MOTU, Please give us some DP6 GUI options

bOing · Post by **bOing** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:35 am

kwiz wrote:Whoossshhhhhh...........The sound of it all going over my head.

btw, post a mockup, I need some more ideas.....

Kwiz, I'll wait until DP6 arrives (any time now?) and then I will mutilate and maim that MF until it looks as good as I do.

[whoooooooooooooosh?]

But the UAD-1 issue makes me want to put it on the shelf until I'm no longer afraid to use it.

bOing · Post by **bOing** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:23 pm

grimepoch wrote:BTW, all the screen stuff I mentioned is NOT myth...

Hey GP. I know a decent amount about my computer yet there's this entire field of study as to how those things work beneath the surface of consumer products that I remain largely ignorant about.

I've had an Apple screen for years for my main graphics work. I do more web design than print, yet I always check my CMYK values whenever anything goes on paper. I know I can trust those values anywhere.

But all this is food for thought and definitely worth the crash course toward LCD enlightenment. - Thanks.

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And Kwiz, I really do like your DP6 design at this juncture. I just hope that I'm seeing it properly.

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:34 pm

I've also used a calibrater before on a CRT, but on LCD, I've not tried. Hell, I've got two LCDs at work that I CANNOT get the colors to be the same no matter how hard I try.

I bet really good LCDs are probably much better calibrated or calibrate-able, but I know for sure that what I get printed out and what I see on my screen hardly ever match. I've not looked too deep into LCD calibration so that is something I might just go read about for fun.

Although, with the little free time I have, I am starting a new iPhone audio app so it might be awhile.

bOing · Post by **bOing** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:46 pm

My post got killed. Hope I don't get Hoffa-ed.

tommymandel · Post by **tommymandel** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:21 am

billf, better late than never, a screenshot of my easter-colored DP6 window tweak is at
http://www.tommymandel.com/tmDP6.jpg

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:39 am

Tommymandel, that audio performance meter is intense, man. LOL

bOing · Post by **bOing** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:23 am

The spirit of independence is alive and well, in the privacy of our own homes. Woohoo!

But what this party needs is a 3D shake-up. Too much of that "the world is flat" 2D stuff gives me the dry heaves and I think I'm developing a rash...

tommymandel · Post by **tommymandel** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:57 am

Thanks MonkeyMan!

The 60s die hard around here...

bOing - I think that motu's trying to answer our prayers for more 'snappier' performance by lightening the video load, with the 2D retrocity... There are bits where they do try to use 2 colors to mimic a 3D look - with the upper and lower bevel being lighter and darker shades of gray, for example.

What's that expression "Be careful what you ask for, cuz you may just get it..." ?

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:39 am

Ahh... the '60s. I hear ya Tommy.

zed · Post by **zed** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:52 am

tommymandel wrote:bOing - I think that motu's trying to answer our prayers for more 'snappier' performance by lightening the video load, with the 2D retrocity...

I'm not buying this argument. With the speed of our computers and video cards these days the tiniest fraction of a fraction longer it might take to load an image with more colours is extremely negligible, I would think. For these portions of the DP interface which are PNG images, I would hardly think that there is any humanly noticeable difference in loading a 3D image versus a 1 or 2 colour image... and even more so once the image is loaded. Snappier? I don't believe it.

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:01 am

I have to agree based on my limited computer experience, Zed.
You'd think that once the image files are loaded into RAM, there'd not be a discernible difference.

Surely the code tweaks and rewrites involved the mixing/recording/playback engine/s.
Maybe. Seems like it to me from what I've heard in user reports.

Tritonemusic · Post by **Tritonemusic** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:01 am

Right on, Zed. I totally agree on this point. I wonder how difficult it would be for MOTU to bring back the 3D look. Man, I hate to lose that. I can't tell you how much I enjoy it.

Eleventh Hour Sound · Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:26 am

tommymandel wrote:billf, better late than never, a screenshot of my easter-colored DP6 window tweak is at
http://www.tommymandel.com/tmDP6.jpg

I see some green audio in one of your meters. How did you do that? (For the uninitiated)

bOing · Post by **bOing** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:35 pm

Apparently my DP6 is on its way. So, as Prince so aptly put it:

"We're gonna rock this Mothership!"

[or at least kick its tires]

billf · Post by **billf** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:26 pm

tommymandel wrote:billf, better late than never, a screenshot of my easter-colored DP6 window tweak is at
http://www.tommymandel.com/tmDP6.jpg

Wow, you've been busy! Looks great.