Morphine Feature Requests....

[BazzaTron]

Hi Maxx, I have version 1.1.5 of Morphine --- I'm sure you're snowed under with feature requests but maybe someday you could implement the following:


1) Patch Changing / Patch Automation

Currently there's no way to change a patch without clicking on the "Program" selector

(On the AEffect class, numPrograms is set to zero)

Obviously this means there's no way of changing the selected patch using automation

Also, I'm working on a simple host that lets you assign a patch to a midi controller button - this won't work either.


2) Some of the Knob values just show a percentage when you change them

Some show sensible values (Chorus Rate in Hz, Delay Time in ms, Master Level in Db)

A lot of the others don't (ie Reverb Decay, Hi-Cut, Attack time etc)

Should be an easy fix!

[Maxx Claster]

Hi, thanks for your suggestions...

1) Well, it's VST. What means there is no (official at least) way to let a host know when program is changed inside the plugin editor. No information about the preset can be passed to the host.... Steiny maybe know how to do that, but that's top secret of them

Actually, program change via midi works here (as well as bank change). Are you using program change midi messages or are you assigning CC to program number obtained from VST? (in the second case it won't work indeed).

2) Well, yeah, that's easy... but I don't think it really matters... Reverb Decay which you used for an example must be in percents, coz actually in any reverb decay time is infinite, just the level of the reverb tail is trying to reach zero but never reaches (in theory, but in practice it's limited by float values resolution which cannot be used as end point as human ear stops hearing the sound way earlier before zero). And many parameters which display values in percents are supposed as "empirical". I mean - you adjust it by ear, because seeing for example "Attack time is 0.57 seconds" doesn't help you to make a sound at all... that's what I honnestly think you just listen to it and estimate by ears (yeah, I'm known for telling that since Toxic first version, hehe ).

[BazzaTron]

Thanks Maxx

1) I have been using the effSetProgram opcode, ie:

pEffect->dispatcher( pEffect, effSetProgram, 0, prog, NULL, 0 );

...I could always send the MIDI program change instead I suppose - however there's no way as it stands to get a count of how many programs are available or to display the patch names without opening the GUI.

2) The tips aren't that important really!

...oh, and thanks for another nice synth

[Maxx Claster]

Thanks for that... I will try to think about programs also. Tricks are always possible, indeed

[AKJ]

well, I put my feature requests also here:

1. midi learn
2. ability to automate the morph mix
3. animation of morph mix and morph path position (similar to cube), in order to give a visual feedback of what sound mix one is hearing at the moment
4. mirotuning support (with scala or tun files)

the implementation of this in an update would be really great.

thanks for listening. cheers, akj

[Maxx Claster]

midi learn and microtuning suggestions I like Probably will add that in one of the future updates.

You can automate morphing path btw, but only with MIDI CC's...

[AKJ]

which are those ccs? (did not find it in the doc). with midi learn that would be easy.

cheers and thanks for this nice synth, akj

[Maxx Claster]

well, you may route any CC, or pitch wheel/aftertouch, etc (as well as with built-in additional envelopes) to MorphX and MorphY on Modulation page... checkout modulation matrix.

[AKJ]

thanks maxx, I overlooked that option in the matrix. still, midi learn for this would be great, and a visual feedback also.

cheers, anil

[Igro]

Hi to all! I dont know is it possible or not, but i think it would be great if each generator has a bottom DRIVE separately. And one thing as well-for example, we have two generator i use.Wnen we in MORPH window trying to morph them(first generator 50%, second 50%) what we have?-We have just two signals mixed.Its mean that these two signals(waves better) playing together-one near other)but not really morphed into one hybrid wave.So is it possible to create this new function.Sorry,maybe im crazy:)Thnx

[Maxx Claster]

Hi to all! I dont know is it possible or not, but i think it would be great if each generator has a bottom DRIVE separately. And one thing as well-for example, we have two generator i use.Wnen we in MORPH window trying to morph them(first generator 50%, second 50%) what we have?-We have just two signals mixed.Its mean that these two signals(waves better) playing together-one near other)but not really morphed into one hybrid wave.So is it possible to create this new function.Sorry,maybe im crazy:)Thnx

Actually, when you morph 4 generators - they are not really "mixed". It means - there are no 4 generators internally, only one. When you morph, amplitudes/detunes of 128 harmonics are interpolated according to morphing path.

>We have just two signals mixed

it's opposite, and it already works as you requested... if I understand you right

[Igro]

Thnx for the answer Maxx.Ill try to understand it better.But what about Drive function separately for every generator. It would be very useful to give different value of DRIVE for every generator.I understand, that this feature is a big deal

[Igro]

Anyway MORPHINE is absolutely unique synth.It can give thousand and thousand different pads,nobody heard before.Super.

[Maxx Claster]

Thanks alot Igr0!

Naah... drive per generator is impossible because of that reason. To overdrive a generator, you need render each generator separately, what will lead to 4x bigger CPU usage. It's very major change to the engine, and if I do so - it will be just another synth