[kyran]

@Zynewave wrote:

@Zynewave wrote:

A final remark: you’re stepping away from the integrated gui of the z plugins with the inspector then? Your current design doesn’t really leave room for these.

In a later release I’ll remove the embedded plugin editor from the track panel, and instead insert it into the group panel, just below the combobox where the effect is selected. That will allow a zPEQ editor to be open when the source track is selected, and it also allows multiple embedded editors to be open at the same time. For this purpose, there will be a new button next to the current ‘E’ button, which will open/close the embedded editor.

Which reminds me:

With plugin editors embedded in the group panel, would it not make sense to rename the “group panel” to “rack”?

I also plan to extend the current group panel options into perhaps 3 separate configs. That way you can quickly switch between different layouts, without having to toggle each individual option in the inspector menu. Instead of the “Group Panel” button at the top of the inspector, there would be buttons for “Rack 1”, “Rack 2” and “Rack 3”. Good idea, or overkill?

I see. I think moving the embedded editors to the group panel is a good move. Renaming it to rack too.
The embedded editors are much handier now with this new layout, because it’s a lot more simple to select a certain track so it’s editor opens in the track panel.

I don’t really get what you mean with those config options. A bit like the editor profiles?

What I’m missing now, after playing a bit with the new layout is a quick way to reorder the fx tracks. I’d really like to be able to do this with drag and drop. I think that this is quite essential.

The other panels feel quite redundant now, all their functionality is (much more intuitive) taken over by the group panel. I think you can remove those and gain quite some real estate in the inspector.

You could also gain real estate by changing the sends to knobs, instead of the current selector + fader + menu etc. These knobs could be placed next to each other as well.

Now here comes the wishfull thinking request: embedded editors for all vst’s. Each vst should have an embedded editor with 8 knobs (think racks in live). Like you have “add parameter track” option in the menu now, you could also have “link parameter to knob”, which will map that vst parameter to the knob, so you have it available for instant tweaking. You could also save this mapping in the plugin template so it’s restored each time you use it.