Disconnected master fader from the master container, after saving as XML

[gorangrooves]

Hey @Christoph-Hart,
there is a little quirk that disconnected the master fader in all my plugins.

I originally named my master sampler container as something like "master container" and was saving the project as .hip. I had the master volume slider and a master mute button connected to this "master container".

I decided to also save the project as XML and once I gave it the name of the plugin, it changed the name of the "master container" to that of the project. As a result, it unhooked my master slider/ mute button from the container and I compiled faulty plugins.

I don't see the need to rename the master container to the name of the XML project. These really have nothing to do with each other and should be independent, in my opinion, so we can avoid such issues.

Thoughts?

[d.healey]

A simple solution is to not connect your UI control to the master gain, instead add a simple gain fx and connect it to that. Another advantage of this is the simple gain's value is smoothed so if the user changes value while audio is playing it won't create artefacts.

[gorangrooves]

@d-healey I can and will certainly give that a shot.

However, it is a workaround. I could also reconnect the slider to the master container. But, the point is that the name should NOT change when saving the project to a different format. It doesn't make sense.

[d.healey]

@gorangrooves I always save as XML (been bitten by .hip many times) and it's always been the same that the master chain has the same name as the XML so I guess I'm used to it.