There is a simple pedalboard that exemplifies the usage PM: Sample tetr4 switch - MOD Audio
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Having just tried it out, I think this is a wonderful piece of work - particularly the way you get the UI to represent the exclusivity of the presets and to show the 10/0 states of the 4 toggles.
Am wondering though, would it be possible to add a single midi output port - which could (at the simplest level) just also send out 4 midi cc messages, whenever a preset is triggered? e.g for 10v,0v,10v,10v
CC1 127
CC2 0
CC3 127
CC4 127
This way they could be routed through the MIDI-loopback port and control the states various other plugins on the pedal board
My own particular use case is using the alo-looper where I will sometimes have 4 loops playing at particular times. For purposes of song dynamics I’d love to be able to just be able to turn off everything , then bring back percussion, then bass, then pads etc. (a version of The Human League’s “Love Action” is particularly the song I want to try this with)
Still - its a fabulous UI
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Hello, @steve, thanks for your feedback. The layout was inspired by Pedrone’s Penta-5witch
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The footswitch led I am not sure where I got the inspiration, maybe a Boss multieffect, maybe the Ampero:
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Your idea integration with a Midi is awesome.
Unfortunately, due time and knowledge, the MIDI integration with my plugin isn’t in my plans. But if there is someone who would like to push a pull request, I’ll appreciate.
By the way, I am quite sure that it is possible integrate Tetr4 switch with other plugins to do what you want. Maybe using MIDI Note Toggle - MOD Audio or maybe MIDI File - MOD Audio you can use the CV from Tetr4 switch for on some of these plugins and they send your required message…
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Pretty incredible you have merged these two UIs into such a useful plugin.
Anyway, sometime, maybe next week, I will see if I can add the extra midi functionality. I know how to generate midi events in c/lv2, but one thing I have never got my head round is makefiles and build scripts. Anyway, I will give it a go.
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I think I have it working now
In the image attached - Tetr4 switch now has a midi output port - that is being fed to the midi loopback - and the ALO looper, previously configured using midi channel 10 (or 9 if zero indexed) with CC 50/51/52/53 - follows the state of the preset.
For this to work I had to add the extra params CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4, Channel, and ChangesOnly (to choose whether you want all 4 midi cc commands to be sent, or just the ones which have changed)
Unfortunately, I have not yet progressed to the ModUI aspect, so those things have to be set via the default UI.
The midi display tool can only display the last cc command in the sequence - so in each preset, it is showing the toggle value of the 4th config button
Am happy to push if you want to incorporate this
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