LBX Stripper - create custom channel strips

[RJHollins]

The latest version corrected the error, and Text LABELS are working.
Including font size, color, and style. [I've not tried actual font change yet].

One issue noticed ... using a previous GUI Layout, it seems some of the previous graphic elements, like LINES are no longer there ?!?

Also ... other graphic elements have changed. I'm still trying to figure out what they are. That might sound strange, and a bit perplexing ... I need to look into this more.

[lb0]

Originally Posted by RJHollins

The latest version corrected the error, and Text LABELS are working.
Including font size, color, and style. [I've not tried actual font change yet].

One issue noticed ... using a previous GUI Layout, it seems some of the previous graphic elements, like LINES are no longer there ?!?

Also ... other graphic elements have changed. I'm still trying to figure out what they are. That might sound strange, and a bit perplexing ... I need to look into this more.

yep - i've got missing graphics too - looking into it...

[lb0]

Originally Posted by RJHollins

The latest version corrected the error, and Text LABELS are working.
Including font size, color, and style. [I've not tried actual font change yet].

One issue noticed ... using a previous GUI Layout, it seems some of the previous graphic elements, like LINES are no longer there ?!?

Also ... other graphic elements have changed. I'm still trying to figure out what they are. That might sound strange, and a bit perplexing ... I need to look into this more.

Ok - the preview wasn't coping with the missing new graphics category table entry (added to allow labels) - I'd sorted this for the actual importing the strip - but not for the preview - oops.

I hadn't noticed because most of my saved strips contain no graphics elements due to me mainly testing fx loading. So I didn't notice any missing graphics... I will try my best to notice in future.

New update should fix this. - sorry for wasted time...

You will probably want to load and resave all your existing strips in order to have the necessary extra table entries in the strip files (although I will leave the current compatibility code in for a while). Always backup your strips folder first though - just in case...

I also noticed a bug with the new send checking code - when no track exists (bar the master) - it would crash on start up. - Fixed!

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

When I do a new send, it is not appear in LBX if I don't get out of the edit mode, move to other track, come back en edit mode and the track. Maybe a refresh button can be integreted... or this is limited ?

Hi Vincent,

I have added code to check every second if new sends are added when in send edit mode...

Also - quick query about your request for receives. As these are identical to the sends - can you not add these as the send controls (I know it's probably more hassle to find them all for a particular track - is that the problem doing it this way?)

I'm happy to add but will take a short while.

[timbralzoom]

i was about to report:
when you try to load new project while strip window open
there was an error message...
but seems latest update fixed it!
thank also you for the label!

[lb0]

Originally Posted by timbralzoom

i was about to report:
when you try to load new project while strip window open
there was an error message...
but seems latest update fixed it!
thank also you for the label!

No worries - hope you like the labels Hopefully everything's a bit more stable after a few things were overlooked...

Now both controls and graphics have categories - it should be much easier to add new types of either without breaking things so much

[airon]

Quick question.

Can I copy a page of controls to another track, if the FX on the target tracks are identical ?

[lb0]

Originally Posted by airon

Quick question.

Can I copy a page of controls to another track, if the FX on the target tracks are identical ?

Via a saved strip - yes. In Strip edit mode - save the strip using the save strip button.

However - the saved strip will not use the existing fx - it will load new versions of the fx and set them up exactly as they were when saved.

If you have to use the existing fx - you would need to reassign the controls by dragging each one over the controls on the grid...

Move focus to new track then drag the saved strip onto the grid... It cannot recall controls that are from a different track though. - basically - if you see any red dots on the strip edit mode screen - this means the control cannot be recalled properly. red dot's will appear if you have dragged controls from fx or sends etc from a track other than the one the strip is for... sounds confusing - just struggle to explain. If you only use controls in a strip that are from the current track - it will be fine - or just try it and see - if it works great - if not - then maybe the controls were from fx on a different track...

jeez - I'm crap at explaining these things

[timbralzoom]

there is one more thing that bugging me
after adding track controls
(well...actually replacing the JS Fx that i was using for the Sends workaround with the native track sends)
i start to get a tiny freeze moments its also affects parameter - mouse- movements in the strip..
also it happens only if the strip window is open
...
i am almost % 100 sure its just belong to me (to my obsessive controller table )
because i test it from scratch in a minimal test project
via adding just track parameters, there was no problem,

basically: i suspect because of too many parameters...

here is the video (i will remove after you watch)
"removed"

finally:
i thought it could be a something important to report,
if this is not pointing something else/something important than the too many parameters that i suspect..
honestly,you can just ignore!

ah! edit:
Labels are Great!

