Effect stops working when UI closed

[Mors]

Hey! I have an effect built in scriptfx that i'm using the below code to essentially trigger the effect on and off depending on your DAW's playback state.

This works perfectly fine inside HISE and when the plugin UI is open in your DAW, but the moment you close the plugins UI in your daw, it ceases to work.

What am I missing?

Cheers!

const var HardcodedMasterFX1 = Synth.getEffect("HardcodedMasterFX1");

const var handler = Engine.createTransportHandler();

handler.setOnTransportChange(false, function(playing)
{
    if (playing)
    {
        // DAW is playing
        HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.gate, 1);
        HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.switchy, 1);
    }
    else
    {
        // DAW stopped
        HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.gate, 0);
        HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.switchy, 0);
    }
});

[David Healey]

@Mors Is the code in your interface script?

[Mors]

@David-Healey It is, and i've also tried doing it in a separate Script Processor and still no good

[David Healey]

@Mors Check the Execution Modes and see if that helps

https://docs.hise.audio/scripting/scripting-api/transporthandler/index.html

[Mors]

@David-Healey That was it! I just to make it synchronous, thank you!

Here's the updated code if anyone ever has the same problem:

const var HardcodedMasterFX1 = Synth.getEffect("HardcodedMasterFX1");

const var handler = Engine.createTransportHandler();

inline function onTransportChange(playing)
{
    HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.gate, playing ? 1 : 0);
    HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.switchy, playing ? 1 : 0);
}

handler.setOnTransportChange(true, onTransportChange);

[David Healey]

@Mors said in Effect stops working when UI closed:

HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.gate, playing ? 1 : 0);
HardcodedMasterFX1.setAttribute(HardcodedMasterFX1.switchy, playing ? 1 : 0);

You don't need the ternary statement, playing will already be either 1 or 0.

[Mors]

@David-Healey Oh awesome, thanks for letting me know!