reduzent/netpd-instruments

instruments (synths, sequencers, utilities, etc) to be used with netpd

netpd-instruments's Issues

mx: new dropdown fx selector crashes Pd on macOS

Thanks to beem for reporting it.

mx: osc path inconsistency

When loading an effect into an insert, the path of the effect parameters is different from the path of the loading itself:

[..b] /1/mx/mx/insert/1/load rphase
[..b] /1/mx/insert/1/rphase/freq 0.0909091

This is an example of an effect in an insert in the main section. The same applies also to the inserts of the instruments:

[..b] /2/sine/mx/insert/1/load rphase
[..b] /2/sine/insert/1/rphase/freq 0.0909091

The loading probably should rather use:

/2/sine/mx/insert/1/load rphase

lilacid piano roll array glitch

In lilacid one note at the bottom of the unstep piano roll (Fsharp?) will not sound and gives this error message:
tabosc4~: NBLSQUARE119: no such array

e-del / mx : 'multiply defined'

Recently I have had lots of error messages around using e-del, along the lines of...

'warning: insert/1/e-del_dp.1-r: multiply defined'

I think this also produces a kind of 'leaky' effect with the wrong e-del effect picking up audio streams.

metaseq/qseq: ms set setting not included in save

A metaseq set assigned to a sequence in qseq is lost when the netpd set is saved and reopened.

mx-fx-sc-gui: duplicate entries in source list

It's not totally clear when, but probably when instruments or aux channels are added, the list of sources gets increasingly more duplicate entries.

latch3: playback sometimes fails right after recording

Sometimes playback starts only after the second loop. However, it can be forced to play by hitting pause and play again.

pcr-30: add support for unpunch

So that a MIDI keyboard can be used to control instruments using built-in [unpunch] sequencer. Also support for being able to record MIDI notes into [unpunch] would be nice.

qseq3 misses beats

Here is a strange little bug - if I launch 'unpatch' and create a simple setup with drum-delta or something and qseq3 and give it a polyrhythm of 3/4 with a 12:3 layout, qseq3 will mute every third cell (bom,bom,pause,bom,bom,pause) but as soon as I change the tempo from the default 120 it fixes itself and plays everything properly. I can move the tempo back to 120 and it works ok.
On MacOSX 10.13.6 Pd 0.51-4 netpd 2.3.0

filtlib: add documentation

write a wiki page on netpd.org

add link to documentation page to instruments

Pd 0.51 introduced a new object [pdcontrol] which allows to create clickable links inside patches. Since many instruments already are more or less documented with their dedicated page on netpd.org, they should provide a link to it.

master: weird state after saving current state to file

When saving a state while master is stopped, it starts running without the start/stop toggle indicating it properly. It seems this is a regression that was introduced with the re-ordering of messages for allowing nested effects. master shouldn't change its own state when session is saved (or transferred to peer).

filtlib: fl_filteplot declares zexy without actually using it

This.

mx: better selector for picking item out of a list

People report that selecting effects in mx is finicky. Eni proposes a different approach to scrolling/dragging:

• Click pops up a list of effects
• Click on effect name selects effect

I think this could even be refined by using the first click to show only available libraries and click on library name shows list of effects.

cloner: it doesn't clone samples from ripple

This.

ability to latch MIDI input

People reported that latch3 does not work for MIDI controlled parameters. However, it would make totally sense to be able to record movement from a physical controller as opposed to mouse movements.

unpunch: implement some kind of automation

The lack of automation is still a huge disadvantage compared to unstep.

evil, evilst: streaming is turned off when loading effects into mx

When an effect is loaded while evil or evilst are streaming, the streaming terminates immediately.

latch3: too many messages are sent

When changing the length, latch3 sends multiple messages on each value change. Also, changing length causes audio drop-outs.

tr808: add the "other" sounds

Before git was common, I once had quite a lot of the TR-808 sounds synthesized in Pd. However, due to some stupid mistake I lost them all but kick and clap. Would be nice to have them back.

master: loses shuffle after preset save

Sometimes when using shuffle from master and state is saved as preset, the shuffle clock "loses" it second tick and only even numbered steps are output. Touching the 'shuffle' sliders restores it.

mx: meter for each instrument

It would help to get a quick overview of what is going on if mx would display the a level meter for each individual instrument.

mx: allow dynamic fx loading within fx

by using new bus order feature of netpd.

mx-dropdown 'save changes'

Pd asks if the user wants to save changes to 'mx-dropdown' when trying to quit at the end of a session - as this is for each instance of the patch it can produce a lot of messages. Workaround is to click 'unpatch' at the end of a session but this won't be obvious to many users.

master: ability to set position

Even better: Support loop ranges. Even betterer: Support additional loop range that follows the current loop, so that loop ranges can be switched seamlessly. Even bettererer: Do it graphically with datastructures.

rolong: allows negative values

The number box for the delay time allows for negative values, although the actual minimum delay is 0.

