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Chrisk-K · Post by **Chrisk-K** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:42 pm

What PC Daw offers an easy-to-read GUI (e.g., parameters and fonts)? I could be wrong, but on Cubase everything is so tiny that I don't think I can use it comfortably (my vision is not sharp anymore). I love how everything is easy to read on Logic Pro, but I'm thinking about getting a PC for various reasons.

xbitz · Post by **xbitz** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:57 pm

Reaper with Logic skin ?

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=214879

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:04 pm

Do you know there's this amazing invention called reading glasses to make everything sharp again?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:13 pm

A bigger display would also help. I can read much better since I've upgraded from a 22" to a 24.5" display. Although I must say that in general my vision is a bit sharper now, because I have better glasses, and don't suffer from migraine specific blurry vision so much anymore (which was really annoying...), or bad vision due to dry eyes, or strain. Had it all, and I'm quite glad that it's better now.

jonljacobi · Post by **jonljacobi** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:51 pm

Live, Bitwig, Tracktion, Mulab and some others scale so you can adjust the size of elements to taste, or need.

Chrisk-K · Post by **Chrisk-K** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:16 am

In my case reading glasses won't help. I didn't know Live and Bitwig scale. That's great. Does anyone know whether Presonus Studio One or Reaper scales? I guess I'll need to try trial versions if available.

fairlyclose · Post by **fairlyclose** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:19 am

It is easy to change display scaling in windows. I use 125% for some GUIs and switch back to 100% at other times

jinotsuh · Post by **jinotsuh** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:42 am

Chrisk-K wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:16 am In my case reading glasses won't help. I didn't know Live and Bitwig scale. That's great. Does anyone know whether Presonus Studio One or Reaper scales? I guess I'll need to try trial versions if available.

If your eye sight already has issues I would suggest you steer well clear of REAPER, it has been known to melt peoples retinas on first contact. It's GUI is the God Damn ugliest thing known to man and can cause instant and permanent blindness. The UX aint much better, but it doesn't affect the eye sight, only mental acuity and stability.

Best of Luck

ozinga · Post by **ozinga** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:37 am

Logic is really great on the eyes. Not just font type and size but how every element, icon and text has contrast with each other and how everything is placed. It looks deceptively simple.
If you go for PC as you mentioned, I find Ableton Live the closest to the experience. When needed its %125 Zoom is great.

Chrisk-K · Post by **Chrisk-K** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:24 am

My 2014 Macbook Pro is getting old, and I myself can build a powerful PC for something like the 1/3 price of an equivalent Mac (and there's a potential issue of Apple's migration to ARM processors in 2021). That's why I'm very tempted to go for PC. I'll test Live and a couple others. Cheers.

tooneba · Post by **tooneba** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:49 am

FWIW, Live has smallest fonts among DAWs. So it's mandatory to use zoom (in option) if it is an issue.

oneway · Post by **oneway** » Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:06 am

Reaper is so customizable I would say go with that. I believe there is a Facebook group that has customized it and offers lessons on their custom version for blind and vision impaired people.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:08 am

Chrisk-K wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:16 am In my case reading glasses won't help. I didn't know Live and Bitwig scale. That's great. Does anyone know whether Presonus Studio One or Reaper scales? I guess I'll need to try trial versions if available.

Studio One definitely scales.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:46 pm

I'm sure there must be a way to improve your sight using glasses. If reading glasses don't suffice then maybe prescription glasses?

Switching DAW's just because of that seems a little drastic to me, as it would mean learning a completely different workflow.
Maybe you could just lower your screen resolution, this should make everything bigger.

apoclypse · Post by **apoclypse** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:53 am

Imo any DAW that has a scaling option is the way to go. Live has it but the fonts aren't great. Bitwig is actually really readable. Font in general is pretty large and easy to read. The UI is also scalable. I currently have mine at about 125%. I like Logic's UI is fairly readable for the most part. All internal plugins are scalable so you can make them as big as you need. This is very helpful when dealing with small number or dials.

I hate when DAWs have non scalable plugins (I don't like non-scalable plugins at all actually). The worst offender imo is Reason. tiny tiny ui elements with tiny font on top of that. Visual noise in the back when dealing with the cables. It's a mess and imo they should make it a priority to address that.

Easy to Read PC DAW?