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zvenx wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:10 pm But to do so publicly?

Wow..

I think I 'owe' them that much, not to do so.
Thank you. :tu:

That's another point I've tried to drive home. Rather than dragging D3 through the mud here just to satiate some pathological desire to argue with people why not take the cause to a forum where you might actually have a chance of making a change ?

I've suggested nay begged for the .sfz Oscillator from Synapse's Zampler plugin to be added to Dune 3 since it would expand the range of sounds it could make by an order of magnitude.

Although I don't remember the exact wording and reason the bottom line is that feature will likely never be added to D3. Ok no problem, of course I'm disappointed but I've just accepted it and moved on.

I don't come here insulting the plugin and the developer because he's not doing things exactly the way I want. :shrug:
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fmr wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:41 pm First of all, he must think in keeping the existing customers. New customers have to decice of the synth is what they want or not, but if the existing combination has been succeeding in persuading customers along the years, there's no reason for it to stop now. OTOH, changing too many things may risk displeasing the existing customers, while still failing in attract new ones.
Well said. :tu:

I'm just not convinced adding a few tweaks is really going to cause enough people to buy or upgrade if they haven't already.

As you point out, changing something for one person's workflow may just piss off another customer.

Some people don't like GUIs that are too Large or too crowded, some don't like Tabs and on and on. Finding a happy medium is an almost impossible task. I don't envy any developer trying to satisfy everyone's definition of the "perfect" workflow. :?

Ok time once again to stop talking about synths and go use them. The synth Du Jour will of course be Dune 3 with a side order of Hive and perhaps VPS Avenger for desert....... :)

(oh and for anyone having problems with D3 being difficult you'd better not get anywhere near Avenger. Your head will probably explode.......... :hihi:)
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@Tek

2 points

1. You actually answered my question as I expected without realizing it. You yourself said (reread what you said if you have to) that you don't know if it would be worth the time and effort to implement these features. Whatever features they are. Truth is, neither you nor I know how many people DIDN'T buy Dune 3 because of whatever problems that had with the workflow. And unless these people specifically wrote to Synapse and told them, I doubt even Synapse knows for sure. But to assume that the few people who complain here is all that there is, is making a bad assumption. Most people can't be bothered complaining about things. They just don't bother buying them. I mean do you think I write to every manufacturer of every product that I don't buy because I think the product is junk? Of course not. So all Synapse can go by is sales of Dune 3 compared to what sales of Dune 2 were to tell if Dune 3 is a relative success or not. And even then, they can never be completely sure that Dune 3 couldn't have been even more of a success with some "improvements" and I put that word in quotes because the truth is, who's to say what an improvement even is? Nobody knows for certain. Not you, not I, not anybody. At least not in any way that can be measured in increased sales, which is really the only thing that matters. But to automatically dismiss the complaint of somebody just because you don't agree with it, sorry, but that's just wrong.

Which brings me to point number 2.

2. You say I'm in the middle of my share of crap that goes on around here? Did you ever stop to think why? Could it possibly be that I have zero tolerance for people who treat others like dirt. The amount of nastiness that goes on in this place (and Bones can be one of the worst offenders calling people idiots) is what drags me into this stuff. I won't stand for it and I won't put up with it. Now this year I've basically kept out of things. That doesn't mean I don't see the rudeness in this forum.

You can pretend it doesn't exist if you want. It doesn't make it not true.

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why is this becoming a round robin of making it about each other and not the points? If it's not about the software it's getting deleted, I have to say this every other day. I'm trying to keep this thread on track, what is it I have to do? If you're going to talk about someone else dont post, if you decide it's time to call someone names or fingers, dont post here, you guys wont stop until this thread is locked...where is the respect in that for the dev?
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I think that it is pointless to make negative comments about Dune's UI in a public forum. These comments are best shared with the developers along with suggestions for improvement. I don't have any problems with Dune's UI. I don't believe that the majority of users do either given its popularity. The fact that this is the third version of the synth reinforces my position. The fact that they carried over many design elements from Dune 2 could mean that these elements were well received and in no need of improvement. Of course we all have our favorite synths and workflows and it may take a bit of time, study, and experimentation to adapt to a different UI. Bottom line: If you don't like a synth's UI and it workflow, find another synth!

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Hey Synapse, can you do some nice upgrade sale please? :)

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Teksonik wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:42 pmYou're missing my point. You're doing it on the wrong forum. If you want to influence the development of Dune 3 then you're far more likely to accomplish that on the beta forum than in a thread that obviously no one from Synapse has the time to read. You're simply going about it in the wrong way. You had your chance to have a say and failed to take the opportunity.
No, you're missing the point. I am gathering information here, information I won't get from the damned beta forum that gobbled up wavetables like they were worthwhile. When I have sufficient information, I can formulate a plan, which I can then present to Rich via email.

