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RetroWave OPL3 gui #197
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If speak about UI rework, sounds like good idea for the next major update. Anyway, built-in OPL3-BE's tester isn't perfect to use for real performances as libADLMIDI's backend, it lack the different channels allocation models and other things. Main purpose of OPL3-BE is just a handy tool to edit/create/convert banks for various OPL3 related stuff, etc. Maybe I'll also take the libADLMIDI's backend into here to get two features: the full-featured MIDI backend, and an ability to play any MIDI files (with an ability to listen result during edits in the bank). Anyway, if mean just an UI, you could for yourself, remake the UI form the thing, and use CSS feature of Qt widgets to make a different styles. |
Thanks for the response, I don't have the ability to do this but would be
very interested if someone did!
Your project handles so many things that would be useful to a musician
wanting to "play" the OPL3, it's just (as you agree) not designed for this
purpose. And that's why I wonder if it's possible to use parts of it to
create a proper "musician friendly" interface/controller for the OPL3.
Another very cool thing Plogue chipsynth portaFM does is the ability to
load .DRO files from DosBox, which are realtime captures of the OPL2/3
datastream, and "snapshot" the settings of any channel at any time. So you
could be playing the famous CANYON.MID and capture the piano sound, or
violin etc, and then play/edit the sound immediately.
All of these features exist in separate niche products, but it would be so
incredible if someone brought them all together to truly create an
environment for 2023 music-making with the OPL3. Happy to help in whatever
way I can if there's interest!
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If speak about UI rework, sounds like good idea for the next major update.
Anyway, built-in OPL3-BE's tester isn't perfect to use for real
performances as libADLMIDI's backend, it lack the different channels
allocation models and other things. Main purpose of OPL3-BE is just a handy
tool to edit/create/convert banks for various OPL3 related stuff, etc.
Maybe I'll also take the libADLMIDI's backend into here to get two
features: the full-featured MIDI backend, and an ability to play any MIDI
files (with an ability to listen result during edits in the bank).
Anyway, if mean just an UI, you could for yourself, remake the UI form the
thing, and use CSS feature of Qt widgets to make a different styles.
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Hello, I just got my RW OPL3 and am so happy it is supported by OPL3BankEditor!
Just an idea - how difficult would it be to convert OPL3BankEditor into a synth-style gui?
Something similar to Plogue's portaFM synth : https://www.plogue.com/products/chipsynth-portafm.html
With some sliders, laid out more like a synth friendly for musician's live use.
It has been incredible to "play" this RW OPL3 using OPL3BankEditor! But the experience for musicians could be so much more warm and usable if it were laid out more like a synth rather than an app with numbers and tiny arrows to change parameters.
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