Expansions / Combo Box + SampleMaps

[d.healey]

@DanH That looks good to me, just remove the prefix thing, you don't need that, and remember that replace returns a new string so you need to assign that to the array element

[DanH]

@d-healey Thanks David, how do I assign the new string?

[d.healey]

@DanH

sampleMaps[i] = sampleMaps[i].replace(blahablahblah);

You could use a for in loop here if you want to be fancy efficient.

[DanH]

@d-healey brilliant, that works, thank you :)

The name of the expansion is prefixed as well - which I might keep. But would there be a way of referencing that within the brackets?

So currently it looks like:

{*nameofexpansion}*sampleMapname

eg {DAN EXP 1}BASS 1

[d.healey]

@DanH Just add a second replace command on the next line.

[DanH]

@d-healey that's clever!

[DanH]

@d-healey Argh :face_with_tears_of_joy:

So possibly by changing the naming system the sampler now can't find the sample maps :man_facepalming:

Hmmmm... So this whole thing was to display the names nicely in the combo box which is used for switching sample maps. Perhaps I can link another combo box to actually select the sample maps and this one just displays the names nicely?

Or a knob?

Actually that would probably break the system I'm already using

EDIT - Actually a parallel combo box might be the one

[d.healey]

Add the {EXP: part back in when you load the sample map.

[d.healey]

You might find Expansion.getWildcardReference(var relativePath) helpful

[DanH]

@d-healey Thanks David, the parallel combo box is working for now. If I'm feeling brave later on I'll try this!

[DanH]

@d-healey Ran into a slight glitch wit my combobox method. Just to refresh:

I'm using a combo box to switch between Expansions on my UI. Everything working nicely except:

I've got the combo box set to 'Save in Preset'. This means that everything gets loaded as I want it in a DAW project. Great.

However, the combo box saves a value, not an expansion. Therefore if a user changes the list of expansions (either by adding or removing expansions) then this system breaks, and potentially loads the wrong expansion etc.

Removing Save in Preset creates a kind of hybrid when reopening the DAW project (saved in exp mode) where the samples maps are factory (as per my script) but the UI is in Expansion mode (extra images etc). Even the Preset Browser is combined, displaying the Factory folders on the left but the expansion presets on the right

And if the value is higher than the amount of Expansions installed it reverts to Factory

Am I screwed?

[d.healey]

@DanH said in Expansions / Combo Box + SampleMaps:

Am I screwed?

Maybe, but I think I will be too because I'm planning something similar in my project. Once I get there I'll find a solution :)

[Lindon]

@DanH said in Expansions / Combo Box + SampleMaps:

Therefore if a user changes the list of expansions

.. how are they doing this?

Can yo use it to write/re-write a list of valid expansions to disk - and then use that to load up your combo box.?

[DanH]

@Lindon the combo box callback searches available expansions and makes a list

[d.healey]

@DanH That sounds like a weird way to do it. Why not juse use expHandler.getExpansionList()?

[DanH]

@d-healey that is how I'm doing it actually

const var expansionNames = [];

expansionNames.push("FACTORY");

for(e in expHandler.getExpansionList())
    expansionNames.push(e.getProperties().Name);
    
const var ExpansionSelector = Content.getComponent("ExpansionSelector");
ExpansionSelector.set("items", expansionNames.join("\n"));

inline function onExpansionSelectorControl(component, value)
{
	expHandler.setCurrentExpansion(component.getItemText());
};

Content.getComponent("ExpansionSelector").setControlCallback(onExpansionSelectorControl);

ExpansionSelector is the combo box

[d.healey]

@DanH said in Expansions / Combo Box + SampleMaps:

that is how I'm doing it actually

Aha, that isn't what you said :p Now it makes sense.

[Lindon]

@DanH so your combo box always has a valid list of expansions in it, so whats the problem?

[d.healey]

@Lindon If expansions are added or remove the list will need to be updated, this means the indexes will change in the combobox, so restoring from saveInPreset based on those saved indexes will cause a different expansion to be loaded.

[Lindon]

@d-healey said in Expansions / Combo Box + SampleMaps:

@Lindon If expansions are added or remove the list will need to be updated, this means the indexes will change in the combobox, so restoring from saveInPreset based on those saved indexes will cause a different expansion to be loaded.

Correct - but as the "original" preset is no longer there its either load another or load nothing right?