Hiding inputs/outputs of contraptions

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Mon, 11/23/2009 - 19:30

olegeeza

Joined: 07/19/2009

hey there.

Might be useful.
I have some VST instruments which I use in Audiomulch, especially Guru, which in it's latest version upped it's outputs to 16 stereo outs.

those kind of instruments take up quite a bit of horizontal space in the patcher window, usually stretching longer than the window itself.
it can get a bit annoying and fiddly, especially when i'm only using the main stereo out in it.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2808/audiomulchinputsoutputs.jpg

REAPER can show and hide it's plugin inputs and outputs, so it would be cool if I could do this to big multi out instruments in audiomulch.
make it look like a regular stereo out generator contraption.

anybody agree?

cheers, louis.

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 09:31

Andy

Joined: 08/16/2009

Yes absolutely. I have Kontakt 3 and it shows 32 outputs and takes up lots of room. Strange because previous versions of Kontakt allowed you to choose a stereo or multiple out version- in which case maybe this is a plugin thing and not AM's?

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 15:03

olegeeza

Joined: 07/19/2009

well.
Guru for example, doesn't have that option, it only has one version with multiple stereo outs.

i think it'd definitely be possible from AM's point of view. There's a number of DAWs which do this.

louis.

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 06:53

sighup

Joined: 06/23/2009

NI dropped that functionality because Cubase would crash if the i/o configuration of a plugin changed in a saved project. Which is a shame, the function made using Battery in Mulch much simpler.

I think allowing host-side i/o config changes in Mulch rather than relying on the whims of plugin developers is a great idea.

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 09:00

olegeeza

Joined: 07/19/2009

wicked :)

i get the feeling this isn't something so epic to code.

hope to hear from Ross soon about this. maybe it can sneak in somewhere in the current timeline!

louis.

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 17:10

Ross B.

Joined: 04/10/2009

>>>
hope to hear from Ross soon about this. maybe it can sneak in somewhere in the current timeline!
<<<

i am listening and taking notes, but the production schedule for 2.1 was fixed months ago when i released the roadmap. there is no space for sneaking things in unless they can be done in less than an hour (and this one is at least a few days work to do properly i reckon). i'll address this when i add flexible channel counts for mixers. -- Ross

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 17:20

olegeeza

Joined: 07/19/2009

sounds good.
at least you're taking notes :) nothing worse than a community base that's not listened to! flexible channel counts will be wicked when the time rolls around.

cheers Ross!