Hey Aaron,
This tutorial was actually written and sent to MM before 2006a was
even released! Some of the information in the original document was
updated to reflect changes to the maintenance release, and some of it
was not. However, I'm glad to hear that Ambience presets are now
available in the Windows version.
As for the dials, they work the same as the dials in the Kontakt
Player -- so at least it's consistently bad UI. The dials in the
Finale mixer work in the way you suggest -- but even though that's
much more intuitive UI, it actually makes them harder to manipulate
(as you say, you have to painstakingly drag the knob on the dial).
We Mac users got a lucky break -- the AU version of Ambience doesn't
have a custom UI at all, just a bunch of generic horizontal sliders
-- which makes everything easy to understand AND adjust. Knobs are
great in the real world, but they are terrible as a UI element.
- Darcy
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On 14 Dec 2005, at 5:09 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 04:38 PM 12/14/2005, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>Just because I know you guys wouldn't want to miss it -- the GPO-HP
>tutorial I wrote for MakeMusic is included with the Fin2006b update.
>The file is called "GPOHP Tutorial Supplement.pdf" and it's located
>in the "User Manual" folder.
It looks very useful, Darcy. Thanks.
However, a slight correction -- p.76 mentions that the Windows
version of the Ambience plugin lacks the Presets menu. (With the
screenshot I sent you -- I recognize my color scheme!) Mirabile
dictu, 2006b includes a Presets menu in the upper left! I guess it
would have been nice for Makemusic to tell you they planned to
include this.
I should also note that the Windows version of the plugin still
features a completely counterintuitive UI. Take a look at the image
on p.76 in the PDF. You would think that you would manipulate this
by painstakingly dragging the dials around in circles. But this is
wrong! What you actually do is click on the dial, hold down the
mouse button...and drag left and right AS THOUGH IT WERE A SLIDER!
David Fenton would have a field day with this one.
Aaron.
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