Anyway, all you are doing is prolonging this thing you clearly wish to stop, so I'm not going to read any further. There is no point.
HcDoom wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:49 am Ok Bones, we get it...you dont like Dune 3. End of story and lets move on. Stop destroying thread!
Obviously you don't get it because I love DUNE 3, it has lifted every song we've used it in to a new level. I just don't like having to deal with its workflow. If it was a simple matter of not liking it, it wouldn't be a problem because there are plenty of synths I don't like. But when the sound is so good, you want the rest of the experience to match it and DUNE has been falling well short on that front for far too long.
wagtunes wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:17 pm Question: At what point does a synth's GUI/Workflow, whatever, become an issue? When 20% of the user base has a problem with it? 30%? 40%? What's the number?
The pragmatic way to answer that would be to look at how much those percentage increases in sales might matter to the company. It's all about ROI - if I spend x amount of time on something, will it return that effort in extra sales? I'd suggest that a small company like Synapse, with very limited resources, would have to deal with those questions all the time but if an issue can be solved without much effort, then even a modest increase is sales is enough to justify it. And I think these are issues that could be solved fairly easily. e.g. With a lot less effort than adding a second filter. The problem is that it's mostly GUI work, which I know Richard isn't very interested in (I think that's why he bought Marcin on-board) so there is no guarantee that offering even a perfect solution will get much traction. All we can do is try.

The other problem you have to deal with is that changing things around is likely to annoy existing users, no matter how big the improvements might be, so it's something that has to be approached with a degree of delicacy. I think a few small changes is more likely to work than a complete overhaul (as much as I'd like to see a complete overhaul).
Teksonik wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:45 pmRather than dragging D3 through the mud here just to satiate some pathological desire to argue with people why not take the cause to a forum where you might actually have a chance of making a change ?
Because that has not worked. If you want to give up on your feature requests, that's your decision. I'm not ready to do that yet.
tony10000 wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:07 pm I think that it is pointless to make negative comments about Dune's UI in a public forum. These comments are best shared with the developers along with suggestions for improvement. I don't have any problems with Dune's UI. I don't believe that the majority of users do either given its popularity.
With that attitude, why bother with a DUNE 2 or a DUNE 3 at all? If the original DUNE sold well, why not just keep it like that forever?
The fact that this is the third version of the synth reinforces my position.
No, it completely undermines your position because each new version involves changes from the original.
The fact that they carried over many design elements from Dune 2 could mean that these elements were well received and in no need of improvement.
Or, equally, it could be that the developer isn't interested in GUI work and couldn't be arsed even thinking about improving it. Nobody knows and your assumptions are no more valid than anyone else's.
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Bones, you are the only one complaining about Dune 3 and its UI. Everyone else seems either to be content with it or willing to make it work. I doubt that Synapse is going to redesign their UI to satisfy one person. And I doubt that you can prove that a change is going to increase their ROI by one penny. So, you can "Grrrr" as much as you want but I doubt that it will advance your argument.

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Not only Bones!

Anyway, it seems useless to explain and I have already moved on. Enjoy your synth everyone :)

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I agree with Bones too, i did not like at all the workflow induced by the skin of Dune2 and i raised my voice on the beta forum but i was alone, nobody helped me to argument with Richard.
As an example, Dune2 skin's height was too tall to fit some laptop screen, i made a skin with a reduced height.
It should have been made by Richard or Marcin because they certainly loose sales when a potential client demo a synth which don't fit his screen !
Another example, some bipolar knobs (semi, tone, feedback, color, input and output) are not used (in Dune3 but they are in Dune2) why ?
Its like the released was made in a rush !
Dune2/Dune3 beta testing time was very short with few impacts on the development except for the wavetable part which was improved by Mark's idea.
Imho, an improved workflow would means less tab. Today we have to use 4 tabs (osc, synthesis type, lcd and the bottom one)
i propose to have only 2 by setting the lcd tabs (matrix mod and arp1/2) inside the bottom one and to create a new tab under osc mixer related to the layer/voices (AnX idea)
Everything should lay nicely in the same skin size.
5 years later we need more GUI improvement, yes of course, the workflow or skin will not improve the sound but will improve the sales for sure !
Another wish i made in the past was to add some FM algorithms, 2 is too few even with the audio rate engine !
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the layer mixer wasnt my idea, i just visualised it as an example :wink:

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Can the beta testers please, please, please stop this tiresome nonsense? Take it to the beta forum instead.
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BONES wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:47 pm I am gathering information here, information I won't get from the damned beta forum that.....When I have sufficient information, I can formulate a plan, which I can then present to Rich via email.
But you already know what you want so why do you need to "gather information" ? Or do you mean you just need people to say that you're right to boost your ego ?
BONES wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:47 pmdamned beta forum that gobbled up wavetables like they were worthwhile.
There it is again....just because you don't need Wavetables it doesn't mean they are worthless. Some people actually like using WTs. One of the biggest features request was the WT Editor and that's why it was added to D3. But you've never cared what other people want it only matters what you want.

I hope you get what you want but I also hope Richard doesn't let to dumb down D3 to your level. Good luck getting the workflow changed at this late date. You should either have spoken up earlier or should shut up now. You can see how much response you've gotten from Synapse so far so again good luck.

Ok I'm done with you Bones. I'm going to block you now because there is no way to get past that thick skull of yours to talk some sense into you. If nothing else please try to grasp the concept of loyalty so you don't go publicly insulting people who have been very generous to you.
cytospur wrote: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:27 am Can the beta testers please, please, please stop this tiresome nonsense? Take it to the beta forum instead.
That's been my point since Bones insulted Richard on a public forum instead of being a man and contacting him directly through proper channels.

I'm out of here. To me Dune 3 is an awesome sounding synth that is dead easy to program. I'm sorry for those who feel differently. Good luck to all.........
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how the hell did he get banned so quick? :o

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