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Attractive app designs...
I took a bit of ribbing in another thread for complaining about the color choice of a particular IOS synth, so I thought it might be interesting to get opinions on what apps people find visually attractive. More to the point, what apps have a look that makes you want to play them, regardless of limitations in sound/utility?
It's fair game to point out apps that you avoid for just being so ugly as to be hard to use, or mention apps that look great, but are otherwise disappointing (like a fleeting crush with a subsequently revealed lack of personality).
A few positive choices that immediately spring to my mind are Troublemaker, DRC, Freqvens and Zeeon. Uncluttered. Bright, but not sweet. I'm typically not a fan of 3D, but Zeeon's implementation doesn't go overboard. It certainly helps that the preceding examples sound and work great.
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Auxy hands down
I'm clueless about design or art in general but I like the look of TC-11, Borderlands, Bebot and Animoog (love the separate colours for individual notes). There are others I could mention and some less pleasant to look at. For me if it sounds good and doesn't make me nauseous I will use it!
Edit to add that I like to go into the full screen wavetable editor in Nave and mess around in there, creating weird spikes and mountains which almost always sounds terrible and it's pretty hard to make Nave sound bad..
Generally not into skuemorphism but love look/feel of Model 15 and Sunrizer. Oh, and 76 synthesizer.
On the other side, I love the simple, flat design of the Humbletune (Freqvens, elsa...) and Art Kerns apps (midiSteps, midiLFOs...).
Other developers whose apps always seem to look damn good to me: BramBos, Kymatica, Klevgränd and Audio Damage come to mind.
AUM and Model 15 get my vote.
Luis Felipe Vieira Damiani has some interesting design choices. You definitely know his apps when you see them.
Nanostudio 2 !
In general, I prefer flat designs. So much so that I avoided iOS until version 8. This extends to music apps, as well — Ableton is my DAW of choice, I adore Olympia Noise Co’s apps, and I have passed on apps because I didn’t like the look of the interface or onscreen keyboard. It didn’t matter how good the app sounded! Apesoft and Audio Damage also have good mobile designs IMO. KRFT is beautiful. Moog’s skeuomorphic interfaces don’t bother me because I’m a hypocrite. Interestingly, despite Reason being the most skeuomorphic program imaginable, Thor’s onscreen keyboard is fantastic.
So fine, I’m too picky, but we’re not exactly hurting for choice here. I will freely admit that look and feel are crucial to me.
AUM
Auxy
Blocs Wave
Patterning
TriqTraq. iMS20, 76 Synthesizer, the H. R. Giger look of Physynth, the classical look of FunkBox, ThumbJam, Sector (because is crazy) and Sunvox, because it must be in every thread.
@jrjulius Yeah - forgot KRFT. It’s unique and inviting.
I prefer flat and clean, just for usability’s sake, but I don’t mind a bit of skeumorphism when it’s done well - Model 15 and a that. Brambos apps also ride a nice balance between usability and design flair.
At the end of the day though if it works, I’m happy.
All of the above (though for me Oscilab is even prettier than Auxy), but also and especially LayR, particularly the edit screen on iPad. And Ariel Ramos' theory apps, particularly Mapping Tonal Harmony.
As long as the UI elements are not too microscopic or have extreme contrast anything goes.
I do kinda enjoy Cubasis and all the Gadgets
I really love the look of BM3, especially when loaded with the Audio Damage fx/instruments.
I also am one of those that love: Sunvox, LayR and AUM. Latest additions: Xequence and Zeeon.
My sentiments too. BitShapeSoft apps like tc-data and tc-11 are my favorites for iOS ui design.
But I will use anything regardless of the ui if it does what I need (and in the case of music apps sounds good).
Admittedly, I'm a bit of a design / aesthetics snob, so in the same boat with @jrjulius and the flat aesthetic. Lol.
This is partly why I never got any Iceworks apps (their choice of typefaces hurt my soul) although I'm sure they sound great. Ha. SYNTHMASTER is vomit-tastic-ugly although it's one of the greatest preset-bank-filled synths I've bough .
