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trogluddite ·
OutSim wrote: - New: more compact filter bar with fewer groups but at a higher level
(from the SM2 feature list)
Hmmm, I'd hardly describe that as a new 'feature'! - I can't bl**dy find anything any more!
Oscillators, effects, envelopes etc.all in one huge 'DSP' folder! - that's not very organised now is it?
Please, please - let me arrange my primitives and modules the way I like - folders, subfolders, drag and drop between folders etc. - too many items in too few categories is just unwieldy.
MichaelBenjamin ·
maybe it would be enough to just add an option to hide the default folders, so you could arrange the primitives you use all in custom folders.
trogluddite ·
That would be a good start.
I would be less annoyed at the re-organisation (like a stranger putting all the kitchen utensils in the wrong drawers), if it weren't that the toolbox groupings have been made less useful - categories 'DSP' and 'Audio' are too vague in the context of SM, and 'Imagery' is just surreal.
I would suggest as a simple way forward...
Allow the re-ordering of the groups on screen (losing the silly division between Default and User groupings)
Allow re-naming of groups.
Better still, just emulate the way most VST plugin hosts work - mirror whatever structure the user arranges within the toolbox folder on disk (with maybe an emergency 'restore defaults' somewhere in case of corruption).
Tom7777 ·
+1 Million votes
Removing groups makes things worse. In fact after hearing the new version does this and it still has no sub folders even after requesting this years ago and trying to request again many times after that it has currently put me off upgrading to SM V2.
Better toolbox organization is something this program needs added as soon as possible really.
philter5 ·
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electrogear ·
+1
Acrobat ·
It is quite clear that SM2.0 is a mere Flowstone port, so there was no attention paid to the old VST plugin programmer' workflow and needs. I bet FS has the same arrangement of tools.
MichaelBenjamin ·
imo they should dump all the default folders and replace them with "primitives" and "prefabs".
most of the time i need something special i find it pretty fast with ctrl clicking the connector types or typing in the search field. the default folders never did make much sense. also most of the prefabs are either outdated and long replaced with better ones or just not being used by me.
AngularMomentum ·
+1
Also I would like to just be able to import or drag and drop .hom and .osm files directly from disk into the schematic, instead of having everything in the toolbox.
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