KVR Audio

kylie · Post by **kylie** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:31 pm

Teksonik wrote:Something like this would be easy on the eyes for long periods...........

I sooooo agree with you

ruud07 · Post by **ruud07** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:36 pm

Wow, what a great synth!

The red GUI is fine for me

In Ableton Live 8.2.2, changing the presets is not so elegant. I have to open them one by one, can't browse through them easily. This is a problem I have with most plug-ins in Live, most of the time I have to use the build-in presets browser of the plug-in.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:41 pm

kylie wrote:
Teksonik wrote:Something like this would be easy on the eyes for long periods...........
I sooooo agree with you

Came out a little more purple than I had intended........

By the way this synth is capable of a wicked Hard Sync sound........

karrikuh · Post by **karrikuh** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:49 pm

IrionDaRonin wrote: I missunderstood that phrase, thought you mean Gui is thus and won't be in another way. Lack of sleep hours. Sorry.

Well, there you have two skins at the moment. We posted at same time, so maybe you didn't saw them yet.
I really like the gray and orange one.
And yeah, be honest, always, i like honest people. But don't be cruel
It's practically my third Gui. I made in about one hour.

You could make a poll about Gui colors.
And also, anyway, i could do more in time if people are interested in other colors.
These skins are not finished yet, maybe new knobs, and the name in the center when you finally decide it.

Have a good day, i need to take a rest

OK, so my initial impression about your designs is that, while not exactly bad, I'm not really too excited and clearly prefer mine:
* I do not like unnecessary pseudo-3D effects and prefer an overall flat, simplistic look
* introducing a new color besides the background makes the look unnecessarily more busy

I'm sorry to say that, apart from the background color, it will be very hard to convince me of a new design. I do not want to discourage you but you have to keep this in mind when spending your time on this.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:50 pm

I wonder how hard it would be to allow custom background colors something like Synth 1? Then everyone could have the color they like........

For the record I don't have anything against the gui layout at all....it's just I find Red harsh on the eyes......

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:55 pm

If there was an RGB color switch on the GUI I'd probably choose this color.............

karrikuh · Post by **karrikuh** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:55 pm

kylie wrote:
Teksonik wrote:Something like this would be easy on the eyes for long periods...........

I sooooo agree with you

I do agree as well. Still, other suggestions are welcome...

AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:56 pm

Teksonik wrote:If there was an RGB color switch on the GUI I'd probably choose this color.............

Not this? (I call it Kraft Dinner

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karrikuh · Post by **karrikuh** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:01 pm

Teksonik wrote:I wonder how hard it would be to allow custom background colors something like Synth 1? Then everyone could have the color they like........

Yeah, maybe this is actually better than swamping the thread with color proposals.
Technically, it shouldn't actually be too big of a deal.

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:18 pm

Liking this more and more. Sound is clear and gritty and the relative simplicity is inspiring.

A new GUI is not such a big deal for me, getting stereo out and preset bank support would be nice though.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:21 pm

AdmiralQuality wrote:Not this? (I call it Kraft Dinner )

Hey now.....that was during my "Yellow" period.........

It is pretty butt ugly and certainly not the skin I use on PolyAna.........

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:24 pm

karrikuh wrote:
Teksonik wrote:I wonder how hard it would be to allow custom background colors something like Synth 1? Then everyone could have the color they like........
Yeah, maybe this is actually better than swamping the thread with color proposals.
Technically, it shouldn't actually be too big of a deal.

Sounds like a good plan..............

cosmosis · Post by **cosmosis** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:56 pm

Personally, I would prefer a Windows 3.1 look:

And liking it muchs! This is probably simpler than all other synths I use, but that can be a good thing. It helps me concentrate on the tone itself rather than modulations and such. I started making Stereolab-like sounds right away..

Congrats!

P.S. I like the red

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:17 pm

bpblog wrote:i've created a small bank for Charlatan... only 14 presets for now, but i'll make more soon:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3020648/bpb/bpb ... nk_v01.zip

Thx, nice presets.

bpblog · Post by **bpblog** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:20 pm

cosmosis wrote:Personally, I would prefer a Windows 3.1 look:

looks awesome! green is such a calming color...

but really, if the dev designs to change the default red color, i would vote for a deep dark green. i like the current red because it's original - not too many red synths out there for sure. blue and grey are ok, but also overused. dark green would still be very original but also easier on the eye.

Charlatan v1.4.1 - free VA synth (Win VSTi 32-/64-bit)