I HAVE MY VST DONE COMPILED ALL EXPANSIONS MADE HOW DO I ADD INSTALL EXP BUT ON MY INTERFACE

[David Healey]

@Jaytove said in I HAVE MY VST DONE COMPILED ALL EXPANSIONS MADE HOW DO I ADD INSTALL EXP BUT ON MY INTERFACE:

if you could just add the install button so that a browser opens the user finds the hr1 and have hise install it

I think it's a better use of my time and your money if I show you how to do it. It would make a good topic for next month's Patreon video.

[Jaytove]

i would be so grateful you have no idea and the note repeat function is that caple to even do with hise the way i explained

[David Healey]

@Jaytove Almost certainly possible but not something I've done. Can you achieve it using the built in arpeggiator script, there is also a synced arp too https://forum.hise.audio/topic/9497/browsable-snippet-clocksynced-arpeggiator

[Jaytove]

i have tried thr arps note repeat etc but i could not achieve what i was trying to accomplish

// === Note Repeat Functionality ===
const var NOTE_REPEAT_MIN = 36;  // C1
const var NOTE_REPEAT_MAX = 51;  // D#2
const var RATE_CONTROL_MIN = 60; // C3
const var RATE_CONTROL_MAX = 70; // A#3

// Note repeat state
const var heldNotes = [];        // Track which repeat notes are held

// Musical time divisions (in relation to quarter notes)
// Index 0-10 maps to notes 60-70
const var noteDivisions = [
    4.0,    // 0: 1/1 (whole note)
    2.0,    // 1: 1/2 (half note)
    1.0,    // 2: 1/4 (quarter note)
    0.6667, // 3: 1/4t (quarter triplet)
    0.5,    // 4: 1/8 (eighth note)
    0.3333, // 5: 1/8t (eighth triplet)
    0.25,   // 6: 1/16 (sixteenth note)
    0.1667, // 7: 1/16t (sixteenth triplet)
    0.125,  // 8: 1/32 (thirty-second note)
    0.0833, // 9: 1/32t (thirty-second triplet)
    0.0625  // 10: 1/64 (sixty-fourth note)
];

const var divisionNames = [
    "1/1", "1/2", "1/4", "1/4t", "1/8", "1/8t",
    "1/16", "1/16t", "1/32", "1/32t", "1/64"
];

reg currentRateIndex = 2;        // Start at 1/4 (quarter note)
reg repeatTimerRunning = false;
reg repeatCounter = 0;
reg noteRepeatEnabled = false;   // Note repeat is OFF by default

// Note repeat button callback
inline function onNoteRepeatButtonControl(component, value)
{
    noteRepeatEnabled = value;

    if (!noteRepeatEnabled)
    {
        // Stop repeat and clear held notes when disabled
        stopRepeatTimer();
        heldNotes.clear();
        Console.print("Note Repeat: OFF");
    }
    else
    {
        Console.print("Note Repeat: ON");
    }
}

// Set the callback for the note repeat button
btnNoteRepeat.setControlCallback(onNoteRepeatButtonControl);

// Calculate tempo-synced interval in milliseconds
inline function getTempoSyncedInterval()
{
    local bpm = Engine.getHostBpm();
    if (bpm <= 0) bpm = 120; // Default to 120 BPM if not available

    // Calculate milliseconds per quarter note
    local msPerQuarter = 60000.0 / bpm;

    // Multiply by the division to get the interval
    local interval = msPerQuarter * noteDivisions[currentRateIndex];

    return interval;
}

// Start the note repeat timer
inline function startRepeatTimer()
{
    if (!repeatTimerRunning)
    {
        local interval = getTempoSyncedInterval();
        Synth.startTimer(1.0 / interval);
        repeatTimerRunning = true;
        Console.print("Note repeat started at " + divisionNames[currentRateIndex] +
                     " (" + Math.round(interval) + "ms @ " + Engine.getHostBpm() + " BPM)");
    }
}

// Stop the note repeat timer
inline function stopRepeatTimer()
{
    if (repeatTimerRunning)
    {
        Synth.stopTimer();
        repeatTimerRunning = false;
        Console.print("Note repeat stopped");
    }
}

// Update the repeat rate
inline function updateRepeatRate(newRateIndex)
{
    currentRateIndex = Math.range(newRateIndex, 0, noteDivisions.length - 1);

    if (repeatTimerRunning)
    {
        Synth.stopTimer();
        local interval = getTempoSyncedInterval();
        Synth.startTimer(1.0 / interval);
    }

    local interval = getTempoSyncedInterval();
    Console.print("Repeat rate changed to " + divisionNames[currentRateIndex] +
                 " (" + Math.round(interval) + "ms @ " + Engine.getHostBpm() + " BPM)");
}

// Define the color for the black keys. You can use RGB values or a predefined color.
const var BLACK_KEY_COLOR = Colours.black;
const var WHITE_KEY_COLOR = Colours.white;

// Iterate through all possible MIDI notes.
for (var i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
    // Check if the note is a black key.
    if (i % 12 == 1 || i % 12 == 3 || i % 12 == 6 || i % 12 == 8 || i % 12 == 10) {
        Engine.setKeyColour(i, BLACK_KEY_COLOR);
    } else {
        Engine.setKeyColour(i, WHITE_KEY_COLOR);
    }
}

[David Healey]

@Jaytove

What was the problem with the arp?

stopRepeatTimer() This function is not needed, just call Synth.stopTimer() You don't need the repeatTimerRunning variable.

You don't need to stop and start the timer to update the rate, you can just call startTimer with the new rate while it's still running.

I also think the transportHandler might be useful here.

All this stuff should be a separate MIDI processor, not in your UI script which should be deferred.

for (var i = 0; i < 128; i++) // Smells like AI?

There was a coding puzzle on my Patreon page last year (or maybe the year before) to find the simplest way to determine if a note number was a black or white key, you might find that useful.

[Jaytove]

the midi note repeat was just just an idea i dont want to get lost i mostly care about having an install expansion button on my interface that will open a browser for the user to locate hr1 file and it installs from there you said some thing about showing me how to do to do this when would you avilabilty be ?

[David Healey]

@Jaytove said in I HAVE MY VST DONE COMPILED ALL EXPANSIONS MADE HOW DO I ADD INSTALL EXP BUT ON MY INTERFACE:

you said some thing about showing me how to do to do this when would you avilabilty be ?

I'll post it next month on Patreon.

[Jaytove]

@David-Healey I have 20 plus expansions exported to hr1 files should i be using getExpansionforInstallpackage to make these load through a button on my interface, I cant figure out how to make an install expansion button on my interface and have the user point to hr1 file and my vst load it

[David Healey]

@Jaytove said in I HAVE MY VST DONE COMPILED ALL EXPANSIONS MADE HOW DO I ADD INSTALL EXP BUT ON MY INTERFACE:

should i be using getExpansionforInstallpackage

Nope, check the post above where I give you the steps.

You'll need to use the file and file system APIs too, I have videos about these on YouTube.

[Jaytove]

@David-Healey i seen your videos about expansions but it dosent really get into hr1 files and how to install them into your vst

[David Healey]

@Jaytove True, but the videos I mentioned are about file and file system APIs, combined with the steps I gave you above should point you in the right direction