Automation slots?

[lalalandsynth]

Is it possible, instead of having automation parameters , you could right click a knob, popup, assign to automation slot ?

Obviously this would need some scripting, just wondering if its possible?

[d.healey]

@lalalandsynth This isn't possible. Parameter automation can't be dynamically assigned, you need to use MIDI learn in this case.

[lalalandsynth]

@d-healey might be a worthwhile addition.
For example, lets say you can dynamically add any effects etc , instead of flooding the parameter list with all possible modules, just have 20 slots and dynamically assign them.

[d.healey]

@lalalandsynth

might be a worthwhile addition.

It's not a HISE limitation as far as I'm aware, it's a limitation of DAWs and plugin formats. I asked for the same thing in another thread.

[lalalandsynth]

@d-healey you can do this in Phaseplant synth

[d.healey]

@lalalandsynth Ah, well in that case it should be possible with HISE.

[DanH]

@lalalandsynth Omnisphere too. Doesn't Kontakt do something similar?

Also, what is this for?

[Christoph Hart]

@DanH Actually this is precisely for that use case of having a fixed amount of automation slots and then reassigning them dynamically.

The documentation of the UserPresetHandler class has some information on how to use it, but here's one example:

const var uph = Engine.createUserPresetHandler();

// We need to implement our own preset data model when we start using
// custom automation slots (because then the connection between UI element and its value is
// not consistent anymore)
function onPresetLoad(obj) {}
function onPresetSave() { return {}; }
uph.setUseCustomUserPresetModel(onPresetLoad, onPresetSave, false);

// We'll define the automation model to send their values to the global cable by default
const var data = [{
	"ID": "Slot 1",
	"connections": [
	{
		"cableId": "Slot 1"
	}]
}];

uph.setCustomAutomation(data);

// We can also attach callbacks directly to automation events
inline function onAutomation(index, value)
{
	Console.print(trace({"index": index, "value": value}));
}

uph.attachAutomationCallback("Slot 1", onAutomation, true);

However it's a fairly advanced concept as it requires you to dissolve the connection between UI elements and their persistent value and implement a custom user preset model so it might be overkill for that simple use case.