Comments on: iZotope Re-Releases FREE Vinyl Lo-Fi VST Plugin

By: Poofox

Poofox — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:59:17 +0000

In reply to Raven.

Agreed! Sure the skeuomorphic interfaces were getting too bombastic and filling the screen with useless eye candy, but this current minimalist trend threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Gimme subtle shadows, 2.5D controls and transparency fx, but brushed metal, wooden side panels and rack-inspired GUI bolts can die forever…

By: Raven

Raven — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:34:56 +0000

Thing is, that slight 3dness when shading is used in an interface really trumps these flat and “fatiquing” interfaces. I get the cleanliness, but dont throw away “ergonomics”. win10, ableton, fl20, so fatiquing with edges and borders of everything blending into each other. A little bevel and shadow goes a loooong way to make windows tangible and pop off each other . So do “glowing LED” effects, shadows, buttons that pop instead of squares and circles that fill.

Texture is not so important but can also be effective to increase the separation between plugins and elements.

No brainer! so why must we make all elements so “flat” and unnatural? Cause it looks cool? it sure does no mistake! Looks like something out of sci-fi films…….but it handles like plastic shit!

How much more exciting and action packed FL11 looks are now compared to 12… the more time passes, the more it becomes obvious! The elements on the mixer were so well defined and a pleasure to click and use. The fonts were racy and techy. Now the mixer is dull and flat with static icons where popping and glowing buttons use to be.

Same with Win7, vibrant, intuitive, pretty VS win10. corporate, monotonous, dull.

A balance between completely vector flat, and some 3d edges and shadows on borders and buttons, with glowing lights and digital displays would be nice. You know something for humans.

By: Nakura

Nakura — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:54:24 +0000

I personally like the old GUI more.

By: Jeppespelar

Jeppespelar — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:58:56 +0000

In reply to Wally C. Me too! Many of these kinds of "new modern interface" looks kinda cheap to me? But perhaps the new gui improves workflow or ux? The old sliders sometimes felt wierdly finicky to me? The scaling of them perhaps?

By: Wally C

Wally C — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:45:22 +0000

I prefer the previous “analog-like” GUI over the new cartoon network one.

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:11:05 +0000

In reply to Ike. There's a new "Lo-fi" mode which is essentially a bitcrusher.

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:10:35 +0000

In reply to Masked tiger. I agree!

By: Roman

Roman — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:26:55 +0000

In reply to Ike. Lol, he specifically said that the interface got better, and nothing about the sound.

By: Ike

Ike — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:01:23 +0000

In reply to Masked tiger. In what way is it better? Sure, the user interface looks cleaner, but has the sound improved in any way?

By: Masked tiger

Masked tiger — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:47:38 +0000

finally the new gui is stunning its a ton better than the old one … cool update izotope

By: Brenny C

Brenny C — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:33:18 +0000

This update is awesome! Vinyl is a plugin classic; the new modern GUI and added lo-fi effect just make this even better. A completely unexpected but very welcome gift just in time for the holidays! Thank you, iZotope and BPB!