I wrote this script because I needed a 3 way selector switch, then wondered how it would scale if I wanted more positions. So this script is salable to any number of positions (although I think 10 or so would be quite enough ).
The light were just for my testing (it was a pain to keep switching back to the plugin view to see if it worked).
Code:-
Var
Switch1 : Widget
//All Plugins in switch need to be declared here
Plugin1 : PluginBlock
Plugin2 : PluginBlock
Plugin3 : PluginBlock
Plugin4 : PluginBlock
Plugin5 : PluginBlock
Plugin6 : PluginBlock
Plugin7 : PluginBlock
// Global flags
Switch1Snaped : Boolean
// We'll actually keep these in an array and just index them
// That will allow us to use some functions that will work for all widgets
position : PluginBlock Array // Dynamic array
is_active : Boolean Array // Dynamic array
no_plugins : integer
j : integer
Initialization
// The other 2 lines that need to be set for Switch
no_plugins = 7 //Set Number of Plugins
position = [Plugin1, Plugin2, Plugin3, Plugin4, Plugin5, Plugin6, Plugin7]; // Add all names of plugins here
// ***** Nothing more needs to be changed *****
// Global flags initialization
Switch1Snaped = False;
for j = 0; j < no_plugins; j = j + 1 do
is_active[j] = True
end
End
// The array here indicates the value to which each Plugin should be set
Function UpdateAllplugins (vs : Boolean Array)
var i : integer
for i = 0; i < no_plugins; i = i + 1 do
SetPluginBypassed(position[i], vs[i])
is_active[i] = vs[i] == False
end
end
// Called when widget value has changed to do the actual work
Function Process(widgetIndex : Integer)
var vs : Boolean array
i : integer
for i = 0; i < no_plugins; i = i + 1 do
vs[i] = True
end
if is_active[widgetIndex]
then
vs[widgetIndex] = True // This is the one we need to deactivate
UpdateAllplugins (vs)
else
if not is_active[widgetIndex]
then
vs[widgetIndex] = False // This is the one we need to activate
UpdateAllplugins (vs)
end
end
End
// Convert Step Dent Position to slider value
Function Switchposition(widgetValue : Double) returns Double
var
stepValue : Integer
stepValue = Round(widgetValue * (no_plugins-1));
result = Scale(stepValue,0, (no_plugins-1), 0, 1);
End
// So make one of these for each MidiIn block you want to control
On WidgetValueChanged(newValue : double) from Switch1
var pos : Double
pos = Switchposition(newValue)
If Switch1Snaped
Then
Switch1Snaped = False;
Else
Switch1.SetWidgetValue(pos);
Switch1Snaped = True;
If IsPluginBypassed( position[Round(newValue*(no_plugins-1))]) //Sort Debounce Issue
then
Process(Round(newValue*(no_plugins-1)))
end
End
End
Now all you have to Adjust is the names of the pluginâs and match that in the âpositionâ array to have a âclickyâ position switch of any size
Ah⌠it can be a bit tricky, but itâs this button of the editor:
Just paste the whole code into your posting and make sure that there are at least two empty lines (CRLF) at the beginning and end of the text block (i guess that those double empty-lines must be avoided within the text block to keep it in one piece) - then mark the block and press this âcode-buttonâ.
There needs to be a small bit of code extra in my script. As i tested there was always only 1 Plugin ever active, but if you some how get all Plugins active (i.e when you are first assembling the patch-board or you were doing something weird at a gig (hey weâre musicians ) and saved on shutdown) the script for the âswitchâ stops working. So i have added an initialization routine that only runs once at start and sets the switch to âPosition 1â
Var
Switch1 : Widget
//All Plugins in switch need to be declared here.
Plugin1 : PluginBlock
Plugin2 : PluginBlock
Plugin3 : PluginBlock
Plugin4 : PluginBlock
Plugin5 : PluginBlock
Plugin6 : PluginBlock
Plugin7 : PluginBlock
// Global flags
Switch1Snaped : Boolean
// We'll actually keep these in an array and just index them
// That will allow us to use some functions that will work for all widgets
position : PluginBlock Array // Dynamic array for plugin's Switch Position
is_active : Boolean Array // Dynamic array that tracks Plugin is 'Active'
no_plugins : integer // Used to Know how many 'Positions'/ Plugins Sitch has
j : integer // (Not really used globally but needed in initialization :) )
start : integer
Initialization
// The other line that need to be set for Switch
position = [Plugin1, Plugin2, Plugin3, Plugin4, Plugin5, Plugin6, Plugin7]; // Add all names of plugins here
// ***** Nothing more needs to be changed *****
// Global flags initialization
no_plugins = Size(position)
Switch1Snaped = False;
start = 0
for j = 0; j < no_plugins; j = j + 1 do
is_active[j] = True
end
End
// The array here indicates the value to which each Plugin should be set/ or do some function at that position
Function UpdateAllplugins (vs : Boolean Array)
var i : integer
for i = 0; i < no_plugins; i = i + 1 do
SetPluginBypassed(position[i], vs[i]) // if you want switch 'Dent' to some other function this is the line to change/sort
is_active[i] = vs[i] == True // this is set to 'True' if by passing plugins
end
end
// Called when widget value has changed to do the actual work
Function Process(widgetIndex : Integer)
var vs : Boolean array
i : integer
for i = 0; i < no_plugins; i = i + 1 do
vs[i] = True
end
if is_active[widgetIndex]
then
vs[widgetIndex] = False // This is the one we need to deactivate (default - False)
UpdateAllplugins (vs)
else
if not is_active[widgetIndex]
then
vs[widgetIndex] = True // This is the one we need to activate (default - True)
UpdateAllplugins (vs)
end
end
End
// Convert Step Dent Position to slider value
Function Switchposition(widgetValue : Double) returns Double
var
stepValue : Integer
stepValue = Round(widgetValue * (no_plugins-1));
result = Scale(stepValue,0, (no_plugins-1), 0, 1);
End
// So make one of these for each Plugin block you want to control
On WidgetValueChanged(newValue : double) from Switch1
var pos : Double
pos = Switchposition(newValue)
If start==0
Then
Switch1.SetWidgetValue(0);
Switch1Snaped = True;
Process(0)
start=1
End
If Switch1Snaped
Then
Switch1Snaped = False;
Else
Switch1.SetWidgetValue(pos);
Switch1Snaped = True;
If IsPluginBypassed( position[Round(newValue*(no_plugins-1))]) //Sort Debounce Issue
then
Process(Round(newValue*(no_plugins-1)))
end
End
End
I have also integrated dhjâs tweak (thanks again), cleaned the code up a bit and added more comments to let others futz with it if the need
Great script! I wanted to adopt it to visually do the same thing, but not based on plugin states, simply to turn the button widgets On/Off. I spent a lot of time editing your script, but couldnât get it. Iâm still learning (understatement of the year) scripting. So all I would like is the same slider (like those steps!!! :)) and setting the widget states o to 1 accordingly. How would you set that up @fr33sp1r1t? Thanks!
Yeah, I knowâŚbut it got to be too much of a mess and I need to start clean. For example, this script is looking for plugins and plugin states and I wanted it to look at widget states so I changed from plugins to widgets and pluginblock array to widget array and I think that was a hack trial and error and it just became a mess.
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