1 (edited by yek 2015-02-02 23:27:26)

Topic: Manual

I recently bought a Babyface Silver.

The hardware is excellent. I can use software monitoring (Logic Pro X) with hardly any latency.

I'm now learning TotalMix Fx.

Plus points: it's rock solid, very capable and flexible.

Minus points: it took me almost a day to master its basic functionality.
And I'm not the only one, looking at Google results. smile

It all comes down to the manual.

For example, the most important concept is assigning inputs and software playback to outputs. This is only covered in a few lines at the bottom of page 42. Easily missed. Well, I did. It may be so obvious how it works, but not for a beginner. Adding a simple walk-through / example setup at the beginning of the chapter, would help every user and save time.

Also, nowhere in the current manual it's explained what the AS channel controls. Had to google that.

Or how about adding a FAQ?
Q: My recording software doesn't record my backing track which my computer is playing.
A: Enable Loopback on the hardware output (click Settings). For more information, see chapter ...

And so on.

This is one of those manuals which is quite clear AFTER one has learned how to operate the software, but not BEFORE.
Probably written by one of the technicians? ;-)

Also, I can't understand why the TotalMix Fx interface is fixed at at a certain resolution. On my iMac and MacBook the controles are tiny. Especially since i use only a few channels, so I've hidden a lot of channels. So much unused screen space.

If you guys ever going to rewrite the manual, I'll volunteer to review. wink

Re: Manual

yek wrote:

Also, I can't understand why the TotalMix Fx interface is fixed at at a certain resolution. On my iMac and MacBook the controles are tiny. Especially since i use only a few channels, so I've hidden a lot of channels. So much unused screen space.

There are 3 zoom levels in the Window menu at the top of the screen, should help with the Retina display.

Regards,
Jeff Petersen
Synthax Inc.

3 (edited by yek 2015-02-03 00:00:21)

Re: Manual

Thanks for responding so quickly. Appreciate that.

On a retina display (MacBook 13") the bottom row is incomplete at 100%, with 3 rows.
Switching to 70% makes it too tiny.
When switching to "2 row", zoom at 100% doesn't fill the screen. 125% zoom, or something similar, would be handy.

On my 27" iMac retina, with 3 rows, there's so much screen estate unused. And the controls stay small. I still have to carefully point and click because the controls are not scaled upwards.

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Re: Manual

We had this topic in the forum already. There will be a 125% zoom for retina screens in a later version.

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: Manual

That's great, thank you.

I'll do a forum search first, next time.