Hey,
I am a Interface Designer by trade, and one thing I love about electronic music is the creativity in the interfaces that we get.
What are some of your favorite VST when it come purely to visual looks? But also experience, like the most pleasing to use?
I kinda of like the latest Arturia plugins, some of Ableton Live tools are very cool too. What about you?
My entry for “pleasing to use”: Byome because it works as one would expect (click, drag and drop patch cables) and no manual is needed.
Contrary to for example Pendulate, where I always forget how to patch.
anything FabFilter, Valhalla, really like the TokyoDawn stuff too, their new analyzer Prisma is so nice to look at.
very much don’t like melda interfaces, some of the PA stuff is cumbersome too, especially the ones that can’t be resized or zero sense in controls
I don’t have VST Instruments from them, but their EQs etc. I use all the time and they are amazing to use.
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yeah I tried that one too, I don’t know it’s just too busy for me, too many controls, colors, sections, the overall design is not something appealing to me, they are very powerful for sure and very capable but design wise never liked them.
It can be all collapsed, but I actually do use all of that stuff 
And I think the developer is always interested in improving the experience, and it allows for different workflow preferences. For example, it’s possible to just use the Graph, or use the Bands below, or open a window with even more options.
Just want to express that Melda is really cool.
And I just realised below “Analyse”, it says now bluntly “ideal” and “this” 
I love the app-designs of Igor Vasiliev. Impenetrable at first, but somewhat functional when you learn to read them. (I know not everyone like this, but I find the slight “mystery box”-approach to his apps fun and inspiring.)
Especially these two are gorgeous:
I also really like the designs of Yuri Turov. Not as cryptic as Igors, but just as beautiful and very usable.
IceGear also have some of my favorite designs:
This is crazy!
Yeah Thermal is gorgeous!
In the more abstract style, Slate+Ash stuff appeals to me, I only own Cycles so far
Interesting thread as I honestly don’t consider many of the ones posted as visually appealing to me, just goes to show we all have different tastes! I personally like the more minimal approach, so Ableton stuff appeals, and a touch of abstract minimal beauty to liven it up a little
Good design = good UX. Pigments.
Exactly! What caught my attention is that most of use who posted here have a similar taste: gray/black tones with pastel colors as details. That’s at least how I see it.
Tranzistow:
Actually only half joking since in many ways I’m not really a fan of loads of visual feedback.
I am the opposite. I use a lot of them …except the EQ. Do you use MTransient?
