Xhun Audio LittleOne : version 4.x Released

[xhunaudio]

what would that "lots of additional stuff" be?

Not additional features, for "stuff" I mean "fixes" and "fixes of fixes" in some cases...
I'm very happy, I reduced the CPU-hit by 30%, without affecting/reducing the accuracy side, at all.

if you ask me (I know you won't anyway) I'd say - ditch AAX for now, but then, february is something that still sounds promising. would have been happy to see it this year, though...

Yes, I think that would be mandatory to avoid postponing the relase date. By the way AAX would be delayed by just a couple of weeks from the release date...

[xhunaudio]

LittleOne version 3.0 Sneak Preview : EPISODE 11

(...continuing the sneak previews series started this summer...)

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This time, it's all about the two analogue envelope generators...

[xhunaudio]

LittleOne version 3.0 Sneak Preview : EPISODE 12

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About the Modulation section...

[xhunaudio]

LittleOne version 3.0 Sneak Preview : EPISODE 13

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Some infos about the Oscillators section...

[xhunaudio]

LittleOne version 3.0 Sneak Preview : EPISODE 14

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And finally the voltage-controlled filter section !

[egbert101]

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[xhunaudio]

Looks extremely promising

I'm doing my best to make a good product

[EvilDragon]

Here's a suggestion to think about: have an alternative skin which doesn't try to copy the limited interface design of Little Phatty (in that you have to press a button before tweaking a parameter). Instead of those buttons you could have a knob, easily. No?

[xhunaudio]

Here's a suggestion to think about: have an alternative skin which doesn't try to copy the limited interface design of Little Phatty (in that you have to press a button before tweaking a parameter). Instead of those buttons you could have a knob, easily. No?

Uhmm, a déjà vu...

Yes eheh, this discussion has occurred many times and one possible solution was indeed what you suggest : an alternate gui with all controls "at the same time" could be made.

If I remember fine it has been proposed in a post on this thread...

[Touch The Universe]

very excited about this synth, i happen to like little one as is I also want it to be a success for xhunaudio so he'll keep making stuff, so maybe its worth considering the alternate gui if more people request it? cheers

[xhunaudio]

very excited about this synth, i happen to like little one as is I also want it to be a success for xhunaudio so he'll keep making stuff, so maybe its worth considering the alternate gui if more people request it? cheers

Thank you for your support

that's something to evaluate for sure, I'm not against such thing.

Here're just my thoughts, I don't want to close the door to what I stated above, but :

sincerly, I *really* think that such GUI is not a limitation. The fact that knobs are "not all there, simultaneously" could get scared only if you *listen* to that sentence. "Hey, I don't want my knobs to hide from me... I'd like to see them all, now".

Just kidding, but with everyday's usage that will show not to be an issue at all. In the passed years, I created thousands of presets for LittleOne (ver 1.x / 2.x / 3.x), and the fact of "selecting a knob" by pushing a button do not have negative impacts, you will never "lose your time", also if you continuously spend hours and hours making presets as in my case.

But what that is *bringing*, it is the same "vintage" interface of the original hardware, it reminds me a lost epoch when you had to interact with such "interface limitations" and synths *had* to be hardware, and... but I'm a romantic

[EvilDragon]

One does not expect (bad) limitations of a certain hardware to be copied in software verbatim. At least not me. Software interfaces have their own advantages, so why not use them?

[xhunaudio]

One does not expect (bad) limitations of a certain hardware to be copied in software verbatim. At least not me. Software interfaces have their own advantages, so why not use them?

Because I don't consider that as an advantage or limitation... It is exactly what the original looks like. (edit : the pros are a vintage look and feel preserving the original, cons are that it could be improved to make it *perfect*).

Do not misunderstand my words, I *completely* understand you and other Kvrists here saying why (on the hell ??) I made a GUI with the same look and feel of the original including its "limitations", if I could provide a completely new interface - probably I could easily improve it from the original, after all everything could be refined (and reproducing the original "knobs switches and O.S. panels" is undoubtedly more difficult than creating a more "basic" GUI). Or maybe I could use better colors, or I completely re-arrange all controls' position...

But that would be a transformation in something *else*, incoherently different to my eyes.

To be clear : if I made a replica of something like the Korg Poly800, obviously I would change something on the interface, I would add knobs or sliders and improve that (without going too far) just because the original interface is really *too much* unintuitive to use. But that's not the case with LittleOne, definitively.

Basically, I think (within a replica/simulation) if something *theoretically* has a few weak points (without too much bother), they should be preserved as they are, also if they could be improved in some way.

...also if a "3D" environment has everything a "2D" env has + much more, if I'm going to play things like Super Mario or Donkey Kong, I JUST prefer a "limited" 2D environment for them, because that's their proper "environment" and in other contexts, well - they're not "the same thing"... not everything gets better by just adding things...

(I really wish someone understands the last thing I said, without sounding too much strange... )

[JerGoertz]

Any ETA, Bruno?

[Echoes in the Attic]

Agree with EvilDragon. I'm not clicking a button for every knob I want to see. That is a sever hardware limitation I wouldn't put up with in software. Sounds great, but will wait until there is a skin with all of the controls visible. As there are so few, I do indeed want to see them all "now". Tabs are annoying enough, but when a tab contains one parameter, yikes.