Raul I’m really really no expert on this but isn’t there a midi message coming in with your defined function?
For example:
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors:Clean All values in Track [Trigger]', <---------LOOK HERE
invoke = function(midimessage)
if midimessage:is_trigger() then
print("Triggered!!") --This might happen only once?
end
end
}
Raul I’m really really no expert on this but isn’t there a midi message coming in with your defined function?
For example:
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping { name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors:Clean All values in Track [Trigger]', <---------LOOK HERE invoke = function(midimessage) if midimessage:is_trigger() then print("Triggered!!") --This might happen only once? end end }
I think that’s the way. I will try to implement.I already saw the condition… if X then Y bla bla bla
But being new, it is necessary to include the exact code for it to work.
When operating on a button, the rest of the buttons are repeated with other different functions.
This must be nonsense, but there is not much information regarding MIDI code…
Thank you! if I find the solution, I will post it here.
SOLVED:
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:4A XXX [Trigger]',
--invoke = function()tool_02_CH01_4A() end
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_4A()
end
end
}
Is to remove:
invoke = function()tool_02_CH01_4A() end
and add:
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_4A()
end
end
I had problems with the parentheses… Thank you very much for the help 4Tey!
Example (work):
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-- MIDI/KEY MAPPING
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renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:1A XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_1A()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:2A XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_2A()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:3A XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_3A()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:4A XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_4A()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:5B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_5B()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:6B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_6B()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:7B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_7B()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:8B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_8B()
end
end
}
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:9M XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if (message:is_trigger()) then
tool_02_CH01_9M()
end
end
}
There is not much information regarding MIDI code…
I saw you posted some code from Duplex. But built-in mappings work differently - documentation is here:
https://github.com/renoise/xrnx/blob/master/GlobalMidiActions.lua
I saw you posted some code from Duplex. But built-in mappings work differently - documentation is here:
https://github.com/renoise/xrnx/blob/master/GlobalMidiActions.lua
Thanks Danoise!
I will keep this file always present.
I’m going to play several things MIDI code in these days for my tool (GT16-Colors), so it’s very possible that I ask a lot of related things and I’ll ask for help, insurance!
I need to practice the code. To get started:
if (message:is_trigger()) then
What would the condition be like when you release the button?
if (message:is_release()) then --???
Sometimes I invoke logic, but it does not always work! 
What would the condition be like when you release the button?
if (message:is_release()) then --???
I suppose you may be able to use the message:is_switch() function Raul?
Something like:
invoke = function(midimessage)
if midimessage:is_switch() then
if midimessage.boolean_value then
print("On!!") --This executed when switch is pressed
else
print("Off!!") --This executed when switch is released
end
end
end
I suppose you may be able to use the message:is_switch() function Raul?
Something like:
invoke = function(midimessage) if midimessage:is_switch() then if midimessage.boolean_value then print("On!!") --This executed when switch is pressed else print("Off!!") --This executed when switch is released end end endI suppose you also have to make sure that this is set when mapping:
OK, Thanks 4Tey!
To press button (Work!):
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:6B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if message.boolean_value then
tool_02_CH01_6B()
end
end
}
To release button (Work!):
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:6B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if message.boolean_value then
else
tool_02_CH01_6B()
end
end
}
To press & release button (Work! two functions):
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:6B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if message.boolean_value then
tool_02_CH01_6B()
else
tool_02_CH01_7B()
end
end
}
To hold the button pressed (I lack!):
Another question! Now I only need to repeat the same function several times by holding down the button.Is there any way to do this? Per example, the functioncould be “jump the next pattern”:
Any ideas?
Yes, I suppose it is possible Raul to simulate a ‘keyboard repeat’ system as you know when the key (button) is pressed and released. I’d be thinking to use a timer callback and flag mechanism maybe?
