Waveform how to get playback position?

[d.healey]

@ulrik Yes, if I had an audio file, but I have a waveform control linked to a sampler.

[ulrik]

@d-healey Oh, ok I see

[d.healey]

@Christoph-Hart Any pointers?

[d.healey]

Still haven't found a solution to this one. Also it seems ScriptAudioWaveform.setPlaybackPosition() doesn't do anything, at least when it's connected to a sampler?

[clevername27]

@d-healey Do you recall if this was ever resolved?

[d.healey]

@clevername27 Not according to my last post here :)

[clevername27]

@d-healey I'm baffled how anyone is able to ship a HISE-product. Obviously they do, but I am legit baffled.

[A Former User]

@clevername27 These are edge-cases, the primary modules & UI elements are very well made and stable :)

[clevername27]

@iamlamprey I appreciate your response. I do not believe there is a such a thing as an "edge case". An API either works, or it doesn't.

[Orvillain]

Surely the sampler itself should be reporting this, not the WaveForm view ???

My brain looks at this problem more along these lines:

• Get sampler.
• Get currently playing file.
• Get sample position for currently playing file.
• Use a ScriptPanel and a timer.
• Convert sample position into a pixel value.
• Draw a vertical line at the pixel value on the X axis, and as tall as you need it on the Y axis.
• Each time you want to update the position, clear the old line, and draw a new line.

This ScriptPanel would be placed over the top of the existing waveform panel.

This is more or less how I did my sample start/end and loop start/end mechanics.

The only thing I haven't done is any kind of update logic. But I'm sure it is possible. Provided you can get the data from the sampler or currently playing audio file.

[clevername27]

@Orvillain Thank you - I'm confused, though, because I don't want to use a sampler. I just want to play an audio file. And HISE has a Module to do that:

Except, like so many things in HISE, it doesn't do that.