navigation and selection of sample DSP chains in the sample editor

[erroreyes]

One thing I do is to render samples with effects in the sample effect chains while in the sample editor. The problem is that it is hard to work quickly this way because, as far as I know, there isn't a easy way to select sample effect chains for the current sample in the editor. Currently I:

• Render the sample with effects from a chain
• Once the sample is rendered, Renoise automatically chooses the chain labeled 'None'
• If I want to undo and try a different chain, I have to move the mouse pointer to the Sample Properties section and select a chain there; or
• Switch to the Effects section of the sample editor where I can use Tab and Shift + Tab to move up and down the chain, but I can't actually select a chain

It would be great to be able to select sample DSP chains with some key combination. When I run

renoise.song().instruments[1].samples[1].device_chain_index = 1

I can select the first chain for the first sample in the first instrument. Passing 0 instead of 1 selects 'None'.

[esaruoho]

@erroreyes what do you think of these shortcuts?

[esaruoho]

the thing with "once sample rendered, renoise defaults to none" - problem is that there is no API control over TFX / SFX rendering. that's why there's that secondary ticket about creating a place-holder pattern, inputting data there, recording that with a long trail, and deleting the pattern.

[esaruoho]

I can select the first chain for the first sample in the first instrument. Passing 0 instead of 1 selects 'None'.

i can create one more that sets it to None. although i'm fairly sure "00" is the one. anyway, i'll write one more

[esaruoho]

i added this one for you, @erroreyes is that valid?

[erroreyes]

Ooh, these will work great.

I am not concerned about Renoise's default behavior of switching to 'None' after a render, and if there isn't an option to prevent that natively, then there isn't anything in the API either, haha. I only mentioned it to explain the workflow.

Otherwise, these shortcuts are exactly what I was looking for (too lazy to do it myself, but also felt they are very much appropriate in the Paketti catalog). All I want to reduce the amount of mouse moves when doing weird things with rendering all or parts of a sample while on the editor.

I made a comment on the other ticket about rendering if it matters :)

[esaruoho]

Ooh, these will work great.

I am not concerned about Renoise's default behavior of switching to 'None' after a render, and if there isn't an option to prevent that natively, then there isn't anything in the API either, haha. I only mentioned it to explain the workflow.

Otherwise, these shortcuts are exactly what I was looking for (too lazy to do it myself, but also felt they are very much appropriate in the Paketti catalog). All I want to reduce the amount of mouse moves when doing weird things with rendering all or parts of a sample while on the editor.

I made a comment on the other ticket about rendering if it matters :)

hi, glad to hear it! i'll send you a discord friend request so can send you a new build via DM.

what i could do, is, if you have a sample fx chain you can share via discord or here, i could work on a shortcut that loads that specific one, to a new sample fx chain, and sets that sample fx chain. then all you'd need to do is

1. run the shortcut to add a sample fx chain -> it gets loaded and auto-selected for the sample
2. click on SFX (Sample FX Chain dump)
3. then set back to None.

would that be of use? i'd need an example sample fx chain though.