What i mean is can the IDE be compiled as a VSTfx or VSTi with audio inputs, right now in the binary download there is a VSTi of HISE (IDE) but it has no audio inputs, so to work on effects, you have to load a sampler and use that to play through the effects.
This or a Looper or a noise generator or a sine wave generator. I actually didn't had the need to route external audio into it, you have plenty of options to create test signals for effect development inside HISE.
2 How do you reorder effects ?
If you use the non-crashing version of Effect Slots that I am about to write in a few hours, you can also use the swapEffect() call (or something like that) to swap effects between slots - this is a bit more lightweight than actually deleting and inserting new effects.
The individual VU meter for each effect next to the power button seems to do nothing on some effects ?
AFAIK it's only the filter, but this is outfall from the issue with the deletion of the monophonic filter. I'll fix that.
5 Stereo FX seems to do nothing here, it doesn't pan as i had assumed.
It get's more interesting if you put a modulator in it. The entire purpose of this module is polyphonic stereo modulation, if you don't intend to modulate, use a SimpleGain module
6 The sound cuts out when adjusting convolution settings.
Yes, any operation that causes a recalculation of the impulse response (changing the length / applying a filter) can't be done on the fly. What you can do is changing the level, this operation is suitable for realtime changes.
7 Does the newer source have a link control in the delay ?
No, but it's trivial to do this via scripting.
8 Does the newer source have soft knee curve adjustment in the limiter ?
No clue, but the Dynamics module is far superior to the old limiter, so I suggest you use that.
also is HISE 16 bit only,
HISE can be 16bit only, but this is a feature not a bug: if the HLAC codec is used (even with its new Full Dynamics mode that provides quasi-24bit), it will use 16bit resolution for all internal buffers and effectively reducing the memory consumption by 50%. Otherwise it resorts to 32bit floating point buffers. If you're targeting iOS this is a killer feature because anything over 350MB for ALL your AUv3 instances together will crash every host.
10 Does the newer source have a mix level in the chorus ?
Nope, but this might also be achieved through a send arrangement.
Effect slot just crashes HISE here.
Oopsies.
