RTAS again

Audio Plugins
1

Hello,

It seems JucePlugin_Desc is not used anywhere ? What was it’s meaning originally ?
Could it be used in RTAS wrapper, instead of a 4 char striped version of JucePlugin_Name, to display a custom (an meaningful) short name in protools mixer ?

static String createRTASName() { return String (JucePlugin_Name) + "\n" + String (JucePlugin_Desc); }
Any problem with that ?
Because I have 2 plugins :

  • ClassicTone-PEV
  • ClassicTone-560
    and they both show ‘CLAS’ in PT mixer without that mod.
    Using JucePlugin_Desc I can name them CTPEV & CT560.
    Why was there 4 char only, is there a special limit to not overload ?
    I see some other manufacturers use 5 and even 6 in the case of altiverb.

Thanks for any advice,

Salvator

2

Er, yes, I think that’d be a good idea. I can’t think of a reason not to do it, anyway! Anyone know of any problems this might cause?

3

RTAS lets you specify an arbitrary number of short names separated by \n. There is no magic in a 4-char name, though that is the smallest display used by some external control surfaces.

Note that up until recently (PT 9 maybe?) the name displayed in the mix and edit channel inserts was based on the long name, shortened as necessary by PT by dropping spaces, then vowels, then truncation… the manufacturer-provided short names were ignored except for external control surfaces.

PT10 (and 9 I believe) use the provided short names if available.

-Frank

4

I fixed this issue based on suggestions in this forum. Instead of finding the posts, I’ll just tell you what I do.

In JucePluginCharacteristics.h, I add the following line, with the short strings desired for my plugin listed separated by \n:

In juce_RTAS_Wrapper.cpp, I change the createRTASName() function, to read as follows:

static String createRTASName()
{
     return String (JucePlugin_Name) + "\n" + String (JucePlugin_Name_Shorts);
}

Works like a charm now, with nice small names displayed in the insert windows. I need to check and see what the displayed name is in PT 7.4.

Sean Costello

5

Very cool, thanks !

if Jules would add this to the library it would be even cooler. (would prefer not to hack introducer each time, nor get these custom fields overwritted by introjucer)

Salvator