AppData Folder || My Custom presets dont compile....

Chazrox

I have a custom preset menu that saves synth parameters. The parameters save and load successfully in HISE but they dont compile with the plugin. I also noticed there's a "Project AppData" Folder and a "HISE AppData" Folder. The one that my presets save to are the folder in my Application support/PluginNAME folder. What folder is best to save these menu presets in so that they compile and load with the plugin? The last DAW test I did, my custom menu presets names show up (probably only because they were last exported with the viewport already populated because when I press "save new preset" on my customMenu all the names clear out. I check the .json file for the presets menu that it creates and all of the parameters say undefined. How is that if they work fine in HISE? Is it a folder issue?

d.healey

@Chazrox
Use the app data folder for users to save and load their own presets.

The only external data of that kind that's embedded in the plugin are script files. If you want to provide some default presets they need to be in scripts. The alternative is you bundle the presets with your installer and have the installer place them in the app data folder.

Chazrox

@d-healey

What do you mean by this?

@d-healey said in AppData Folder || My Custom presets dont compile....:

need to be in scripts.

d.healey

@Chazrox .js files in the project's Scripts folder that are included in your script.

Chazrox

@d-healey oh, so instead of writing to AppData, should I be just writing to an object in an .include?
If I want those to be "factory settings" AND I want the user to be able to add their own presets, how do I go about that?

concat the arrays of keys is my guess....

How do I disable being able to delete the "factory settings"?

Current script:

//--------------------------  FILE & OBJECT DECLARATION  ------------------------

// File path for saving/loading ---->
const var SynthAndFXPresetsFile = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.AppData).getChildFile("KeyzieSynthAndFXPresets.json");

// Declare object to hold presets ---->
reg SynthAndFXPresets = {};

// LOAD OBJECT AND POPULATE COMBOBOX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if (SynthAndFXPresetsFile.isFile())
{

	
	// Load object IN ---->
	SynthAndFXPresets = SynthAndFXPresetsFile.loadAsObject();

	
	// Extract keys from object ---->
	var keyListSynth = [];
	for (s in SynthAndFXPresets) 
		keyListSynth.push(s);
	
	// Set Combobox items with extracted keys ---->
	vpSynthPresets.set("items", keyListSynth.join("\n"));
}

d.healey

@Chazrox factory presets go in an include, user presets go in app data.

You can check where the preset is coming from to know if it's a factory one.

Chazrox

@d-healey

I dont know if this is the best way but it works.

	// Load object IN ---->
	SynthAndFXPresets = SynthAndFXPresetsFile.loadAsObject();
	
	
	// Extract keys from object ---->
	var keyListSynth = [];
	var factorykeyListSynth = FactorySynthPresets;
	
	for (s in SynthAndFXPresets) 
		keyListSynth.push(s);
	
	for (k in factorykeyListSynth)	
	{
		keyListSynth.push(k);
		Console.print(k);
	}
	
	vpSynthPresets.set("items", keyListSynth.join("\n"));

Chazrox

@d-healey can you please just check my homework here please. I think im routing something wrong but I dont see it......yet....

This is my viewport control script:

inline function onvpSynthPresetsControl(component, value)
{
	Console.print(value);
	
	// GET BY INDEX IN CURRENT LIST ------>GET VALUE
	reg currentSynthPreset = vpSynthPresets.get("items").split("\n")[vpSynthPresets.getValue()];
	
	Console.print(value + "name is " + currentSynthPreset + "CURRENTLY SELECTED VPSYNTH");
	
	//Create a list to hold all presets combined.
	local allSynthPresetsNOW = [];
	
	// Declare both lists.	
		// Factory in Local Object
	local factorySynthPresetsNOWB = FactorySynthPresets;	
		// User in AppData Folder
	local presetData = {};	
	presetData = SynthAndFXPresetsFile.loadAsObject();
			
	// Push User Presets to combined list.
	for (p in presetData)
	{
		allSynthPresetsNOW.push(p);
	}

	// Push Factory Presets to combined list. 
	for (f in factorySynthPresetsNOWB)
	{
		allSynthPresetsNOW.push(f);
	}
	
	allSynthPresetsNOW.sortNatural();
		
