boatclub
10-05-2009, 10:28 PM
hey all.
there's something quite specific i want to write for myself to interface with REAPER. i've haven't written anything for REAPER thus far, but i'm hoping what i'd like to do, could be my first shot at it.
i've done programming before, so i'm definitely going in cold :P
basically, it's something i want to write for my live performances. I use REAPER extensively for performing. because the program is so customizable, it can do absolutely everything i want.
i use it sort of like a sound module, and have a different sampler/synth/whatever on each track, and scroll up and down all the tracks to choose which sound i want to play at that moment.
what i'd like to make:
i want to sort of write a front end for REAPER, so when I need to look at my laptop during the performance, i'm looking at this simple clean GUI front end, rather than REAPER itself.
the two main things i really want it to do is:
a) be able to send actions (shortcuts) to REAPER
and
b) be able to grab all the names of all the tracks in the loaded project and display them in a list in the front end.
so straight off the bat, is this actually possible?
i'm aware REAPER's API and Developer stuff is pretty powerful. I've seen some cool plugins for this wonderful program thus far, was hoping i could write one for my own needs.
many thanks, Louis.
there's something quite specific i want to write for myself to interface with REAPER. i've haven't written anything for REAPER thus far, but i'm hoping what i'd like to do, could be my first shot at it.
i've done programming before, so i'm definitely going in cold :P
basically, it's something i want to write for my live performances. I use REAPER extensively for performing. because the program is so customizable, it can do absolutely everything i want.
i use it sort of like a sound module, and have a different sampler/synth/whatever on each track, and scroll up and down all the tracks to choose which sound i want to play at that moment.
what i'd like to make:
i want to sort of write a front end for REAPER, so when I need to look at my laptop during the performance, i'm looking at this simple clean GUI front end, rather than REAPER itself.
the two main things i really want it to do is:
a) be able to send actions (shortcuts) to REAPER
and
b) be able to grab all the names of all the tracks in the loaded project and display them in a list in the front end.
so straight off the bat, is this actually possible?
i'm aware REAPER's API and Developer stuff is pretty powerful. I've seen some cool plugins for this wonderful program thus far, was hoping i could write one for my own needs.
many thanks, Louis.