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mystran · Post by **mystran** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:23 am

graywolf2004 wrote: -- idea 3: more steps in one window
Unfotrunatelly, VST2 specification doesn't allow plugin window resize (VST3 allows although). Anyway, there's a page scrolling.

Sure it does... call AudioEffectX::sizeWindow with the new size..

graywolf2004 · Post by **graywolf2004** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:35 am

A.M.Gold
Maybe right-clicking on the block toggles beteen "normal" and "off" step mode?
It's fast to implement. Right-click menu is possible also, but I have no exact idea how to organise it.

ZXOxo67 · Post by **ZXOxo67** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:15 pm

hello, bluearp is an very cool helper.
i can only speak for me, a chordmemory is not realy necessary.
but polyphonic steps give it the possibilty to do the job of a drumsequencer.
in this use it should be possible to change pattern by automationclips (in fl for example), but other daw do the same.
the automated pattern change is wish of me, so then you dont need patternchains or songmode, its to ornated.
i think it is worth to revise the velocity. now we have 9 steps (0-127), it will be more useful to have 24 (like semitone)
in some arppattern i need more fine values (now i combine bluearp with a automation)
these are my suggestions

the big advantage of bluearb is the clear and intuitve gui, no complex menues, only well selected features.
this should remain so

dazarz · Post by **dazarz** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:58 am

I have problems with BlueArp on Sonar X2: all works perfect as far as I run one instance only. When I try to run another one then the DAW freezes. Sometimes immediately after the start of the plugin... sometimes I am able to play them shortly and DAW freezes during doodling with the pattern. This is one thing.

Another problem, I found it when the BlueArp has been left for playing very long sequence... during my last jam session after about 8 minutes of playing the pattern changed without touching and was playing an octave lower, and many of notes lost their NOTE OFF messages. I had to stop the sequence and start it again, after this BlueArp started work normally.

And one feature suggestion from me: It would be nice to have something like "STRUM-IT" option (with delay/time settings) when the Key-Select is switched to CHORD. It would allow to play guitar patches very realistic.

graywolf2004 · Post by **graywolf2004** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:31 pm

dazarz wrote:I have problems with BlueArp on Sonar X2: all works perfect as far as I run one instance only. When I try to run another one then the DAW freezes. Sometimes immediately after the start of the plugin... sometimes I am able to play them shortly and DAW freezes during doodling with the pattern. This is one thing...

Yes, I discovered stability issues, currently in the way of fixing them. 12rc1 is OK, all later versions have this problem. I'm comparing the code to find the reason.

ZXOxo67 · Post by **ZXOxo67** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:49 pm

dazarz wrote: ... notes lost their NOTE OFF messages. I had to stop the sequence and start it again, after this BlueArp started work normally.

yes, i had it to. I suspected that it is due to a unstable synth. i had not much time to try some other synths this weekend. in older versions of bluearp there are no hanging notes, so this was new for me, but i used it with a new plugin and i was not sure.

xx JPRacer xx · Post by **xx JPRacer xx** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:04 am

Any news/progress about the 1st note missing?

Also, about feature request: In addition to the global gate time it would be nice to have a way to vary it for each step. +1 for poly steps and divider.

Great arp, thank you for giving it free! Nice support too!

graywolf2004 · Post by **graywolf2004** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:31 pm

Update: bluearp v1.12rc4

http://www.graywolf2004.net/files/BlueARP_v1.12rc4.zip

Changes:
1. BugFix - stability issues with multi-instance usage

I won't make any changes for next 2 weeks, cause I'm afraid to break something again while experimenting

. If this version is OK, I'll publish it as stable.

xx JPRacer xx · Post by **xx JPRacer xx** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:10 am

Thanks, much more stable but the 1st note is still missing

graywolf2004 · Post by **graywolf2004** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:52 am

dazarz wrote:Another problem, I found it when the BlueArp has been left for playing very long sequence... during my last jam session after about 8 minutes of playing the pattern changed without touching and was playing an octave lower, and many of notes lost their NOTE OFF messages. I had to stop the sequence and start it again, after this BlueArp started work normally.

I had "note off missing" problem with synth1, but only with gate = 100%. I checked messages in MIDIox, it was fine, notes off were all there. My guess was - it happens cause note off and next note on come immediately one after another (in one block) and some synth treat it as a continious note.

But going an octave lower without any reason, it's really weird, have no idea yet.

graywolf2004 · Post by **graywolf2004** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:09 am

xx JPRacer xx wrote:Thanks, much more stable but the 1st note is still missing

Sorry, I missed it (and didn't find such a message in this thread). Can you repost this issue?

ZXOxo67 · Post by **ZXOxo67** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:05 am

graywolf2004 wrote:I had "note off missing" problem with synth1, but only with gate = 100%. I checked messages in MIDIox, it was fine, notes off were all there. My guess was - it happens cause note off and next note on come immediately one after another (in one block) and some synth treat it as a continious note.

But going an octave lower without any reason, it's really weird, have no idea yet.

Thats interesting, because of this issue some people had no first note.
i had this with charlatan. but r4 is better, no issue until now. maybe its better in flstudio, other daw handle the arp in other kind

xx JPRacer xx · Post by **xx JPRacer xx** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:50 am

graywolf2004 wrote:
xx JPRacer xx wrote:Thanks, much more stable but the 1st note is still missing
Sorry, I missed it (and didn't find such a message in this thread). Can you repost this issue?

Suppose that I have a basic triad and in BlueArp I have a basic up pattern, like k1, k2, k3, k1. When I press play, I hear: silence, k2, k3, k1, k1, k2, k3, k1...

The 1st note do not play. Latest version of Reaper 32-bit.

dbz · Post by **dbz** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:38 pm

I can't get this plugin to work properly. I'm using Buzz 1.2 as my VST host. The problem I'm having with it is, it doesn't transmit the notes to an instrument. It appears that there's no "Note out" data being sent. Here's how I have it setup:

1) I have BlueArp and the VST Instrument connected directly to the Master
2) Right-clicked BlueArp, went to "Midi Send..." and selected an instrument
3) Buzz's transport is running, which activates BlueArp's arp sequence
4) Note out: doesn't display the current note being sent (if that's its purpose)
5) I even tried using the computer keyboard to pass notes through BlueArp
6) The instrument I selected isn't receiving any data

If I'm doing something wrong or if you can find out why this isn't working please let me know.

graywolf2004 · Post by **graywolf2004** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:05 pm

dbz wrote:I can't get this plugin to work properly. I'm using Buzz 1.2 as my VST host. The problem I'm having with it is, it doesn't transmit the notes to an instrument. It appears that there's no "Note out" data being sent. Here's how I have it setup...

Does it display anything in "In keys pre-filter" when you press keys or send notes to bluearp?

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