Hive 2.1 Izmo skin by Plugmon

[ghobii]

Is there any way to add the modulation target for pulse width to the skin, so you didn't have to go into the matrix?

[exmatproton]

Is there any way to add the modulation target for pulse width to the skin, so you didn't have to go into the matrix?

i would like that as well. (also in the original skin btw)

[tasmaniandevil]

If pulse is the selected waveform, drag&drop the mod assigner cross hair onto the osc pulse graphic to assign pulse width modulation. Works in original and Izmo skin.
To edit modulation depth, you will have to go to the mod matrix, though.

[rafa1981]

I found this inconsistent, given that other controls in the same rectangle exist when the wavetable osc is selected. e.g. wavescan. Maybe you can add this one to the issue tracker...

[plugmon]

I found this inconsistent, given that other controls in the same rectangle exist when the wavetable osc is selected. e.g. wavescan. Maybe you can add this one to the issue tracker...

Once upon a time there was a pulse width knob appearing when Pulse is selected.



By this you could directly edit pulse width and D&D mod assign + intuitive mod depth ring was also there!

Unfortunately, this was removed by u-he side because there was an issue -- The value of PW knob is not stored on preset save (since Hive by default hides this parameter?)
Not every hidden parameter has this issue. 'Mix' parameter in compressor for example can be stored in a preset. I suppose this is because mix can be directly edited by host automation or MIDI learn. PW in OSC doesn't show up even on automation list or MIDI table list as if there were no such parameter. I just hope this will be updated

[octaveup]

Love the usability and general layout of Izmo.

Lack of contrast in this new version is causing me some serious eye strain, though.

Mainly where there is a light grey background, with a slightly darker grey dial/icon outline, and then a darker grey showing either % of the dial, or whether the icon is active.

I think the cause is: how close the general background grey is to the dial/icon outline grey.

Everyone who said the first Izmo "burnt their eyes", what do you think of this current version?

For me, 100% the other way around - the first version was pleasant to use, this latest version is causing me trouble.

Is there a middle ground to be found?

But to repeat: Love it overall, great work

[rafa1981]

Once upon a time there was a pulse width knob appearing when Pulse is selected...

I see. You did what seems to me the logical thing, as having to reach for a modulation slot on a different page for changing PW is not exactly good ergonomics. It isn't conceptually sound either if more controls appear on the same place for other waveforms.

The first time I used Hive I couldn't get what was happening. I lost some time trying to figure out if that was a bug. I'm experienced using synths.

This maybe is historical baggage from before the Wavetable osc was added. Maybe they can add this to their issue tracker then.

[ghobii]

Love the usability and general layout of Izmo.
For me, 100% the other way around - the first version was pleasant to use, this latest version is causing me trouble.

I also preferred the first version. And I also liked the dark backgrounds in the FX area, don't understand the problem with that.

I wonder how much peoples different perceptions of contrast levels have to do with their systems. I recently switched back to Windows after 10 years on Mac, and I plugged my new PC into the same monitor I had been using with the Mac, and the contrast, brightness and saturation were so high as to be unbearable, so I adjusted everything down. PC and Mac use different gamma levels by default, and monitors themselves can vary quite a bit.

[exmatproton]

If pulse is the selected waveform, drag&drop the mod assigner cross hair onto the osc pulse graphic to assign pulse width modulation. Works in original and Izmo skin.
To edit modulation depth, you will have to go to the mod matrix, though.

yeah, no. I just miss a PW knob, to be honest

[lonnyman]

I’ve been using this skin since it came out. I really liked the first version, even if I’d prefer colored waveforms.
With this new update, I have noticed that I end up using the default skin most of time. The minimalism (abbreviations, lack of contrast, lack of color) is now pushed so hard that it affects functionality, for me at least.

[THE INTRANCER]

For me, the GUI has too much going on, it's harder to navigate and understand than the original. The shaper is interesting though.

For those who have not seen my reskins of Hive 2, you can here.

[ghobii]

Being a graphic designer myself, design-by-committee projects are always the most fun

[octaveup]

Just a blank page with a single grey pixel: the only way to make sure everyone is happy

[krans]

This may have been pointed out before, but I (even as a real fan of the Izmo gui) cannot find the arp options for leap/serial etc and octaves and so on.

They are possibly there somewhere, but I think they may just be too difficult to find. At least my searches are still not good enough.

[Razzia]

This may have been pointed out before, but I (even as a real fan of the Izmo gui) cannot find the arp options for leap/serial etc and octaves and so on.

They are possibly there somewhere, but I think they may just be too difficult to find. At least my searches are still not good enough.

Same, nor the swing/multiply knobs.

I really want to love this skin, because there are a lot of things that I think it does way better than the original, but I'm finding it hard to navigate the revised version. Took me a long time to find the seq editor and the shape editor.

edit - eureka. look below the amp envelopes, my friend