Why is ACE so much less popular than others?
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- KVRAF
- 24452 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Yes but when you revisit the preset some time later, you won't immediately know it. So it's faster reading the labels than following cables around.
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- KVRian
- 868 posts since 2 Jan, 2013
id say labels add clutter too, how about hovering over the cable?
it would also be nice if these modulators had arrows pointing to the target (like Bazille), and perhaps were smaller than the control knobs, then we could have a few more
it would also be nice if these modulators had arrows pointing to the target (like Bazille), and perhaps were smaller than the control knobs, then we could have a few more
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- KVRAF
- 2911 posts since 3 Mar, 2006
one request would be that I'm not a big fan of the current mixer setup (with the crossfade between two oscs) because I have no idea what its doing when I plug a different cable into that port... I wish it would switch to straight attenuation like the other slots if I plug a new cable in.
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- KVRAF
- 4197 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Bad Vilbel, Germany
See page 20 in the user guide. It modulates Balance i.e. what the knob does. There's no such thing as "straight attenuation" for a balance knob!MitchK1989 wrote:one request would be that I'm not a big fan of the current mixer setup (with the crossfade between two oscs) because I have no idea what its doing when I plug a different cable into that port... I wish it would switch to straight attenuation like the other slots if I plug a new cable in.
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- KVRAF
- 2911 posts since 3 Mar, 2006
oh wow I'm dumb.
I thought those input jacks in the mixer were audio inputs to be mixed, not CV inputs for the knobs.
So I guess I'll rephrase my complaint then: The mixer is useless when you don't want audio from the oscs but instead to use a mixture of tapmap lfos, white noise, and/or subosc etc... Because I can't mute the top section.
I thought those input jacks in the mixer were audio inputs to be mixed, not CV inputs for the knobs.
So I guess I'll rephrase my complaint then: The mixer is useless when you don't want audio from the oscs but instead to use a mixture of tapmap lfos, white noise, and/or subosc etc... Because I can't mute the top section.
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- KVRAF
- 4197 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Bad Vilbel, Germany
Reading the manual usually helps! (True that the mixer is useless if you don't want to use the oscillators).MitchK1989 wrote:I thought those input jacks in the mixer were audio inputs to be mixed, not CV inputs for the knobs.
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- KVRian
- 1452 posts since 9 Feb, 2007 from San Ramon, California
ACE is great just the way it is. I don't follow things closely enough to know about popularity and neither do I care. I have a giant Eurorack modular and also a couple of semi-patchable synths (e.g. Cwejman S1, Korg MS-20M). I would say ACE does a bang-up job at the semi-modular thing with normaled paths cut when you plug in a cable and it also provides a rather good lesson on how patching within a fixed system can bring out creativity.
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- KVRist
- 86 posts since 15 May, 2015
+1hyperscientist wrote:My humble opinion is: Don't put labels there once cable is connected. At that point we know very well what goes in/out, so let's keep it simple and pretty.Urs wrote:There's along standing feature request to swap the labels on the cable inputs to whatever the cable comes from. This is certainly something we've got on our list.
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- KVRist
- 34 posts since 10 Jul, 2015
I like the idea of updating the filters because they can be a little "sing songy". There is too much resonance in most presets and I always have to turn down the resonance. I think it's because of the AM/FM possibilities which will jack the pitch sometimes and definitely jacks the resonance on the filters. Just my two pence. It's such a high quality sound tho. When I say "high quality" I'm assuming you guys know there is a difference between the character and timbre of a sound produced and the quality of the sound produced. Ace isn't a copy...you can hear the instrument at work...that's very rare in the software world.
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- KVRAF
- 4197 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Bad Vilbel, Germany
Worth considering, although I'm happy with those labels always showing the normalled input (see e.g. ARP 2600). Maybe "grey" them out?hyperscientist wrote:My humble opinion is: Don't put labels there once cable is connected. At that point we know very well what goes in/out, so let's keep it simple and pretty.