Sound Synthesis

[Martin Naef]

Hi Michael

Michael Zacherl wrote:
>> For all the things that are right with MAX, calling that a good GUI 
>> seems a bit far-fetched to me. Ugh...
> 
> well ... since that thing is so flexible that lies entirely in the hands 
>   of the designer.

Well, to some extent. Theoretically, you can extend it with custom 
modules to the point of being able to do everything - but you can just 
as well develop your own synthesizer in whatever environment from 
scratch then.

> If you're talking about the developer's view ... well yeah, it can get 
> complicated ;-)

I'm not so much worried about things getting complicated. MAX actually 
helps handling complexity reasonably well. From a developer's view, I'm 
only worried about the lack easy state output of the modules (e.g.: 
What's the current delay time in ms? Needs about 5 or so modules to 
produce that info...), otherwise I find it actually quite handy.

I just find it rather convoluted to create any usable UI that would be 
understood by a performer who's not a MAX programmer at the same time 
(mind you, with MAX the performer tends to be the programmer as well). 
In fact, I'd probably hack the UI in a completely different environment 
and control MAX with an OSC protocol or similar...

Bye
Martin

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