Probably crazy but i ask it anyway

Ideas & suggestions
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Is a native Calculator in Renoise not somewhat neat to have in a clickspot inside to caluclate internally whitout the need to switch back and forth in PC/Laptop? ::thinking: Well as ChatGPT likes it haha…but yeah… it isn’t a human :face_with_monocle: the response was:,

ChatGPT said:

Yes. In a tracker-style workflow like Renoise, a tiny native calculator panel actually makes practical sense with a Keybind/Clickspot.

Not because calculating itself is hard, but because context switching is workflow poison. Every Alt-Tab or app switch breaks pattern editing focus, especially when you are already juggling:

  • BPM math

  • delay timing

  • Lines Per Beat calculations

  • sample length conversions

  • percentage gain adjustments

  • frequency ratios

  • tracker effect values

  • hexadecimal conversions

  • groove timing

  • automation scaling

A built-in calculator could be extremely lightweight yet useful if integrated correctly.

…….well…… the answer was not bad i thought i ask the Comunitie as wel.

if it is interesting it might be once coupled to Advanced Edit panel to execute your results in Pattern Editor as wel…

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I don’t think I fully understand what you’re getting at, but in any case, it’s probably at least theoretically possible to implement those features using a tool.
Or perhaps something similar already exists.

Also, if possible, it’s best to use a thread title that summarizes the content.
Otherwise, it can be confusing when viewing the thread alongside others or searching for it.
The same applies to the titles of other threads you’ve created.
In this case, I think something like “Native calculator panel” would work well.

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That migh be a good place inside the Advanced Panel don’t you think? I’ll remember the thread tip just thought more folks click it, read it more frequently..

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Well, you’re free to title your thread however you like.
It reminded me of a former coworker who used to name the folders where he saved test data like this. I was really surprised that someone would give work data names like that, and it made me think again that it would be hard to trust that person’s work, but I have to admit, I personally found it pretty amusing.

  • Yesterday’s stuff
  • Start over from the beginning
  • Might be worse than I thought
  • I guess the one from the day before yesterday was a failure
  • That thing
  • For some reason, it’s not working

Sorry for changing the subject.

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If you enable developers mode, you can use lua console as calculator, like in mathlab..

I haven’t done it fow a while, but I think it gives you variables, math functions etc etc and it’s already there.

Or you want with buttons etc like scientific calc emulators on PC?

I think it’s totally doable, if someone wants and needs it.

I’m fine and prefer console view personally

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Further more, are there any lua plot libraries.. thathat plot graphs like f(x)=sin(x) for variable x range matrix, output to jpg or png.

And there are renoise widgets that can load a picture..

Put them together and perhaps it’s like mini mathlab.

Idk if anyone needs it, but I think it’s doable.