Problem with preset save/load and bitmap strip

[aefa]

Hello Everyone.
I'm a total newbie with flowstone and probably someone may laugh at this .

Problem No. 1
I'm trying to make a "toggle-keyboard" that collect the toggled notes for later processing. each key should save the toggle state on a preset parameter. I've been doing a lot of reading from the manual and other sources but I can't find anything about the preset parameter module. It seams pretty straight forward to me but I can't have my values loaded. For example, if I toggle on C1 it would send it's midi value to a note pool. the preset restores the note on state but doesn't send the midi value. I've replicated most of the preset parameter modules on the switch and switch-flick with no result.

Problem No. 2
I totally stick with knobman and haven't been able to make an image strip to load on switch buttons, so I don't have to use the one I'm "trying to create". Is there any standard (width, height, etc.) to make the image strip? (png with transparency would be very nice). Can it be done in photoshop? If so, any specifics? All the time I try the control shows the two pictures in the strip at the same time and very tiny. There was this http://homepage.ntlworld.com/config/imagepacker/ that got the strip right but the output was without transparency and not very good quality.

Thank you for any reply!

[nix]

OK, I'm here to help.
Please post what you have so far and I'll go from there.
KnobMan is capable of rendering the image for whatever control-
however I have PS too, so we can swap files.
A non-functional PS drawing of what you want could help too.
KM can do the transparency, and within FS is where you set the width,height &
frame number.
Cheers, Nick

2 things I think can help-
I think you want a 'preset parameter array' to store the note pool,
not just a preset parameter maybe.
Also the 'preset parameter' is only usable in an exported VST with the value ranges
between 0-1, so say 64 won't recall.

[aefa]

Thanks nix for the fast reply.

Here is the project. I haven't been able to continue because I can't get past this problem. When I open the VST in FL and toggle the notes it seem to be fine, but when I reopen the file the values in the note pool show, then vanish.
I'm new to FS (and Ruby) so, don't be scare with the mess in there!
I've been only testing the first keyboard so you may notice that the code in C1-C#1 may be different than all the other keys. The other controls thrown on the interface are just to visualize what's the data doing.

It would be nice to have a preset array but yet I have no Idea how to do it. I'll take a look today.

[nix]

I've played with this for an hour-
an I'm still fuffing around.
Anyway- here's a control I built,
hope it's good to go.
How many frames should I punch in?
Cheers eh

control.fsm

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[aefa]

Thanks for the control nix!

The green one on my project is supposed to respond to CC 90 signals. That one so far does what is supposed to.

My problem is the inability to reload the note pool values. You mentioned something about saving to array? How can I approach that?

[aefa]

Update: I figured how to put the image strip in the toggle switch control! (I didn't know I had to tweak the cellSize input to make the image fit) I'll remake the keyboard and see if it works this time. I'll post back results.

[aefa]

Well... it didn't...
It seems the problems is not with the key but with the value array indeed... Any idea... please...

[nix]

I'll do some short sessions on this in the next few days.
Hope I can help-
and don't get disheartened,
the software is capable of some real cool things-
it just takes patience sometimes.