Yet another post regarding scaling issues of VSTi's (and large MUXes).
I just tried Arturia's new Pigments synth. When I open it in MuLab the bottom third is cut off (see image below [and sorry if it appears several times, there is something strange going on with attachments right now at KVR]), making it impossible for me to use this synth on my 14 inch laptop without connecting to my external monitor or changing display settings. (And if I do change display settings, everything else in MuLab becomes too small.)
I'm thinking that the top bar of MuLab's container window has A LOT of blank space on the right side, and this could be put to better use. In my case, what I really would like is a simple Scale dropdown menu, which would allow me to set values such as
- Scale to fit
- 100%
- 75%
- 50%
- 25%
In this case, the synth itself is large, but I get the same problem sometimes with VSTi's that default to max allowed space (like Unlimited and Transpire by Sonic Anomaly).
A plus would be if each synth/effect could recall its preferred scaling percentage, but if that takes time to implement, I'd settle for setting the scaling percentage every time I open the plugin.
To me this is really a major obstacle, which forces me to also work in other DAWs. I understand that well-implemented VST plugins should be able to scale themselves, but in my case I'd rather have a somewhat pixly synth than no synth at all...
that I just haven't found one yet (hints welcome