How to toggle tuner on long press

Scripting with Gig Performer
1

I am trying to toggle the tuner on a long press of a FCB1010 button. I let the FCB1010 send midi note 21, and I time it in GP. The print statements actually work as expected! However, when I introduce ToggleTunerVisible() (line 32), I am only able to toggle tuner once on, and unable to toggle it off! When the tuner is showing, the “Note on” is not printed, indicating that the script is not receiving the NoteOnEvent, even though I see it in the global midi monitor.

How can I toggle the tuner? I have also tried (in script) setting widget value on a widget that is connected to a system event tuner, and making a system event block in wiring view, with similar behavior of only turning on once. Other suggestions at solving this welcome, appreciate any input.

EMS_simplified.gig (83.0 KB)

Const
    matchNote : int = 21 // Change to the note number being sent by your midi controller.

Var
   FCB1010 : MidiInBlock
   targetTime : Double
   pressLength : Integer
   timerActive : boolean

Initialization
   targetTime = 0.0
   pressLength = 1000 // Time in milliseconds for when a press becomes a long press.
   timerActive = false
   SetTimersRunning(false)
End

On NoteOnEvent(m : NoteMessage) Matching matchNote from FCB1010
    if IsNoteOn(m) then 
        Print("Note on")
        targetTime = TimeSinceStartup() + pressLength
        timerActive = true
        SetTimersRunning(true)
    end       
End

Function shortPress ()
    Print("Short press.")
End

Function longPress ()
    Print("Long press.")
    ToggleTunerVisible()
End

On NoteOffEvent(m : NoteMessage) Matching matchNote from FCB1010
    if timerActive and targetTime >= TimeSinceStartup() then
        SetTimersRunning(false)
		timerActive = false
		shortPress()
    end
End

On TimerTick(ms : double) 
   If timerActive and ms >= targetTime Then
		SetTimersRunning(false)
		timerActive = false
		longPress()
    End
End
2

To clarify, I am able to make several long presses in a row (logging “Note on” and “Long Press”) without ToggleTunerVisible(), but only once with ToggleTunerVisible(). I am new to GP but not to programming.

3

I suspect the tuner is hooked into the system such that all inputs to the GP are stopped, as you wouldn’t want to change things while tuning. As an option you could add a tuner plugin to the global rackspace and control the bypass and any muting that you need there.