IX Snapshot 1.3d - April 25th 2023

[IXix]

I loooove the way this handles VST snapshots. No dicking around assigning parameters to Polac VST tracks;

Glad you like it! VST was my main reason for doing this, both for easier handling of the parameters but also because many plugins have state data that isn't tied to actual parameters.

I had a look at implementing inertia (only for actual params obviously) but it's not a trivial change. Going to be a while before that one happens. Snapshot manager should be easier but I'll need a good slab of coding time to get it done.

[tinga]

I test it with Vital, it has no program change, now it has one in Buzz,
Monster state !!

[IXix]

Snapshot manager should be easier...

I take it back. My head hurts already and I've barely started!

[IXix]

Getting there...

[IXix]

IX Snapshot 1.1 - 2022.10.22
+Fixed incorrect handling of newly added machine track parameters in treeview
+Treeviews now display machine supplied descriptions for stored parameters
+Added manager interface
+Various minor UI tweaks

Boom! Seems to be behaving as expected but I haven't tested extensively. I had to change a ton of stuff to get the manager interface going, so keep an eye out for any weirdness and proceed with caution.

Hopefully the manager should be fairly self-explanatory. The buttons under the treeviews apply to the left/right slot only. The buttons down the middle change the selection in various ways and operate on both slots simultaneously. Everything should have a tooltip to tell you what it does but let me know if I've missed anything.

Suggestions for features/changes are welcome. Current to-do list is:

• Add a context menu to the treeviews so you can capture/clear individual properties without messinng with checkboxes.

• Enable editing of property values (somehow).

• Renaming slots

• Filter visibility of properties in the treeviews

Enjoy!

[IXix]

Download IX Snapshot from buzz.robotplanet.dk

IX Snapshot 1.2
+ Treeview filtering
+ Treeview item context menus
+ Renaming slots
+ Non-empty slots are available in machine context menu
+ Added 'Clear selected' button to main tab
+ Added help file
+ Minor improvements

Bump. Added some cool new stuff but the big news is... I finally wrote the help file!

Also, buzz.robotplanet.dk is letting me contribute stuff now (thanks Joachip!) so I figure that's the best place to download from.

Enjoy!

[HerrFornit]

thank you so much for developing the buzz ecosystem ! (and the help file )

[Candle]

Should make my shoegazing life a little easier. Thanks for all you do for Buzz, IX

See You In The Shadows…

[Candle]

I must be daft, because whatever I'm missing is probably obvious. So, I dropped Snapshot 1.2 into my "Live" setup (which admittedly is full of many machines & 1464 properties according to Snapshot ). I then selected 4 of the machines (Jeskola Delay; IX Patchbay 7x7; FreeAmp 2.5 (a VST) & Sonic Verb - for a total of 98 Properties selected), all of which are the machines whose parameters I would like to capture changes with Snapshot. I selected Slot 0 in the Main tab, hit the <Capture> button, made sure the values captured were correct in the treeview, then I selected Slot 1, changed the settings on those 4 machines, hit <Capture> again, & again verified that the values captured were correct (they were).

But now switching between the two Slots (0 & 1) changes the values displayed in the treeview in Snapshot; but does not change the parameter values in the machines themselves. I have tried switching Slots both with the Dropdown Menu in the Main Tab as well as in the Manage Tab; & I have also tried switching slots using the Slot parameter slider at the bottom of the Snapshot parameter window. Everything within Snapshot changes as expected, however the parameters in the captured machines themselves do not change.

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. That's usually where I stumble

Any help would be greatly appreciated

See You In The Shadows…

p.s. Ok, I did just figure it out. I am daft (as I said) I need to hit the <Restore> button after I select the desired Slot. I guess there isn't a way to have the <Restore> function happen automatically when you select a Slot in either the Dropdown menu or via the parameter slider… That's a little more intuitive, for me at least. But I did get it to work, so disregard the above (I told you it was going to be obvious )

p.p.s. This is awesome IX. Makes my shoegazing life so much easier now

p.p.p.s. (There's a lot of p happening in this post, sorry… ) I guess I could combine the Slot selection function & maybe the <Restore> function using Peer Control? Hopefully? Gonna experiment…

[IXix]

Hi candle!

There's a checkbox "Restore on slot change" and you can also bind the various capture/restore etc. functions to midi.

Snapshot is particularly useful with PVST because part of the info stored in the slot (if you capture Data) is which is loaded. Changing slot can swap all your VST synths/FX.

Some big improvements coming for Snapshot. Just need to work up enthusiasm for coding the necessary UI changes.

edit: btw. the params don't automatically restore when you change slot because that could be really annoying. I would make sure you have all your states captured and set up as you want them before enabling the automatic restore.

[Candle]

Again, the solution to my user problem was obvious. Thank IX

See You In The Shadows…

[IXix]

Update bump!

Parameter smoothing means you can watch you parameters slowly switch to new values over several days (or less if that's your thing).

IX Snapshot 1.3
+ Parameter smoothing on restore
+ Fixed MIDI mapping to specific slots
+ Various UI tweaks

[IXix]

Bugfix bump.

IX Snapshot 1.3a
+ Fixed broken "Cos S" curve (typo in the formula )

[IXix]

Update bump again bump. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything this time.

IX Snapshot 1.3b
+ Per-property smoothing settings are properly saved/loaded
+ Treeview shows properties with smoothing in different colours
+ Fixed capture/etc. of Track property group

[IXix]

Bugfix bump!

IX Snapshot at buzz.robotplanet.dk

IX Snapshot 1.3c
+ Fixed treeviews not reflecting machine name changes
+ Fixed handling of newly added tracks

[IXix]

Bugfix bump...

IX Snapshot at buzz.robotplanet.dk

IX Snapshot 1.3d
+ Fixed loading of parameters with duplicate names (see FSM Infector)

Bigger changes coming soon!