N.B. That message:is_switch() if is important Raul as you can see from the docs that danoise linked (message.boolean_value tends to be only valid when is_switch() returns true):
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:6B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if message:is_switch() then -- this line is important :)
if message.boolean_value then
tool_02_CH01_6B()
else
tool_02_CH01_7B()
end
end
end
}
From docs:
31 -- valid [true OR false] when :is_switch() returns true, else nil
32 boolean_value
Yes, I suppose it is possible Raul to simulate a ‘keyboard repeat’ system as you know when the key (button) is pressed and released. I’d be thinking to use a timer callback and flag mechanism maybe?
N.B. That message:is_switch() if is important Raul as you can see from the docs that danoise linked (message.boolean_value tends to be only valid when is_switch() returns true):
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping { name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:6B XXX [Trigger]', invoke = function(message) if message:is_switch() then -- this line is important :) if message.boolean_value then tool_02_CH01_6B() else tool_02_CH01_7B() end end end }From docs: 31 -- valid [true OR false] when :is_switch() returns true, else nil 32 boolean_value
Yes, yesterday i tried (trial and error) all the functions without the codition:
if message:is_switch() then
And works perfectly! However, if necessary, I will include it.
…
On the other hand, what I intend is something like this:
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = 'Tools:GT16-Colors AMIC:Channel 01:6B XXX [Trigger]',
invoke = function(message)
if midimessage:is_switch() then
if "you hold down the button ... Repeat every half second this function" then
tool_02_CH01_6B()
end
end
end
}
Be able to assign the function repeat timeor something similar. Have control in the code (this already sounds more complicated).
…
On the other hand, I would also like to control the following:
All these things are directly related.Any ideas?
Thanks!
I’m probably not the right person to ask Raul about the in’s and out’s of Renoise lua. I tend to just hack my way through things. But because I’m such a nice fellow (irrespective of what danoise thinks 
) I’ve hacked together a silly ‘tool’ that tries to demo what you are kinda looking for that you can study (but don’t take too literally, it isn’t exactly a work of programming art) and maybe get some ideas from 
I’m probably not the right person to ask Raul about the in’s and out’s of Renoise lua. I tend to just hack my way through things. But because I’m such a nice fellow (irrespective of what danoise thinks
) I’ve hacked together a silly ‘tool’ that tries to demo what you are kinda looking for that you can study (but don’t take too literally, it isn’t exactly a work of programming art) and maybe get some ideas from
Oohh, I like this.I’ll try to study, see if I can apply it.This is part of VoiceRunner?
Thanks!
OK, the subject of highlighting the color is solved…I use class ‘??’ to organize my code.I have been able to add the correct illumination of the button when I press and release.
renoise.tool():add_midi_mapping {
name = MR.CH01_6B,
invoke = function(message)
if message:is_switch() then
if message.boolean_value then
amic_CH01_6B() --function to pressing. How to repeat???????
vb.views.CH01_6B.color = CR.ROW01_F --OK! (pressing)
else
vb.views.CH01_6B.color = CR.ROW01_Y --OK! (release)
end
end
end
}
All work fine!
However,I do not understand the code regarding time. I’ve tried to implement it and it does not work:
What is this?
local buttonheldtimer = 250 --???
local midinxtbuttondown = false
local midiprvbuttondown = false
function timercallback()
if (not dialog or not dialog.visible) then
if (renoise.tool():has_timer(timercallback)) then
renoise.tool():remove_timer(timercallback)
end
return
end
if midinxtbuttondown == true then
vb.views.plugintext.text = getnextplug()
end
if midiprvbuttondown == true then
vb.views.plugintext.text = getprevplug()
end
end
????...
if not (renoise.tool():has_timer(timercallback)) then
renoise.tool():add_timer(timercallback,buttonheldtimer)
end
if (renoise.tool():has_timer(timercallback)) then
renoise.tool():remove_timer(timercallback)
end
Does this code force the button to hold down XXX millisecondseven if the user releases? If so, this is something other than my request.It’s okay to show off the snack notices ^_^.It is also interesting.
