Best / worst synth gui

[fisherKing]

kantos.jpg

i hope that's an example of 'worst'...

[dasen]

I wish more developers would focus on user friendly interface, contrasting readable colours and having most functions visible on a panel like albino 3 and dune 1

[martiu]

best

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[liquidsound]

^^^After wearing these

[Psuper]

None better than Vital imo, not by miles. Totally jives with how i think.

[stoopicus]

Most polarizing might be Falcon. Whether it's best or worst depends on your tolerance/masochism for menus.

I posted this in another thread recently but I really like the MONA skin from Plugmon.jp for Diva:

[MrJubbly]

also i love Gforce SEM UI, so beautiful

GForce almost ruined the previously elegantly simple GUI for SEM in their v1.6 update, with the addition of a pointless skeuomorphic frame around the user interface. Which was rather unnecessary, imho.

SEM v1.6.0 (Skeuomorphic View).jpg

However, after a little "persuasion" by their customers, GForce finally relented and gave us a "Zoomed" (aka. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it") view back again, in their subsequent v1.61 update.

SEM v1.6.1 (Zoomed View).jpg

It might not matter to some people, while others might actually prefer that additional skeuomorphic aesthetic. However, I much prefer the focus just on the controls without the excess graphical borders. I find it rather less of a distraction that way.

[trusampler]

GForce and Diva Mona are beautiful.

Worst imo is Plugin Guru Unify. Absolutely love the plugin, hate the fact they won’t spend the money on a good UI designer, when there’s so many great guys doing UIs

[BONES]

best

Are we allowed to know what it is, because whoever designed it neglected to put the name of the instrument anywhere. The right side is also cut off, is that the GUI or your screen-grabbing? It does look OK, though, if a bit bright for my eyes.

GForce almost ruined the previously elegantly simple GUI for SEM in their v1.6 update, with the addition of a pointless skeuomorphic frame around the user interface. Which was rather unnecessary, imho.

I would have agreed with you, right up until the time I saw both GUIs, one above the other, in your post. Now I'm kind of leaning towards the more skeumporphic GUI

It might not matter to some people, while others might actually prefer that additional skeuomorphic aesthetic. However, I much prefer the focus just on the controls without the excess graphical borders. I find it rather less of a distraction that way.

I think maybe you need to up your dose of Ritalin if a little bit of extra, largely blank, detail is enough to distract you. It' snot like they put a chorus line of dancing girls in there.

[martiu]

it is a screenshot from my screen, i had to cut a bit to keep only the clean white UI, the synth is Massive X and has also dark theme and one that is somewhat in the middle of brightness

[swilow11]

^^^After wearing these

Dark mode is a thing.

[liquidsound]

^^^After wearing these

Dark mode is a thing.

Dark mode is THE thing!

[MrJubbly]

There is a time and a place for light mode. And that time and place, is usually early morning until around mid-day within a brightly-lit space. Wherin, the light mode GUI skins can actually be pleasant, without appearing glaring.

However, within darker-lit studio environments or at night time, the brightness of an almost completely white/light GUI often elicits unwanted eye strain.

Much better to have a variety of skinning/theming options available. Unless the plugin's default skin is already using more neutral mid-tones, which can be easier on the eye within most lighting situations.

[Morty-C-137]

also i love Gforce SEM UI, so beautiful

GForce almost ruined the previously elegantly simple GUI for SEM in their v1.6 update, with the addition of a pointless skeuomorphic frame around the user interface. Which was rather unnecessary, imho.


SEM v1.6.0 (Skeuomorphic View).jpg

However, after a little "persuasion" by their customers, GForce finally relented and gave us a "Zoomed" (aka. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it") view back again, in their subsequent v1.61 update.


SEM v1.6.1 (Zoomed View).jpg

It might not matter to some people, while others might actually prefer that additional skeuomorphic aesthetic. However, I much prefer the focus just on the controls without the excess graphical borders. I find it rather less of a distraction that way.

Fully agree! I don't get Arturia synths because of that.

[hurricaneaudiolab]

My favorite synth, but the default skin is like Michael Jackson - BAD: