Is it possible to detect virtual instrument in take FX in ReaScript?

[MonkeyBars]

I need to detect whether a virtual instrument is present in a Take FX chain.

On tracks, we can use TrackFX_GetInstrument(). But there is no TakeFX_GetInstrument(). I don't think it's an FX param we can get that will tell us this, right? Any ideas? Or is this just missing from the API at present?

[pcp]

Good question, I can't see any scripts that do this and it doesn't look like it's documented in the API. I just made a midi script that uses instrument tracks only but I guess it wouldn't pick up on take FX.

Maybe could do it using xrayms rpp parser?

I find the definition of an instrument a bit unreliable anyway, as I use things like vocoders and pitch tracking effects that use midi note input but don't identify as a vst instrument. I wonder if it's possible somehow to get all the track and take FX that listen for midi notes?

[vitalker]

Couldn't find GetInstrument for takes.
Not sure, but will this be helpful?
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=259355
You can get fx_type and if it ends with "i", it's your instrument.

[MonkeyBars]

Originally Posted by vitalker

Couldn't find GetInstrument for takes.
Not sure, but will this be helpful?
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=259355
You can get fx_type and if it ends with "i", it's your instrument.

Thanks so much for this clever idea! It should definitely work until someone has the bright idea to add an fx type that ends in "i" lol

[vitalker]

Originally Posted by MonkeyBars

Thanks so much for this clever idea! It should definitely work until someone has the bright idea to add an fx type that ends in "i" lol

It should be case-sensitive then. Every type has only capital letters.

[pcp]

Clever but not sure how you'd extend this past vsts. GetInstrument works on CLAP plugins like Vital or JSFX like ReaRack so they must have some identifier that REAPER is picking up... Somewhere...

[vitalker]

Originally Posted by pcp

Clever but not sure how you'd extend this past vsts. GetInstrument works on CLAP plugins like Vital or JSFX like ReaRack so they must have some identifier that REAPER is picking up... Somewhere...

This method works with any type. Instruments has i in the type like CLAPi, VSTi, AUi etc. Instrument is a plugin that has MIDI inputs, but in Reaper you can make any plugin (except JS) an instrument. Right-click a plugin in FX browser and choose Rename. There will be a checkbox to make plugin an instrument.

[pcp]

Oh nice, that's so straightforward then!

And now I see the 'i' in [CLAPi]...