Thanks, let me know if you think it's useful or got any tips.
layer a lot? adjust a lot?
Couple of bugs though… It doesn't update the faders when you change instrument, if you select an instrument with less samples and then use the keys it throws up an error.
It also doesn't work when you adjust the volume using the mouse which kinda defeats the point of having a GUI.
I also couldn't get the mute/solo to work but that might be because I'm using a laptop keyboard.
Yeah, some points are also my first already on the list… also I'm thinking of more than 10 volume steps, and I can't really think of a proper way on keyboard to make 'small' 'medium' or 'big' steps possible and/or logical… yet.
So yes it's not going to react on instrument switch, at this point in time… more like, you compose an instrument out of some layers, then tweak it with this here tool. Or when you're looping a part of the song and you can check out different vol/pan/tune configs of different samples.
But you're right, proper reaction to instr switch is one of the top of the list.
As to Mute/Solo: make sure the window is active (click on it to be sure, window border color/glow changes) and then press either 1 (one) or A (Ay!!) - Please let me know if this really does not work as expected.
Unfortunately, mouse usage for now is too annoying/complicated to make, that is, I can't code it in a few minutes. So maybe for next version when I have a day off.
'/Users/Creative/Library/Preferences/Renoise/V2.8.0/Scripts/Tools/nl.jeweett.InstrMixer.xrnx/' failed to execute in one of its key binding functions.
Hey, sorry about that, it was a known bug for some testing time, figured I left something out. Unlucky for you the wrong version uploaded to dropbox and tools page. Both are fixed now. Beware though, it's still so that this tool does not support sample vol over 0dB… Has anybody got great ideas as to how to scale this value properly?
IE it's a log scale with 0dB at 1.
Maybe numeric entry would be cool for the other 3 numerical values as well? (pan, txpose, finetune) Values typed but prepended by u, j, m. Guess that would be cool.
Anyway, to be clear, to find these values was not difficult, but I had the arrow keys scaled to 0.1 up/down for volume which worked nicely with my instruments… I'll see if I leave it at that (small changes, better precision) or set it to 0.2, 0.4, or whatever.
Anyway going off topic now. Still not exactly sure what you want. Display and edit in dB and then convert into 0-4 range for the tool?
Where Vtool is the 0-4 volume value used in the tool and dB is the value as displayed in decibels.
That's an idea! But I think latest version it behaves quite cool and useful with the even steps.
Beware though, it's still so that this tool does not support sample vol over 0dB… Has anybody got great ideas as to how to scale this value properly?
Have you seen the dB functions here? Not sure if they help but maybe?
These converters are there for the convenience of converting fader/rotator values to dB values. be it these values are based on floats between 0 and 1, you can always multiple x10, x100 or x1000 to increase the factor.
Thanks for the heads up, I know of these functions but in this case they'd be handy especially for displaying the value in dB, and I'll leave that to the renoise interface for now… So the setting in the sample.volume parameter is linear already, I just gotta get my own head around ehh, how logical a logarithm function is?
had it a few days. using it on a mac, seems to be working ok.
I can just close it and hit the F key I have it assigned to.
when you roll over the faders you get a distinct color change.
or when you play a note yourself. the obvious contrast would help with quick identification.
that turns all NNA settings in all zones to any newly selected NNA setting choice.
apart from that though, this is extremely useful. you can very quickly shape sample response.
much easier than adding volume/velocity events in the pattern Editor.
if you use the ticker for "Auto-Select Played" sample, then you can select samples/keymaps by MIDI action. For pc keyboard notes that does not work yet since renoise xrnx does not work (understandably) with passed-back keys from dialog key handler.
As to the more recognizable symbols for NNA, you're totally right, and I've been searching too, so next version will have slight improvements in that department.
Checking this out now - nice!
-On my keyboard, the first "column" of shortcuts are working (I/O, K/L…). The second is not. I suspect it's my 'swedish layout' where the second column shortcuts read as: "P/Å, Ö/Ä". This area of the keyboard is probably very different on several countries… Solutions for fix could include user-definable keys?, preset layouts?, a completely new scheme where one would keep within the area of the keyboard where it's probable that keys will be the same across different layouts?.. don't know.
-I know it's a very special case, but I have some multisampled drums, that have so many samples on one instrument that the InstruMix-window just does not fit in my widescreen monitor. I counted a little over 70 samples on a specific snare. Don't know if there's a simple fix for this… Maybe paging? Maybe rows?
-I'd like a visual feedback on changing the selected sample. I know that the sample list updates, of course. Maybe the name of the selected sample on the GUI? Maybe just some visual clue as to what sample/slider column is currently selected?