	// Check 'if preset exists' load presets data from combined list 'allSynthPrestsNOW'. 
	if (allSynthPresetsNOW)
	
								btnHPF.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][0]);
								btnLPF.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][1]);
								btnReverb.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][2]);
								btnDelay.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][3]);
								btnLPFMod.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][4]);
								knbHPF.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][5]);
								knbLPF.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][6]);		
								knbReverbAmount.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][7]);
								knbLPF1ModSpeed.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][8]);
								knbLPF1ModSpeedIntensity.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][9]);
								knbReverbSize.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][10]);
								knbWaveForm.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][11]);
								knbDelay.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][12]);
								knbDelayTimes.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][13]);								
								btnChorus.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][14]);
								btnPhase.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][15]);
								knbChorusAmount.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][16]);
								knbPhaseAmount.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][17]);									
								btnShapeFX.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][18]);
								knbShapeFXAmount.setValue(allSynthPresetsNOW[currentSynthPreset][19]);
								
								
								btnShapeFX.changed();
								knbShapeFXAmount.changed();
								btnChorus.changed();
								btnPhase.changed();
								knbChorusAmount.changed();
								knbPhaseAmount.changed();								
								knbDelay.changed();
								knbDelayTimes.changed();
								btnHPF.changed();											
								btnLPF.changed();
								btnReverb.changed();
								btnDelay.changed();
								btnLPFMod.changed();
								knbHPF.changed();	
								knbLPF.changed();
								knbReverbAmount.changed();
								knbLPF1ModSpeed.changed();
								knbLPF1ModSpeedIntensity.changed();
								knbReverbSize.changed();
								
							
								knbHPF.sendRepaintMessage();
								knbLPF.sendRepaintMessage();
								knbWaveForm.changed();				
								knbReverbAmount.sendRepaintMessage();
								knbLPF1ModSpeed.sendRepaintMessage();
								knbLPF1ModSpeedIntensity.sendRepaintMessage();
								knbReverbSize.sendRepaintMessage();
								
								
		
};

Content.getComponent("vpSynthPresets").setControlCallback(onvpSynthPresetsControl);

*** Im just gonna talk this out here...

grab current preset name.
create an empty object to hold 'combined' keys.
declare both objects. 'factory presets' and 'user presets'.
loop/grab key/names from both objects and push them to 'combined' preset names.
.sortNatural() 'combined' preset list.
Check if 'preset/name/key' exists.
if object exists, load values by 'preset name'[viewport value] // Should match sorted list.

As far as my brain can figure out right now, this should work...but obviously not.

d.healey

@Chazrox

reg variables only go in on init. Use local within inline functions.

You need curly braces

// Check 'if preset exists' load presets data from combined list 'allSynthPrestsNOW'. 
if (allSynthPresetsNOW)

The contents of that if statement looks very hard to maintain.

Chazrox

@d-healey how do I combine two objects?

d.healey

@Chazrox That can be difficult - I have a whole thread on it somewhere. How many levels deep do you need to combine?

Chazrox

@d-healey
Im WILLING! lol

//This is the situation I need, atleast as best as I understood your question. 

objectA[i] + objectB[i] = objectC;

d.healey

@Chazrox

What is in objectA and objectB? Give me some dummy data.

Chazrox

@d-healey

const var FactoryPresets = { [

"Default": [0,0,0,0],
"Rockin": [9,9,9,9]

]};

const var UserSavedPresets = { [

"Dummy1": [0,0,0,0],
"Dumber1": [9,9,9,9]

]};

// I need this....
const var AllPresetsCombined = {[

"Default": [0,0,0,0],
"Rockin": [9,9,9,9],
"Dummy1": [0,0,0,0],
"Dumber1": [9,9,9,9]

]};

this is an actual preset in my FactorySettings

  "DEFAULT": [
    1.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    382.0,
    20.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    1.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0,
    0.0
  ]

d.healey

@Chazrox You have too many square brackets there, but I get the idea. You can combine these with a loop.

Here's an example:

inline function combineObjects(objA, objB)
{
    local result = {};

    for (x in objA)
        result[x] = objA[x];

    for (x in objB)
        result[x] = objB[x];

    return result;
}

If both objects contain an entry with the same key, the one from obj B will be the one that's used.

Chazrox

@d-healey That worked great! ok noooooow im done.

**I have 3 other menus. lol

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