Applied Acoustic String Studio VS-3

[AcrossTheSky]

I absolutely agree with you ' himalaya ' . A great solution would be to have a modular UI (sort of Halion 6 has)
where you can have all the windows placed the way you want..Clicking all the time to switch to other settings can add
some time to creating the sound you want.. I'd love to see more synths with some modular layout and maybe animated signal flow..in Reaktor 7 (Pls) .. or Loom 3 with scaleble GUI. Pleaseeee..

[tommyzai]

Tech Support responded to my resizing inquiry. They assured me that it's on the wish-list, but it might take a little time. I really do appreciate their fast response, especially during Christmastime. I felt a little guilty contacting them while Santa was in the chimney.

Himalaya's comment about "providing an option to see all synthesis parameters on one page" is intriguing. I can imagine the benefits. I'm not sure why AAS moved to a multi-tab design . . . perhaps as String Studio grew in complexity and features they needed to introduce another level to keep it all tidy? I'm not sure. I wasn't overly active with v1 and my memory is a little fuzzy. Perhaps I should read my own user reviews. LOL. My serious S.S. madness began with v2.

I look forward to improvements and updates. Until that time, I'll certainly explore and enjoy.

On another note . . . my words keep getting automatically spell corrected into something incorrect. I wonder if I could turn off that feature.

[aMUSEd]

I absolutely agree with you ' himalaya ' . A great solution would be to have a modular UI (sort of Halion 6 has)
where you can have all the windows placed the way you want..Clicking all the time to switch to other settings can add
some time to creating the sound you want.. I'd love to see more synths with some modular layout and maybe animated signal flow..in Reaktor 7 (Pls) .. or Loom 3 with scaleble GUI. Pleaseeee..

Yes they could even make a modular integrating the sound engines and fx from all their plugins

They could even call it Tassman

[ThomasHelzle]

Resizing is only part of it. Providing an option to see all synthesis parameters on one page is a much bigger necessity, at least for me. VS-1 could do it so there is no reason why subsequent versions can’t offer it. The multi-tab design introduced in v.2 was such a step backwards in terms of UX and it pains me to this day as String Studio is one of my top 5 synths which I use all the time.

Will you update your soundset for SS3 to use the new modulators?

Cheers,

Tom

[Michael L]

Tech Support responded to my resizing inquiry. They assured me that it's on the wish-list, but it might take a little time.

A little time:

Here's a November 2006 thread with the OP wishing for an "interface revisit" for the "Loooong time without update" Tassman 5....

The second post replies "Some months ago on AAS' forum, they said it was coming."

viewtopic.php?t=157510

Meanwhile, AAS made 12 new String Studio video tuts:

[himalaya]

Resizing is only part of it. Providing an option to see all synthesis parameters on one page is a much bigger necessity, at least for me. VS-1 could do it so there is no reason why subsequent versions can’t offer it. The multi-tab design introduced in v.2 was such a step backwards in terms of UX and it pains me to this day as String Studio is one of my top 5 synths which I use all the time.

Will you update your soundset for SS3 to use the new modulators?

Cheers,

Tom

I would rather make a new sound set for V3. I've been meaning to make more String Studio sets from the very beginning, it's just other projects got in the way. But, the dual layer design in this latest version is too tempting too ignore for too long, so I'd prefer to make new patches than adapt the old ones.

[jsp1979]

Is it possible to read the patch designer notes in VS-3? The new bank released with VS3 has lots of great patch playing notes that you can read in the AAS Player, but I haven't figured out to make them show up in VS-3.

[himalaya]

Himalaya's comment about "providing an option to see all synthesis parameters on one page" is intriguing.

Why should you see it as "intriguing"?
I think it's an obvious solution/approach and should be part of the '101 of UX design". That is, if all synthesis parameters can fit onto one GUI page in a clear and easy to read manner, then why put them on multiple tabs instead? I mean, String Studio VS-1 had all its synthesis parameters on one page*. Was that 'intriguing'? VS-2 introduced multiple tabs but its synth engine didn't change. It was still the same set of synth parameters, but this time, needlessly separated and hidden by those tabs.

