Thread: [ReZound-users] front-end, web design and LE?
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From: Benjamin P. K. <bke...@gm...> - 2005-10-11 23:27:28
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Howdy all, I've been thinking about rezound and design lately, mostly because im *still* working out a web design. All apologizes for the delay, it's been very busy here in the Bay Area and I want the look & feel to be the absolute best in presenting Rezound. Before the letter went out about front-end stuffage I got thinking about the UI, not the technical bits (gtk2 fox, etc) but the actual UI that users will interact with (im not much of a programmer). I have a lot of sketches that I've been thinking about converting to onscreen graphic mock-ups, would ya'll be interested in seeing them or is the UI going to remain the same? I strongly suggest that with this front-end migration, to whatever we use - the UI should be brushed up a bit. You know, put the flow back in work flow ;) There is also this other idea that was originally my own but thought it'd be interesting to hear your opinions on it - and that's dead simple "LE" version of Rezound. Why? I've been playing with Cuebase, Live and a bunch of other applications but it was mostly live that I was amazed with, mostly because of it's work flow. I wanted to have that sort of feel or even vibe with a sound capturing application, like rezound. I use Rezound mostly for live events (usually lectures and raves) and I record the talk / dj sets to disk. The tools within rezound i count on to get this job done right; the level meters, time bar, recording indicator, etc. basically whats inside the record dialog window. Visually seeing the waveform after recording isn't that big of a deal to me as Im not concerned about that step until I get back to the studio to mix it down. So why not an LE version? How about cutting up the program into multiple 'sound tools', rezound could then become a suite of applications, sticking to the UNIX way. Is Rewire an open protocol? perhaps that could be used to string them together. If not, just an LE version would be nice. All in all, I feel the interface should be looked over and modified to better fit the studio, stage and road and all the challenges in between. It feels way to much like a programmers tool - when, with the features it packs, could easily become a musicians tool. There should be as few technical boundaries as possible when it comes to the user getting there ideas out and recorded. Can I help with this? Whether is be a UI brush up, mailing list chat or defining a separate LE version... i have energy for this, let me invest it into rezound. - Ben * I'll be posting a demo of the new design within the next 3 weeks. |
From: Davy D. <dd...@us...> - 2005-10-12 14:53:25
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I'm not sure what you mean by "LE" specifically.. but I gather that you mean making rezound more interactive and less procedural (which is still vague :)) Have you seen JACK? I think JACK itself would facilitate what you're talking about. And if so, I'd prefer not to re-invent that very complicated wheel. ReZound attempts to support JACK at present, but much remains to be done still. JACK allows you to connect other JACK-supporting applications together like you can in rewire I believe. I would be interested in any new UI layout designs you might have. Just send them here. I think you can attach files--if you need do. If not, I'll try to change the list to allow it. Thanks, Davy Benjamin P. Keating wrote: >Howdy all, > >I've been thinking about rezound and design lately, mostly because im >*still* working out a web design. All apologizes for the delay, it's >been very busy here in the Bay Area and I want the look & feel to be >the absolute best in presenting Rezound. > >Before the letter went out about front-end stuffage I got thinking >about the UI, not the technical bits (gtk2 fox, etc) but the actual UI >that users will interact with (im not much of a programmer). I have a >lot of sketches that I've been thinking about converting to onscreen >graphic mock-ups, would ya'll be interested in seeing them or is the >UI going to remain the same? I strongly suggest that with this >front-end migration, to whatever we use - the UI should be brushed up >a bit. You know, put the flow back in work flow ;) > >There is also this other idea that was originally my own but thought >it'd be interesting to hear your opinions on it - and that's dead >simple "LE" version of Rezound. Why? I've been playing with Cuebase, >Live and a bunch of other applications but it was mostly live that I >was amazed with, mostly because of it's work flow. I wanted to have >that sort of feel or even vibe with a sound capturing application, >like rezound. > >I use Rezound mostly for live events (usually lectures and raves) and >I record the talk / dj sets to disk. The tools within rezound i count >on to get this job done right; the level meters, time bar, recording >indicator, etc. basically whats inside the record dialog window. >Visually seeing the waveform after recording isn't that big of a deal >to me as Im not concerned about that step until I get back to the >studio to mix it down. > >So why not an LE version? How about cutting up the program into >multiple 'sound tools', rezound could then become a suite of >applications, sticking to the UNIX way. Is Rewire an open protocol? >perhaps that could be used to string them together. If not, just an LE >version would be nice. > >All in all, I feel the interface should be looked over and modified to >better fit the studio, stage and road and all the challenges in >between. It feels way to much like a programmers tool - when, with the >features it packs, could easily become a musicians tool. > >There should be as few technical boundaries as possible when it comes >to the user getting there ideas out and recorded. > >Can I help with this? Whether is be a UI brush up, mailing list chat >or defining a separate LE version... i have energy for this, let me >invest it into rezound. > >- Ben > >* I'll be posting a demo of the new design within the next 3 weeks. > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: >Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, >and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl >------------------------------------------------------- >ReZound-users mailing list >ReZ...@li... >Subscribe/Unsubscribe and change options >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rezound-users >ReZound-users mailing list archive >http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum > > |
From: Marc R.J. B. <mr...@dn...> - 2005-10-13 07:13:06
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Benjamin wrote: >> So why not an LE version? How about cutting up the program into >> multiple 'sound tools', rezound could then become a suite of >> applications, sticking to the UNIX way. Is Rewire an open protocol? Nope, but the Jack Audio Connection Kit (jackit.sourceforge.net) does the same thing. Rezound happens to be Jack-enabled (eat that, audacity!). If you're new to Jack, and like most people you use mostly 44.1 khz, you may want to make sure your soundcard supports sample rates of both 44.1 and 48 kHz to prevent unnecessary software resampling. I've been suggested the M-Audio delta cards behave reasonably well at a modest budget. >> I use Rezound mostly for live events (usually lectures and raves) and >> I record the talk / dj sets to disk. Check out freqtweak :) Best regards, Marc Brevoort |