tc.preset

A [jsui] replacement for the [preset] object in Cycling'74 Max.

Features

• Drag and drop presets to re-organize
• Display presets as a grid or a list
• Scrollable (requires Max 8.6.2)
• Shows active preset even if recalled directly from pattrstorage
• Shows previously active preset, with the ability to ignore preset 0 if it being used as an intermediary step
• Shows presets being interpolated (using recall or recallmulti)
• Shows preset name and lock state
• Outputs active preset name and lock state from third and fourth outlet
• Ability to rewrite json file automatically every time a preset is stored/moved/deleted/renamed/(un)locked
• Helps keeping in sync a umenu with the list of stored slotstlet
• More look customization
• Same click + modifier key behavior as the vanilla object to store or delete presets

How to use

• Place tc.preset.js in the same directory as your patch, or somewhere in the Max search path
• Create a [jsui @filename tc.preset.js]. You can either add @jsarguments followed by the name of the pattrstorage you want to communicate with, or set that later by sending a pattrstorage (followed by the pattrstorage name) message to the [jsui].
• Connect the [pattrstorage] outlet to the [jsui] inlet

Limitations

• Resize doesn't work in Presentation mode (jsui limitation)
• Due to the way [pattrstorage] works, some pattrstorage-specific messages should be sent to the [jsui] instead of the [pattrstorage]. Some to both:
  • recall, delete: send to [pattrstorage] only
  • recallmulti, slotname: send to [pattrstorage] first (for better timing), then to the [jsui]
  • store: send to [jsui] only
• The js program send a lot of message to the [pattrstorage] (patch cord not required), which makes it output a lot of messages required for the [jsui] to stay in sync. Using one of the above messages incorrectly, or sending getslotlist, getslotnamelist, or any message that will impact the presets, it might cause the [pattrstorage] to get out of sync. In case something like that happens, you can send the resync message to the [jsui].

Known bugs

• Text in list layout is blurry (but not the dragged slot)

Desired features (for someday)

• No need for a patch cord (programmatically create a [send]/[receive] pair?)
• Ability to lock/unlock and rename directly in the jsui without the need of external objects
• Ability to target a [pattrstorage] in a different patcher level

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Copyright (C) 2024 Théophile Clet contact@tflcl.xyz - https://tflcl.xyz.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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