Aria GUI

[Jaybee]

So far, I love everything about this new undertaking by Gary and his team. Outstanding job in every way from the packaging to the manual to the instrument itself. It is great! :heart::)

I have a question I hope someone can answer for me. I have significant vision difficulties and am wondering if there is a way to increase the size of the Aria GUI? I was really happy when NI made this possible with the KP2 player. Is this possible now or can it be implemented in a future update? It would certainly make it a lot easier on these tired old eyes.

Again, I love this library! :heart::):heart:

[DPDAN]

Hi Jerry, there are a few things that are going to be changed in the first update, I believe being able to change the size of the GUI is one of them.
I agree with you, my eyes aren't getting any better either. :)

Dan

[etLux]

Perhaps you might find this of some help...

http://www.codelifter.com/zoom_index.shtml

Best,



David
www.DavidSosnowski.com

[Jaybee]

Perhaps you might find this of some help...
David

Wow. This community is the greatest! Thanks, David. What a great tool. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! This is indeed a godsend. :):):):):)

[Karl Garrett]

For those who use a Mac, there is a similar feature built in to Tiger and Leopard. Just mouse over the place that you want to magnify, hold down the command and option keys and press "=" to zoom in and "-" to zoom out. You can customize aspects of this in the System Preferences/Universal access window. You can also turn your computer into black and white so the text might stand out more.

Karl*()

[David (plogue)]

Hi There

As you might be aware all Aria UIs are fully skinable, and it would be possible to do a bigger
GUI for it, if needed, without requiring reprogramming, or software updates!

Its all open-ended XML and PNG files!, and non encrypted in this folder:
C:\Program Files\Garritan\Steinway\GUI

Resources are stretched thin at this point, but i could assume at one point a wiki
could be made about it for skin makers. Also there is no mechanism to easily
switch skins on the fly. Its currently a "replace folder" job,

We are also working to have text-only parameter controllers so that we can provide blind text readers with data it can understand more easily, but its an on going thing.

Cheers!

[Garritan]

Perhaps you might find this of some help...

http://www.codelifter.com/zoom_index.shtml

Best,



David
www.DavidSosnowski.com (http://www.DavidSosnowski.com)David,

What a nifty tool. This is going to help many people.

Now I can read the fine print!

Thanks for posting it!

Gary

[Garritan]

We have been in touch and working with blind musicians to address their concerns with making music programs more accessible for the visually impaired. A text-based GUI that readers can understand will make it easier for the blind to interface with ARIA. We are also exploring other interface technologies.

As David mentions, ARIA is skinnable, so new GUIs could be developed. We are looking to some of the interfaces users will be making.

We're just at the starting gate. :)

Gary Garritan

[MMOSC]

Perhaps you might find this of some help...

http://www.codelifter.com/zoom_index.shtml

Best,



David
www.DavidSosnowski.com

David,

My old eyes can't thank you enough for posting this.

[robh]

Guys! C'mon!

NOW is the time to convince your significant other that you NEED a bigger screen!:D

Rob

[Jaybee]

Not being a programmer I shall patiently await new user-produced skins which produce a larger GUI with larger text. And, while waiting, I will also gratefully use the Zoom tool from etLux. Again, this is indeed a wonderful community. I am so happy to be a part.

[etLux]

Welcome, of course, Gary, Jerry, Mike, on that
little zoom tool.

So much fine print, so little time!

My best,



David
www.DavidSosnowski.com

[Karl Garrett]

Guys! C'mon!

NOW is the time to convince your significant other that you NEED a bigger screen!:D

Rob

You know, it's funny, A couple of years ago when I first had a retinal problem, and it looked like there would be more to come, my wife, bless her heart, went to the Apple store and bought me a 30 inch monitor. Although it seemed like a good idea at the time. the corners of the screen were not really viewable for me very well, and I went back to the old 21 inch where the whole screen was pretty much directly in front of me. Apple took the big guy back, with no questions asked. For the time I had it, though, it was sure neat.

For some folks though it probably would be great. I know a guy, that has this huge 52 inch plasma on the wall that he does his mixing and other music stuff on. It's really impressive for his clients. They are the ones who are intrigued by toys rather than talent. Thank goodness he has both.

Karl *()

[scientist]

another zoom tip for mac laptop users: hold down control key, and drag two fingers up or down on the trackpad. this zoom in/out on the cursor. once zoomed you can scroll around as well. this option may need to be turned on in preferences.