Is it possible to link parameters between plugins?

[Bicrome]

Hello.
Can i link the same parameter between plugin instances? The most basic example of what I mean is the Blue Cat's Gain Suite, which lets you add each plugin instance to a group, and that way all of the instances of the same group will have the save settings.

What's the easies way to achieve this?
Thanks.

[ustk]

@Bicrome This is a very good question that hasn't been raised for a while. I think brands who are doing this are using specific pipe/thread communication.

@aaronventure did it using OSC protocol:
https://forum.hise.audio/topic/9119/osc-for-crosstalk-one-manager-for-sending-another-for-receiving

as well someone else way before that I can't remember...

[aaronventure]

@ustk OSC doesn't work. You need to write to a file and read it on a timer. It's dirty as hell but it works.

Named pipe or some other memory-based solution would be much better, though, and a lot faster (no filesystem access needed).

Named Pipe idea

@Christoph-Hart This is my entire class. It works great. I have a value change broadcaster for all my controls, and it checks for the condition (key modifier...

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[ustk]

@aaronventure I used a file based communication a long ago but it was too dirty, I reckon @Christoph-Hart said it's a no no and possibly advised for OSC, but here my memory is fading… and if you did not succeed then it's a dead end for me

[Chazrox]

@aaronventure Sick concept. Im gonna have to try this out for myself.

[Christoph Hart]

@ustk it's just a nono for realtime communication, if you are exchanging a non-realtime state then it's fine.

But instead of the named pipe thing I could also repurpose the web socket function that I slapped onto the Webview, this would also give you network communication abilities in addition to local data communication.

[d.healey]

@Christoph-Hart said in Is it possible to link parameters between plugins?:

give you network communication

Excellent, I can have a lan party with my snake game :)

[Chazrox]

@d-healey