randomize by CustomGroup?

[human fly]

ok, i can get modulators by uiGroup for collective
randomization, bu ti want to try to do it:
by modulatorCustomNameGroup,

or maybe:
by modulatorCustomIndexGroup

does anyone know how this is done?

here’s where i’m up to:
(this is the uiGroup, working version, with rens for
what i’ve tried but doesn’t work, hope this comes out
ok in the post)

randomGroup=function()
-- randomize a group by custom index group

	-- This stops issues during panel bootup
	if panel:getRestoreState() or panel:getProgramState() then return end

	randomGroup = panel:getModulator("randomGroup"):getValue()

-- random seeder
	local t=os.time()
	local c=os.clock()
	math.randomseed(t*c)
	--math.randomseed(Time.getMillisecondCounterHiRes())

	if randomGroup~=nil then

-- custom group items to randomize

		for k=1,4 do

		modul	=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",k)
		group=modul:getComponent():getProperty("componentTabName")
		--group	=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomNameGroup",1)

			--if group=="custom_pitchEG"
			if group=="tabs_Envelopes"
			then

			rnd=math.random(0,100) --value range to random
			modul:setModulatorValue(rnd,false,false,false)
			end
		end
	end
end

[human fly]

HOKEY-DOKEY :o) found a cool workaround (but i’d still
like to know how to do it the other ways).

i can of course do it all within the same uiTab ‘group’,
but i just have to specify the index range,
ie: if index items are 1 to 9, i can get 1 to 4 to do
one ‘if then’, and 5 to 9 to do another.

so, in the present case, as i have ‘time’ params with
range (0,100) and level params as (-50,50) i just treat
them separately, do the if…then twice, and it works
great. so you could have *all* params on a uitabs, across
all the existing tabs, and treat them all in separate
groups. this is what’s working:

randomGroup=function()
-- randomize a group by custom index group

	-- This stops issues during panel bootup
	if panel:getRestoreState() or panel:getProgramState() then return end

	randomGroup = panel:getModulator("randomGroup"):getValue()

-- random seeder
	local t=os.time()
	local c=os.clock()
	math.randomseed(t*c)
	--math.randomseed(Time.getMillisecondCounterHiRes())

	if randomGroup~=nil then

-- custom group items to randomize
		for k=1,4 do

		modul	=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",k)
		tab		=modul:getComponent():getProperty("componentTabName")
		--group	=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomNameGroup",1)
		--if group=="custom_pitchEG"

			if tab =="tabs_Envelopes" then

			rnd=math.random(0,100) --value range to random
			modul:setModulatorValue(rnd,false,false,false) end
		end

		for k=5,9 do

		modul	=panel:getModulatorWithProperty("modulatorCustomIndex",k)
		tab		=modul:getComponent():getProperty("componentTabName")

			if tab =="tabs_Envelopes" then

			rnd=math.random(-50,50) --value range to random
			modul:setModulatorValue(rnd,false,false,false) end
		end

	end
end

great isn’t it, that you can sleep on a problem and
wake up and suss it out in a few minutes with a fresh
mind. (chuffed) 🙂
(soz for the mega indents, it came out like that)

edit: drafted a quick demo for clicky fun (4.8mb zip/win64)
https://app.box.com/s/5n8qot5bseby3h776up86x95pldn6ocr

• This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by human fly.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by human fly.

[human fly]

updated file, same link. all three graphic EGs can now
randomize. so that confirms that you treat the whole
uiTabs as a customgroup, and then refer to ranges of
the index. works great, looks pretty nice. very happy.
(and was quite easy)

nb: for some reason, first run is a bit weird here,
and either shows a popup, or the random doesn’t
respond(?) so just close it and re-run.

[human fly]

latest on this: we now have random and reset to
anything we want. starting to look usable, imo.
single window display, called by tab or rand/reset buttons.
hey, i’m getting into this 🙂
win64 only. soz, i will upload bpanelz when it’s
tidied up.

https://app.box.com/s/uhnvjnde7cawsom9u1bzyiyr19gqq23q

(zip>exe win64)

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