industrial designers that are alive today are interviewed on the show, and it's quite interesting to hear common threads of their descriptions of what classifies as 'good design'. http://www.hustwit.com/category/objectified/

Melodyshine · Post by **Melodyshine** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:47 pm

I am a UI snob, too.
For example products from Sampletekk:

Looks so ugly.. Really non-professional

quantum7 · Post by **quantum7** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:40 pm

Melodyshine wrote:I am a UI snob, too.
For example products from Sampletekk:
Looks so ugly.. Really non-professional

?????????

robertszalapski · Post by **robertszalapski** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:48 pm

That is pretty bad.

Are you a UI snob?