Beta 3.4

Just a quick question, Gunnar. Are you aware of any problems using legacy MIDI commands including xml messages (Translation files)?

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Jörg

Do you mean problems using translation files with the beta version? No, I'm not aware of such problems.

Have you found something that doesn't work?

Ok, found some time to setup a testcase.

I am not sure whether I have messed up something but I am not able to change the Step value in the Test.xml script acting as a translation file.
I can change the volume using the direct midi CC command.
I enclosed the SD+ Mackie-fader to have a seperate visual control.

According to my MIDI monitor. Pressing the Cycle Button does have not send the midi value in the translation file.

Excellent beta testing, as usual.

I f**ed up the cycle file handling in version 3.4.  

I will finalize some other things in the plugin and then publish a new beta version.

In this version, I have fixed the cycle file problem noted by Joerg. There are also some changes to the generic midi dial that I'd appreciate feedback on.

• The sections can be expanded and contracted.
  
• There is a new section for screen taps. In previous versions, you could tap the icon to trigger the Press action. This tap area is now extended to cover the left half of the screen area (for the dial), so if you tap anywhere on the left side of the dial area, you trigger the Press action. There is a new tap action for the right half of the dial screen area. This can be configured independently of the press action and can have an icon of its own. The tap action icon will be shown for 1.5 seconds after a right-side tap, after which the press icon is restored.
  
• I have also added the icons to the icon selection buttons in the editor so it's easier to see the selected icons.
  

I plan to add these new features to the other dials as well. For the multi-dials, I plan to have the upper half of the item area triggering the tap action while the lower half of the item area will select the item without triggering the tap action. For multi-dials, an icon can be shown for 1.5 seconds after a press or tap; I will probably show it in the upper half of the item area.

Version 3.4.0.100 Please see later post.

Admin wrote:

• There is a new section for screen taps. In previous versions, you could tap the icon to trigger the Press action. This tap area is now extended to cover the left half of the screen area (for the dial), so if you tap anywhere on the left side of the dial area, you trigger the Press action. There is a new tap action for the right half of the dial screen area. This can be configured independently of the press action and can have an icon of its own. The tap action icon will be shown for 1.5 seconds after a right-side tap, after which the press icon is restored.
  
  

Ok, but it is not possible to permanently move the 2nd icon to the right side? Btw. am I doing something wrong, the 2nd mute command works but I can't see the chosen icons.

See example one Generic Midi V-pot controlling two different channels at once. 

I'm working on a version where you can have the tap icon on the right side.

In your example, do you get anything back when you press/tap? Since you have configured them as Push buttons, they never change state by themselves; you will not see any change unless something is echoing back the current state.

Admin wrote:I'm working on a version where you can have the tap icon on the right side.

In your example, do you get anything back when you press/tap? Since you have configured them as Push buttons, they never change state by themselves; you will not see any change unless something is echoing back the current state.

It is not good to see due to the resolution of the video but between 0:17-0:18 you can see the headphone symbol switch. But the streaming symbol never shows up on the display while the state is changed in the wavelink software.

OK, thanks for the clarification.

I have tested with my latest version, and both icons are updated as expected. It was probably a bug that I have corrected along the way.

I'm working on the final piece (multi mackie) and will release a new beta when that is done.

On second thought, I will remove the "show right tap icon on the left side" option and always show it on the right side.

I made that solution not to have it collide with the stack icon, unaware that you can now turn off that icon.  

It is much more logical to have the left tap/press icon shown to the left and the right tap icon shown to the right. Period.

Excited for this update.

OK. Hopefully, I've managed to get everything working now.

Single dials have "permanent" icons on both sides. The left icon is controlled by pressing the dial or tapping the left side of the screen. The right icon is controlled by tapping the right side of the screen.

Multi dials have an icon that is temporarily (1.5 seconds) displayed when the dial is pressed or when the screen is tapped. To trigger an action, the screen tap must be within the top third of the screen item; a tap below that will select the item without triggering the icon action.

Version 3.4.0.185 Please see later post.

Hope you didn't open Pandoras box.    

If intended, you can't choose a second Translation file using a Generic Midi Command.

Joerg wrote:Hope you didn't open Pandoras box.

I did that when I started to develop this thing.  

I fixed the translation file issue in this version. There is also an "icon-centric" option in this version where you can have the icons fill the entire screen space for the (single) dial and only show the fader/V-pot/bar when the dial is rotated.

Version 3.4.0.203 Please see later post.

I don't know how, but the design element for the fader was simply gone in version 3.4.0.203. It's restored in this version.

If you have installed version 3.4.0.203, you need to restart the Stream Deck software after installing this update since Stream Deck caches information, so it looks as if the problem is still there.

Version 3.4.0.204

There is still some trouble with the icon for the first item in multis, but I haven't found the cause yet...

Ok, next one. Looks like you can't delete the text in the "Title" field.

Joerg wrote:Ok, next one. Looks like you can't delete the text in the "Title" field.

Interesting. That problem must have existed from the very beginning.

I've fixed that problem, along with something that confused me a bit; multi items were dimmed when selected using the upper third of the screen, even when no tap action was defined.

Hopefully, we're getting close to something that can be released, and I can move on to the fun job of fixing the documentation.  

Version 3.4.0.206 Please see later post.

I noticed that the 4-pot jagged layout wasn't prepared for the icons, so I'll fix that for the next version.

This version has some bug fixes, and I consider it a release candidate. When released, the version will be bumped to 3.5, so the automatic update will work for you guys after running the beta version.

Version 3.4.0.224

The plugin is sent to Elgato for publishing.

Thanks for all the invaluable help with testing the new features.

I add my thanks to all of you for your work.