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by te_chris
2424 days ago
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I mean the German thing isn't that surprising: Europe is the home of electronic music these days and Germany really kicked things off and still to this day has the thriving performance and retail scene that keeps it all going, a lot of it centered around Germany (specifcally Berlin and Hamburg). Not that it doesn't happen elsewhere in the world, but it's like a religion in a place like Berlin. Interesting what you say about players and tweakers. Personally I think that's a bit too binary, but it is interseting to see softsynths with more intuitive UI's finally coming out, like Pigments from Arturia. |
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Every synth manufacturer has to make this conclusion at some point. A surprisingly large number of synth customers never get past the presets - its a dirty little secret of the business.
Not that there's anything wrong with this, of course - but it does make designing a "one UI for all" kind of difficult. It also explains why so many of the 'big manufacturers' focus mostly on player- interfaces, eschewing the work required to make more detailed editing surfaces.
However this is all changing - look at companies like Modal, who led the way with providing as sophisticated interfaces as necessary for both end-user types ..