…
But I want is to repeat a function for a while. for example, 2 seconds (the 2 seconds with the button pressed)…
Or put another way: for 2 seconds (2000 millisecons) of pressed time, repeat the X function 20 times, 1 time every 100 milliseconds.This makes sense?There must be some form of repetition…
It's okay to show off
I don’t have the talent to show off. Is this showing off? -> https://forum.renoise.com/t/new-tool-3-1-gt16-colors-v1-2a1-updated-12-june-2017/46473
Is Bach showing off here with the BWV 542? -> https://youtu.be/8y8mlNOftv0?t=332
Does this code force the button to hold down XXX milliseconds even if the user releases? If so, this is something other than my request.
Well if it is something other than what you requested I can’t do anything about that Raul. When I tried learning a little bit of programming (and it is only a little bit) it was with a Commodore 64 and a very old tatty book that was written for the Commodore PET. You couldn’t just log on to the internet and start requesting/asking/shouting for people to drop everything and give pristine example code that is tailored made. Now listen to the Bach.
PS. If you’re a perfectionist and want good highlighting of buttons, you can use RGB->HSL->RGB conversion to modify the color. L changes the lightness (which is not the same as increasing R, G and B by the same amount). cLib has some helper functions for this in cColor.lua (iirc).
It's okay to show offI don’t have the talent to show off. Is this showing off? → https://forum.renoise.com/t/new-tool-3-1-gt16-colors-v1-2a1-updated-12-june-2017/46473
Is Bach showing off here with the BWV 542? → https://youtu.be/8y8mlNOftv0?t=332
Does this code force the button to hold down XXX milliseconds even if the user releases? If so, this is something other than my request.Well if it is something other than what you requested I can’t do anything about that Raul. When I tried learning a little bit of programming (and it is only a little bit) it was with a Commodore 64 and a very old tatty book that was written for the Commodore PET. You couldn’t just log on to the internet and start requesting/asking/shouting for people to drop everything and give pristine example code that is tailored made. Now listen to the Bach.
^_^I laughed watching the video.
By the way, GT16-Colors is the tool with which I am working.All this code is for him.I do not know if I mentioned it before.
PS. If you’re a perfectionist and want good highlighting of buttons, you can use RGB->HSL->RGB conversion to modify the color. L changes the lightness (which is not the same as increasing R, G and B by the same amount). cLib has some helper functions for this in cColor.lua (iirc).
I will see all this in depth. To begin with, it seems a little complicated.
By the way, maybe some function type loop with “repeat” and “break” serve for what I seek.This is more convoluted…
I want to do something like: Repeat this function several times while the button is still pressed.
Thanks!!!
I’m just a little curious Raul. Did you actually run my silly ‘SelectPlugin’ example and midi map errr midi keyboard notes to the Next Plugin/Prev Plugin buttons (with the gate (switch on and off) option)? (BTW it assumes you already have a list of plugins installed.) If it does work, can you hold the midi keyboard note down that you have mapped and it will cycle through the plugins every quarter of a second?
I’m just a little curious Raul. Did you actually run my silly ‘SelectPlugin’ example and midi map errr midi keyboard notes to the Next Plugin/Prev Plugin buttons (with the gate (switch on and off) option)? (BTW it assumes you already have a list of plugins installed.) If it does work, can you hold the midi keyboard note down that you have mapped and it will cycle through the plugins every quarter of a second?
Yes, I tried it, but it did not work. An error appears in the terminal. Maybe related to a plugin.I’ve tried it with several installed plugins…
The subject of highlighting the color is solved (I have yet to look at the information provided by Joule, that seems better).The theme of time and repeat a function is more complicated.I have it parked.
Raul, what error appears in the terminal?
Raul, what error appears in the terminal?
Now I can not reproduce the error. I know that another tool I had installed generated error. I have cleaned my Renoise of tools.
Now it seems to work fine.
I’m working with some functions with the Pattern Matrix.
4Tey, do you know the function to rename a new section in Pattern Matrix? I’m going to leave the function where I want to implement it here:
https://forum.renoise.com/t/solved-help-order-of-newly-inserted-pattern/46993