Ok here goes........Norbz wrote:I see. If you are his voice, you can post the issues on his behalf?
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"Next time you're in there you might want to tell Norbz that it's looking nice, but he's totally f'ed up the control labels in a lot of places.
Just at first glance...
- Osc FM Mod Sources are labeled AM, making two AMs.
- PH(ase) and DEST labels on the Oscs appear swapped - no, wait - superimposed! WTF? LOL!
- The DM/WFM and PWM/PM mode switches on the oscillators are centered, making it not clear they only apply to the two mod sources on the left. (A cool way to treat this would be if the switch was under the Mod Source/Amount section, and changed its label! It's too bad I had to put these in anyway, I hope to take them out in Poly-Ana 2.x, providing 2 more Mods for each osc, one more for the filters, and one more for the amps. It was done originally to keep the CPU usage down, as well as to save screen real-estate. I've already determined that I can make the 2.x voice add these and yet still read the old 1.x patches though!)
- The envelope velocity knobs have lost the word "VEL" on all but the first one, making them conflict in apparent meaning with the ADSR knobs. (Maybe label that whole section could be labeled VEL?) Also, the R-Vel button only applies to the Vel R-Time knobs. That's why they were next to each other originally. At the very least a line connecting them would be appropriate.
- The square buttons are fine but they don't change in brightness, just color, making them impossible to see for some people. (A surprising 8 percent of males are color blind!) Odd in an otherwise all monochrome interface. A darker off state and/or some surrounding glow effect when on (which is too cool to not use, really) would go a long way towards making them more visible.
- Strange inconsistency in font, size, color and border in the section labels.
I'm sure there's more. Changing the labels positions is one thing, but rewording them... that implies you have a deep understanding of this synth architecture and Norbs clearly doesn't. I'd never accept one like this for the contest. But would if stuff like that could be fixed. (As well, pretending Mod Source dials don't exist will disqualify you. All designs must support both modes. But they don't have to be big dials. You could make a control that fits into the very tiny area he's left for the Source dropdowns.)
I really wish he'd contact me. It would save him a lot of time. I don't know why almost nobody has. The Skins page invites them to. And I'm quite willing to help with tricky issues. Again, I *want* winning skins to come in but, as is, this isn't one yet. If he can address the above though..."
"- Another thing I don't like, KEY TRACK has become KEY, which isn't very informative. TRACK would be better (who's to say your controller even has keys?
)- He's also separated the Mod Source and Amount controls in the Amp sections. They should *always* have the same positional relationship to each other everywhere they're used, to keep from driving the user crazy.
- But one fatal flaw that's going to destroy the whole design. He made the knobs go only 270 degrees instead of 300. (At least as far as I can tell. This is SUCH a tiny interface.) If only he had bothered to read the instructions and contact me (which was one of the instructions).
- Osc 3's sync should be labeled Osc 2 sync, not 1. (They sync in a chain. Another thing only Poly-Ana can do! I very nearly allowed them to sync in a loop but it was too easy to make a sound that didn't make any sound.)
- Also, Sat and DC cut aren't "Q" (presumably Quality) controls, they're simulation controls, of which Quality is only one of them.
People think I made this up randomly but in fact every single thing was an intentional, conscious decision and a trade off against less desirable options."
"I just hate to see people putting wasted effort into skins that I'll have to reject if they submit them. That's why I invited anyone interested in doing it to contact me early in their process on the Skins page."
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So you sending a simple e-mail to Admiral Quality would have been much better.......
