Architect beta for macOS, Windows, and Linux. 0.10.5 now available

[colin@loomer]

I can't believe how thoroughly thought out this is, I keep expecting to run into some huge roadblock or bug but it seems you've considered everything

I had a long time to think things over.

Seriously though, getting everything consistent was a massive chore;, but when things were right it was obvious they were right, because other things just fell into place.

[lalo]

Hi, i have a virus warning trying to download Architect (win version).
Is there any .zip archive?

A couple of questions

1. Could be architect a way of building editors/librarians for external gear (via SysEx)?
2. Is there any MIDI buffer recording/playing features? (to build MIDI loopers and the likes).

thanks!

[gentleclockdivider]

Architect is running smooth as butter on a 10 year old dual core laptop

[colin@loomer]

Hi, i have a virus warning trying to download Architect (win version).
Is there any .zip archive?

I can upload a zip if that helps? I'm assuming this was the same false-positive someone else mentioned. If you're concerned, does your virus checker allow you to submit exes for inspection and to fix false-positives?

1. Could be architect a way of building editors/librarians for external gear (via SysEx)?

Yeah, easily. I think that there is a limitation in Arc's maximum allowed size of sysex messages. Library editing should be fine, but sample dumping via sysex is probably out of the question!

2. Is there any MIDI buffer recording/playing features? (to build MIDI loopers and the likes).

There's a MIDI delay, write to MIDI pool, MIDI player. I had a specific MIDI looper module, but it didn't make the cut for the beta. I'll look into getting that back in shortly.

[gentleclockdivider]

Can we have the option to quickly stop a clip from playing in the grid view , what about right mouse button and stop ( not content stop )

And what about a light theme for the dark winterdays ?

[colin@loomer]

Can we have the option to quickly stop a clip from playing in the grid view , what about right mouse button and stop ( not content stop )

Yes, or something along those lines is possible. I'll try a few things out.

And what about a light theme for the dark winterdays ?

It's (internally) theme-able. Pre 1-0 I'll look at adding colour options to the prefs so you can create your own themes, and I assume that a light one'll be included as a default option.

[colin@loomer]

Just a heads-up that it is likely there will be no new beta today. The surgery I'm doing is a little deeper than I anticipated, and I don't want to rush it out.

[gentleclockdivider]

Can't find the possibility to load fxb. banks/presets for vsp plugins .

edit : found ( it's on the vst window )

[nordickvr]

Here's a micro request.
A warning when using "New (Creates a new preset)"?

[colin@loomer]

Yes, of course.

[gentleclockdivider]

I loaded architect for the first time as a vst plugin in my host (renoise )
The midi hardware output is directly available in architect , but unavailbale in the host itself ..

This is the first time I encounter that t a plugin is taking direct control over the hardware midi out (when it's selected )
Which makes it a tough decision , either sequence my hardware with architect or Renoise , not both

Okay , just found out midi out can be set to host

[gentleclockdivider]

Also found an issue when loaded a plugin ( sequencing plugins inside architect ) and sequencers set to play mode >
When the host loops / restart , the sequencers don't always restart from the beginning

@ colin ...could you please implement the feature so we can use a pc keyboard for entering notes , I have a tracker background and LOATHE pianorolls

[colin@loomer]

That may not be an issue, per se, as it could be the internal timing thing that was mentioned a few pages back. Essentially, sequencers keep time with themselves, which mean if you take it off the (for example) 16th note grid, it will stay off the grid. A per-seq global resync setting was suggested, and I think this is the best solution for this kind of thing.

[colin@loomer]

To clarify what I mean about sequencers keeping time with themselves, if you have a loop from bar 1 to bar 4, at the end of bar 4 the sequencer will jump back 4 bars from its current play position.

[ThomasHelzle]

Hey Colin,

tried Dependency Walker on the Architect.exe to see if it's missing something and this is what it came up with:

Am I maybe missing some MS runtime?
Windows 8.1 x64, latest updates, latest drivers, a ton of runtimes, but maybe you use something special I don't have yet?

Another question: I installed Architect to a custom folder, but that folder does contain only the "install.log", "Uninstall.exe" and "Architect Manual.pdf". The actual "Architect.exe" was installed in C:\Program Files\Loomer\Architect
That feels wrong?

Cheers,

Tom