I love Ableton on OSX, BM3 On iOS for DAWs.
I do like DRC more for the overall design, implementation even on iPhone, and just that you get the same experience on all platforms; phone, iPad, and Mac.
Ape/AmazingNoises stuff is also great.
AUM is brilliant when you consider the level of control-interface you can create but how stupid simple the UI is. I have a similar view of Xynthesizr; simple, but you can get crazy depending on how creative you are.
I’m not too keen on toylike, steampunk or windows 98 looks. I don’t mind skeuomorphism but I’m not a massive fan either. Maybe apart from ToneStack with amps etc it kinda makes sense to go retro skeuo.
Somehow I tend to prefer a flat look that maybe has some subtle but nice graphics. I definitely love samplr’s oscilloscope in the effect window and flashing when a note’s being played. Another sober yet functional fave would be BM3, AUM and Patterning. They look great next to other physical gizmos.
When it comes to flashy Playground tops the list for me swiftly followed by TC-11.
I might have snobbed Auria because of its humble windows 98 visual pedigree, also Samplebot’s colourfulness might have created a physical barrier as I haven’t gone beyond ‘hello, how are you?’. The old boring Cubasis sticking to what they know might be a good move but when one is on a journey to the future the last thing he/she wants is to land in front of the old familiar UI they used 15 years prior.
Funny I haven’t seen anyone mention AB3. I kind of like it
Lots of good adds here. I love Xynthesizer's look/feel. NS2, Auxy and TC-11++.
I love the simplicity of the later Holderness Media UIs.
Funkbox's push buttons and random grime on the sliders make me happy.
Cyclop is awsome visually and it sounds like it looks.
Going through my apps, I’m fond of the funky biomorphic futurism of Egoist as well as the highly functional look of MV08 which has just the right orange and cream color on black background. I recently changed the skin of Elastic Drums from the default yellow to blue. That yellow on gray made me feel pukey.
AUM is a stunning masterpiece of design
Sector – I quite like that look.
Rotor, too. Appealing.
Patterning looks nice and seems to make sense.
Beat Machine looks dreadful, but in an appealing, excused way.
Different Drummer, no excuse – any alteration in any direction would be an improvement.
Modstep isn’t a failure of aesthetics but rather of semantics. It looks cute and plausible until you try using it and find you can’t.
Modstep and Max/MSP are things I have tried and failed several times to get my head around. I know there is a lot of potential in both but one of these definitely looks like it's going to quite easy to learn! Maybe an in depth tutorial would help with modstep, the basic stuff leaves me baffled still...
I do really really love Zeeon but for me the 3d knobs makes accurate tweaking feel a little off. If it had a 2d toggle i would certainly activate it.
EDIT: Oh and as for things I LIKE, (heh, no coffee yet), yah Egoist is nice, Cyclop feels like an HD Amiga game
and BM3 has a nice form/function balance, no waste, good emphasis of the right details in the right place for me.
Hmm.. I like minimal home decor but not minimal look apps... can't think of any off top of my head cause I don't buy into them.
I prefer "real" hardwear looking apps with the familiaarity of hardwear synths ... korg ODYSSEi, sunrizer etc. Love the opening screen of nave on the iPad .. it's pretty amazing.
Attack by Waldorf has an even better one, that rug on the floor
I wouldn't buy it again but I still open it occasionally and always enjoy the intro animation.
does anyone remember the original white design of SAMPLR that made it look like a teenage engineering OP-1? i loved that design but Marcus changed it ( possibly due to worries of plagiarism?? ) and wouldn't make it a selectable option. ALSO i really miss the gate/inverse gate function on the Scratch module of SAMPLR that he weirdly dropped when he combined two modules into one to make room for the arpegiator. ah well, them were the days!
SynthScaper is very distinctive TC-Data a work of art
Sector.....i even thought i saw it in the background of a sci-fi movie as part of a futuristic computer set-up a while ago (not 100% sure). Can´t remember the name.