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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #45 on: September 05, 2016, 07:11:36 PM »
Hallo Markus.
When do you plan to release an update Electra2?

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #46 on: September 06, 2016, 04:40:49 PM »
Hello Alex,

make sure that you didn't miss this big update here:
http://www.tone2.org/forum/index.php?topic=2270.0

There is also a new soundset available here:
https://tone2.com/html/electromania.html

Electra v2.1 is currently working as expected and is very stable. The next update is planed for 2017.

Markus

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #47 on: September 06, 2016, 06:31:59 PM »
Hello Markus,
i write to Troels some bugs,
short names in parameters list not allows use Electra 2.1 more efficient.
Blind users forced to use old versions 2.0 or 1.4...

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #48 on: September 07, 2016, 01:13:00 PM »
Hello Alex,

some older hosts can crash with the longer names for the parameters. That's why we have to stick stictly to the VST specification which is limited to 8 characters. We developers are not happy about this stupid limitation, but is technically necessary to maintain compatibility.

If you use a Steinberg host on PC you can use a .vstxml file to get long parameter names or to customize them. If there is demand i can provide such a file for download.

Markus

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #49 on: September 07, 2016, 06:56:49 PM »
Hello Markus,
i am use Reaper daw, this compatible with screenreaders, and have special accessibility plugin Osara
https://github.com/jcsteh/osara#start-of-content
Many daw's have pictures instead text labels, and this creates problems for navigate to tracks and set needed parameters...
Reaper can not use vst.xml now, i try write about this to Reaper developers.

Do you can create text popup tooltips for buttons and rotary knops and thears values, when mouse cursor established on them?
Such tips i saw in Air plugins.
These tooltips can withdraw in small LCD-style screen.
Now all parameters draw as image and screenreader not read this.

PS: How me become betatesters for Electra2?

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #50 on: September 08, 2016, 05:52:57 PM »
Hello Alex,

there are already graphical tooltips below the patch selector.
I recently experiemented with popups, but dropped it. The popups are not responsive enough to display fast parameter changes like 'Cutoff = 4kHz' when the knobs are moved. They also don't work very well with our cross-platform code.
I am aware that we can't do right for anyone. Sorry about this.

I'd recommend that you ask the reaper developers to support vstxml. Also many other users would benefit from this.

There are currently no closed betas planded. There might be an open beta for Icarus 1.1.

Markus

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #51 on: September 08, 2016, 07:20:13 PM »
Hello Markus,
thanks for your help.
I write request in Reaper forum
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?p=1727791#post1727791

I think tooltips for values not required for rotary knops.
I am programming in Python language and very bad understand C++ code and not know what work tooltips in vst plugins.

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #52 on: November 03, 2016, 05:44:17 PM »
Hello Markus,
do you can get to me vst.xml for ElectraX 2.1?
Thanks for advance.

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #53 on: November 17, 2016, 02:39:16 PM »
Hey Markus,

Can you update the ARP to be more inline with Icarus and nemesis? Would be nice to do things such as UP/DOWN 3 octaves.

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #54 on: December 19, 2016, 11:22:20 AM »
Hello Markus,
do you can get to me vst.xml for ElectraX 2.1?
Thanks for advance.

https://www.tone2.com/publictemp/ElectraX.vstxml

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #55 on: December 19, 2016, 12:07:12 PM »
Hello Markus,
do you can get to me vst.xml for ElectraX 2.1?
Thanks for advance.

https://www.tone2.com/publictemp/ElectraX.vstxml
Hello Markus,
thanks, the values of the parameters editable for vstxml?
For example in parameter "synthesis"?
In electrax.vstxml i see only parameter names.

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #56 on: December 19, 2016, 08:45:14 PM »
Hey Markus,

Can you update the ARP to be more inline with Icarus and nemesis? Would be nice to do things such as UP/DOWN 3 octaves.

Maybe, the ARP/SEQ sections in all synths should be made larger. It is so finicky. Way too small.
Warlock_Icarus_Gladiator2/3_RayBlaster2_Nemesis_Saurus2_Electra2(x)_BiFilter2_Filterbank3_Warmverb

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #57 on: December 20, 2016, 01:32:29 PM »
Hello Markus,
do you can get to me vst.xml for ElectraX 2.1?
Thanks for advance.

https://www.tone2.com/publictemp/ElectraX.vstxml
Hello Markus,
thanks, the values of the parameters editable for vstxml?
For example in parameter "synthesis"?
In electrax.vstxml i see only parameter names.

You can edit the file with a text editor like notepad and then overwrite the file. The names are the ones which are shown for the parameters in the host, instead of the default ones.

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #58 on: December 21, 2016, 06:57:43 PM »
(I did send this via- message also, so if you already read it sorry about the repeat.)

I love Electra2 and have been using it and Saurus for a while. It would really be helpful in a future update for Electra2 to read midi program change numbers rather than the current set up which is only move up 1 program.

Thanks, Vic

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Re: Electra2 feature requests
« Reply #59 on: February 05, 2017, 12:39:45 AM »
hy Markus , i would like to ask do Electra2 will get any updates in future ?