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A few things I'm curious if are even possible

DATABROTH
DATABROTH · · 9 replies

-I noticed in one tutorial video you mention that you can't have one module interact or affect another, is this still the case?
-is it possible for a button to store and recall control states from other modules, for example, if I were to create a "snapshot" selector?

finally, the big one I'm worried may not be possible: I want to click one encoder, this switches all other encoders into "routing mode"
in routing mode I can assign a depth for the first encoder to affect any targets
basically, I want to use small encoders as midi mapped controls, then use the large encoders to create macros to control those controllers
I understand this last idea is a bit complicated, I hope it makes sense, but I also understand if it's not possible
and if not, could this be added in the future

sorry, a lot to ask here, just trying to design a "UI" in some senses using your controllers
I'm afraid the ideas I came up with might be a bit beyond what grid is capable of

basically I'm wondering if I'm being too ambitious or if this is all within the realm of possibility

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narayb narayb ·

Hi there!

Lots of questions here:

  • Intermodule communication is possible now! You can learn more here
  • there's a small demo on the Cloud of this, called Snapshot- something
  • everything like that should be possible, but requires you to modify something like a 64CTRL or a 256CTRL and send it CC and min-max modifying immediate_send() messages

You will also lose the snapshots on a reboot, unless you save your stuff to file and reload it on boot again.

So the above are some of the more advanced things you can do with Grid. Combined all of those should be a nice challenge to configure, but it sounds like it's worth it!

DATABROTH DATABROTH ·

thank you, this is promising
and that answers a lot of questions
I was reading through the forums and saw there was a 399 char limit for lua

is this still the case, is it even lua anymore?

again, I apologize for so many questions, my mind runs wild with what I want to do,
and your tools spark ignite inspiration

narayb narayb ·

the limit is 390 chars per Event currently

narayb narayb ·

so for example, the EN16 has 17 elements with 4 events each totaling about 26k characters of code

narayb narayb ·

we're also working on a way of expanding this limit

DATABROTH DATABROTH ·

ok. that is quite a bit more room to work with
and if expanded will be rad

narayb narayb ·

I can tell you that it can be limiting sometimes, this is why we're working on expanding it. Hopefully soon, but I have no actual timeframe for the update right now.

DATABROTH DATABROTH ·

I think what you've already made here with the grid system is more than enough for the majority of use cases

I was almost wondering if what I wanted to do would need some sort of memory expansion module

anyways, I'll keep checking for updates
thank you for your help

DATABROTH DATABROTH ·

might as well share the dream as well

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