stoermelder's Idea und Development Thread

stoermelder · August 5, 2020, 7:46pm

Yes, I’m thinking in that direction. There will be a “8FACE mk2” in the future which will have a better internal design and work much like TRANSIT.

steve · August 5, 2020, 9:01pm

Actually no, something new…

A technical question: the fade function in TRANSIT - does that rely on Midi mapping? Might it be possible to have a similar fade function on a module like 8FACE which fades between presets/module states without the midi mapping?

stoermelder · August 5, 2020, 9:28pm

Yes, but it has nothing to do with “MIDI”, technically speaking, it is just parameter mapping. It was only used in MIDI-MAP first.

No. That’s what I’ve written on the same request some weeks ago:

8FACE is basically a preset switcher. As every developer defines by himself how a preset for a module is structured and which data is contained I can’t look inside it. Just imagine, how should a transition of a sampler module work, when the module only stores the filename inside the preset?
However, it is possible smoothly change all the parameters of a module. It is done by “Morph” of 23volts and soon will be available in TRANSIT similar to 8FACE.

steve · August 6, 2020, 9:02am

I see - thanks for clarifying

jeremy · August 6, 2020, 11:31am

stoermelder · August 13, 2020, 6:51pm

I’m spending not that much time on this but I added the ability to MB to change the preview size while the module browser is open. It’s not perfect but works quite nice

stoermelder · August 13, 2020, 9:22pm

Ok, I should really stop lying about these things…

Yeager · August 13, 2020, 9:38pm

You’re my favorite

Aria_Salvatrice · August 14, 2020, 12:31am

Faves + thumbnails is fantastic

I was not a fan of the text-only browser, but usable faves was definitely something I needed

VCVRackIdeas · August 14, 2020, 6:33am

OH! That was a real long waited killshot! Thank you so much Ben. As always hotkey suggestions - Ctrl-F for marking module as a favorite, Ctrl-H for hiding? I’m not sure that the mouse right-click can handle over 2 thousand modules) Thanks again. and yeah maybe I’m a slowpoke but should to ask - would PACKTAU be released in library for rack v1 ever? Oh yeah, and last but not least - is there any possiblities to transfer hidden and favorite modules settings to the another machine? EDIT - Also I found hiding modules is pretty useful when you really want to improve not only the workflow but also render speed of browser’s previews! Gamechanger, niiice

stoermelder · August 14, 2020, 7:11am

I’ll add something like that later this day.

No, that won’t happen. I consider “PackTau” as my public plugin for testing and other sort of crazy stuff. What might happen is that I move one of the modules to PackOne which is available in the VCV Library.

Yes. The settings are stored in “Stoermelder-PT.json” in your Documents-folder. You can copy this file to another machine if you like. Maybe I’ll add an export/import function as well, we will see.

gc3 · August 14, 2020, 6:28pm

This is absolutely awesome work! Thank you!

+1 for export/import function, if you have the time; multiple lists for different contexts (as well as sharing lists) would be great!

Is hiding modules a one-way trip right now? [ETA: no, it’s not; Ctrl-Space toggles them back in; thanks @stoermelder] I haven’t looked closely at the new code, but I couldn’t see it in the interface–apologies if I missed it. Without it, hiding is still useful but pretty drastic as it requires a trip to the JSON to bring something back.

Assuming unhiding isn’t implemented, it seems like a very quick solution (if you felt like it) would be to add a “Hidden” collection below “Favorites” that showed all of, and only, the Hidden modules (filtered by brand/tag exactly the way that Favorites is). That would allow things like “Which of the NYSTHI modules did I hide, again? I’d like that one back.”

When I implemented a version of module hiding back in V0.6 days, I did a “hide mode” (opened with Ctrl-click) that replaced the Favorites button with a Hidden button, which seemed like a reasonable solution for the text browser (assuming that hiding was something users would want to do in batches, rather than during ordinary workflow). But of course the V1 browser doesn’t have buttons of either kind.

stoermelder · August 14, 2020, 6:44pm

See here: Zoom thumbnails in Module Browser - #32 by stoermelder

gc3 · August 14, 2020, 7:29pm

Beautiful! Thanks very much. Sorry I missed the cross-reference

stoermelder · August 14, 2020, 8:11pm

No problem, I didn’t reference the instructions at first.
I added hotkeys and import/export a few moments ago.

LarsBjerregaard · August 14, 2020, 10:24pm

Please don’t You’re doing the lord’s work Ben, thank you!

gc3 · August 14, 2020, 11:23pm

Indeed. Truly awesome!

stoermelder · August 15, 2020, 6:05pm

I started preparing the next release of PackOne!
Manual for STROKE - done.

github.com

stoermelder/vcvrack-packone/blob/v1-dev/docs/Stroke.md

# stoermelder STROKE

STROKE is an utility module which converts any hotkey command (assuming it is not used anywhere else in Rack) into triggers or gates. Additionally, the module provides some special commands which aren't available anywhere else in Rack.

![STROKE Intro](./Stroke-intro.png)

The module provides ten independent mapping slots which are unmapped by default. A slot needs to be "learned" for a hotkey using the context menu option "Learn". The currently assigned key is visible on the display and its modifiers (ALT, CTRL/CMD and SHIFT) on the LEDs.

![STROKE learn](./Stroke-learn.gif)

## Output mode

- **Off**  
  The hotkey is cought by the module but no action is executed.
- **Trigger**  
  The hotkey generates a 10V trigger signal on the output port.
- **Gate**  
  The hotkey generates a 10V gate signal on the output port as long the key is pressed.
- **Toggle**  
  The hotkey toggles on and off a 10V signal on the output port.

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stoermelder · August 15, 2020, 10:37pm

SPIN
Device for converting mouse-wheel events or middle mouse-button into triggers. The module is especially useful with SAIL: this combination gives you mouse-wheel control of hovered parameters and fine-control using the middle mouse-button.

github.com

stoermelder/vcvrack-packone/blob/v1-dev/docs/Spin.md

# stoermelder SPIN

SPIN is an utility module which converts mouse wheel events or middle mouse buttons into triggers. The module is especially useful with [SAIL](./Sail.md): this combination gives you mouse-wheel control of hovered parameters and fine-control using the middle mouse-botton.

![SPIN intro](./Spin-intro.gif)

All ports of the module output a voltage of 10V. **INC** and **DEC** are used for positive or negative mouse-wheel changes, respectively, **M-CLICK** outputs 10V for middle mouse-button events.

The **PARAM** switch controls if events are handled only while hovering a parameter of any module. If **PARAM** is switched to the lower position the events are handled constantly (according to the used modifiers, see the following passage).

There are some options found in the context menu:

- As the mouse wheel is primarly used in Rack for srolling the current view the module provides modifiers: When enabled, the mouse-wheel events are only caught if the keyboard keys are held while scrolling. Modifiers can be combined or disabled at all.
- The middle click can be used to generate triggers, to generate gates (as long as the button is held) or the output value can be toggled. Additionaly the middle-click handling can be disabled. Please note that modifiers also apply on the middle-click.

![SPIN options](./Spin-options.png)

SPIN was added in v1.7.0 of PackOne.

Yeager · August 15, 2020, 10:55pm

I only just now noticed the lovely German typo in the title of this thread. And it makes me love Ben even more