Hey everyone! Wanted to share my workaround for dealing with FX defined outside live_loops. Let me know what you think of this approach, would love to hear feedback!
Tackled this situation to save resources (e.g. not calling FX within live_loop). What’s neat is that the loop will remain in time!
Ran into some issues with faster loops so made another modification.
def live_fx (name, *args, &block)
params, opts = split_params_and_merge_opts_array(*args)
reset = opts.fetch(:reset, false)
if !truthy?(reset)
live_loop name, opts do
block.()
end
return
end
in_thread sync: name do
dur = block_duration do
block.()
end
# allow time for loop register stop and start
while dur < 2
dur += block_duration do
block.()
end
end
live_loop name, opts do
block.()
end
end
live_loop name, opts do
cue name
stop
end
end
##| Try this example code out by changing the mix parameter
##| Will reflect change in live loop if reset is set to true (false by default)
with_fx :distortion, distort: 0.9, mix: 0 do
live_fx :foo, reset: true do
sample :bd_haus, amp: 5
sleep 1
end
end