Add netpd2-patches as git submodule

How about moving all patches directly in netpd2-patches, that way one could submodule (optionally for development) netpd2-patches into netpd2 by:

git clone git://github.com/reduzent/netpd2.git
cd netpd2
rm patches/.gitignore
rm patches
git submodule git://github.com/reduzent/netpd2-patches.git patches
git submodule update --init --recursive

• this would require that abs are moved in netpd2 into netpd2/patches/abs
• maybe netpd2/.gitignore could contain patches/* to not track patches+abs (if this works when submoduled)

unpunch: protect decorative scalars from being touched

In certain areas of unpunch's GUI it happens that a "background" scalar is clicked, which messes up the appearance. By switching pages the correct view can be restored, but it would be much nicer if it didn't happen in the first place.

ripple: have many mx channels for different sounds

It would be nice to be able to apply effects on different sounds separately. 6 mx channel strips per mx might be overkill. Maybe add them dynamically when needed and add a simple router in ripple?

instrument that generates LFO waveforms

There is yet no instrument that generates LFO waveforms for controlling parameters similar to latch3. This should be implemented.

pcr-30: selector causes error with empty list

When no [unstep] based instrument is loaded and the 'selector' in the midi2unstep bridge is used, the following error is printed:

error: $1: argument number out of range

evil, evilst: high cpu load

CPU load caused by the instruments evil and evilst is significant. Judging from the experiences with tpf-client, this could probably be done more efficiently.

qseq3: restoring from preset broken

State syncing from peer works OK, but when restoring from preset, too many sets appear, or wrong assignment of instruments to sequences.

ripple: add volume per instance

Currently, there is no way to control volume per sample separately.

ripple: error messages when loading

When loading ripple, the following error messages appear in the Pd console:

error: 1440.window-frame: no such template
error: 1440.zero-line: no such template
error: 1440.cue-marker: no such template
error: 1440.cue-dtl: no such template
error: 1440.cue-marker: no such template
error: 1440.cue-dtl: no such template
error: 1440.cue-marker: no such template
error: 1440.cue-dtl: no such template

dynlib: add a gate processor

Somehow gate is still missing.

master: prints errors when running netpd in local mode

The offset detection of master triggers errors, when being offline:

error: unpack: type mismatch

mx: first press on `+` doesn't add aux channel

Only the second click actually creates the first aux channel.

qseq3: set state is not synched correctly

When synching a session from a peer, the buttons in the qseq3 main window reflect the correct set states, but all sets are playing regardless. When switching set states manually, they behave as expected.

qseq3: set doesn't receive master clock after clearing it

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new set
2. Create a sequence into that set
3. Clear the set (with 'X' button in main qseq3 window)
4. Create a sequence again

All the sequences in the previously cleared set do not show a cursor going forward while master is running.

master: remove unnecessary right scrollbar

It seems there is somewhere a slider object with an empty label that causes the scrollbar to appear.

elorg: make 'humanize' adjustable

The hard-coded value can also sound bad. Adjustable 'humanization' value would be good.

mx: mx-insert-containser triggers many DSP cycles when loaded

They are unnecessary at loading time. This seems to be the reason for this issue: reduzent/netpd#30

unpunch: 'set griddivision' and 'set gridsubdivision' are sent many times on dump

And sometimes even after the /dump/finished message. Why are these so frivolous?

mx: last insert of most recently loaded instrument doesn't list effects

This can be worked-around by loading another instrument with [i2mx] and closing it again. Sounds like an order problem.

conflicting notion of poly: unpunch vs. qseq3

2 / 4 in qseq3 means half the speed, like two ticks are played in the time of four.

2 / 4 in unpunch means double the speed, each tick as 2/4 the length of a regular tick.

Which is the correct one?

master: bad name

The name smells...

ripple: automatically snap to zero-crossings

With ripple's waveform window, cue points can be set very precisely. Still it would be handy, if it there would be an option to make cue points snap exactly onto zero-crossings for quicker editing.

mx: support many channel strips per instrument

An instrument then could have many [i2mx $1 instr] instance. For instance

• [i2mx $1 instr/1]
• [i2mx $1 instr/2]
• etc.

or with additional argument:

• [i2mx $1 instr 1]
• [i2mx $1 instr 2]
• etc.

metaseq: segment length changs are not reflected immediately in solo

Only after unsolo-ing and solo-ing a segment, the new length takes effect. This was reported by sqgl, thanks for that.