piz midi plugins (windows/linux/mac)

[insertpizhere]

Hello there. I downloaded you MIDI plugins again yesterday, thanks a lot for them!

I'm just wondering about simpleMIDILFO: I'm trying to use more than 1 as MIDI FX in eXT 1.4. It doesn't seem to work (only one plug works at a time). Is it the way it's supposed to be?

Thanks!

vim

thanks, there was a bug in the midi input that was blocking most midi thru (a typo, i had "=" instead of "=="). should be fixed now, try this version: http://thepiz.org/xt/midiSimpleLFO.zip

[Optomadic]

No worries piz! I always thought that equal operators should be well... logical ='s. Pfft, damd non numerics .

[kirtap910]

Tip:
Make it your habit to put constants to the left side of equality operators. e.g.: 'if (5 == MyValue)' or 'if (eNumValue == MyValue)'.
The compiler will give you an error if you would write 'if (5 = MyValue)' by mistake.

[dacaumodo]

Hello there. I downloaded you MIDI plugins again yesterday, thanks a lot for them!

I'm just wondering about simpleMIDILFO: I'm trying to use more than 1 as MIDI FX in eXT 1.4. It doesn't seem to work (only one plug works at a time). Is it the way it's supposed to be?

Thanks!

vim

thanks, there was a bug in the midi input that was blocking most midi thru (a typo, i had "=" instead of "=="). should be fixed now, try this version: http://thepiz.org/xt/midiSimpleLFO.zip

Thanks a lot! Working now. This thing is awesome.

[CreeewDeeeTaaay]

Is there an OS X build of the most recent MIDIStrum version a few posts back? I would love to try it; the reason I built my own version in Bidule was on acount of the stuck note problem, and if that has been fixed, I can ditch my (buggy in its own right) roll-your-own version. Cheers!

[insertpizhere]

sure, here's the os x version: http://thepiz.org/xt/midiStrum.vst.zip

let me know if the problem is fixed, whatever it was... i'm planning on releasing an update of the whole package soon, so it would be good to find any remaining problems.

[insertpizhere]

here are a couple new plugins to test. these have midi learn, which will work right in XT2 now (thanks jorgen). some other hosts* won't update the display to the real value after learning, but it will still work.


midiTriggerList - Use one note or CC to trigger up to 8 other notes and/or CCs.
midiNoteGroups - Assign play and/or choke groups to MIDI notes.

the number of slots is arbitrarily set to 8, but it could be anything, i just have to change one number in the source.

if the midi learn stuff seems to work ok, i might try to get it into the other plugins.


(* sort of works in Bidule, doesn't work in Reaper)

[Optomadic]

Nice ones there Piz!

At 1st glance midiNoteGroups looks like something I've been needing for a while now. Glad to see your dabeling in learn. Still have to do deep tests with it .. Will report back on that.



BTW remember that issue with eXT1.41 plugin windows not always being big enough to access the obscured Receive channels box? I think I may have fixed it.

Heres a little proof of concept conjured specifically for midiNoteGroups.

midinotegroupswinresize

I was just trying to get around having to scroll down and figured why not just do horizontal too. Perhaps I'll do this for others. Let me know what you think.

For future ref its winsize + controlsize. Not sure if this can be added to non gui versions ?

Cheers

[insertpizhere]

that is pretty neat... obviously it would be nice if it could do it to every window that needed it. maybe it could read names of plugins to resize from a text file or something?

[Optomadic]

Thanks! I found a little bug that makes it accidentally resize other windows (ie the folder with the plugin in it cause it has the same name) .

For multiple windows I could store each one in memory instead of going external.

Easier still could be just a simple graphic that acts as a drag handle? I will try that and pm you instead of sullying the thread..

[-PIKU-]

cc-stepper: in ext1 it follows the master tempo and beat, so it's not beat synced with the sequencer tempo...
is there a workaround?
could you add an option that makes the plugin emit cc's only when a noteon message is recived? (so you can sync cc's withe bassdrum)

if possible, add a "note-mode"... to step the noteon messages:
each step will output only the notes that are currently "on" (no noteoff recived)

[Optomadic]

Just a blind guess, did you try in the groove section?

[insertpizhere]

cc-stepper: in ext1 it follows the master tempo and beat, so it's not beat synced with the sequencer tempo...
is there a workaround?

you mean if you put the plugin outside the sequencer? one way around it is to load the project into the vst version of xt inside another sequencer.

could you add an option that makes the plugin emit cc's only when a noteon message is recived? (so you can sync cc's withe bassdrum)

yes, good idea...

if possible, add a "note-mode"... to step the noteon messages:
each step will output only the notes that are currently "on" (no noteoff recived)

i think it would be better to do this as a separate plugin. do you mean it would repeat notes as long as they're held?

[bfloyd6969]

Hello everyone. I'm interested in using the cpu meter plug - is this used as an effect on the master channel? Thanks.

[insertpizhere]

actually, i originally compiled it as an instrument plugin, but i don't know why... i just uploaded a new version that's an effect.

still, in XT2 it's better to just put it somewhere in the modular area. if you used it as an insert effect, XT would automatically disable it when the output is silent, which may not be desirable.