Knobs and faders

I really like control boards with a bunch of buttons, meters, knobs and faders. Especially when they look good.

I think that sometimes I choose a VST plugin to work with just because I like how it's controlling things and the visual feedback it can give me from the sounds it produces. I don't like plugins that are full of a lot of controls. I like the ones which have like 1-2 knobs and a meter that gives some visual feedback on the functionality.

Here are some examples of some graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that I find frustrating and troublesome:

"Superwave Tiny Pops"

Listening in my mind

I spend quite some time daydreaming during a work week while travelling on public transportation or during other times when I have to wait for something to happen alone. Many times, I call up a tune/melody/drum beat loop in my mind, 50% its from memory and 50% its all creativity and new.

After this certain sample loops around in my silent mind I get bored an start to think about "What makes this tunes so good?" or many times "What could make this song even better". And then I start to analyse. I break it down, and go over the whole thing from "Is the bass hearable?" "Are the mids and highs balanced and evened out in frequency?" "Is there enouh dynamics and transients in the beginning of drum hits and the melody?" "Are the instruments evenly mixed?" And by these questions I usually find the problem of the song that needs to be fixed. But MY problem is: that I can't fix it. :-D

Because somebody already finished this song, and had released it, and I can do a "remix" on it, but can't throw back the tune to the manufacturer and say: "Hey, the trumpets are too loud, fix it!". It would be nice though.