KVR Audio

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:44 pm

Teksonik wrote:
wagtunes wrote:the GUI itself needs to be MUCH larger. Each individual control is too small for me to read the descriptions
You just need to get a better monitor so you don't have to complain about every synth's GUI being hard to read.

Poly-Ana's GUI is perfectly functional here and it's a ton of fun to program.

Not everybody can afford to get a monitor the size of my TV. And all my other 100 plus VSTs are perfectly fine with the monitor I have, thank you.

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:48 pm

We have been discussing how bad Poly ANA GUI is for years, maybe even a decade XD

rasmusklump · Post by **rasmusklump** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:50 pm

But that was the old gui. The new ones are fine

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:52 pm

rasmusklump wrote:But that was the old gui. The new ones are fine

Are the new ones any bigger?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:54 pm

I downloaded the beta to test the demo. The zip file doesn't contain an installer but a folder holding dll files and skin and banks sub-folder.

I just put that main folder in my VST directory and loaded the VST up in FL Studio.

But how can I change skins then in Windows, do I need to create a custom folder in Program Files as stated in the guide?:

On OSX: place the skin folder and its contents in
/Users/your_user_name/Library/Application Support/Admiral Quality/PolyAna/

(The same folder where your .key, .ini and custom background files are located. See the Custom Backgrounds instructions, below, for help finding your user folder on newer versions of OSX.)

On Windows: place the skin folder and its contents in
C:/Program Files (x86)/Admiral Quality/PolyAna/
(The same folder where your .key, .ini and custom background files are located.)

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:04 pm

Yes. Make the folder, drop the Skins folder into it, then you can change skins inside your DAW.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:10 pm

wagtunes wrote: Not everybody can afford to get a monitor the size of my TV. And all my other 100 plus VSTs are perfectly fine with the monitor I have, thank you.

Yet you keep complaining about not being able to see GUIs and not just Poly-Ana.

You can afford to buy 100 plus plugins you can afford to buy a proper monitor to run them on.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:14 pm

Teksonik wrote:
wagtunes wrote: Not everybody can afford to get a monitor the size of my TV. And all my other 100 plus VSTs are perfectly fine with the monitor I have, thank you.
Yet you keep complaining about not being able to see GUIs and not just Poly-Ana.

You can afford to buy 100 plus plugins you can afford to buy a proper monitor to run them on.

Forgetting about the expense, I'm going to take a photo of where my PC is setup and you tell me where I'm going to fit a large monitor.

When I setup my PC environment I never imagined monitors ever getting much bigger than the 17 inch monitor I have now, which at the time I bought it was as large as they came.

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:17 pm

Teksonik wrote:
wagtunes wrote: Not everybody can afford to get a monitor the size of my TV. And all my other 100 plus VSTs are perfectly fine with the monitor I have, thank you.
Yet you keep complaining about not being able to see GUIs and not just Poly-Ana.

You can afford to buy 100 plus plugins you can afford to buy a proper monitor to run them on.

Higher res/HiDPI (new tech/new monitor) means smaller UIs, so buying a new monitor doesn't necessarily help unless he's throwing money at old tech.

I won't buy it for the same reason, but I am considering the preset version just to have some of those sounds.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:21 pm

wagtunes wrote: the 17 inch monitor I have now

Then please do us a favor and stop posting about microscopic GUIs.

For example........

wagtunes wrote: PPG - Honestly, I demo'd it and just don't care for it. Forget that the GUI is microscopic.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:25 pm

elxsound wrote: Higher res/HiDPI (new tech/new monitor) means smaller UIs, so buying a new monitor doesn't necessarily help unless he's throwing money at old tech.

Nobody said anything about a 4K monitor just something that's standard in 2017. I have a 27" IPS Monitor running at 1920 x 1080 and Poly-Ana is perfectly functional using one of the new skins.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:34 pm

Teksonik wrote:
wagtunes wrote: the 17 inch monitor I have now
Then please do us a favor and stop posting about microscopic GUIs.

Gotta say that Teksonik has a point here really. If you have a problem reading stuff on your 17" disaply, then it's about time to get a new, bigger one. I'm actually considering a 29" 21:9 ultrawide ATM, because, same with my 22", everything's a little bit small. Not unreadable, actually, i got some new glasses not long ago

, but, could be better, and for gaming, and also for working, a ultrawide with a bigger screen, also vertically, surely will do well.

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:36 pm

Teksonik wrote:
elxsound wrote: Higher res/HiDPI (new tech/new monitor) means smaller UIs, so buying a new monitor doesn't necessarily help unless he's throwing money at old tech.

Nobody said anything about a 4K monitor just something that's standard in 2017. I have a 27" IPS Monitor running at 1920 x 1080 and Poly-Ana is perfectly functional using one of the new skins.

Old tech. Andrew posted this in the Aether thread... seems even 4K/5K will be supplanted. http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/5/140982 ... s-ces-2017

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:40 pm

nusound mind wrote:I don't find the cpu hit bad at all if you adjust things. Anti-aliasing really helps, or turn down sound quality to 192, oversampling, polyphony, etc. Not as high quality obvs., but still sounds decent enough imo even then.

Honestly I think the 3 new gui's are fine, esp. compared to that original one. That first one looks brutal. jmo

Put preset 048 "Solo Brass" on at 192 khz. Play some high notes. Not even that high. Wince at the aliasing. Turn "anti-alasing on." Say, "WTF?" Turn anti-aliasing off. Boost quality up to 768. Note it's better, but still noticably aliasing. Load up XILS 4. Never use Poly-Ana again.

exmatproton · Post by **exmatproton** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:49 pm

zerocrossing wrote:
nusound mind wrote:I don't find the cpu hit bad at all if you adjust things. Anti-aliasing really helps, or turn down sound quality to 192, oversampling, polyphony, etc. Not as high quality obvs., but still sounds decent enough imo even then.

Honestly I think the 3 new gui's are fine, esp. compared to that original one. That first one looks brutal. jmo
Put preset 048 "Solo Brass" on at 192 khz. Play some high notes. Not even that high. Wince at the aliasing. Turn "anti-alasing on." Say, "WTF?" Turn anti-aliasing off. Boost quality up to 768. Note it's better, but still noticably aliasing. Load up XILS 4. Never use Poly-Ana again.

Hhaha..true that

Poly-Ana: Coming soon from Admiral Quality.