On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 08:23 -0600, Peter da Silva wrote:
> On Dec 10, 2006, at 9:34 PM, Adam Atlas wrote:
> > Dear audio software (including, but not limited to, mixers,
> > synthesizers/samplers, and effects):
> >
> > Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
> > stop.
* David King [2006-12-11 07:15]:
> Not to diminish this obviously hateful situation, but what is
> the alternative? Make them learn an entirely new interface
> metaphor that's useless outside of the software?
Absolutely. Why do I have sliders for the Attack Decay Sustain
Release parameters of a
On Dec 11, 2006, at 12:11 AM, David King wrote:
Not to diminish this obviously hateful situation, but what is the
alternative? Make them learn an entirely new interface metaphor that's
useless outside of the software?
Use the use-interface metaphor that all the other software on the
computer
On Dec 10, 2006, at 9:34 PM, Adam Atlas wrote:
Dear audio software (including, but not limited to, mixers,
synthesizers/samplers, and effects):
Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
stop. It's really bad interface design.
Ah yes, another mob who'll be first up a
On Dec 11, 2006, at 1:05 AM, Robert Rothenberg wrote
But my all-time favourite is a slider or knob that one controls
with a mouse
to try and get an *exact* setting (according to a digital readout),
because there is no keyboard interface. Some graphics software is
guilty
of this too.
On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 22:34 -0500, Adam Atlas wrote:
> Dear audio software (including, but not limited to, mixers,
> synthesizers/samplers, and effects):
>
> Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
> stop. It's really bad interface design.
The obvious solution here
On 11/12/06 04:37 Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 10:34:58PM -0500, Adam Atlas wrote:
>> Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
>> stop. It's really bad interface design.
In partial defence of this, many people already know how to interact with
audio ha
Dear audio software (including, but not limited to, mixers,
synthesizers/samplers, and effects):
Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE?
Please, stop. It's really bad interface design.
Not to diminish this obviously hateful situation, but what is the
alternative? Make th
On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 10:11:33PM -0800, David King wrote:
> In the audio hardware, we have an established metaphor and list of
> things to do in order to accomplish a given task. Why should that
> list be different for the hardware or the software?
Right, that's why I enter text to my computer
Dear audio software (including, but not limited to, mixers,
synthesizers/samplers, and effects):
Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
stop. It's really bad interface design.
Not to diminish this obviously hateful situation, but what is the
alternative? Make th
On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 08:37:43PM -0800, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> some people in the industry seem to like this too. universal audio and
> bombfactory both seem to take pride in their "it looks like the gear"
> virtual interfaces.
I like the ones where you have to click and/or drag (rub?) the
com
On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 10:34:58PM -0500, Adam Atlas wrote:
> Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
> stop. It's really bad interface design.
no kidding. all this fancy virtual modeling and we're MODELING THE
INTERFACE TOO?
sliders I can understand, but virtual knob
Adam Atlas writes:
> Dear audio software (including, but not limited to, mixers,
> synthesizers/samplers, and effects):
>
> Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
> stop. It's really bad interface design.
Oh! Do I feel your hate.
> An aspiring musician who's tire
Dear audio software (including, but not limited to, mixers,
synthesizers/samplers, and effects):
Who told you you were supposed to look like audio HARDWARE? Please,
stop. It's really bad interface design.
Love,
An aspiring musician who's tired of his music programs being full of
fucking k
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