Hi there,
I've just started seriously playing with the Synthonizer, and have become extremely frustrated that I can't set a base cutoff frequency for the filters, just the envelope amount. In fact, there are a LOT of parameters to the synth models that must exist under the hood, but which I can't access. The same is true for many of the other algorithms too.
As far as I can tell, the only reason that stuff is hidden from the user is that the iPad/Mac/Windows app for programming the H9 wants to make things look as much as possible like a xxxFactor. This seems crazy to me: the H9 UI is pure software, and and can be made as complex as you want. If you need multiple tabs, or a scrolling list of sliders, that's no problem – you're not limited to 10 or so knobs. Yes, things could get confusing if an algorithm exposes 80 parameters, but that's fine – you can always have an expert/novice mode switch. (In fact, I think my Eclipse does something like that).
So please, could Eventide stop crippling a wonderful bit of hardware by slapping an overly simplistic UI on it?
Harry
