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and yet from a design perspective the hydrasynth is a much better ui, not requiring you to trace tens of wires from module to module to figure out what the heck
by LegitShady 4y ago
and yet from a design perspective the hydrasynth is a much better ui, not requiring you to trace tens of wires from module to module to figure out what the heck is going on from non standardized module to non standardized module.
a modular synth is like a totally custom rig that nobody but you can understand, because you built it. It's bad ui from step 1.
- scarecrowbob 4y agoIt really depends, right? For playing a gig, the Hydrasynth is a far better UI. But in general, all these rigs are very specific to their users. I've brought the HS to a lot of traditional jams where keyboard players are. Most folks can't come up and perform on my hydrasynth, either, unless I show them which 3 knobs to play with for a specific patch. Each patch is "like a totally custom rig that nobody but you can understand, because you built it". Anyhow, the question is how much information is displayed at a glance, not "quality of the UI", and your original comment ignores a lot of that information. I'm sorry if pointing that out didn't feel nice to you so you decided to move the goalpost.
- LegitShady 4y ago>Anyhow, the question is how much information is displayed at a glance, not "quality of the UI", and your original comment ignores a lot of that information. I'm sorry if pointing that out didn't feel nice to you so you decided to move the goalpost. I don't think modular synths do a good job conveying lots of information since I have to trace wires across multiple components to try to figure out what is modulated by what. That information is not available 'at a glance'. They're highly configurable and thus flexible in what they're capable of, but I don't think they convey information well at all.