Changing fx in live performance

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I guys, I wonder if it is possible to modified fx while live performance. I know I can make it happen by just putting with_fx inside of live_loop, but it’s very unwise to put fx into loops, so I tried with in_thread, but it doesn’t work. Is there any other possible solutions?

in_thread(name: :fxed) do
  with_fx :reverb do
    live_loop :mysynth do
      use_real_time
      note, velocity = sync "/midi:nanokey2_keyboard:1/note_on"
      #synth :dark_ambience, note: note, amp: velocity/127 # crucial mistake
      synth :dpulse, note: note, release: 1, amp: velocity / 127.0
    end
  end
end
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Not necessarily - you just need to know how and when to do this safely. The tutorial has some information on this, but there are probably other recommendations if you search around, or need to ask :slight_smile:
Anyway, the below thread may be of interest:

(Particularly my reply to mobius927 there)

3

Not necessarily - you just need to know how and when to do this safely.

I know I know, but putting fx inside loop is definitely bad, since it’s keeping on being created again and again.

4

Not so much ‘bad’ as needing more consideration - if each nested fx has enough time to complete before the current loop iteration is over, (or only overlaps a small amount) then there’s no issue :slight_smile:

5

thank you, now I understand, it’s all about the concurrent amount of fx.

6

In my library YummyFillings.rb, I’ve built a general-purpose lfo method, which can be used to manipulate fx, or synths or samples, and manages its own threads. Feel free to use it.

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