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garth paine
Member 		posted 26 November 2007 05:24         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi all

i have taken to developing VCS GUI's that have coloured squares that flash at me at different times in a timeline so that I know where I am at - this means we place coloured dots on our scores (generally graphic scores) and that allows us to cross reference when performing. So as I move to a smaller PC for touring, I will not have as much screen real estate, So, is it possible to layer or dynamically change the text and colour of a button in the VCS? This would mean I could just write the text and new colour to a single filled button which would take up the entire 11" screen, and would be easy to read on stage.

Thanks in advance

Garth

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SSC
Administrator 		posted 27 November 2007 14:55         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

displaylastcolorchanged.kym
 
If you stack the fill-buttons one on top of the other in the same area of the VCS, the color displayed will be the last color that was changed. In other words, you can place the fill-buttons on top of each other in the VCS and the color changes will still be visible.

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garth paine
Member 		posted 27 November 2007 16:19         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for that - is there anyway to do this by a script - ie. could I write a script with a counter that counts the triggers from the timeline and changes colour and text in the button? I did think that perhaps the only current way to do this is at instantiation?

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SSC
Administrator 		posted 28 November 2007 08:31         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
No but you could continue to use the same Timeline you have now but with all your colored squares positioned on top of one another.

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garth paine
Member 		posted 29 November 2007 13:05         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ok thanks for that - making the VCS scriptable would be great in the future.

I bought a secondhand Sony VAIO Picturebook PCG-C1VM which has Firewire and runns WindozeME well - I intend this to be my traveling/touring machine as although I loke the MacBook Pro, when added to everything else (preamps, Capy etc etc) it just gets a bit heavy.

I'll let you know how I go setting it up for Kyma

Cheers, Garth

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cristian_vogel
Member 		posted 30 November 2007 12:23         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Also, whilst we're on it -

What we be much better for live performance using the timeline, would be that the Layer relevant to the Sound that you want to control is selected automatically.

What I mean is, I have say 5 programs that I would like quick access to during a show - the quickest way to jump from program to program (sound to sound) is via the Timeline, using WaitUntil and jumping to next marker using program change - but I need to be able to see the controls of the new sound without letting go of my guitar and selecting the relevant layer ... Is there already a way of doing this ( i am new to timeline ) or can it be implemented?

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