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Dean/Nekro
gckilla wrote:I was following you all the way 'till the second paragraph. You win by taking off at a tangent and then proving my point by then end. I'm out.
absolutely,sockofgold wrote:Do you really want to know, or are you just going to mock what I say again? Because my first post didn't say anything mean or out of line, yet you said my comments "made you laugh." I was genuinely trying to help. You better to learn to take some feedback, because if you start releasing the program publicly, people will say MUCH harsher things about your product, no matter how good it is.gafferuk wrote: What don't you like, im intersted in your views.
I quite like the idea of background transparancy, bands can show there bands logo or your favourate pet.
I never even said I don't like the GUI. I was merely stating that a beautiful, well-polished GUI is typically the main difference between what people consider "professional" and what people consider "indie" or "amateur" or whatever... I completely agree that it SHOULD be 100% about the sound, but it's simply not, for a variety of reasons. Put is this way: is N-Track studio any good? Who knows??? Not many people, because most people take one look at that pile of vomit and realize that we could never stomach using it, no matter how good it was.
-When you stare at a program for hours and hours on end, it needs to be something that isn't going to fatigue your eyes. I'm not a graphic designer, but I imagine that's the reason (for better or worse) than pretty much every program has a gray GUI. It's very easy on the eyes.
-People get boners for a nice GUI, and are more willing to shell out money for something pretty. Like it or not, you might make a lot of sales based on solely on a nice GUI. I know you don't want to resort to that, but development money is development money.
There is nothing inherently wrong with your current GUI, it just doesn't scream 'wow.' I know you're still developing, and I was not insinuating that it should be a top immediate priority, but if you want to be taken seriously, you'll need to update it at some point. What hits me immediately is the "curvy" look of the media clips, and the Synth Edit-looking controls. The whole thing is just not easy on the eyes, unlike most of the big names in audio production (Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase, Sonar, Studio One, etc. have invested a LOT of money in GUI design, and it shows.)
I'm not saying this to be mean, either. It's just that a lot of indie developers often seem to want to refuse to believe that a good GUI is really really important, but it absolutely is.
Notice that also did you?bailees7irish wrote:btw,
i love how people are bitching about others giving constructive critism - note the title of the OP's thread: Any Ideas for my DAW?
lol
Thanks mate. I quite like it.Z3R0T0N1N wrote:actually I don't mind it; the gui i mean. transparent bg is a nifty touch, but I'd like it better if the colours are user-defineable.
-g
I guess this means no Linux or even Mac version?gafferuk wrote: Been playing with Direct2D this morning, it's the cleanest code ive yet seen from microsoft.
Theres not much info on the net about it though.
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