KVR Audio

kbaccki · Post by **kbaccki** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:29 pm

Mutant wrote:

Two words: "damp cloth".

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:22 pm

DrewDale wrote:OBX and OB12 skins looking mighty fine. How about a Matrix 12 one next ?

good idea. as i'm shooting for a different skin for every day of the week!

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:24 pm

BlackWinny wrote:Very nice.

On the hardware device of the OB-12, isn't the white serigraph a bit bolder than the one you've done for the GUI ?

yeah, you may see thicker lines on the final release

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:26 pm

Boardwalk wrote:Nah. Modulation panel (grey one) is cluttered. Distance between bottom text and switches too close in comparison with the other panels.

yeah, i knew modulation would be a tight squeeze and that control would have much empty space. but as FMR said not much i could do about moving the knobs and switches. oh well. just glad modulation fit at all.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:28 pm

kbaccki wrote:
Mutant wrote:

Two words: "damp cloth".

yup, the dark color almost looks like grey in this well lit photo

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:39 pm

layzer wrote:
BlackWinny wrote:Very nice.

On the hardware device of the OB-12, isn't the white serigraph a bit bolder than the one you've done for the GUI ?
yeah, you may see thicker lines on the final release

I think also of the letters... They seem really thicker, more contrasted on the original, don't they?

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:48 pm

layzer wrote:
Boardwalk wrote:Nah. Modulation panel (grey one) is cluttered. Distance between bottom text and switches too close in comparison with the other panels.
yeah, i knew modulation would be a tight squeeze and that control would have much empty space. but as FMR said not much i could do about moving the knobs and switches. oh well. just glad modulation fit at all.

After seeing the result of your (deeply appreciated) effort, IMO it would be better to be faithful to the "spirit" of the skin (colours, knobs, buttons) but keep the original element organization of OB-XD, since we cannot change it without reprogramming. To make things the way of the OB-X aligment, we would need 2Dat to change the original program in order to allow skinning, or changing the element position. So, in the current state, I would prefer to get back to where we were before (big titles in the top and knob/button labels in the bottom), but with the graphical evolution acquired in terms of buttons, knobs, colours, etc.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:55 pm

fmr wrote:
layzer wrote:
Boardwalk wrote:Nah. Modulation panel (grey one) is cluttered. Distance between bottom text and switches too close in comparison with the other panels.
yeah, i knew modulation would be a tight squeeze and that control would have much empty space. but as FMR said not much i could do about moving the knobs and switches. oh well. just glad modulation fit at all.
After seeing the result of your (deeply appreciated) effort, IMO it would be better to be faithful to the "spirit" of the skin (colours, knobs, buttons) but keep the original element organization of OB-XD, since we cannot change it without reprogramming. To make things the way of the OB-X aligment, we would need 2Dat to change the original program in order to allow skinning, or changing the element position. So, in the current state, I would prefer to get back to where we were before (big titles in the top and knob/button labels in the bottom), but with the graphical evolution acquired in terms of buttons, knobs, colours, etc.

i think i may try a mix of both... having the titles on top and *some* of the button labels on bottom... such as the control section, but leaving the rest of the button and knob labels on top.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 5:04 pm

layzer wrote: ... i think i may try a mix of both... having the titles on top and *some* of the button labels on bottom... such as the control section, but leaving the rest of the button and knob labels on top.

And Manual and Global sections

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:50 pm

layzer wrote:
kbaccki wrote:
Mutant wrote:

Two words: "damp cloth".
yup, the dark color almost looks like grey in this well lit photo

Well, lit with a warm yellow weak point source

See below for corrected white balance and (mostly) removed yellow and orange color cast.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:59 pm

ok, i think this is the best compromise between faithful and practical.
i'm sticking a fork in it.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:13 pm

Looks great

Yeager · Post by **Yeager** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:17 pm

layzer wrote:ok, i think this is the best compromise between faithful and practical.
i'm sticking a fork in it.

NOOOOOOOOO...
I like the one with the text on the bottom much more....

I mean this one :

OBXskin.jpg

Not this one :

OBXskin2.jpg

Diego_C · Post by **Diego_C** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:34 pm

layzer wrote:ok, i think this is the best compromise between faithful and practical.
i'm sticking a fork in it.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:13 pm

Yeager wrote:
layzer wrote:ok, i think this is the best compromise between faithful and practical.
i'm sticking a fork in it.
NOOOOOOOOO...
I like the one with the text on the bottom much more....

I understand your frustration, but the one with the section labels on the bottom simply looks wrong and unbalanced. Unfortunately, 2Dat isn't around anymore, to fix the DLL to accommodate the changes, and the plug-ins simply was designed to have the section titles on the top... so, IMO, it's better to give up on fidelity to the hardware in favour of better looks. After all, the synth is not an OB-X emulation, as it isn't an OB-Xa emulation, nor a FVS emulation, but can be any of them most of the time.

Actually, I would return to the original design, with section labels on top, and knobs/buttons names under those. That's the way OB-XD was programmed, and that's the way it works better for the GUIs. That said, Layzer late solution seems like a fair compromise.

Obxd synthesizer