Obxd synthesizer

[fluffy_little_something]

Not really, maybe you could use the SynthEdit patch manager and link the OBXD name plate to it. It is like that on SuperWave synths, so there is not a single visible patch manager control on the GUI

[Echoes in the Attic]

I think the GUI is great. Perfectly functional and nice to look at.

Sorry I haven't followed the whole convo, but when the new parameters get added to the GUI, will there be a way to load presets too if our hosts doesn't load banks?

thanks, Echos...2Dat has not mentioned anything about a preset handling function in the new version, sadly.
but we can keep asking!

I thought about it. It's doable, but it will consume a lot of space for new controls: preset load, bank load, preset switching buttons, etc..

Same is true for all plug-ins, I don't think it's too much of an eye sore. I'm sure it would fit.

[fmr]

I think the GUI is great. Perfectly functional and nice to look at.

Sorry I haven't followed the whole convo, but when the new parameters get added to the GUI, will there be a way to load presets too if our hosts doesn't load banks?

thanks, Echos...2Dat has not mentioned anything about a preset handling function in the new version, sadly.
but we can keep asking!

I thought about it. It's doable, but it will consume a lot of space for new controls: preset load, bank load, preset switching buttons, etc..

What about a single button PATCHES (or PRESETS, or PROGRAMS, or SOUNDS) giving access to a menu with all the options? Usually it's what is given in the vast majority of plug-ins

[BlackWinny]

Or even no button at all (a simple right-click on any space free of element to open a menu).

[fmr]

Or even no button at all (a simple right-click on any space free of element to open a menu).

Or that (but that will classify as a hidden feature, IMO)

[beely]

thanks Ingo. i have a sneaking suspicion this beely A-hole is someone that was trolling around
making stupid statements about the gui from the last time it was being developed.
its pretty obvious since the majority of users find it at the very least "usable" and not horrible. so suck it beely.

Not a troll, just a genuine question about whether I could mod it graphically. Sorry you feel threatened by this.
And at least there are some other folks on this thread who share a similar opinion as mine - I wasn't expecting everyone too, we all have different tastes levels, and that's fine.

I read the previous threads about the GUI design after my posts, and they convinced me that it was pointless going any further with this. No problem..

[PAK]

I don't use OBXD, but think it's a good piece of software. If someone wants to change the GUI then remember 2DAT was kind enough to put the source on Github. Look for the download zip button, to get the source.

It takes just a few seconds to find the png's are stored in the res.cpp file. Look for "static const unsigned char temp", and that will take you to the start of each png. You see the strings of numbers which follow? They're just the PNG files written in decimal format. For example "137,80,78,71". The 80,78,71 part spells PNG when it's converted back into hex.

So you just need to have the PNG's in the correct decimal format, insert and change the relevant bits of source, then compile the source. It's probably doable in not much time, even for someone who can't code, if you really hate the GUI that much!

I don't think the final UI is that bad. The knobs lack of texture, in the shadow areas, does create a "black blob" contrast effect at lower brightness, which I didn't like. Maybe that creates contrast issues for those with poor eyesight too. Other than this I found it fine, usability wise

[beely]

I don't use OBXD, but think it's a good piece of software. If someone wants to change the GUI then remember 2DAT was kind enough to put the source on Github. Look for the download zip button, to get the source.

Thanks, yeah I did look at a github link but I think it was for a Linux version or something for some reason, or a different than official version - and the bitmaps weren't standalone files in the archive so I didn't look much further. Maybe I'll take another look sometime.

It takes just a few seconds to find the png's are stored in the res.cpp file. Look for "static const unsigned char temp", and that will take you to the start of each png. You see the strings of numbers which follow? They're just the PNG files written in decimal format. For example "137,80,78,71". The 80,78,71 part spells PNG when it's converted back into hex.

So you just need to have the PNG's in the correct decimal format, insert and change the relevant bits of source, then compile the source. It's probably doable in not much time, even for someone who can't code, if you really hate the GUI that much!

I appreciate the info though - very useful now I know potentially how to access them.

I don't think the final UI is that bad. The knobs lack of texture, in the shadow areas, does create a "black blob" contrast effect at lower brightness, which I didn't like. Maybe that creates contrast issues for those with poor eyesight too. Other than this I found it fine, usability wise

Actually I find the bulk of the main GUI fine, and don't really have a problem with the knobs or main panel - it's mostly the name plate I really can't stand and it's the thing that most makes me not want to use it. Anyway, not a priority for now and I'm in the middle of too many other things - and tbh I was kind of turned off bothering partly due to some of the weird vitriol here...

[PAK]

No worries, I got called a "troll" by Layzer too. He thinks, because he asked for feedback, it should've made his decisions immune from criticisms or expressions of personal preference.

Apparently he doesn't realize, even if Michelangelo did the GUI, someone would have had something negative to say about it. Why someone should take things so personally, especially about something as silly and ultimately trivial, is another matter..

Point is, 2Dat has given people the option, if someone chooses to spend the time and likes / uses OBXD enough

[bftucker]

Apparently he doesn't realize, even if Michelangelo did the GUI, someone would have had something negative to say about it.

Interesting that Leonardo Da Vinci thought that Michelangelo's figures looked like they were "bags of nuts." I have a Metropolitan Museum/Vatican cast of the face of Mary from the Pieta and, if it were mine (I do a little sculpting), I would still be working on it!

[fmr]

I wouldn't mind to have a more OB-X resembling GUI at all, if someone is willing to "get the hands dirty"

[layzer]

I wouldn't mind to have a more OB-X resembling GUI at all, if someone is willing to "get the hands dirty"

how about OB-Xa gui? i've begun the first stage of its developement

[bftucker]

Great...That is all you need to replace to make me even happier.

[fmr]

I wouldn't mind to have a more OB-X resembling GUI at all, if someone is willing to "get the hands dirty"

how about OB-Xa gui? i've begun the first stage of its developement

Looks good, but personally I never liked the look of the OB-Xa, because those blue stripes over black hurt my eyes (I have eye problems with colour - I am almost blind to red, but very sensitive to blue). BlackWhiney also has somehow a similar problem - let's see what he says. But personally I would rather prefer the soft grey of OB-X. Maybe without that light reflexion, and with a rough dark grey (or light black, if you prefer) surface (like rugged paint)?

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Hey Layzer, way too much glare on that one, but otherwise a nice start. What's planned for the GUI update? Will it include new things like the inverse envelopes?