Ample Sound releases Ample Guitar v4 with Guitar promotion

[mesamask]

First thing, thanks for the great update!

Second thing:
although I dislike how the request for being able to resize the GUI was communicated, I still agree this really should be implemented!
But in my case it's exactly the opposite of what the other user is experiencing, the GUI is simply too large for me in a DAW.

When stating...

... We may consider adding back a 100–200% UI scale control in a future update, so you will have more flexibility over the interface size. ...

... I'm definitely missing smaller options like 80% or 90%.

Below a screenshot of how it's looking for me on my 1920x1080 screen:

bw_lp.png

That's pretty close to the second screenshot the other user was posting. It's too big to comfortably work with, simple as that.
So please provide options for resizing in both ways!

[Ample Sound]

How do I update just download the latest version and it replaces the old one?

Yes, please simply replace the old version.
Note : The sound libraries of Ample Guitar LP and Ample Guitar SC need to be upgraded.

[Ample Sound]

We’ve added an Export MIDI Channel feature to Guitar v4.
So Guitar v4 and Bass v4 are currently different, but in the future we will also bring this feature to Bass v4 — along with the new chord system, UI scaling, and fixes for some Bass MIDI export bugs, among other improvements.
Stay tuned!

Hello,

In Guitar v4, you can export MIDI with channel information.

Can you be specific; is that "export" when you drag from Riffer to DAW? Because Bass Riffer v4 does not do that. Are they different now?

[Ample Sound]

We’re very sorry — we’ve encountered some technical obstacles with implementing UI scaling, which is one of the reasons we had to temporarily remove it.

Compared to enlarging the UI, making it smaller is technically more complex and presents more issues. For this reason, we’re currently unable to fulfill the request for “smaller UI scaling.” It’s not that we’re unwilling, but at the moment it’s simply not feasible. We appreciate your understanding.

First thing, thanks for the great update!

Second thing:
although I dislike how the request for being able to resize the GUI was communicated, I still agree this really should be implemented!
But in my case it's exactly the opposite of what the other user is experiencing, the GUI is simply too large for me in a DAW.

When stating...

... We may consider adding back a 100–200% UI scale control in a future update, so you will have more flexibility over the interface size. ...

... I'm definitely missing smaller options like 80% or 90%.

Below a screenshot of how it's looking for me on my 1920x1080 screen:


bw_lp.png
That's pretty close to the second screenshot the other user was posting. It's too big to comfortably work with, simple as that.
So please provide options for resizing in both ways!

[Chrismat52]

We’ve added an Export MIDI Channel feature to Guitar v4.
So Guitar v4 and Bass v4 are currently different, but in the future we will also bring this feature to Bass v4 — along with the new chord system, UI scaling, and fixes for some Bass MIDI export bugs, among other improvements.
Stay tuned!

Hello,

In Guitar v4, you can export MIDI with channel information.

Can you be specific; is that "export" when you drag from Riffer to DAW? Because Bass Riffer v4 does not do that. Are they different now?

Great news! Many thanks )

[mesamask]

We’re very sorry — we’ve encountered some technical obstacles with implementing UI scaling, which is one of the reasons we had to temporarily remove it.

Compared to enlarging the UI, making it smaller is technically more complex and presents more issues. For this reason, we’re currently unable to fulfill the request for “smaller UI scaling.” It’s not that we’re unwilling, but at the moment it’s simply not feasible. We appreciate your understanding.

Thank you, I very much appreciate the honest answer
Nowadays it's most likely not that easy for developers to deal with the variety of possible screen resolutions/specifications end users have today. A bit surprising to me that downscaling is more difficult, but there you go, without insights it's hard to judge what it really takes to provide those options.

In the end it's bearable and I can live with it, but when I'm expanding the Riffer view the plugin almost covers the entire DAW, see screenshots below. I guess you would agree that's not ideal.

bw_lp_expanded.png

wf_lp_expanded.png

Anyway, I'd be grateful if you keep this in mind. Maybe at some point there's a development stage with the opportunity to somehow implement smaller GUI options.
Thank you.

[Ample Sound]

The fullscreen button in the top right corner is designed to expand the Riffer 4 interface to fill the entire screen, so users can make the most of the space when editing MIDI.

If you don’t need the fullscreen view, you can simply turn off the fullscreen button.

By the way, may I ask if your monitor resolution is 1920? It looks like the resolution might not be very high.

Regarding your feature suggestion, we will definitely look into it, but at this moment we cannot guarantee that it can be implemented.

