The Legend HZ by Synapse Audio now available!

[Jac459]

I was excited for this one but finding it quite underwhelming. The modulation system isn’t fast enough, the MSEG’s aren’t tactile like Pigments. There are 6 Oscillators which take up lots of space and won’t get used and no way to pan them. It does sounds good but isn’t a joy to use and it needs more filter options. All imho.

I gave the demo a quick try yesterday. I may have missed a bunch, but I have the same impression. I'd want the LFOs and MSEGs from Dune, rather than the clunky system here. I'm a big fan of The Legend, and will keep using the original. I'll update if I feel rich one day. Also, the original GUI is easier on the eyes, with less stuff to demand attention.

You missed the 6 oscillators working awesome together.
For the MSEG, I agree...
You need pixel accurate clicking, I would like a zoom.

[seafire]

The MSEGs are from Dune, at least they load Dune presets.

Agree about gui, but I changed background to make it bearable (made it negative)

[chagzuki]

The MSEGs are from Dune, at least they load Dune presets.

Ah, my memory told me Dune had a smoothing parameter, but it doesn't. Been using Falcon recently for that sort of thing.

[egbert101]

https://youtu.be/zwlneSjFSo4

[BONES]

Also, the original GUI is easier on the eyes, with less stuff to demand attention.

Really? I love the GUI, I think it is easily the best of any of Synapse's instruments. Everything is where you expect it to be, it's all well laid out and it looks beautiful. I was sold from the first screenshot I saw of it.

[seafire]

Except its a wash of the same shades. Prefer a bit of contrast myself. Too may knobs clashing with the background.

Of course, i understand they are going for the look, but it's not easy on my old eyes

[zvenx]

You know you can mess with the background right?

rsp

[seafire]

Also, the original GUI is easier on the eyes, with less stuff to demand attention.

Really? I love the GUI, I think it is easily the best of any of Synapse's instruments. Everything is where you expect it to be, it's all well laid out and it looks beautiful. I was sold from the first screenshot I saw of it.

You're a graphics man yeah? Unemployed, presumably

Yeah, I know, a poor jab...

[chagzuki]

Really? I love the GUI, I think it is easily the best of any of Synapse's instruments. Everything is where you expect it to be, it's all well laid out and it looks beautiful. I was sold from the first screenshot I saw of it.

The Legend is like a comfortable armchair to me, friendly. But I took another look at HZ and realised there are GUI controls; brightening the background makes it less optically aggressive on my monitor, and closer to the original Legend. Also taking the bezel/light-source effect down makes it visually quieter, I prefer it that way. Looks nice to me now.

[seafire]

You can you can mess with the background right?

rsp

Yeah, and make your own knobs/switches, but it's quite fiddly, and no config file, so its a bit limited (and a pain to work out that a 90x90 knob image is actually offset 17% top left, not a simple centered graphic...)

Anyway, rather than make my own knobs to ease the eye ache, I just made the background negative. (Some of the fluid text is hard to read, but I can live with that)

[zvenx]

I wasn't going that deep, I meant with the screenshot I sent and what chagzuki said.
rsp

[seafire]

Yeah, those are too subtle for my taste.

Good of them to offer those options tho

[Jac459]

Also, the original GUI is easier on the eyes, with less stuff to demand attention.

Really? I love the GUI, I think it is easily the best of any of Synapse's instruments. Everything is where you expect it to be, it's all well laid out and it looks beautiful. I was sold from the first screenshot I saw of it.

Agreed. My only grief is the MSEG edition which is a bit fiddly as the screen is a bit small. Would be nice if it could pop-up or zoom.

[seafire]

Or change gui size

[Jac459]

Or change gui size

Mmm, I feel that even with the plugin full screen, my poor eyes would still struggle.