Synth

Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2018–2026), in 4 threads.

People raised many different problems with Synth, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 4 complaints

Manufacturers' synth software and apps are bad and will stop working in years2026-08-12
UI is too complex; functions hidden behind combos, hard to label2025-11-17
Can't find an init patch; envelopes aren't clearly labeled or tied to what they modulate2021-07-14
Synth is notoriously unfriendly to program, with poor usability2018-10-17