Re-Order FX

[DanH]

I know there have been several threads on this but it was a while back and I wonder if there's been any advancements since then. I could see any tutorial on GH, although this might make a good one.

I'm looking to implement this in my next update.

I think we have to use Effect Slots.

I'm also looking to have a nice mouse drag re-ordering system on the UI. I think @ulrik designed one a while back and posted a snippet on here too!

In the meantime I'll try and dig those threads up

[HISEnberg]

@DanH I've implemented it but you have to use panels for pretty much everything and it is not pretty. I am still waiting as I know @Christoph-Hart has begun work on changing some of the components to be dynamic.

[DanH]

@HISEnberg yes seems like a panel fest!

[HISEnberg]

@DanH Last time I tried, I managed to do it with panels, an fx menu, the fx slots, and sliders. I had to write out and store all the slider values in a massive JSON file. The user clicks one of the panels which opened the menu, selected the fx which loads the DSP network to the right effect slot, and then that updated the sliders via a timer.

I've posted about this elsewhere but I suspect doing everything with panels would allow you to at least dynamically construct and destroy everything without needing to store the slider data. Also a broadcaster would certainly be your best friend here.

[ulrik]

@DanH Yes, that was a long time ago, I remember spending a lot of hours to make that work, but I didn't find it stable to work with the swap function so I gave up (maybe it was me not doing it the right way)
However a new project I'm working with has the same function (with Effect slots) loading hardcoded fx scriptnode dll's, but I scripted my own swap function, and it seems to work nicely (so far...)

I have, just as @HISEnberg described, a massive JSON for all the effects, to make it work dynamically and it also involve timers to update changes when changing the order

[Morphoice]

@DanH I can't even get them to reorder in the node tree, how would I ever do that in a GUI ;))))

[Morphoice]

@ulrik you guys are wizards! this is brilliant!

[d.healey]

@DanH What we did with Mndala is we added effects slots and then on the UI let the user click on a panel to choose which effect is loaded into which slot. We didn't add drag/drop but since panels can be dragged around it should be possible.

[DanH]

@d-healey can I see this in action anywhere to get an idea?

[d.healey]

@DanH Download Mndala, I think they have some free instruments - https://www.mntra.io/, https://www.mntra.io/shoppe/#free