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

[gentleclockdivider]

Why isn't there an individual note velocity in the polysequencer ( just like the grid step ) ?

There should be more user interface consistency amongst the sequencers
example : the poly sequencer/grid step seq notes can be deleted by clicking them again , in the monosequencer this can't be done .

[ThomasHelzle]

Question: The rotary dial has no value field. I then tried to put a single line text panel below the dial and feed the value of the dial (converted to text) into it, but that does not show up in the Panel. A numeric value also does not update when I feed the output value of the dial to it.
How is that supposed to work?

Cheers,

Tom

[gentleclockdivider]

Make sure the checkbox 'show' is ticked in properties /panel for the numerical value
Works fine here

But I agree , buttons and faders should have a numerical value /legend by default

[colin@loomer]

Does this not work for you, then?



Sudden thought: is audio actually running through the plug-in. All graph events happen during the plug-in process, so if a plug-in is suspended or audio turned off, the graph events will be queued up waiting for audio to be turned back on.

[colin@loomer]

Why isn't there an individual note velocity in the polysequencer ( just like the grid step ) ?

There is another sequencer which'll be added post-1.0 that does just that, but having a separate velocity for each note in the poly-seq seemed overkill. The poly sequencer is just a massive step sequencer, but with 128 individual triggers (one per MIDI note), so that would mean 128 additional velocity rows, per pattern, per sequencer.

[ThomasHelzle]

Does this not work for you, then?



Sudden thought: is audio actually running through the plug-in. All graph events happen during the plug-in process, so if a plug-in is suspended or audio turned off, the graph events will be queued up waiting for audio to be turned back on.

That is exactly what I did and no, it does not work.
I'm running Architect on an instrument track so no audio is running through, since it's first in track.
It does not matter if the transport is on or off.
I also tried the different suspend modes to no avail.

Ah, now I have it: It needs to be connected to an output before it does anything.
Ok, as you were, works now.

Just while building something that may not be obvious...?
Hmm... Can things that do not really rely on triggers always work?
Like a rotary going into a text field - this should always "do" something when the dial is turned if at all possible.
(this is in the plugin)

Cheers,

Tom

[cturner]

Greetings-

A small point: using Architect as a VST plugin in Reaper (Win10pro 64, more info if you need it). When Architect is in Reaper's FX window, with a (mono) sequencer having focus, and that sequencer's piano roll is in the second pane of a dual pane view; when I select another plugin and then go back to Architect, the sequencer view has disappeared and is replaced by a view of the Panel. I assume it's some sort of loss of focus thing. Not a huge problem.

I've also been clipping the questions and answers in this thread that relate to using Architect. It seemed nice not to have to go back through the thread to review what's been explained already:

http://vze26m98.net/loomer/Loomer%20Arc ... 20Tips.txt

I usually update this in the morning Eastern Standard Time. Hope it's of use to others.

Longtime Max user here; sad when they dropped their Pluggo effort to go with Ableton. Really thrilled to have Architect running on Windows, looking forward to its bright future.

All the best, Charles

[colin@loomer]

Just while building something that may not be obvious...?
Hmm... Can things that do not really rely on triggers always work?
Like a rotary going into a text field - this should always "do" something when the dial is turned if at all possible.

As it currently works internally, it's not possible because in order for events to happen at exact positions, they occur on the audio thread. So no audio, no events, no update.

I can (probably) detect this situation though, and make it clear on the UI that the Arc plug-in needs to be processing.

[colin@loomer]

when I select another plugin and then go back to Architect, the sequencer view has disappeared

Someone else mentioned the same thing. I'll look into it, I have a feeling it's an easy fix.

I've also been clipping the questions and answers in this thread that relate to using Architect. It seemed nice not to have to go back through the thread to review what's been explained already:


http://vze26m98.net/loomer/Loomer%20Arc ... 20Tips.txt

Nice one, thanks.

[ThomasHelzle]

Well, it was processing, but it needed an actual output connected to the structure I'm building (I'm inside a Macro) to go active.

More: A dial with Minimum 0, Maximum 1, Interval 0.01 and Default 0.8 does not allow me to reach 1.0, the value only goes up to 0.96.

Cheers,

Tom

[colin@loomer]

More: A dial with Minimum 0, Maximum 1, Interval 0.01 and Default 0.8 does not allow me to reach 1.0, the value only goes up to 0.96.

Can't seem to reproduce, but I did a quick refactor on this code literally an hour or two before the first beta, so chances of me accidentally breaking it: high.

Could you send me an offending preset - even if it's just a rotary on it's own - and I'll take a look tomorrow morning? Cheers.

[ThomasHelzle]

More: A dial with Minimum 0, Maximum 1, Interval 0.01 and Default 0.8 does not allow me to reach 1.0, the value only goes up to 0.96.

Can't seem to reproduce, but I did a quick refactor on this code literally an hour or two before the first beta, so chances of me accidentally breaking it: high.

Could you send me an offending preset - even if it's just a rotary on it's own - and I'll take a look tomorrow morning? Cheers.

Weird, now it works. Not sure what happened. I'll report if I can recreate it again.

Sorry for the noise.

Tom

[colin@loomer]

No problem. Sure, let me know if it crops up again, and if it does, don't hesitate to send me the preset.

[bronswerk]

Certain sync issues between running sequencers were already mentioned on page 12 but it seems to me like a good idea to re-sync all running sequencers when the Rewind transport button is pressed.

[ThomasHelzle]

If I want to use a dropdown to put the "force to scale" parameters onto the panel (currently recreating my "Midi Mangler" as an exercise), is there a quick way to recreate the list for Tonic and Scale or do I have to type them all into the dropdown Options field?

And: If I want a dropdown with string names but the output should be for instance numbers from 0 to 10, is there a way to do that ATM? What would the syntax be?

And: I get an error "force to scale: unexpected type at 'scale': expected string" when I attach a dropdown to the scale input that contains "Chromatic,Major,Minor" as Options.


And a question: Why are the midi inlets of for instance "set channel" and "force to scale" at the right side of the nodes? This messes up the flow, since the midi outputs are always on the left, so we get a lot of crossing wires instead of one Midi wire going through straight.
It also makes more sense to me to have the "data" that's going to be processed always as the first input and the "modifiers" to the right of that?
Or what is your thinking here?

Another "logic" problem I see with the "branch" node. It simply did not occur to me that the actual data to be branched in this case has to go into the green input on the right. Again, I'd have expected the input for the data to be processed on the left and the "modifier" - in this case true or false - on the right.

Cheers,

Tom