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New Documentation

Archive · 2005 15 old posts

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malc ·

I've updated the documentation. There's a section on how the sound processing works plus information on the connector types and standard conversions.

Sound: [old link]

Connectors: [old link]

String shortcuts for GUI components: [old link]

I've also started the component reference section (there you go rl 🙂). At the moment I have covered the oscillators, envelopes and extrenal components. I'll work through the others starting with the ones that need the most explanation. Hoping to do a handful per week. Let me know if there are any particular ones you'd prefer me to start with.

Shifrin ·

Thanks malc, I'll have a look-see 🙂

Shif.

skOre ·

Wow, beautiful!

malc ·

Probably not much use to you guys as you know all this already.

sonicfire ·

the new documentation is great! and overall i´m totally impressed how fast SM "grows". excellent work - please continue!! 😀

beno ·

really nice malc. Ben

infuzion ·

Very cool. Some suggestions:

Connectors: [old link] List the valid value range for Float & Int (I still don't know that off hand).

String shortcuts for GUI components: [old link] Could be handy to know the default values. E.g. is the default for SF = "normal, center, center" I'm also suprized that you spell center "center" & not "centre" 😉

Type Conversions: [old link] Another great example page. It could help newbies get up to speed faster if you include a paragraph after "Int/Float > Poly/Mono" to demostrate how to use Converters: Poly->Int, Poly->Mono, etc

I could use clarification on how to use Triggers & Graphs please. I kinda know how to hack someone else's code with these, but not in a way to do tricks or explain to someone else.

my 2 cents cheers

skOre ·

malc wrote: Probably not much use to you guys as you know all this already.

Sure, thats why I wanted to tell you that they are stunningly beautiful 🙂

malc ·

Thanks people, hope it's useful - more to come.

infuzion, some great suggestions there - I'll definitely take them on board.

infuzion ·

malc wrote: infuzion, some great suggestions there - I'll definitely take them on board.

:) BTW, by "Trigger" I mean the trigger connector; I'm not sure what values it uses. But I guess how to use modules w/triggers would be interesting too.

stefan ·

sonicfire wrote: the new documentation is great! and overall i´m totally impressed how fast SM "grows". excellent work - please continue!! 😀

At the moment my number one concern is that the more work Malc and Jorge gets done the worse Malc writes. The guy must be near the limit of what his fingers can handle, and sometimes when posting, when not being as focused as when coding, his fingers can't match up to the speed of his brain and stuff like "teh" and "tehy" shows up in his post! 😀

btw: It's spelled "center" in the US but "centre" in the UK, so indeed, it is weird. Must be one of those finger slips again 🙂

Nu Audio Science ·

No both spellings are used and accepted here in the UK, Even weirder huh 🙂

stefan ·

Nu Audio Science wrote: No both spellings are used and accepted here in the UK, Even weirder huh 🙂

Not in the dictionaries!

malc ·

stefancrs wrote: stuff like "teh" and "tehy" shows up in his post!

🙂 - yeah I frequently get to the 'e' before the 'h', I think my left hand is more eager than my right.

Regarding the cent(er)/(re) issue, I'll make it so that the software accepts both varieties. I think I used center beacause that's the spelling used in GDI+.

rl ·

malc wrote: ... (there you go rl 🙂)...

now where's that group hug smiley?

😀

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