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Old 10-27-2020, 09:57 AM   #1
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Default SetCanAutomate() and Bool/Int parameters not working right in VST2 - SOLVED

Just discovered some new problems in iPlug - oddly enough in an "old" standard, VST2.

I have several parameters that SHOULD be hidden from automation using SetCanAutomate(false) but yet they still show up in DAWs as automatable parameters.

I also have several parameters declared as "Bool" and "Int" types but they do not snap to discrete values in automation lanes, they have a continuous range 0.0-1.0.

Both of these issues ONLY happen in VST2 - everything works as it should in VST3, AU and AAX versions.

Anyone come across these issues? Must be something in iPlugVST but what?

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Old 10-31-2020, 10:09 AM   #2
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It turns out the reason SetCanAutomate() doesn't work in VST2 is because it was never implemented in iPlugVST.cpp

Thank you to TALE for suggesting the fix!

WAS:
Code:
case effCanBeAutomated:
      {
          return 1;
      }
CHANGE TO:
Code:
case effCanBeAutomated:
	{
		if (idx >= 0 && idx < _this->NParams())
		{
			return (_this->GetParam(idx)->GetCanAutomate() ? 1 : 0);
		}
		return 0;
	}

Still no explanation of why Bool/Int types don't work right. VST2 seems to make all parameters float types (Double) with continuous vs. discrete values.

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Old 11-01-2020, 09:15 AM   #3
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Still no explanation of why Bool/Int types don't work right. VST2 seems to make all parameters Double type with continuous vs. discrete values.
It's probably because effGetParameterProperties isn't implemented. To fix this you could do something like this:

Code:
case effGetParameterProperties:
{
    if (ptr && idx >= 0 && idx < _this->NParams())
    {
        VstParameterProperties* pp = (VstParameterProperties*) ptr;
        IParam* pParam = _this->GetParam(idx);
        strcpy(pp->label, pParam->GetNameForHost());
        switch (pParam->Type())
        {
            case IParam::kTypeBool:
            {
                pp->flags = kVstParameterIsSwitch;
                break;
            }
            // case IParam::kTypeInt:
            case IParam::kTypeEnum:
            {
                pp->flags = kVstParameterUsesIntegerMinMax | kVstParameterUsesIntStep;
                pp->minInteger = (int) pParam->GetMin();
                pp->maxInteger = (int) pParam->GetMax();
                pp->largeStepInteger = pp->stepInteger = 1;
                break;
            }
        }
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
Note that you could do the same for kTypeInt as for kTypeEnum, but IMHO int automation is better off being treated like float. Also note that changing this *might* mess up existing automation, depending on the host.
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Old 11-01-2020, 02:10 PM   #4
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Tale,

Thank you so much for taking the time to develop this code and post it here. Much appreciated. 👍
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