[Vincent Sermonne]

Originally Posted by lb0

Hi Vincent,

I have added code to check every second if new sends are added when in send edit mode...

Also - quick query about your request for receives. As these are identical to the sends - can you not add these as the send controls (I know it's probably more hassle to find them all for a particular track - is that the problem doing it this way?)

I'm happy to add but will take a short while.

Is not same because into a same receive I can have multi channels. For my exemple; into the receive 1 of my mixer track, who correspond at the kick, come in 3 channels of the kick reasamplomartic track. The kick in, the kick out and the sub kick. And I would like ton control only with one fader and do not use the JS mixer.

edit: I just found the text label !!!!! SuperWaouwwww !

[lb0]

Originally Posted by timbralzoom

there is one more thing that bugging me
after adding track controls
(well...actually replacing the JS Fx that i was using for the Sends workaround with the native track sends)
i start to get a tiny freeze moments its also affects parameter - mouse- movements in the strip..
also it happens only if the strip window is open
...
i am almost % 100 sure its just belong to me (to my obsessive controller table )
because i test it from scratch in a minimal test project
via adding just track parameters, there was no problem,

basically: i suspect because of too many parameters...

here is the video (i will remove after you watch)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9...3I1cVh3RnB3TWc

finally:
i thought it could be a something important to report,
if this is not pointing something else/something important than the too many parameters that i suspect..
honestly,you can just ignore!

ah! edit:
Labels are Great!

I very much think that is caused by the send checking - every 1-2 seconds it checks the sends are still in the right place (incase you moved tracks etc.) This does a LOT of string searching and has to check every track chunk of each track to find the sends sending to the current track etc...

I suspect this is causing the jitter. I guess I need to alter it so it only does it when something has changed - like track order... will have a think and try somethings out...

[lb0]

Originally Posted by timbralzoom

there is one more thing that bugging me
after adding track controls
(well...actually replacing the JS Fx that i was using for the Sends workaround with the native track sends)
i start to get a tiny freeze moments its also affects parameter - mouse- movements in the strip..
also it happens only if the strip window is open
...
i am almost % 100 sure its just belong to me (to my obsessive controller table )
because i test it from scratch in a minimal test project
via adding just track parameters, there was no problem,

basically: i suspect because of too many parameters...

here is the video (i will remove after you watch)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9...3I1cVh3RnB3TWc

finally:
i thought it could be a something important to report,
if this is not pointing something else/something important than the too many parameters that i suspect..
honestly,you can just ignore!

ah! edit:
Labels are Great!

Ok - please can you try the new update:

Before you test - open settings (from ... menu) - tick the 2nd tick box - disable send checks and try again.

Let me know if this is any better... be aware - don't move any tracks around with this checked - as it will lose track of the sends (until you recheck it or change focussed track maybe)...

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

Is not same because into a same receive I can have multi channels. For my exemple; into the receive 1 of my mixer track, who correspond at the kick, come in 3 channels of the kick reasamplomartic track. The kick in, the kick out and the sub kick. And I would like ton control only with one fader and do not use the JS mixer.

edit: I just found the text label !!!!! SuperWaouwwww !

ok - will add soonish...

[timbralzoom]

first you were right because i was testing via removing all parameters one by one
and it was still freezing after i removed almost % 80...

and now!!
to me that was fast and unexpected fix!
it did one or two times at the first run
then start to run smoOothly!!
but...
wanna hear funny thing?
box was un ticked then i tick it ..
its start to random freeze again..
oddly works with un ticked

Thank you!

[lb0]

Originally Posted by timbralzoom

first you were right because i was testing via removing all parameters one by one
and it was still freezing after i removed almost % 80...

and now!!
to me that was fast and unexpected fix!
it did one or two times at the first run
then start to run smoOothly!!
but...
wanna hear funny thing?
box was un ticked then i tick it ..
its start to random freeze again..
oddly works with un ticked

Thank you!

Haha - yep - got the tick box wrong way round - I was too fast.

I will update - so remember to switch it to ticked when you download another update...

