NEWBIE KNOB QUESTION

skOre · 8 Jan 2006

So you're talking about knob behaviour, do I get that right?

Jenovah · 8 Jan 2006

I'm taking about changing the graphic design of the knobs, to use a custom designed knob instead of the default colorful ones.

Tom7777 · 8 Jan 2006

You can get an example of this already, you should use the forum search, most of the stuff you would probably want may have been posted about before, hope this helps -

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Jenovah · 8 Jan 2006

ok, thx, but I had already found this in SM the thing is I dont know how to replace the default ones with custom ones.

sambean · 8 Jan 2006

Welcome to the Forum Jenovah 🙂

On the bitmap knob module primitive there is a (P) at the bottom right, this take you to the properties page. From there you can load new stitched bitmaps, and specify their size, number of frames etc..

Cheers

Sam

Jenovah · 8 Jan 2006

thax sambean, and thx for showing me to this site in the first place 😀

also congratulations on your reverb, I did some stuff with it no other reverbs are able to do! if you ever want help with designing GUI, ask me, I have loads of experience in graphic design (websites and stuff)

now few more questions... what's a stitched bitmap? can I make it with photoshop (used to it) and I'm having trouble finding the load button............ 😊

sambean · 8 Jan 2006

thax sambean, and thx for showing me to this site in the first place

No worries, I think SM is a brilliant tool for building vst's and vsti's, the more peeps using it the better..

also congratulations on your reverb, I did some stuff with it no other reverbs are able to do! if you ever want help with designing GUI, ask me, I have loads of experience in graphic design (websites and stuff)

Really glad you like it! 😊 Do you mind me asking what you find different about it? I've almost finished a new version using SM which is a little faster than the old version and with a slightly different but more flexible sound (I found with the old version, I really like the sounds of the 'room' but as soon as you changed the size it sounded like a different room..) I've got a working GUI at the moment, but thanks for the offer..

As for the knobs:

A stitched bitmap is a single bitmap that is composed of each frame of animation for a knob or control, think of it as a filmstrip. This is loaded into the knob and as it is moved different frames of the bitmap are shown to represent the different knob positions.

To create a stitched bitmap, you have to design each frame of your knob as a seperate bitmap, these can then bet 'stitched' together using for example tobybears stitcher.

To find the load button, first drag a bitmap knob from the toolbox

toolbox->controls->bitmap knob

On the bottom right of this module there should be a properties (P) button, from the properties panel there is a 'load animation' botton..

For some example of bitmap GUI controls have a look at:

http://www.artvera-music.com/

Cheers

Sam

Jenovah · 8 Jan 2006

Do you mind me asking what you find different about it?

I guess it's how de reverb can develop itself during the decay, verbs I use have one decay sound slowly fading, yours can sweep, wobble, etc..

I've got a working GUI at the moment, but thanks for the offer

No prob, would you ever change your mind, I'd be glad to help (I didnt really like the verberator GUI, sorry)

To find the load button, first drag a bitmap knob from the toolbox

toolbox->controls->bitmap knob

On the bottom right of this module there should be a properties (P) button, from the properties panel there is a 'load animation' botton..

so I supose draging the bitmap knob in replaces the default one with the bitmap one? and that stitcher would be trentstitch?

anyway thx alot to all of you guys for the short notice replies and great help!!!