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infuzion ·
In this Terse Tutorial we'll make a Mono-audio switcher with a GUI that tells us what path the audio is taking.
Current as of 0.9.5e
First put together this schematic. The titles indicate what folder the parts are in.
Hint: If a primitive has a V, A, or mouse connector, it's prob in the GUI folder.
To keep things organized, put it all into a module using [CTRL-A], [CTRL-M]. You should see this:
No output though; we have to fix that.
Connect an Out [o] to the Int Sample & Hold. The output needs to be boolean, so right-click over the Out's connector:
Note: the overlaping connectors are connected underneith
Go to the panel outside the module, & connect a Data:Boolean to the output.
We have output! But no way to interact with it 🙁
The wireless connector that is connected to View input acts a bit uniquely; just like as if a MGUI was there. But it's not glowing & needs to be.
So, let's bury our module inside another module (select, [CTRL-M]), select the top-level module, then click on the G:
Now we can click on the center square & see the boolian flip.
Let's rename our inside module (Select, N button...)
Add the following inside the top module:
This view wireless isn't glowing; time to put it into a module as well. [CTRL-A], [Shift]-select the boolian Out... (should look like this:)
...then [CTRL-M]
Name the new module while we're there:
Looking at our top-level module in the first panel:
Let's put the audio-guts in. Add 1 Input, 1 Mulitplex, & 2 Outputs. Change the In's & Outs' connectors to Mono by right-clicking over them:
Connect like so:
On the outside, it looks awkward (audio connectors usually are above green ones):
So, we move the FlipperLines module and connector down below the Mono Outs:
Edit & add to FlipperLines:
Clicking on the front GUI will now mimic the Multiplex!
finis
Expantion ideas:
* Make stereo, or add even more channels
* Make into a VST... but then the lines would be confusing. You'll have to add symbols to the front-panel to signify what each audio channel is.
* Make MIDI controllable
* Auto-loading presets
stefan ·
Cool! Really nice to see some more user-made tutorials (been a while since for instance the one Bones made).
Just one question:
Why did you use make a mono switcher instead of a stream one?
Anyways, good work!
skOre ·
Yeah good stuff!
You should also add for the noobs, that you can really choose whatever you want (mono,stream,float...) in this schem.
infuzion ·
stefan wrote: Why did you use make a mono switcher instead of a stream one?
The origional spec was Stereo in, patching to up to 4 pairs out. I'd start him/her on a single mono, kinda forcing them to work up to stereo.
This wasn't meant to be comprehensive by any means; just a get-feet-wet-before-jumping-in thing. Thus, "terse".
stefan ·
infuzion wrote:
stefan wrote: Why did you use make a mono switcher instead of a stream one?
The origional spec was Stereo in, patching to up to 4 pairs out. I'd start him/her on a single mono, kinda forcing them to work up to stereo.
This wasn't meant to be comprehensive by any means; just a get-feet-wet-before-jumping-in thing. Thus, "terse".
Fair enough! 🙂
infuzion ·
thanks for the complements
skOre wrote: You should also add for the noobs, that you can really choose whatever you want (mono,stream,float...) in this schem.
I didn't want to steal the thunder away from your "KNOW YOUR TOOLBOX..." series! 😉
skOre ·
😀 something that I will get to today once again! promise!
Shifrin ·
That's great infuzion, maybe some day I'll try my hand at putting something together myself! 🙂
Shif.
fritzman ·
Very cool, infuzion!
This is a very good thing.
All the best, FRitz
Kara ·
Thanks a lot !!!
Rony
Sk ·
That's what I was talking about! Nice job! 🙂
RJHollins ·
ok ok i know this is an old thread ... but ...
is there ANY possible way to get this tut again ? All the images are missing 🙁
or ... did anyone save the .osm file that could be reposted ?!?
Big Thanks.
RJHollins ·
... from the Chaka Kan hit ...
"Ain't Nobody" 😍
infuzion ·
It is this pic, but some of those parts do not exist anymore: [old link]
RJHollins ·
infuzion wrote: It is this pic, but some of those parts do not exist anymore: [old link]
ahh ... well, thanks 'infuzion'.
I was hoping to glean a bit of insight into that monitor selector circuit I've been trying
to figure out.
It seems whenever I get the DS Output to switch, it ALSO changes my INput.
Trying to feed IN from 'Virtual Audio Cable' and, through radio buttons, select one of several outputs
that I have on my card. Trying to learn/experiment ... but its going painfully slow at this early start 😕
Still ... thanks for taking the time to track down the link. Still searching for answers 🙂
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