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OpenMPT Development (Archive) => Feature Requests => Feature Request Archive => Topic started by: Nahkranoth on October 10, 2007, 11:01:07

Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Nahkranoth on October 10, 2007, 11:01:07
Can we have better GUI for plugins which have no GUI? I mean to see all parameters AND values at once instead of clicking on parameter names to see their value. Like this:
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ParamName       Slider  Value

Param1         |===#===|128
Param2         |=======|0
Param3         |=#=====|64
Param4         |======#|255

Sorry for crappy drawing :)
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: bvanoudtshoorn on October 10, 2007, 12:02:27
Hmm... You mean like in xlutop chainer? That would be nice.
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Saga Musix on October 10, 2007, 16:57:08
that's what it looks like in WaveLab:
(http://sagagames.de/ithumb/thumbs/vst4014gb78.jpg) (http://sagagames.de/ithumb/show/vst4014gb78.png)
But please, don't copy these knobs :D i really don't like that you have to "turn" them... Sliders are much easier to use.
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Nahkranoth on October 11, 2007, 09:55:56
2bvanoudtshoorn: yup, exactly like in xlutop! And maybe ArtTeknika Console too (see below)
(http://www.console.jp/en/about/image/sc5_l.gif)
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Sam_Zen on October 11, 2007, 23:05:33
Support. And I fully agree, please No Knobs...!
The manipulations of those things is terrible, like stirring blindfolded in muddy water.
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Saga Musix on October 11, 2007, 23:18:24
that gui looks nice. +1 for this one.
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: pelya on October 12, 2007, 10:55:09
+1, if I won't be the one who implements it  :P
Hey Jojo, 500-th post!
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: LPChip on October 12, 2007, 12:08:57
Pelya, can you do this if the other devs decide to not do it? cus if so, then I can set the (S=A) (accepted)
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Saga Musix on October 12, 2007, 12:36:21
oh weeeeeeee, 500 posts, let's celebrate!!!!!!! :lol:  8)  :idea:
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: maleek on October 20, 2007, 15:04:28
Excellent Idea!
Title: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: BooT-SectoR-ViruZ on October 22, 2007, 11:26:45
agreed... would be really helpfull
Title: Re: Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Saga Musix on October 18, 2011, 22:10:26
I'm working on something...

(http://sagagames.de/ithumb/thumbs/mptparamed6757nb39.jpg) (http://sagagames.de/ithumb/show/mptparamed6757nb39.png)
Title: Re: [ASSIGNED] Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Saga Musix on October 19, 2011, 16:50:59
A test version with the new plugin editor is available (http://sagagames.de/stuff/mptrack.exe).
Title: Re: [ASSIGNED] Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Rakib on October 21, 2011, 12:11:06
Not perfect, but nice improvements. But how about allowing plugins with its own GUI to use MPT's own built-in GUI.

(http://bildr.no/thumb/1005892.jpeg) (http://bildr.no/view/1005892)
Title: Re: [ASSIGNED] Better built-in GUI for plugins without one
Post by: Saga Musix on October 21, 2011, 12:17:47
I decided not to resize the window if a plugin has less parameters for now, since the VST specifications do not say that the number of parameters cannot be changed while the plugin is running. And actually, some plugins (like Electri-Q) make use of this fact. So if there are some plugins with no GUI that dynamically change the number of parameters, the plugin GUI would have to be resized all the time.
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