AW: [Jsynthlib-devel] a sense of disappointment

[Joachim B. <jba...@pi...>]

Hi,

> it seems to do what synthlib promised.  for 200 GBP [around 300USD].

Ehm, where did JSynthLib promised to do something and what?

> synthlib is just too unfriendly.

OK, what would you specifically change?

If you have an idea of such a better Graphical-User-Interface
please tell us how it should look like or draw it.

Just saying it is user-unfriendly is not much helpful!

Regards,
Joachim Backhaus

PS: I think after a learning-curve it is easy to use! ;-)
(Depends also on the synth driver, of course)


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> Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. August 2005 12:29
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> Betreff: [Jsynthlib-devel] a sense of disappointment
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> hi all
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> you guys are all working so hard on this, but as a user i=20
> have to say =20
> that synthlib has so far been hard to use and understand.  maybe mac =20
> os x java support is still pretty poor, but the whole thing is =20
> sluggish and uncooperative.  however, i use a line 6 variax guitar =20
> and i'm pretty sure the 'workbench' software is java, and that works =20
> very well.
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> if you check out apple.com > mac os x > downloads > audio,=20
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> a new matrix 1000 editor.  it's max/msp; it looks good, launches =20
> quickly and is easy to use.  in fact i bought a second hand matrix =20
> 1000 by coincidence almost the same day.  if jsynthlib were as user-=20
> friendly as that, i'd continue to follow its development.
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> i have never before been offered the chance to try motu=20
> software on a =20
> 30 day basis, but the UK distributor is sending me a copy of=20
> unisyn.  =20
> it seems to do what synthlib promised.  for 200 GBP [around 300USD].
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> only once did i ever sit down and make a new patch for a synth with =20
> synthlib, for my tx81z.  it's still on the synth [appropriately =20
> titled 'moody f**k'], but that's my only success.
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> i don't like to sound negative, but synthlib looks as if it=20
> will only =20
> ever be useful to synthists who are also pretty competent =20
> programmers.  take it from someone who looks from the musician's =20
> viewpoint [i'm avoiding calling myself a musician, that would be =20
> grandiose];
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> synthlib is just too unfriendly.
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> if you want to make it a popular, open source, easy to use editor, =20
> you need to radically rewrite it.  i'm afraid my only contributions =20
> to this project have been criticism, from the muso's viewpoint, but =20
> surely that's the target 'market'?
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> i'll keep checking it out from time to time, but for the time being, =20
> i give up.
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> sorry
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> dom
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