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PresetName in Control

Archive · 2008 3 old posts

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whyterabbyt ·

I wonder if someone who knows their way around UI controls could clarify something for me. Im trying to extend the functionality of a Bitmap Knob as a bit of a learning exercise, and Im getting bogged down in trying to understand what certain bits of the prefabbed version actually do. Its inside the Bitmap Knob->Preset module that Im finding myself unsure, and I think part of what's bugging me is that everything seems to refer to 'presets' when I would expect them to be 'parameters'.

Anyways, Ive extended the Knob with a few new properties, and that's fine, but I'm a bit unclear as to the purpose of the property Bitmap Knob->Preset->Preset being processed by the Bitmap Knob->Preset->Preset Name module. Im also unsure as to where the data for the wireless input Bitmap Knob->Preset->Preset Name->PresetName might be sourced; I cant seem to find a matching wireless output.

Can anyone clarify this for me? Thanks.

stefan ·

That wireless input is for when you want to create "grouped" parameter names. For instance, inside your LFO module you want all parameters to have "LFO1" prefixed to their parameter name. And hence, you add a wireless output inside the module so that all sub-preset-modules can prefix their parameter names with "LFO1".

whyterabbyt ·

doh! I might have figured that out if I -hadnt- made the mistake of using a -Module- Wireless Output rather than a Wireless Output when I was trying to test the damn thing. Argh.

Thanks stefan. Renaming it to 'ParameterNameSuffix' in my version so i'll remember it in future...

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