BA-1 by Baby Audio iOS / Desktop | Walkthrough, Demo, Review & Giveaway

Gavinski

@Luxthor said:
Bought BA-1, the reason for purchase is the same for all synths I have in my arsenal, unique voice and different control parameters. That means different characters and specific sound timbre.  Baby Audio inspiration is Yamaha CS01 and believe me, they nailed it, so my hats down to the designers team.

So if you want synth from that period of time, with simple controls, good looking and sounding even better, it’s no brainer. Regarding small font on UI, yes it's a bummer, especially for us with not so good sight. When I first got info that Baby Audio was working on their first synth, I instantly thought that it would be a kind of Crystalline morphing symbol dials magic hackery where that small font doesn't even matter. But, that's that, they chickened out, can happen to anyone. No one cares anyway, except a few nerds with bad eyesight.

Only upside is that with it having so few controls, you will soon LK now your way around it without having to read any labels. But no, don’t underestimate the number of people on iOS who are getting long sighted as they age but don’t for whatever reason wear glasses. They do care and devs SHOULD take them into account when designing UIs. On desktop this is less of an issue as such users can buy massive big monitors.

Gavinski

@Luxthor said:
Bought BA-1, the reason for purchase is the same for all synths I have in my arsenal, unique voice and different control parameters. That means different characters and specific sound timbre.  Baby Audio inspiration is Yamaha CS01 and believe me, they nailed it, so my hats down to the designers team.

So if you want synth from that period of time, with simple controls, good looking and sounding even better, it’s no brainer. Regarding small font on UI, yes it's a bummer, especially for us with not so good sight. When I first got info that Baby Audio was working on their first synth, I instantly thought that it would be a kind of Crystalline morphing symbol dials magic hackery where that small font doesn't even matter. But, that's that, they chickened out, can happen to anyone. No one cares anyway, except a few nerds with bad eyesight.

Btw - for people with only typical short or long sightedness, not complicated by problems at the back of the eye, pinhole glasses are a very cheap way to immediately correct any problems. Cost about 5 quid on amazon.

Luxthor

@Gavinski said:

@Luxthor said:
Bought BA-1, the reason for purchase is the same for all synths I have in my arsenal, unique voice and different control parameters. That means different characters and specific sound timbre.  Baby Audio inspiration is Yamaha CS01 and believe me, they nailed it, so my hats down to the designers team.

So if you want synth from that period of time, with simple controls, good looking and sounding even better, it’s no brainer. Regarding small font on UI, yes it's a bummer, especially for us with not so good sight. When I first got info that Baby Audio was working on their first synth, I instantly thought that it would be a kind of Crystalline morphing symbol dials magic hackery where that small font doesn't even matter. But, that's that, they chickened out, can happen to anyone. No one cares anyway, except a few nerds with bad eyesight.

Only upside is that with it having so few controls, you will soon LK now your way around it without having to read any labels. But no, don’t underestimate the number of people on iOS who are getting long sighted as they age but don’t for whatever reason wear glasses. They do care and devs SHOULD take them into account when designing UIs. On desktop this is less of an issue as such users can buy massive big monitors.

With minimalistic controls and the way in which you operate BA-1, it’s really not such a big deal. Believe me, they got a message. We did everything we could, even made a mockup.