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Old 7th August 2008   #128
Geert van den Berg
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Originally Posted by ~ufo~ View Post
The only downside I see so far is the touchscreen's GUI.
While apparently powerful, I find it to be very cluttered looking which may translate into a steep learning curve and possibly a quickly fatiguing user experience.

I dare say that perhaps the gui designer of smart should take a more apple-esque approach to the design. Actually, looking at the non nonsense layout of the control surface more and apply that to the touchscreen gui.
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I think this is a very subjective subject. (I prefer PT 6/7 much over PT 5)

I wanted to wait posting my user experience till I got to know the console a little better, I also have a Tango to test, but since you bring this up I feel the need to reply.

I agree with you that the interface could be less busy (meaning less shadow and maybe getting rid of the fake screw images). But I also have to say that looking at the interface does not make me more fatigue than looking at the screen of most DAW's, actually less fatige, because the layout is more or less fixed, things stay where you expect them to be.

Also editting EQ parameters with the encoders is a joy and seeing ALL the aux levels of all the selected channels in one blink of an eye is also great! (As are many more features on which I'll elaborate later).

This unit is not going back!!!
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