reascript -how to manipulate Master FX? Monitor FX?

James HE · 10-15-2015, 07:28 PM

What do I need to use for 'track' to manipulate fx in the master and monitor fx using TrackFX_SetParam()

*I guess it's 0 for Master - can't get to the monitor FX though it seems, sigh.

mpl · 10-15-2015, 10:24 PM

Track = GetMasterTrack()
Track#0 is the first track.

Or did I missed something?

X-Raym · 10-16-2015, 12:41 AM

There is nothing for monitor fx, we already experienced that limitation with heda :/

mpl · 10-16-2015, 06:51 AM

X-Raym, yep, manipulating FXCHAIN_REC section in TrackStateChunk is only way to change monitor fx, unfortunately.

Yat · 07-30-2020, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mpl

X-Raym, yep, manipulating FXCHAIN_REC section in TrackStateChunk is only way to change monitor fx, unfortunately.

Sorry for digging up an old thread, but is it still the case?

... and could you maybe give more details about how to do that?

(I need in a reascript to disable the first monitor FX plugin and enable the second one)

Yat · 07-30-2020, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Yat

Sorry for digging up an old thread, but is it still the case?

... and could you maybe give more details about how to do that?

(I need in a reascript to disable the first monitor FX plugin and enable the second one)

I actually found a way to do this. If someone looks for this, here's how to do it (Lua):

local master_track = GetMasterTrack()
TrackFX_SetEnabled(master_track, 0x1000000, false)
TrackFX_SetEnabled(master_track, 0x1000001, true)

Buy One · 02-03-2021, 09:50 AM

Michail referred to FXCHAIN_REC section to access Monitor FX settings but there's no such section in the Master track chunk.

Do Monintor FX settings only live in the RAM and get written to the EXE file (don't know if it's possible)? Nothing seems to be saved to external .ini files

X-Raym · 02-03-2021, 03:12 PM

According to AddByName api function doc, it seems that sometimes monitoring FX can be considered as Rec FX with master track (weird way to access it but I guess was more compatible with other API functions)

Quote:

Adds or queries the position of a named FX from the track FX chain (recFX=false) or record input FX/monitoring FX (recFX=true, monitoring FX are on master track).

Maybe it can works with the Get Track FX function by passing master track and trying to reach Rec FX with the trick from Yat

Meo-Ada Mespotine · 02-03-2021, 06:33 PM

My Ultraschall-Api has functions for dealing with Master-Monitoring FXChains, including the more difficult to code ones.

RecFX for tracks are still missing (didn't know bout them til some days ago) but will be added shortly as well.

Doing it via Reaper's own API is in some ways edgecasey and weird in some functions.

Buy One · 02-04-2021, 04:27 AM

I was wrong. Thanks to Mespotine's hint and API found out that Monitor FX chunk is stored externally in reaper-hwoutfx.ini

Meo-Ada Mespotine · 02-04-2021, 05:57 AM

The trackfx for tracks 1 and higher however are stored in the TrackStateChunks as FXCHAIN_REC or something.