I hoped that with R3 there will be more comfortable way of automatization.
Because there is tool that will find name of parameter by pointing on it in the gui (http://www.renoise.com/tools/getpluginparams) i though that it will be easy to create behaviour so i can point at some gui parameter, right click on it, choose something like “parameter automatization” and instr. automatization device would be created on selected track, assigned to that parameter and empty modulation envelope of it would be displayed (you wont have to use it, you still can use text commands). Same behaviour would be for macro and its device. Dont need anything more complicated as it would be similar behaviour to every other daw and it is much more comfortable than the current way, mainly for new users.
By the same way it should be also possible to assign midi control that will be automaticaly attached to automatically created instr. aut. device for easy realtime modulation (into modulation envelope or right into the track).
Is there any problem why it cant be implemented? I´ve suggested it in other forums but never heard any word from any of developers (maybe i dont focus enought ). It is the biggest flaw i have with renoise for a years, because i would love to modulate my vstis and do not break my workflow.
The dev-team is allowed to steal code from my tool (gives me one tool less to maintain), although they most likely know a lot better how to do it themselves.
The only tricky part with the learn option is to circumvent LFO triggered events in the plugin if you are not after that particular parameter. I did tackled that in the tool but i’m not sure how this ignore option could be embedded and should look like in a native dialog.
But the only problem in your tool is that the pointed parameter is overwritten by some lfo triggered parameter in a moment. But when i click on it, it shows (for a second or a less) the right parameter, so i dont see problem here. Automatized will be what i´ve just select. Or maybe i dont understand you well (??)…
Like i wrote, i have an option in my tool that allows ignoring lfo triggered parameters:if you toggle it, the parameter would be ignored but will still listen to all the other parameters
A native learning method does require this as well because Renoise won’t be able to distinguish internal movement from parameters that you move by hand in the GUI:they are all parameter values being send.
Maybe it is language barrier but i am still not sure what the problem is.
Let´s say there is lfo modulated filter cutoff of some vsti. Your tool or native renoise behaviour will think that i am pointing at it because it is moving(is it what you are talking about?).
It should behave like this: because i didnt select “automatize parameter” on it it wont do nothing and will be ignored. It will create automatization only for selected parameter (that selected with right click in the moment of that right click).
Every other big daw out here does it by this way, so is it some renoise internal problem?
And if you are talking about backward problem, that if i will modulate filter cutoff (that is modulated by internal lfo) Renoise will record this movement of it into modulation envelope. It could be fun. No big problem for me, seems logical. But didnt try behaviour of other daws in this situation…
But if you meant something else, sorry for my imbecility.
Are you sure that every big daw gets the exact proper parameter name? A vsti plugin window has its own GUI and responses solitary to mouse messages. If they broadcast a different message for that parameter when it is clicked with right mouse button, than that is a specific communication protocol that the devs may not be aware of (or is it VSTI 3.0 specification? Renoise does not support VSTI 3.0 protocol). But if not:there is no other way for a host to be sure if a parameter is clicked with left or right mousebutton inside the window, the host simply does not have any power within the plugin environment regarding GUI control except for its outer frames except for forwarding the messages (The keyboard checkbox also only provides exclusive keyboard control forwarding).
This doesn’t work with some older plugins but I believe it is up to the plugin developer to code it so when you mouse click on a control it sends out the relevant callback message.
Brings also the risk that if the plugin developer does forget to code a callback for a specific dial, it won’t work for that dial either.
The problem with scripting is that you don’t get this sort of data in Lua, so i can only guess what is communicated between Renoise and plugins, this is however based on my own knowledge controlling DLL plugins from within my own programs so in regard to GUI control i do know that libraries definitely need to forward keyboard and mouse interaction through function return calls because the main execution program will not get this data.
I get you now, but on the other hand if it will not always work then we wont blame Renoise team but the plugin developer :-).
I am not sure if every DAW get parameters right but when i was working with FL Studio or Ableton 8, i didnt have any problem with vsti automatization. I am trying reaper in write mode and everything what i modulate is written right. And even if there would be recorded some other parameter (it isnt), i can delete automatization of it. No bigdeal. And I dont use vsti 3, just vsti 2.4.
I love Renoise but its automatization concept (editing, curves, vsti etc) should be upgraded imho.
i suggest to hire some good coders to make renoise what it should be, otherwise it will be dead very soon. that wouldnt be funny at all… i really dont like the other daws that much. renoise must get more professional :-/
“But if you move a VST parameter and have the automation lane visible in Bitwig, it shows that last toggled/changed parameter. So it’s not a big deal to find the correct ones.
And in the list, you see the parameters moving when you change them in the VST GUI.”
In Logic you can show the plugin as the GUI or as a list of parameters
like renoise does with the effects. Move a parameter and the corresponding
parameter will be shown or recorded in logics automation view. Actually renoise
does this with effects too. What is so different between VST and VSTi?
I guess it has a closed core, inputs, (midi/audio) outputs (midi/audio) and
sends host information like latency, CPU consumption and such things…
Actually I do understand the comfortability of recording parameter changes
on the GUI. For the renoise typical “touch” there would be much space for
parameter sliders (which are right-clickable) at the right side of the plugin-tab.
I am pleased as automation is handled now (it works!!) and am exited looking
forward for every update.
Btw. automation device has one big advance although.
If you have some 8 knobs midi deivce, you just create instr. aut device, select parameters, save it and then you have nice preset for your controler of every vsti. It just take little more effort than is common.
I would just prefer some faster way also for more comfortable and fast experimenting…
Can you explain how I can set this up? Do I need the Duplex Tool?
I figured out how I can control parameters globally. (via MidiLearn)
But this cannot be saved in the preset.
It cannot be saved in a preset because the parameters are plugin bound.
If you would apply those presets to a different plugin, the plugin could crash or worse:Renoise could crash.
Save your bindings as a template song (File → Save as template song) along with the instruments which gets loaded everytime by default or simply save the song as a custom template (give it a template title so that you can find it back easier)
I managed to map the transport field to my controller and save it as a template.
For automation I think it would be easier for me to “learn” some of the automation
device-sliders, write it to automation and cleaning the mapped knobs afterwards.
I start a (progressive psytrance) song with BD, Sub and Bass and there should
not be more than that until its mixed as a ‘base’.
Probably your tip is gold when I have more tracks and know what I ‘always’ want
to add.
). It is the biggest flaw i have with renoise for a years, because i would love to modulate my vstis and do not break my workflow.
