Confusion about onAdd() and onReset()

[elmoodio]

I’m trying to make a module start up in a known state when it is first added to the rack. But I can’t figure out how to do this properly. Here’s what I’ve tried:

• onReset() - only seems to get called when a manual Initialize is called
• onAdd() - seems likely, but this is called on every module even ones that were already in a rack when restarting
• using configParam() to set default values - the defaults do not seem to have any effect when adding a new module

I can’t seem to find a way to reset the settings for a module only when it’s added new to a rack, but not affect existing instances of the same module in the rack when it is started from an existing patch.

[stoermelder (Ben)]

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onReset() - only seems to get called when a manual Initialize is called

Must be called manually, I have it at the end of my constructors.

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onAdd()

Never used this one.

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but this is called on every module even ones that were already in a rack when restarting

Technically Rack is empty on restart and all modules are added according to autosave.vcv.

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using configParam() to set default values - the defaults do not seem to have any effect when adding a new module

Not sure what you mean by that. If you keep the default values the call won’t have any effect on a parameter. Besides that, it is not used to set values of parameters.

@vcvrack-mail

I can’t seem to find a way to reset the settings for a module only when it’s added new to a rack, but not affect existing instances of the same module in the rack when it is started from an existing patch.

If I understand you correctly it seems the easiest would be calling onReset() on the end of your module constructor.

[elmoodio]

Okay thanks! Calling onReset() at the end of the constructor seems to work.