[RJHollins]

Latest version: Graphics are back

the new TEXT/LABEL feature is nice, and most welcomed !

[lb0]

Originally Posted by timbralzoom

first you were right because i was testing via removing all parameters one by one
and it was still freezing after i removed almost % 80...

and now!!
to me that was fast and unexpected fix!
it did one or two times at the first run
then start to run smoOothly!!
but...
wanna hear funny thing?
box was un ticked then i tick it ..
its start to random freeze again..
oddly works with un ticked

Thank you!

Ok - new final version for today... I have made the tick box for send check disabling the correct way round - and also added in checking the sends when you change track (when you're less likely to notice a small freeze up). This works well as long as you have follow selected track option on.

Please would you check that it continues to not glitch the graphics etc. Remember to tick that disable box for this update.

Plus that setting should now be remembered correctly...

[lb0]

Originally Posted by RJHollins

Latest version: Graphics are back

the new TEXT/LABEL feature is nice, and most welcomed !

[timbralzoom]

works beautiful!
Thank you so much!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbTj1LpzFU

[Vincent Sermonne]

buuuh not for me ! crash when I open the script

...cent\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\LBX\LBX Stripper.lua:5558: attempt to index a nil value (field '?')

edit: crash whith only one track



not for this night...

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

buuuh not for me ! crash when I open the script

...cent\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\LBX\LBX Stripper.lua:5558: attempt to index a nil value (field '?')

edit: crash whith only one track



not for this night...

Hmmm - not sure why that's happening - but have added an extra check to prevent it - but it may pass the error on down the line... let me know...

PS did the previous version not do this? because as far as I can tell - that code hasn't changed in a while and I don't think anything I've added would affect it either...

Have you an slightly older version of the project to check?

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

buuuh not for me ! crash when I open the script

...cent\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\LBX\LBX Stripper.lua:5558: attempt to index a nil value (field '?')

edit: crash whith only one track



not for this night...

I should add - if you try the update - please check all controls on your mixer page are still working - because it's probably one of those causing an issue...

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

buuuh not for me ! crash when I open the script

...cent\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\LBX\LBX Stripper.lua:5558: attempt to index a nil value (field '?')

edit: crash whith only one track



not for this night...

Ok - think I spotted the bug - was checking against a global variable - and not the required local variable.

New update should fix

[Vincent Sermonne]

Yeaaah it work with the update !!

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

Yeaaah it work with the update !!

Cool It was a cut and paste error - doh - which has been there for some time - but would only trigger if the page was changed (1-4) and certain other criteria met - so well spotted and glad it's fixed

[Sju]

Heyyy! finally had some time to play with the script again, and noticed that you implemented the double-click, nice!

One thing I'd like to request though: a checkbox in the settings to reset the knob to default instead of opening a value input box. This would be more in line with Reaper's UX, and frankly I'm quite used to it, and plugins which do it otherwise tend to cause intense feelings of frustration (toneboosters, melda, etc..)

Thank you!

[Vincent Sermonne]

Originally Posted by Sju

One thing I'd like to request though: a checkbox in the settings to reset the knob to default instead of opening a value input box. This would be more in line with Reaper's UX, and frankly I'm quite used to it, and plugins which do it otherwise tend to cause intense feelings of frustration (toneboosters, melda, etc..)

Thank you!

yes I agree, the reflex with double click for the default values exist for me too.
The "enter" key with the keyboard miss a little bit.
The mousewheel will be cool for the font size of the Label edit.
And, graphically, I appreciate that the setting for the send faders are above zero in db. If it's complicated, forget, is not important.

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Sju

Heyyy! finally had some time to play with the script again, and noticed that you implemented the double-click, nice!

One thing I'd like to request though: a checkbox in the settings to reset the knob to default instead of opening a value input box. This would be more in line with Reaper's UX, and frankly I'm quite used to it, and plugins which do it otherwise tend to cause intense feelings of frustration (toneboosters, melda, etc..)

Thank you!

ok - will add to my list

The value entry doesn't work in all cases yet anyway (and some it won't be able to - like slow nebula sliders where the value takes a while to change even when you move the slider in Nebula).

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

yes I agree, the reflex with double click for the default values exist for me too.
The "enter" key with the keyboard miss a little bit.
The mousewheel will be cool for the font size of the Label edit.
And, graphically, I appreciate that the setting for the send faders are above zero in db. If it's complicated, forget, is not important.

