KVR Audio

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 5:24 pm

MrJubbly wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2026 11:57 pm
mcbpete wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2026 3:21 pm
MrJubbly wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2026 3:16 pm What did u-he plugins look like back in 2005 when the initial comment was originally posted?
This was Zebra circa 2003:

Looks pretty good to me, especially for that time period.

Clean layout and easy to understand. Would still be useable today, around two decades later.

The look and layout are not that bad. The choice of colours is though. Total lack of contrast, and boring colours.

Well, u-he's GUI look a 100 times better now, no complaints there.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:48 pm

Ploki wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 4:56 pmaren't most of your plugs skeumorphic? even zebra3 - to a degree

Yes, absolutely.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:51 pm

Urs wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 7:48 pm
Ploki wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 4:56 pmaren't most of your plugs skeumorphic? even zebra3 - to a degree
Yes, absolutely.

honestly i think you nailed the whole GUI/UX thing. I use u-he synths over anything else not only for sound, but because despite synths being wildly different (i.e. bazille to zebra to repro), there's a common "mindset" to them that's super intuitive once you grasp it

Maccaroni · Post by **Maccaroni** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 8:47 pm

I agree. Synth software that does not look like a synthesizer needs a huge manual so everyone has a map "which button is which synth knob?". Urs has a sane understanding of GUI design. This is rare in today's IT world.

Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 8:49 pm

Uhe gui are one of several reasons I don't use their synths

Maccaroni · Post by **Maccaroni** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 8:54 pm

What are the other reasons, except that you don't like analog sounds?

Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 8:59 pm

Maccaroni wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 8:54 pm What are the other reasons, except that you don't like analog sounds?

The analogue sound is covered by my hardware. I'm interested in their new eurorack filter.

Maccaroni · Post by **Maccaroni** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:06 pm

I guess that's why. I don't really have hardware (not counting an old guitar and a MIDI input device) for music anymore, but I still adore the old sounds, so u-he is for me.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:12 pm

no f**king way i'm fiddling with hardware for day-to-day shit

Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:14 pm

Cool story bro

Good GUI, Good Sound?