MONA - New GUI for Diva

[zvenx]

Well I bought it in all the excitement.
Sadly:
1) I realise I do like Tabs especially when it allows more real estate, larger fonts, larger elements.
2) ......
3) I definitely prefer the preset display in the browser of the original skin. these fonts are too small and too closely spaced for my aging eyes.



Hope you do decide to put the arp control in the preset browser.


rsp

[dayjob]

text for env 2 is a bit scrambled. MacOS ventura 13.3.1, Apple silicon

uh, thanks, fixed and updated again now (v1.0.2).
To quickly fix it (rather than re-install the whole package), please delete the image file "ENV-MG-Label-ENV2.png" in "Pictures" folder.

thanks! awesome easy quick fix. all better now.

[fakemaxwell]

I hope u-he has been in contact for the look and design of Zebra 3...

[nebulae]

Immediate purchase! Thank you for your continued hard work and effort. While I have always love the sound of Diva, I have never taken to its UI. I also don't care for the weird logo with the script font. And of course, the modulation is really hard to get my head wrapped around. All of that was fixed by AIKO, but now taken to a whole new level with Mona. Well done and kudos!

I have a 14 inch MacBook Pro, so one my screen, I have to go to 80% or 90%, and it looks fine. When I am not traveling, dock to a large monitor, so Mona should be just fine at 90-100%.

I do agree with some of the commenters that the oscilloscope is a bit distracting. If I change it from Glow, it's a little easier not the eyes, but I'd love an option to just turn it off completely.

Again, GREAT WORK! Thank you!

[Lbdunequest]

This looks beatiful, when the sale ends?

A bit of nitpic to DCO module, why it didnt resembled the original device like other modules?

Sale is currently planned to continue like 2-3 weeks, but it depends a bit on how the sales goes.

Actually the models of Diva modules are quite complex; Dual VCO is a composite of Jup 8 and 6. DCO is that of Jun 60 and alpha. The skin borrows the ideas from all these model synths.

Come to think of Alpha Juno display and its control were actually the flaws, i think its defo better to resemple Juno 60 or 106

[plugmon]

I do agree with some of the commenters that the oscilloscope is a bit distracting. If I change it from Glow, it's a little easier not the eyes, but I'd love an option to just turn it off completely.

Good news! MONA is updated to v1.0.3 and took in these requests.

Showing nothing in the display results in a waste of space, so I decided to put a mini patch list there. its functionality is very limited as the space is tiny---No folder view, no tag view. But it does some small jobs, e.g. browsing through presets by [↓] key even with the large browser closed.

Also, ARP on/off toggle, voicemode, stack settings can be now accessible from the easy access section



The "Appearance Settings" panel can serve various options without the sacrifice of UI clutter. So if an idea is technically possible, I'll be glad to actualize one.

[carrieres]

The top nav bar does not display the Mona page when choosing theme menu

[plugmon]

The top nav bar does not display the Mona page when choosing theme menu

Ah thanks, I was freaking out tweaking the skin and forgetting about the website

[Liquid lino]

This will sound nuts, but a modwheel in the easy access section would be amazing. I'm often browsing presets without a physical modwheel.

[plugmon]

This will sound nuts, but a modwheel in the easy access section would be amazing. I'm often browsing presets without a physical modwheel.

I understand you, as I had been working without physical wheels before I finally bought a MIDI controler.
Izmo for Hive does have wheels in browser so it's not strange for MONA to have it too. But the space in the right side panel is almost full considering the cases where description/usage texts get longer. I need to come up with some ideas of where to put wheels

[nebulae]

Thank you for the update!

I honestly have to GUSH over this amazing skin. It has totally revitalized my love for Diva. It is entirely monumental and critical in adding functionality, usability, and real value to what remains the benchmark for virtual analog synths. Easily one of the best purchases I have made in software. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Urs, take note and behold.

[Fannon]

Good news! MONA is updated to v1.0.3 and took in these requests.

Great! Thanks for also considering one of my suggestions. But what I really like most is the idea to replace the Osc Scope with a mini preset browser!

Regarding the Preset Info area, one idea (not sure if realistic): You already render the synth in a mini version to indicate what modules have been chosen. Have you thought about making the knobs there usable, e.g. show not only Cutoff in the filter, but also Reso? Then you could make the buttons interactive and avoid having the "VCF" section below. Same goes with volume of the OSCs.
But obviously you cannot have all the buttons in there, so adding ENV1 and ENV2 the way you did makes sense to me.

I've also got one very minor visual issue: If you lock some params, you cannot see the value anymore because the lock is directly on top of the value. See:

2023-07-09 07_50_15-CLAPi_ Diva (u-he) - Track 1 _Diva_ [2_8].png

[Echoes in the Attic]

When you reskin a synth like Diva, is it possible to make it multi-touch compatible? I don't know if Juce is uable for just a skin, but those are always multi-touch for example.

[plugmon]

Regarding the Preset Info area, one idea (not sure if realistic): You already render the synth in a mini version to indicate what modules have been chosen. Have you thought about making the knobs there usable, e.g. show not only Cutoff in the filter, but also Reso? Then you could make the buttons interactive and avoid having the "VCF" section below. Same goes with volume of the OSCs.
But obviously you cannot have all the buttons in there, so adding ENV1 and ENV2 the way you did makes sense to me.

I've also got one very minor visual issue: If you lock some params, you cannot see the value anymore because the lock is directly on top of the value. See:

2023-07-09 07_50_15-CLAPi_ Diva (u-he) - Track 1 _Diva_ [2_8].png

First I thought of that kinda things but gave up. I doubt the area can serve a proper, comfortable experience. For example, knobs are smaller than main panel so the tick of Moog knobs are not so easy to read. If I put some working knobs I have to put labels as well but they will have to be tiny, et cetla.
That said, I didn't really try realizing the idea, stopped before coding, so there could be a chance.

As to lock icons, it's a problem all u-he synths have.



But I can make it a bit better by putting an icon off-center, and making it a little transparent. I'll do that!

[plugmon]

When you reskin a synth like Diva, is it possible to make it multi-touch compatible? I don't know if Juce is uable for just a skin, but those are always multi-touch for example.

I don't believe it's possible. For reskinning you can only use what u-he's GUI system serves.