Hmmm... the mousewheel is easy - just something i've not yet got round to.

The scaling of the volume controls for reaper sends and track volumes is very strange. I would require a formula to convert them to linear scale (as they are logarithmic by default). Not sure what that formula is though Must admit- it looks much worse for sliders than it does knobs...

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

yes I agree, the reflex with double click for the default values exist for me too.
The "enter" key with the keyboard miss a little bit.
The mousewheel will be cool for the font size of the Label edit.
And, graphically, I appreciate that the setting for the send faders are above zero in db. If it's complicated, forget, is not important.

Hmmm... the mousewheel is easy - just something i've not yet got round to.

The scaling of the volume controls for reaper sends and track volumes is very strange. I would require a formula to convert them to linear scale (as they are logarithmic by default). Not sure what that formula is though Must admit- it looks much worse for sliders than it does knobs...

You can fix it by restricting the amount of max gain the slider provides. If you go into CTL OPTIONS 2 screen - lower the max knob to allow only up to +6db - will make 0 point midway. If you reduce to allow max 0dB - the 0dB slider pos will be at the top. around +3 max looks about right.

Obviously this reduces the overall extra gain you can provide on the channel

[Vincent Sermonne]

Originally Posted by lb0

You can fix it by restricting the amount of max gain the slider provides. If you go into CTL OPTIONS 2 screen - lower the max knob to allow only up to +6db - will make 0 point midway. If you reduce to allow max 0dB - the 0dB slider pos will be at the top. around +3 max looks about right.

Cool !! +3db it's enought ! Thx !!!

[lb0]

Originally Posted by Vincent Sermonne

yes I agree, the reflex with double click for the default values exist for me too.
The "enter" key with the keyboard miss a little bit.
The mousewheel will be cool for the font size of the Label edit.
And, graphically, I appreciate that the setting for the send faders are above zero in db. If it's complicated, forget, is not important.

Ok - have found that using a Quart out easing function on the knob frame seems to make the knob/slider position more natural... Will take a short while to include it as an option - but will do soon...

[lb0]

ok - been playing at scaling reapers volume controls... got pretty close

https://youtu.be/xE3obtHjD8E

need just to add it as an option for controls - as it obviously doesn't play nicely with linear controls

[timbralzoom]

seems cool!
and the fun doubled with track controls!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENaqvzo_zHU

[cereboso]

This is super cool!
Is it possible to have knobs for FX parameters from multiple tracks all on the same page together so that I can see and control the important things in a live performance from all of my tracks at once without changing screens? Maybe have some kind of option in the left bar for All Tracks Together?
Thanks!

[lb0]

Originally Posted by cereboso

This is amazing! Thank you! This will be awesome for live performance with Reaper.

Thanks - still a work in progress - and I can't thank Timbralzoom enough for making his videos of it in use... If you have any questions or suggestions let me know

[cereboso]

Originally Posted by lb0

Thanks - still a work in progress - and I can't thank Timbralzoom enough for making his videos of it in use... If you have any questions or suggestions let me know

Cool, I just edited my post above with a suggestion/question.
I would be looking to use this instead of the traditional TCP track control knobs.
I do improvised live performances with a few different tracks with different effects going on and I would like a central place to be able to see and modify the current values of all parameters at the same time in the same place in a larger format than what the track controls provides (too small).
Thanks!!

[timbralzoom]

Originally Posted by cereboso

This is super cool!
Is it possible to have knobs for FX parameters from multiple tracks all on the same page together so that I can see and control the important things in a live performance from all of my tracks at once without changing screens? Maybe have some kind of option in the left bar for All Tracks Together?
Thanks!

Absolutely Yes..
you can place to same strip window any plugin parameters from all tracks
and plus Track controls :vol, pan, mute solo + Sends! too.

[vanhaze]

Amazing !

[cereboso]

Ah, I see now. So I can just select any track (like the Master) and then in the Stripper under FX Params select my track there and then find the FX, then parameter and drag it in. Cool! Is there a way to see a list of all tracks if I have a lot of them instead of having to click the name to cycle through one by one?
Also, is there a way to lock the Stripper screen to one track so it doesn't change if I select another track in the TCP or MCP? Thanks!