SynthMaker

how do i take bpm and song position info from the host app.?

Archive · 2010 4 old posts

From the original SynthMaker forum (2004–2014), with its members’ names and dates.

parricide ·

hi i am new to synthmaker and this forum and i was wondering if anyone can help me learn how to make an input for host bpm and track position. basically i am trying to create a simple LFO and envelope generator and the first step i need to take is to tell the VST this information so i can have a synced speed on the LFO and also so that when the track is played from say, mid bar, it will not effect the position of the oscillator compared to if it was played from the beginning of the bar.

i hope this makes sense and i look forward to putting as much info into this forum as i learn from it

thank you in advance everyone

nix ·

'PPQ' ? I am playing around with envelopes too. (edit)and Tempo You could search 'host' if you wanna. Hope helps 🙂

trogluddite ·

Welcome to the forum, SM has just the tools you need - first make sure you have the 'Developer Mode' button turned on at the top of the editing window; it should be already but it's always worth checking. If you then look in the VST folder of the toolbox, there are ready made prmitives for PPQ, Tempo, Sample Position etc.that will read the values from your VST host. The tricky bit is that SynthMaker isn't a VST host - however you can get around this by using Oddson's PPQ Simulator Module to fake being inside a host. The PPQ primtive outputs a floating point value that is an integer (1,2,3,4...) as it crosses the boundary of the beat. Alternatively there's a VST sample position primtive that just counts the samples from Bar 0, Beat 0.

parricide ·

thank you very much. i will try this out now. however i might well be back with more questions 🙂

thanks

Wrote something here? To have a post removed or your name hidden, write to [email protected].

Before your first post

A few rules keep this a friendly place. You agree to them once.

Shown next to what you post, here and in the app. It doesn’t have to be your real name: 3–24 lower-case letters, digits or _ (capitals become lower case, spaces become _).

    Then your post goes up straight away.

    Delete this reply?

    Open it in SynthMaker?

    It goes on the track you’re editing there, in place of that track’s sound, and into My sounds. Your other tracks stay as they are.

    Want to keep that track’s sound? Start a new song in SynthMaker first (Song › New song), then open this.

    Report this reply?

    Only the developer reads reports. The person isn’t told who reported them.

    What’s wrong with it?

    Block this person?

    You won’t see their posts and replies here any more. They aren’t told, and you can unblock them at any time.

    People you’ve blocked

    Their posts and replies are hidden from you. Unblock someone to see them again.

    The community rules

    A few rules keep this a friendly place. Everyone agrees to them once, before their first post.