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Originally Posted by Geoff Waddington
We touched upon this a while ago, but now we're deep in the weeds so time to ask again...
Should single .fxt's be allowed to span surfaces ?
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Personally i think it would give users extra flexibility, because it's just a case of matches the defines from the .rst in that .fxt as to whether you want it to function like that or not.
i.e. for the MCU.rst you 'may' have:-
FXGROUP 8
mcuFXMatrixRotary x x x xxxx
mcuFXMatrixRotaryPress x x x xxxx
mcuFXMatrixDisplay x x x xxx
FXGROUPEND
for the XT.rst you 'may' have:-
FXGROUP 8
mxtFXMatrixRotary x x x xxx
mxtFXMatrixRotaryPress x x x xxx
mxtFXMatrixDisplay x x x xxxx
FXGROUPEND
Then in an SSL/Channel Strip style .fxt you could go with:-
For EQ:
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 1 EQparam1
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 2 EQparam2
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 3 EQparam3
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 4 EQparam4
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 5 EQparam5
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 6 EQparam6
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 7 EQparam7
mcuFXMatrixRotary 1 8 EQparam8
For Comp:
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 1 COMPParam1
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 2 COMPParam2
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 3 COMPParam3
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 4 COMPParam4
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 5 COMPParam5
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 6 COMPParam6
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 7 COMPParam7
mxtFXMatrixRotary 1 8 COMPParam8
That keeps things extremely flexible and doable for users as you're simply utilising the defines you've setup previously.
One other question, what are the possibilities of being able to use the faders as part of the plugin mode? That would be really handy for plugs that have level controls such as limiters/compressors/EQ's etc.
Or do people prefer to keep the faders as mixer channels even when in plugin mode - or could that also be a settable option based around the MapFXToWidgets action so users can chose their own preferences? I suppose if you put faders into an FX Group (If that's the concept you go for), CSI will make use of them regardless?