Open the Plugin Editor using MIDI?

[markg]

I would like to assign buttons on my midi controller to open/close plugins for fast editing of deep parameters (that you would not create widgets for). Is this possible without a custom script? I don’t see any OSC commands for this either.

Thanks for any help…

[David-san]

Hi @markg, welcome to the GP community.

I am affraid you need a little help from a script for this:

@David-san

Hi @tmart, welcome to the comunity. Here is a gigfile with a widget button which opens a plugin window: Plugin_button.gig (8.7 KB)

It is based on this script:

//$
// DO NOT EDIT THIS SECTION MANUALLY
Var
PLUGIN : PluginBlock
PLUGIN_BUTTON : Widget
//$

// Called when a widget value has changed
On WidgetValueChanged(newValue : double) from PLUGIN_BUTTON

  If (newValue > 0.5)
  Then
    OpenPlugin(PLUGIN);
  Else
    ClosePlugin(PLUGIN)
  End
End

I think for this kind of thing it is also good to set the option in Options=>Preferences=>“Keep plugin window on top”.

I hope it is what you need, if not don’t hesitate to ask again

Additionnaly you need to define handles for both the widget:

and the plugin block:

so that GPScript can find them.

[markg]

@David-san

//$
// DO NOT EDIT THIS SECTION MANUALLY
Var
PLUGIN : PluginBlock
PLUGIN_BUTTON : Widget
//$

// Called when a widget value has changed
On WidgetValueChanged(newValue : double) from PLUGIN_BUTTON

  If (newValue > 0.5)
  Then
    OpenPlugin(PLUGIN);
  Else
    ClosePlugin(PLUGIN)
  End
End

Thanks! I was able to get that working. Midi > Widget > GP Script > Open Plugin