KVR Audio

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:51 am

davidguda wrote:The flatness in the design I suppose is a lot due to my personal preference for it, and it is all the rage in the web design world nowadays!

Some almost invisible dropshadows (on knobs for example) will go a long way in making a flat GUI better

davidguda · Post by **davidguda** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:58 am

I suppose I could do some experimenting with simple drop shadows to see if it could work interface wise.

solidtrax · Post by **solidtrax** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:20 am

davidguda wrote:Will do, listened to some tracks on your soundcloud b.t.w I really like!

That's cool! And thanks for listening to our tracks, we are happy you like them!

davidguda · Post by **davidguda** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:26 pm

Trying out some with some mild (I still want it to remain rather flat) shadows on the knobs and boxes in the GUI.
Showing you guys a screenshot, what do you think, better? worse? same?
The modmatrix knobs are also bigger than last screenshot and some other stuff.
http://gudaaudio.com/images/testWithShadows1.png

idfpower · Post by **idfpower** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:33 am

Subtle, but better

You could also try to add a rim to the knobs while still keeping them flat - that way they will look more like gauge displays. Just a thought

You're the only one that can decide exactly what type of GUI would fit the character and sound of your synth, but IMO that orange doesn't click that well. I'd rather try a rainbow type - for ex going from grey or white to red or any other colour and change the background from flat blue-grey to a metallic or texturised one. This kind of design may be all the rage these days as you said and may work very well for websites and stuff, but IMO not so well when it comes to VST GUIs - they need depth, dimension, textures. IMO Knobs should look like knobs, and not like pie charts

Overall the GUI looks like it has a lot of wasted space in the upper side and really crowded in the lower part (with the smaller knobs and all.

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:39 am

Personally, I like the GUI the way it is.

Odd name, though.

Looking forward to the Windows version!

davidguda · Post by **davidguda** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:19 am

Well, the name is a bit odd yes. Euterpe is musical muse in greek mythology.
The name EuterpeXL kind of suggests that it is "just" a bigger version of the Euterpe synth, and it is quite alot more. It has been the working name and just never got replaced..kind of.
Coming up with a good name is hard.... Spliney?

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:42 am

davidguda wrote:Well, the name is a bit odd yes. Euterpe is musical muse in greek mythology.
The name EuterpeXL kind of suggests that it is "just" a bigger version of the Euterpe synth, and it is quite alot more. It has been the working name and just never got replaced..kind of.
Coming up with a good name is hard.... Spliney?

Now that I know the meaning behind the name, I dig it a lot better.

davidguda · Post by **davidguda** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:21 am

I was thinking about marketing it with "Euterpe just got a big sister, and she is so fat your mama looks skinny!"

Now in a biological sense "getting" a big sister might not really make sense but, hey it sound good

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:30 am

davidguda wrote:I was thinking about marketing it with "Euterpe just got a big sister, and she is so fat your mama looks skinny!"

Now in a biological sense "getting" a big sister might not really make sense but, hey it sound good

I like it!

davidguda · Post by **davidguda** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:50 pm

New beta nr 9 is out.
It got improved "3d" look in interface, sorts presets when loading.
Shows comments in presets browser. Password field shows dots instead of cleartext when not selected. Some improved user settings handling and a little bugfixings.

http://gudaaudio.com/images/EuterpeXLBeta9.png

idfpower · Post by **idfpower** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:43 pm

davidguda wrote:It got improved "3d" look in interface

Although still very subtle, it's a great improvement IMO, you know

That extra bit of depth makes all the difference

Congratz

davidguda · Post by **davidguda** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:49 pm

Thanks, the "3d" part is intentionally kept subtle. I even put a user setting in the right click menu to turn it on/off.

idfpower · Post by **idfpower** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:05 pm

Yeah, I thought so, but like I said, it adds dimension

You can keep it minimalistic and stylish at the same time

davidguda · Post by **davidguda** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 10:27 am

A while since I last updated progress here. Last days have been some twiddling with looks of the synth. I have added a couple of options for the user to customize its looks.
An example of all features turned on with color set "prima donna" (ahem).
http://gudaaudio.com/images/EuterpeXLPrimaDonna3D.png

Betatesters wanted for Upcoming synth EuterpeXL!