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combobox [2020/11/09 03:12] – [Basic concepts and terms] shane | combobox [2024/03/09 19:33] (current) – [User interface basics] shane | ||
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* The three boxes labeled "Audio File Player 1", "Guru Sampler 2", and "mda Vocoder 1" each represent plug-in instances. | * The three boxes labeled "Audio File Player 1", "Guru Sampler 2", and "mda Vocoder 1" each represent plug-in instances. | ||
* The two boxes labeled "MIDI Input" and "Audio Output" | * The two boxes labeled "MIDI Input" and "Audio Output" | ||
- | * The colored lines represent | + | * The colored lines represent |
* The boxes (of any kind) are called **nodes**, and the entire structure of nodes and connections is called a **graph** (a mathematical term; see https:// | * The boxes (of any kind) are called **nodes**, and the entire structure of nodes and connections is called a **graph** (a mathematical term; see https:// | ||
* The keyhole-shaped bumps where connections begin and end are called **pins** (by analogy to connector pins in electronics). | * The keyhole-shaped bumps where connections begin and end are called **pins** (by analogy to connector pins in electronics). | ||
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===== User interface basics ===== | ===== User interface basics ===== | ||
+ | When you first load an instance of // | ||
+ | {{:: | ||
+ | * Right-click in background area to add new plug-in instance nodes | ||
+ | * A "quick select" | ||
+ | * Hold down ALT (Option on Mac) if you prefer the older cascading-menus method. | ||
+ | * Unify assigns node-names automatically by adding " | ||
+ | * Double-click in any plug-in node to open that plug-in' | ||
+ | * Right-click in any node for a menu of operations | ||
+ | * Including removing the node (and all its connections) from the graph | ||
+ | * You can safely remove any input/ | ||
+ | * Plug-ins which have more than one stereo output-bus (Left and Right) will be drawn using a different pin color for each bus. | ||
+ | * Create connections by left-clicking any output pin and dragging to any input pin of the same type (MIDI/ | ||
+ | * You can also drag in the other direction (from an input to an output) | ||
+ | * You can connect one output to several inputs; this is called a **split**. The output data are simply copied to all inputs, without change. | ||
+ | * You can also connect several outputs to one input; this is called a **merge**. Merging MIDI streams yields one combined MIDI stream. Merging two or more audio streams is basically the same as //mixing// them; the audio samples are simply summed. | ||
+ | ===== Using ComboBox vs. Layers ===== | ||
+ | Unify' | ||
+ | * The main **advantage** of // | ||
+ | * The main **drawback** of // | ||
+ | ===== ComboBox and Linked Parameters ===== | ||
+ | // | ||
- | When you first load an instance of // | + | {{:: |
- | {{:: | + | The resulting parameter path would look like this: |
- | The four boxes labeled **MIDI Input**, **Audio Input**, **MIDI Output**, and **Audio Output** represent not plug-ins, but //the inputs and outputs of ComboBox itself//. The keyhole-shaped red and green protrusions are called " | + | {{:: |
- | ===== Headline ===== | + | |
- | ===== Headline ===== | + | **Note:** If you delete plug-in nodes from a // |
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