* however, VS-1 had a readability problem introduced by those big grey circles and so much fake wood everywhere. These elements compromised the design of all the dials, switches, and text, which had to be suitably small in order to accommodate those huge grey circles...

perhaps as String Studio grew in complexity and features they needed to introduce another level to keep it all tidy? I'm not sure.

That can't be the answer, since the basic layer, the synthesis page in all String Studio versions is the same. Now we have this dual layer, but the main synth layer is the same as the one in VS-1. But we still have those tabs which break the workflow.

So, I hope that should AAS approach the topic of GUI re-sizing, that they could introduce an option, when a GUI is resized it could automatically 'unravel' all the tabs and make them visible on one page. Without all that fake wood everywhere. Use this space for better placement of all the dials and switches rather than to show us more 'wood'.

Anyway, I hope that I will get some time to dive in and explore those dual layers in VS-3. It kind of goes with the workflow I had for some productions in the past, where I would mix String Studio with the samples from East West RA and Gold. So I'd often have a String Studio harp, layered with a sample of a harp from Gold. It was such a lovely combination. I wonder how it would sound in VS-3 now, where I could have the two layers making the same type of sound but with some variations on both layers...

[benjamind]

Here's a November 2006 thread with the OP wishing for an "interface revisit" for the "Loooong time without update" Tassman 5....

The second post replies "Some months ago on AAS' forum, they said it was coming."

viewtopic.php?t=157510

Well, AAS got sidetracked by their newer instruments, which, at the time were several in development and support, Lounge Lizard and String Studio being the ones they were working on.

It's easy to get sidetracked even as a company. It's a shame they didn't create Tassman 5, it would have been fantastic to be able to mix various physmod elements and resonators.

But if AAS doesn't do it, another company might be inspired to do it, and may even be in development. It won't be called Tassman, of course, but it will probably achieve more or less the same result.

[Aloysius]

Tassperson

[Michael L]

Well, AAS got sidetracked by their newer instruments

For 12 years AAS customers "fourrer le chien" (as they say in Montreal) waiting for Tassman -- it felt good but was ultimately a waste of time. Wishful thinking that "another company might be inspired" is just more of the same. Some of us speculate the PM technology is patented, AAS licensed it for those products, and changing the code requires a new license that is too expensive.

[pdxindy]

Resizing is only part of it. Providing an option to see all synthesis parameters on one page is a much bigger necessity, at least for me. VS-1 could do it so there is no reason why subsequent versions can’t offer it. The multi-tab design introduced in v.2 was such a step backwards in terms of UX and it pains me to this day as String Studio is one of my top 5 synths which I use all the time.

Will you update your soundset for SS3 to use the new modulators?

Cheers,

Tom

Are there new modulators?

[ThomasHelzle]

Are there new modulators?

Yes, they call it "Modulator 1" and "Modulator 2". It's not modulators in the sense of LFOs etc. but two globally Midi assignable controls that can modulate various parameters. Set to pressure and CC74 it works rather well with the seaboard block as long as you play it monophonic.

Cheers,

Tom

[mixtur.se]

Is everyone liking the preset browser? My main problem with it is that you can´s select "All" and basically always have to browse by sound pack. The one in VA-3 is just so much better and it has tag as well. At the very minimum there should be an "All" category. It make sound packs less useful imho.

I´m hoping they consider implementing it in string studio, but the updated Lounge Lizard just got the same as string studio so it doesn't look like it.

[rj0]

Tech Support responded to my resizing inquiry. They assured me that it's on the wish-list, but it might take a little time.

A little time:

Here's a November 2006 thread with the OP wishing for an "interface revisit" for the "Loooong time without update" Tassman 5....

The second post replies "Some months ago on AAS' forum, they said it was coming."

viewtopic.php?t=157510

Meanwhile, AAS made 12 new String Studio video tuts:

Perhaps I missed a thread, and this is old news, but I'm seeing display resizing on VS-3 under the Setting options of 75%, 100%, ... , 200%.