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A few parts of the interface can expand BIG which is nice and expected, but I was surprised the entire interface is not scalar. I tried changing the monitor resolutions and the left hand side that has to do with sample selection stays the same size no matter what I do. Sure, I can use it, but the file/sample selection column on the left for example has buttons the size of 10 pica or less... fine for younger folks, but what happens when someone who is pushing mid-forties needs to get the classic bifocals? That interface with those tiny arrows could be a real problem. I think a hell of a lot of machfive2 will be hard to read for older folks. The "next/previous sample" buttons are maybe 8-10 pixels across which wouldn't be bad if it could be scaled, you know zoomed like every standard mac window. I've got quite a few studio friends and musicians in their late 40's to 60's who would have problems with this. Is there a control I am not seeing that is available to change this? Like I said, monitor resolution doesn't change the size at all, how odd... Am I missing something? Luckily for the moment I am young enough that this isn't an issue, but I was thinking into the future.

Meister

I posted this a while ago and forgot to add that I was mistaken. Raising screen resolution will enlarge Machfive's interface, all of it. I am not sure how I tried it the first time (changing resolution) and did not see M5 get bigger. Must've been magic coffee. The second time, shrinking the resolution helped.
Just for the record here! While some of M5's interface is nicely zoomable, some controls are not, and IMHO Motu should make the entire interface zoomable.

Meister

I agree, unless you work with it up close ,witch is hard to do at times with a multi screen system, some things are hard to read and it become tiring.
I hope they can address this in an update.