SynthMaker

Dynamic Display for synth control panels

Archive · 2008 4 old posts

From the original SynthMaker forum (2004–2014), with its members’ names and dates.

simonecuttlefish ·

Hi - I'm not yet a user, but I'm very interested. I wish to drag some of my synths out of Reaktor and into distributable VSTi format and thought this looks like a great environment to rebuild them in. I have a question though about the end user interface.

Is it possible to either 1) Have multiple selectable screens/pages for the one instrument, like a tabbed interface with controls per page, so complex actions can be given their own large display area without turning the front panel into a billion knob nightmare?

and/or

2) Dynamically changing front panel based on current user selection. For example, It's easy to fit controls for modulation options for pulse/tri/sin/saw waveforms on a small 'oscillator select' area, but if you select the "build waveform" selection button, then the area would be replaced with Multiple sin generators with pitch, volume and modulation options, as required ONLY by that particular choice of oscillator type.

The reason for this is so you don't end up with a trillion buttons/sliders on the main screen all the time, when only a few functions are needed per patch.

There is no good reason to overwhelm users at the main panel.

Does Synth Maker support this type of display (like reactor does)?

Thanks!

simonecuttlefish ·

Hmmm post 12 here How to go about designing a GUI seems to look like (or at least suggets that) it does what I'm asking. (pming the auther now : )

Is this functionality a native part of the Synth maker package, or is this "custom written goodness" by the author? I didn't want to barge in and change the topic on the other topic by asking there. Thanks.

oddson ·

[old link]

I knew this multiple tabs/pages issue was covered on the forum but I'd forgotten it's also on the WIKI.

simonecuttlefish ·

Thanks truckloads Oddson - I'll try to temper my enthusiasm with a little more patience when it comes to reading before posting in future : )

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