Generator script on NoteOnEvent

Scripting with Gig Performer
1

I’ve shamelessly stolen the below script from @pianopaul to sweep a highpass filter from when I hit note D3. My only issue with this is that I have to hit D3 twice - the filter jumps to the frequency starting point on the first hit and starts sweeping on the second. Can I (read: “you” :smiley:) ) fix this somehow so that it starts to sweep immediately?
Still a noob with scripting, sorry if this is “too” simple…

`Var

FILTER : Widget // A knob triggered by the ramp

var
myRamp : Ramp // A generator that moves smoothly from 0.0 to 1.0 over some specified time
MTW : MidiInBlock
v_value : double
v_run : integer

initialization
SetGeneratorOneShot(myRamp, true) // Generator will only run once when triggered
myRamp.SetGeneratorLength(17000); // 17 seconds

v_run = 0
// Also, check the SetGeneratorCoarseness function
// which can be used to control how often we get called back
// Choose values wisely! You’re trading accuracy against CPU cycles

end

// Use this to trigger the ramp
On NoteOnEvent(m : NoteMessage) matching D3 from MTW
If v_run == 0 then
v_value := GetWidgetValue(FILTER)
v_run = 1
myRamp.EnableGenerator(True)
SetTimersRunning(true)
else
SetWidgetValue(FILTER, v_value)
v_run = 0
end
End

// This gets called by the ramp generator as time passes
on TimePassing(timeX : integer, amplitudeY : double) from myRamp
if v_run == 1 then
SetWidgetValue(FILTER, v_value - v_value*amplitudeY)
end
end`

2

Please add this:

on Activate
v_run = 0
v_value = GetWidgetValue(FILTER)
end

3

I just tested and it was working as it should.
The 1st press starts and the 2nd press jumps back to the start value.

I tested by pressing D3 in the Midi In plugin

4

I put “On Activate”… before this line:
On NoteOnEvent(m : NoteMessage) matching D3 from MTW
but I don’t notice any difference. Should it not go there? What does it do…?

What if I want to set the start value by D3 and begin sweeping by A3? Could you help me? I tried something I thought could work, and it compiled, but it also crashed GP…

Thanks for taking the time!

5

Uhm, could you please tell us exactly what you did that crashed GP? Can you reproduce that crash@? What version of GP are you using?

6

I’m on latest version 3.1.7. I think I wrote as below.

On NoteOnEvent(m : NoteMessage) matching D3 from MTW
SetWidgetValue(FILTER, v_value)
v_run = 0
end

On NoteOnEvent(m : NoteMessage) matching A3 from MTW
If v_run == 0 then
v_value := GetWidgetValue(FILTER)
v_run = 1
myRamp.EnableGenerator(True)
SetTimersRunning(true)
else
SetWidgetValue(FILTER, v_value)
v_run = 0
end

I guess the missing “else” bit in the first part made it crash?

Now I put
On NoteOnEvent(m : NoteMessage) matching D3, A3 from MTW
and that solves everything for me!

Sorry for taking up your time! I’ll try to refrain from posting questions before I’ve tried things more thoroughly.

7

No worries. We do care about crashes so appreciate the information. Can you be more specific about the crash? What exactly did you change?

8

This is what I put in into the original script, then hit Compile. I think I created an endless loop and it probably hung already when I hit Compile.

9

Did it crash or did it hang? Those are very different.

10

It hung. Had to kill it by Ctrl+Alt+Del.

11

Ok that makes more sense. It is absolutely possible to hang GP with a bad script. Much harder to crash it, that’s why I was concerned