SynthMaker

VST front panel size

Archive · 2011 4 old posts

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lesobrod ·

I really like SM for very good zoom and navigation options. 😍 It's maybe best software for my weak enough eyes. But what about front panel SM-made VST ? Is it possible to make "zoom" version, assign view size etc?

trogluddite ·

Sadly, you can't resize the VST GUI dynamically. It's a shame, I have a few plugin that would be nice with a small 'quick edit' screen and fold-out 'expert' panels.

The VST GUI will always be the size of the module you see on screen at the moment of export - including the workspace zoom setting.

lesobrod ·

trogluddite wrote: The VST GUI will always be the size of the module you see on screen at the moment of export - including the workspace zoom setting.

Oh s***! I just try..This is NOT bad! I was so stupid 😊 Possibility to choose zoom for export is good enough. OK. Trog, you save my eyes!

theod ·

I keep wondering....what if SM was able (with a primitive) to just re-name files....This way we could export, say, our VST plug in in three different zoom factors, say default, big, bigger.....Then rename the big and bigger dlls to sayyyy .dll2 and dll3. Then we could present to the end user the option via button or something to change GUI size next time he loads the plug in - instructing in the background SM to rename the dlls so that the host would now load a different dll file.

edit: of course, this wouldnt help with exapndable "panels" of settings and/or options...but at least it would give the end user the option to adjust the general GUI size according to what suits him best for his screen resolution. For example, the screen real estate a vst occupies is much much different on a 1280 x 960 laptop screen than those modern 2000 pixels wide (and god knows what else) screens. Trying to make a GUI for all resolutions possible, you are bound to have a somewhat "big" GUI in small resolution screens being somewhat "small" in larger resolution screens.

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