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infuzion ·
Inspired by Troggie:
Spec Sheet:
Modules well reduced (should be only 1-2 deep), but still readable
Auto-select sound card, sound card volume level, etc, by a local preference file, so that the resulting OSM can be transferred to anyone, but each user has their own standards auto-replied
Testing OSC (auto-run & MIDI controlled Sine, Saw, & white noise) with automated tone generation for up to 5 notes at once, & maybe built-in pitch & volume LFO
VST shell filled with preset manager, etc
include a few handy reduced utilities,
full credits given to all who contributed
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Status: Spec sheet in development.
infuzion ·
reserved
infuzion ·
Not sure if I need to, but 2nd reserved spot
trogluddite ·
Sure is handy not to have to patch together volumes controls, clippers, 'External' primitives every time you want to just try a little experiment - and I particularly like you idea of making schematics a bit more 'transferable', and the little 'signal generator' toolbox.
Here's a little screenie of the little blocks I use at the moment...
...they don't do much besides quckly setting all my preferred soundcard settings, a quick way to turn them on/off and change the volume, and some pretty labels to remind me what my hardware i/o is connected to.
There could be some useful stuff to be ripped out of my Exe I/O Modules schematic. They're designed for embedding into an .exe export, to edit, store and recall the soundcard settings (and any other data) into a .ini file. It would need some adapting, but the method has the advantage that all parameters are stored and recalled by name - an easily readable format with a published list of variables and ranges then makes it easy to deal with adding new features, or people who prefer to use their own skins or a slimmed down feature set.
Couple of other suggestions...
Some basic metering (perhaps just 'signal present' and ''clip') is always useful - I've lost track of the number of times thought a schematic was broken, only to find that I forgot to plug the mic lead in!
A quick on/off toggle with shortcut key - the one thing I miss from SynthEdit! Could also send 'All Notes Off' to MIDI drivers before turning all the drivers off.
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