Hey guys,
I found a strange behaviour and I’m not sure if it’s a “bug” or a “feature”.
In any case I’d like to find a way around it, if possible.
In short: in Reaper, if my plugin’s GUI is closed, the automation envelope for my parameter does not get written even though I can see it’s value changing.
To replicate the issue, I took the project from JUCE's "AudioParameter Tutorial" (The one with just a gain slider,
https://juce.com/doc/tutorial_audio_parameter 1). I added a timer which changes the gain to a random value every second.
When the plugin’s GUI is open, it works as expected: I can set the track’s automation mode to “Write”, arm the envelope, and press play, and I can see the envelope jumping up or down once per second.
However, as soon as I close the plugin window, the envelope goes flat. The little knob does keep changing its value every second, though (marked with a red arrow on the screenshot).
Am I doing something wrong, or is this a issue in Reaper? I have tried it with other hosts (Ableton Live, Pro Tools, and PreSonus Studio One) and it works just fine, regardless of whether the Plugin’s window is open or not.
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Automation envelope is not written if Plugin GUI is closed
Linear Mode
