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hellishvictor · Post by **hellishvictor** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 2:53 am

Hi

Lately I spend a lot of time with PatchWork, and if there's is a feature that I think it should have, it's that on the Params Map, it shows a window with pages or something similar, instead of a cascade menu... some plugins have hundreds of params (like the VSTs from "MeldaProductions"), and sometimes, the ones that I look for are at the very very bottom... and it takes FOREVER scrolling down for select each one and do the assignments. Also, I tried to do it editing the .preset file since it can be open with notepad2 (which is great!). One parameter had the line: <m0 pluginPropIndex="8" paramIndex="769"/>
The one that I wanted to add was after this one, so I added <m1 pluginPropIndex="8" paramIndex="770"/> but it doesn't worked.

If PatchWork has a pop up windows like the one that Xlutop Chainer use, it really would help to make the assignments faster!
And btw, the option to map the ON/OFF of each VST (including the ones on PRE and POST) will also be welcome !

Blue Cat Audio · Post by **Blue Cat Audio** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:42 pm

It is indeed not an easy thing for plug-ins that have tons of parameters (maybe just too many?

). We are looking at several things that may simplify this in the future.

hellishvictor · Post by **hellishvictor** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:56 pm

A pop-up window like this one with a scrollbar will be great!

ParamsMap.jpg

And the same or something like this for the Presets window

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Blue Cat Audio · Post by **Blue Cat Audio** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:53 pm

We are currently looking at what would work best vs cost... Maybe submenus with limited number of params for each would work?

hellishvictor · Post by **hellishvictor** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 3:26 am

One thing that gonna be a time saver for sure, is keep open the Parameters list after an assignament is done, because is closed after that and I have to start agaaaaain all the process: Click on the slot -> Param Map -> Scroooll dooooown -> Select

Definelly, save the world from this !
A X can be added on the upper-right corner of the list for close it when all the assignaments are finished!

Blue Cat Audio · Post by **Blue Cat Audio** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:23 am

Doesn't the "learn" function work for you? When it's on, just click on (and sometimes move) the controls in the plug-in GUI to add them.

That's actually the preferred method when adding more than one parameter, or when using a plug in with many parameters that can be difficult to find...

hellishvictor · Post by **hellishvictor** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 6:32 pm

It be ridiculous that at this point I didn't know use the Learn function, I rather "abuse" of it

The common controls that appear on the VST GUI are the first ones that I add on the fly using midi learn, as everybody does, but there are some specific parameters that are not there. For example, Revererate 2 from LiquidSonics don't receive so far Program Change or MSB-LSB MIDI messages for switch the presets on a bank (I requested the feature for a future release). At least they added a parameter (called "Prog#Sel), which not appear anywhere on the GUI or scrolling through its parameters list on "Settings" -> "MIDI Assign", but only on the host assignments list, like PW's Parameter Map. Once is mapped, I just save the preset on PW and I don't have to worry anymore about re-assign it, but this is just an example that come to mind, there are more!

Reverberate.png

A dedicated window like "Control Input", but for the parameters of the VST will be really cool for do the assignments, independent from the main one: Click on the slot -> Params Map -> and it opens as "VST Control Input" !

PW VST Settings.jpg

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KVR Audio

Open "Params Map" on a pop window with pages