KVR Audio

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:03 am

OutCider wrote:Lovely. Sent an email about it to your support address.

Thanks - it's a good idea, but it can't work. The glide/pitchbend/vibrato section has to stay where it is because it's also visible when the keyboard is shown.

paterpeter · Post by **paterpeter** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:45 am

Kaboom75 wrote: Imagine that as a hardware desktop synth

It would be a nightmare to keep clean...

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:06 am

paterpeter wrote:
Kaboom75 wrote: Imagine that as a hardware desktop synth
It would be a nightmare to keep clean...

It is nano tech... it never gets dirty

Mace404 · Post by **Mace404** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:16 am

I like the style.
You give it a 3d look but the lightning and shades do not match up.
The almost white part of the hexagon tells me the light is coming from the top left but the osc/filter panels on the right has a shadow pointing the other way.
The panels itself has no lightning on them (only a slight blueish glow on the hexagon side (light from the center panel?) and dark gradient in the same direction).
Left panels have no shadow but the rest looks like the lightning is coming from the top.

edit: Looking at it longer/closer the left side of the hexagon is the part jumping out. Think if you make that the same intensity as the right side (and match the rest of the shades) it looks better.

OutCider · Post by **OutCider** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:21 am

Urs wrote:
OutCider wrote:Lovely. Sent an email about it to your support address.
Thanks - it's a good idea, but it can't work. The glide/pitchbend/vibrato section has to stay where it is because it's also visible when the keyboard is shown.

Lose the keyboard

db3 · Post by **db3** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:32 am

Mace404 wrote:I like the style.
You give it a 3d look but the lightning and shades do not match up.

True, some of the drop shadows don't correlate. Looks like the knobs have shadows directly beneath, perhaps align everything with that. e.g. Light the top segment of the hexagon.

2ZrgE · Post by **2ZrgE** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:45 am

Frantz wrote:
I would prefer a plainer, "boring" GUI that presents the controls as simply as possible. Still looking forward to trying it anyway.

Same here, though I think it looks very good.

But I also strongly prefer the designs used by companies like Ableton or Valhalla. Would love to have all my synths with that rather 'abstract' looks.

toothnclaw · Post by **toothnclaw** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:47 am

So much space is wasted! So many details that have nothing to do with the parameters/structure. I think the u-he team have gone overboard with the blink

Yeah, at least put some diamonds in there, they have nice shapes and look good too! E.g., the panel could be made of diamonds, with blue light shining through for the parameters.

masterhiggins · Post by **masterhiggins** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:47 am

zvenx wrote:
paterpeter wrote:

Gorgeous
\Huge +1.... I am feeling like I am onboard a spaceship....

its a good thing I KNOW Z3 is coming next year because zebra 2 gui now looks like it needs a complete redo .....

great job.

rsp

Filterscape VA.

-Sam

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:38 am

Frantz wrote:I'm not crazy about the GUI. Dark with blue light, weird spaces, fake wires, odd shapes. It looks like it belongs on the Klingon bridge.

Agree. It's not to my taste. There's an implied presumption of a level of superficiality in the customer that's rather patronising. What happened to less is more?

medienhexer · Post by **medienhexer** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:28 am

hakey wrote:
Frantz wrote:I'm not crazy about the GUI. Dark with blue light, weird spaces, fake wires, odd shapes. It looks like it belongs on the Klingon bridge.
Agree. It's not to my taste. There's an implied presumption of a level of superficiality in the customer that's rather patronising. What happened to less is more?

Turns out, less was actually less. And by continuously decreasing, at some point, it blinked out of existence.

I agree with your point, though. I'm slowly coming to realize how much all these small details and shades and lights are actually making it harder to find what you're looking for.

Used to think ValhallaDSP, Madronalabs, Ableton weren't even trying, turns out, it's easier to focus with flat GUIs.

Doesn't mean I don't appreciate stylish design, I do, but it keeps all that precious energy flowing to the visual cortex instead of the region where my music accidents happen...

ragout · Post by **ragout** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:28 am

Wow, Urs, do you build mobile phones too?

http://www.xolo.in/hive/index.php

penguinfromdeep · Post by **penguinfromdeep** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:46 am

yes he does

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:50 am

Ooh, just noticed the beta is up, off to try it now

ragout · Post by **ragout** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:52 am

All jokes aside, I love the interface, it's looks like the successor of Toxic Bio Hazard to me, and that a big plus!

I guess it's synth month because U-HE is finishing the new Hive synth