We’re very sorry — we’ve encountered some technical obstacles with implementing UI scaling, which is one of the reasons we had to temporarily remove it.

Compared to enlarging the UI, making it smaller is technically more complex and presents more issues. For this reason, we’re currently unable to fulfill the request for “smaller UI scaling.” It’s not that we’re unwilling, but at the moment it’s simply not feasible. We appreciate your understanding.

Thank you, I very much appreciate the honest answer
Nowadays it's most likely not that easy for developers to deal with the variety of possible screen resolutions/specifications end users have today. A bit surprising to me that downscaling is more difficult, but there you go, without insights it's hard to judge what it really takes to provide those options.

In the end it's bearable and I can live with it, but when I'm expanding the Riffer view the plugin almost covers the entire DAW, see screenshots below. I guess you would agree that's not ideal.


bw_lp_expanded.png

wf_lp_expanded.png


Anyway, I'd be grateful if you keep this in mind. Maybe at some point there's a development stage with the opportunity to somehow implement smaller GUI options.
Thank you.

[mesamask]

... If you don’t need the fullscreen view, you can simply turn off the fullscreen button. ...

I'm aware of that, of course I won't always need it in expanded view. It was more or less only to show that it's really BIIIIGG

... By the way, may I ask if your monitor resolution is 1920? It looks like the resolution might not be very high. ...

Yes, that's 1920x1080 px. Looks ok to me, maybe you're just used to see higher resolutions
If you open screenshots in a new tab without clicking the "+" mouse pointer to enlarge the image, then it looks blurry though.

[A_K_F]

I'm on a Windows system with UWQHD+ resolution (3840 x 1600) and strongly support the request for a GUI scaling feature. Currently I'm using a scaling factor of 125 % for all Ample plugins and it's a major limitation for me that this is not available anymore with V4.
There are so many screen configurations and also personal preferences (think of eyesight deteriorating with age) that you can't meet all needs with one fixed scaling.

Besides that: Congratulations to this new version. It's really great!

[Ample Sound]

Thank you for your feedback! We understand how important GUI scaling is for different screen setups and personal needs. We will work on bringing back a scaling option in future updates.

I'm on a Windows system with UWQHD+ resolution (3840 x 1600) and strongly support the request for a GUI scaling feature. Currently I'm using a scaling factor of 125 % for all Ample plugins and it's a major limitation for me that this is not available anymore with V4.
There are so many screen configurations and also personal preferences (think of eyesight deteriorating with age) that you can't meet all needs with one fixed scaling.

Besides that: Congratulations to this new version. It's really great!

[zimmerabc]

Is there a place on the ample sound website where I can download the older plugin installers v3? Thanks!

[Tholtans]

Just getting to grips with the update.. I did post to moan because ChatGPT mislead me into thinking there was no longer a string / tab view in the riffer, but I just found the setting to switch it!

Can anyone help me work out how to slow down / speed up legato slides?

I have tried adjusting the note overlap length, velocity, and 'off velocity' without any joy.

[Ample Sound]

Hello,

Yes, Riffer 4 now has both Piano Roll and Tab modes. They are fully compatible, and you can review your score from two different perspectives.

Please note that only Legato Slides larger than a major second will trigger speed variation.

When the slide interval is greater than a major second, the velocity of the destination note no longer controls volume.

Instead, the higher the velocity, the faster the slide speed will be.

Best regards,
Ample Sound Support

[Tholtans]

Hello,

Yes, Riffer 4 now has both Piano Roll and Tab modes. They are fully compatible, and you can review your score from two different perspectives.

Please note that only Legato Slides larger than a major second will trigger speed variation.

When the slide interval is greater than a major second, the velocity of the destination note no longer controls volume.

Instead, the higher the velocity, the faster the slide speed will be.

Best regards,
Ample Sound Support

Fantastic, Thank You. Your feedback works well.

I'm having trouble finding vibrato as an articulation in the riffer?

Being able to enlarge the interface is great, hopefully the difficulties you mention above don't give you too much trouble.

One issue I have, is the inability of sounding a slide while performing other articulations. Or to use vibrato on the second note in a legato slide.. I have to create multiple tracks with the same riff, to seperate out these sections due to the softwares limitations.

Do you think there is any possibility this may be sorted in the future?

I can imagine this is not easy to accomplish, and unlikely any time soon, if at all. But one can dream!

[Ample Sound]

Hello,

Vibrato is now controlled by MIDI CC1, and you can add vibrato at any position.

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Regarding the issue of not being able to trigger slides together with other articulations, we are not entirely sure what you mean. If you could send us an example, it would be very helpful.