Spogg wrote:I would love to show live displays of modulation from the LFOs etc. I could do it, but the results would be so jerky and laggy and involve huge trigger storms.
I dare to object!
Most of the time it is simply a weong concept that leads to issues you describe. Sometimes I think people are so used to this whole "per sample" editing of audio, that they think it's the normal way for graphics as well. It is not. Nobody needs 441000 samples per second to display an accurate modulation. You have to think the other way around.
"So, my graphic system is able of 25 fps, but let's be safe and go for a maximum of 20 fps. And totally expect frame drops as well. So I won't try to force a constant high frame rate, but instead program a "peeker". Whenever graphics are ready, I peek at the current sample and display it. Or I let the audio engine constantly calculate an average and put that on hold, until it was grabbed for display."
No triggerstorms, no extreme CPU usage, just smooth animations (we humans already make up a smooth movement from just 16 frames per second, we are our own interpolation engine, so to speak).
But as with audio, it requires us to learn about available techniques and how to ,ale use of them in Flowstone. Unfortunately, only a few are willing to, most just concentrate on audio.
But a VST plugin isn't just audio, it's audio + GUI. Neglecting one of them is like building an engine without the rest of a car, but still selling it as a car.
You (now I'm referring just to you, Spogg) always say, "my skills are poor". Your audio skills were poor as well, then you read books, watched tutorials, made a series of trial and error, and finally got it. Would you spent the same energy and passion on the GUI part, you'd be doing lovely eye-candy by now. The truth is, deep inside you simply don't want to do graphics. They are just a distraction from the audio side of things. And all the time it would cost you to make a good GUI - isn't it so much better spent on new audio tricks instead?
I'm not sure you can agree right away. But after a few days you will probably think "that damn provoking tula wasn't so far from the truth after all"