GP-Preset Roll-Selector - new version with proper variation use!

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Hi everyone,
this is a follow up thread from this one:

It got quite crowded in a short time, so it probably would be difficult to find the new information. It’s closed now, but the files are still there, and i also left a note to this new thread… hope that’s OK.

Same Intro… :wink:
since there were quite some questions and discussionsabout how to switch presets with widgets, scriptig, variations… i thought i could try to builld yet another rackspace to achieve these tasks.

!!! NEW !!!
This is a new version which now makes proper use of variation names to switch to a corresponding GP-preset (if available). So you should now be able to add or remove GP-presets to the plugin whithout the issue that your variation-setting is getting messed up by this!

The rackspace looks like this:

2025-02-07 14_23_48-GP-Preset-Roll-Selector(Vari)
2025-02-07 14_23_48-GP-Preset-Roll-Selector(Vari)1096×598 54 KB

I removed the step-sequencer from the wiring view and the “Play” button from the panel.
Also i decided to use the “on board” organ plugin from LostIn70s, since this should be a common plugin for all GP-users… no need to install something new.
Maybe you should first save some GP-Presets from within the plugin, so there would be some content to play with!

So this is how it works:
You can step through the list of available GP-Presets by either using the +1 or -1 buttons or by turning the knob on the left. When you press the “Select” button on the right, the preset in the highlighted (middle) field will be activated/loaded. The actually active preset name will be shown in the text field on top. That’s pretty it…

You can of course save more presets (i think up to 256) or delete some from the preset-folder - the script should “catch” the changes as soon as you press a button or turn the knob.

If a variation has the same name as one of the previously saved GP-presets, the corresponding GP-preset will be called - no matter of alphabetical sorting or whatever - if it’s there, it gets called!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you use a variation with a name which is “unknown” in the preset list, only the knob position will be stored in that variation. This means that the connection between knob position and preset might be lost if you change the number of available presets - don’t rely on the knobs position!
It’s OK to play around and to try sounds, but if you really want to save a preset in a variation, use the before mentioned naming method!

Have fun with it:
GP-Preset-Roll-Selector(Vari).gig (290.4 KB)

Cheers!
Erik

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There was a question before…

I also thought about how it could be done with multiple “modules”, but since i decided to use the variations name to call a corresponding preset, it would be difficult to “encode” a variation name with the information of say:
Module 1: Organ/Preset 1
Module 2: Piano/Preset 124
Module 3: Lead Synth/Preset 45
…

Also one had to “decode” that variation name again, so that the script would “know” which Module is active, which one maybe not, and wich preset to switch to with which module… very complex, quite difficult, nothing for (selfish :wink ): me…

Feel free to use this rackspace for your own experiments…

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How do I instal it?

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As can be seen from the file extension, it’s a gig file - you just open it like any other gigfile.

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I’d like to use it in my own gigfile. Do I just copy it and paste in mine?

And how about scriplets? Do I instal them somehow or do I muat paste them into a speciffic folder?

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No idea, I have not looked at it myself. It was created by a user.

Generally, open it, poke around, look at at all the pieces, understand it and then adapt it to your own needs,

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What about scriplets? Do they need to be put in a speciffic folder or installed?

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No, you just insert a scriptlet from the menu, open the editor window of it and copy/paste from the source scriptlet.

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There are no “Scriptlets” used at all in this gig file.
What’s there, is a “Local Rackspace Script”.
Don’t confuse these two with each other!

It’s always important to use the correct terms - not only for a proper communication, but also to understand how things actually work.

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I’m aware of that. I went off the topic. Should hace been aamore clear.