u-he SATIN as Reason Rack Extension?

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u-he SATIN as Reason Rack Extension?

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I think something like Bazille and Ace would fit very well into the Reason Rack.

Of course i can only dream..
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V0RT3X wrote:I think something like Bazille and Ace would fit very well into the Reason Rack.

Of course i can only dream..
Alas, it will always remain a dream I'm afraid. As Urs said earlier:
Furthermore, cables are still confined to the backside, which rules out an ACE RE or a Bazille RE.
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The madness of dangling cable spaghetti gets bad enough on the backside as it is. On 2D interface front ends they're even more of a cluttery mess. This is one of least appealing byproducts of obsessive analog emulation to me. I greatly prefer Thor or Zebra's UI approach to modular style synthesis over something like ACE (it sounds great though).

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Tronam wrote:The madness of dangling cable spaghetti gets bad enough on the backside as it is. On 2D interface front ends they're even more of a cluttery mess. This is one of least appealing byproducts of obsessive analog emulation to me. I greatly prefer Thor or Zebra's UI approach to modular style synthesis over something like ACE (it sounds great though).
In Zebra there are fewer types of modulation sources and those sources are generally more complex.

In Bazille, I may have an LFO going to a rectifier, to the quantizer and then a lag generator before finally modulating filter cutoff. (Zebra use an MSEG)... That is easier to visually see with the wires than a bunch of drop down menus pointing from source to source. Especially since you can create feedback loops in Bazille.

Zebra does not do feedback loops between modules... any feedback is hardwired in the module itself (XMF Filter).

Both ACE and Bazille can do complex networks of modulation not possible in Zebra.

What you are seeing as obsessive analog emulation, is I think a better method for visually displaying such complex networks on the GUI itself than how it is done in Zebra. Different functionality calls for different solutions.

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pdxindy wrote:What you are seeing as obsessive analog emulation, is I think a better method for visually displaying such complex networks on the GUI itself than how it is done in Zebra. Different functionality calls for different solutions.
I'm in agreement there. This is one of the reasons why I enjoy the rear rack of Reason so much. Looking at CV and audio cables and where they go is such an easier way for me to understand routing. In fact, I loathe right-click menus. The way Thor handles it is pretty cool, but seems limited by the 9U space it occupies.
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I understand that, but I much prefer other methods of visualizing routed connections. Circle or Massive come to mind. Or maybe even colored lines that neatly connect two points without obscuring the other interface elements.

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Tronam wrote:I understand that, but I much prefer other methods of visualizing routed connections. Circle or Massive come to mind. Or maybe even colored lines that neatly connect two points without obscuring the other interface elements.
You prefer those other methods for synths that are very different than Bazille. If you translated it over to Bazille, I think it would be worse than the wires...

Take Massive as an example... Suppose that Filter Cutoff is modulated by Env 1... Then to see if something is modulating Env 1, I have to go click on the Env 1 tab. There I see that Env 1 attack time is modulated by LFO 6. Then I have to click on the LFO 6 tab to see if something is modulating that. Massive gets clumsy quickly.

In Bazille, I can see all that at a glance without going through tabs. Bazille is faster/easier to comprehend the structure at one look.

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I think that Madrona Labs Aalto and Kaivo have a different, yet fresh, approach to visual routing. There's also another solution that would omit cables yet keep a similar "directness" to it.

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pdxindy wrote:Zebra does not do feedback loops between modules... any feedback is hardwired in the module itself (XMF Filter).

Both ACE and Bazille can do complex networks of modulation not possible in Zebra.

What you are seeing as obsessive analog emulation, is I think a better method for visually displaying such complex networks on the GUI itself than how it is done in Zebra. Different functionality calls for different solutions.
Thor can do a lot of that stuff including feedback loops between modules and I'm pretty content with having that stuff in the mod matrix. Horses for courses, I guess. :)

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eXode wrote:I think that Madrona Labs Aalto and Kaivo have a different, yet fresh, approach to visual routing. There's also another solution that would omit cables yet keep a similar "directness" to it.
Yeah, I like their approach... It works for their synths. Would it work for Bazille?

Kaivo has 16 outputs and 44 inputs... Kaivo also has a fixed audio path...

Bazille has 54 outputs and 60 inputs (more coming)... In Bazille the audio path can be wired however you want and it has nearly 3x the # of modules

I think the easy solution in Bazille is just to have thinner cables... then they are less obtrusive. Bazille as is, is just a rough alpha without a finished gui...

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eXode wrote:
pdxindy wrote:Zebra does not do feedback loops between modules... any feedback is hardwired in the module itself (XMF Filter).

Both ACE and Bazille can do complex networks of modulation not possible in Zebra.

What you are seeing as obsessive analog emulation, is I think a better method for visually displaying such complex networks on the GUI itself than how it is done in Zebra. Different functionality calls for different solutions.
Thor can do a lot of that stuff including feedback loops between modules and I'm pretty content with having that stuff in the mod matrix. Horses for courses, I guess. :)
Of course, you are entirely welcome to like what you like :wink:

I find mod matrices difficult to follow when one starts having complex networks with various slots modulating other slots. It quickly becomes hard for me to visualize... Especially in synths with multiple matrix tabs

Anyway, my main point is not to say one is necessarily better in all circumstances, but that there are also strengths to the wires and they are not just an affectation of trying to look like hardware.

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I like cables, but what I don't think translates particularly well from hardware over to the flat screen is having them crisscrossing all over the main interface's knobs, buttons and sliders. It works for me in Reason because they're relegated to the back panel. To be clear though, this is all just a matter of personal taste. Korg's MS-20 is probably the compromise that appeals to me most with its dedicated matrix panel. Since Reason supports multiple racks now, one interesting route PH could take would be to allow them to be flipped independent of one another or perhaps REs could even open as two separate panels side-by-side with a full cabling matrix in an adjacent rack.

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pdxindy wrote:I think the easy solution in Bazille is just to have thinner cables... then they are less obtrusive. Bazille as is, is just a rough alpha without a finished gui...
There will be more cable width and transparency options. :party:

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pdxindy wrote:Zebra does not do feedback loops between modules... any feedback is hardwired in the module itself (XMF Filter).
Hehehe, that's only for audio signals. Modulation signals can have feedback loops all over the place in Zebra, albeit not latency free ones (they update in the kilohertz range though - which is usually good enough for modulation)

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