u-he

tpeilert · Post by **tpeilert** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:52 pm

Switching Scope Display to "Preset" does nothing for me (PC, Bitwig 4.4), reloading Diva does not change it either. Do I miss a trick?

Mona_Preset.JPG

plugmon · Post by **plugmon** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:36 am

tpeilert wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:52 pm Switching Scope Display to "Preset" does nothing for me (PC, Bitwig 4.4), reloading Diva does not change it either. Do I miss a trick?
Mona_Preset.JPG

Ah, it only changes the one in EDITOR view. seems it needs a bit more explanation...

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:14 am

Bought without demoing, considering AIKO has been my default for the past 4 years!

After 5 mins with this:
U-he should really makes this the default when shipping, it beats the original in every possible way, great work.

I also feel like you made a great job of NOT making AIKO obsolete - on smaller screens AIKOs pocket size works better, at 100% MONA takes up the whole 16" of my MacBook Pro

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:24 am

Ploki wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:14 am U-he should really makes this the default when shipping, it beats the original in every possible way, great work.

100% !!!!!

ithurlsmagic · Post by **ithurlsmagic** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:38 pm

plugmon wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:36 am
tpeilert wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:52 pm Switching Scope Display to "Preset" does nothing for me (PC, Bitwig 4.4), reloading Diva does not change it either. Do I miss a trick?
Mona_Preset.JPG
Ah, it only changes the one in EDITOR view. seems it needs a bit more explanation...

It would be cool to have Usage information instead for the PLAY view. However I understand the space is very small and this very quick mockup probably won't work for more than a few words of text.

play_mode_usage.jpg

dpsnacks · Post by **dpsnacks** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:07 pm

Loving this skin so far, thanks very much! My question is: could the bottom row (Edit/Play) be collapsed completely when neither are selected?

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:15 pm

Make it a Default? Please don't u-he.
The one thing i do like more than the original is the functionality in the the preset browser (like adjusting parameters and turning on/off arp).
Would be nice if u-he includes that in their skin. Other than that for me i prefer the original.

Of course if they want to include it as an option I wouldn't have an issue with that per se.
rsp

plugmon · Post by **plugmon** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:08 am

ithurlsmagic wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:38 pm It would be cool to have Usage information instead for the PLAY view. However I understand the space is very small and this very quick mockup probably won't work for more than a few words of text.

play_mode_usage.jpg

There's a function to display the whole preset information, but you cannot extract a specific part of them like usage, description or tags, unfortunately.

dpsnacks wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:07 pm Loving this skin so far, thanks very much! My question is: could the bottom row (Edit/Play) be collapsed completely when neither are selected?

It's not possible in the current version, and also it will be hard to realize that feature. It's true that there's a component called "collapsable panel" (like you see in Zebra² ENV extended panel), but it's functionality is limited and IIRC you cannot resize the master window dynamically.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:38 am

zvenx wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:15 pm Make it a Default? Please don't u-he.
The one thing i do like more than the original is the functionality in the the preset browser (like adjusting parameters and turning on/off arp).
Would be nice if u-he includes that in their skin. Other than that for me i prefer the original.

Of course if they want to include it as an option I wouldn't have an issue with that per se.
rsp

Dang really?
I’ve been so used to AIKO the original redwood feels like a literal dinosaur

This one feels like aiko with redwood vibes but brought to 2023.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:53 am

Juat different strokes for different folks.
If i had a 32 inch or larger I might think differently.

Just on my 23 inch it seems very crowded and the preset browser with the favourited colour I use (6) at the size just makes it a tad more difficult to see than the original.

rsp

Lbdunequest · Post by **Lbdunequest** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:52 pm

I have 32 inch 2k screen, i tried the demo and it i wouldnt say its very crowded, but it looses clarity if its resized to a smaller size and then it becomes a bit tiresome to use. Glad i tried it, decided not to buy

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:53 pm

I didn't realise there was a demo.. my bad.. but i probably would have bought it anyway to support Plugmon.
rsp

involver · Post by **involver** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:59 pm

It's a bit big for me too. Personally I'd love an AIKO 2 with the quick selectors for the sections, clearer labelling of the different synths, a darker bottom section and a keyboard option like in MONA.

Snarzyek · Post by **Snarzyek** » Thu Jul 13, 2023 6:26 pm

The skin is really nice, but on my 4k 16 inch laptop display the text could really be bigger.
I tried to edit that in the Diva.txt settings but with no success. Would that be possible?

If not, could we have in the next updates a version with bigger text/font? It seems I'm not the only one that could benefit from that.
Thanks!

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:13 pm

I have now played with MONA since buying last week, and I do wish it was vectorized. On my 14inch MacBook Pro, even with that gorgeous screen, reducing the size to 80% or less makes it very hard to use. At 100%, it doesn't fit on the screen. I don't think the size of the skin as as important as the aesthetics, UI, and colors, all of which are AMAZING. If possible, I hope the developer will please consider a scaled down version. Otherwise, I'm just doing way too much window moving/management for this to be the joy it should be. Thank you.

u-he

KVR Audio

MONA - New GUI for Diva