Koshdukai's Music(al) Reason(ing)

Work continues, slowly but steadily :) Did a lot of DSP improvements, so the latest version isn't as heavy as the previous one. Added a sliding Modules palette for dragging, besides the still available right-click to pick one from the context menu. Added a "(P)anel" mode, besides the 1, 2 and 3 row modes, so it only shows the upper section of the modules (I know, I know, I need to label all those "macro" controls! I'll bother with that on the Patch design phase :)  ...which fits nicely with the new "Control" modules that are simply Control-to-CV generators (Drawbars finally!!! ;) Decided to keep the multi-cables from a source though now that's only achieve through CTRL+Dragging, else it'll behave like we're used to in Reason: 1 plug = 1 cable ...and to solve the "which cable to pick'n'drag" problem, I added the "flower petals" mode, when clicking them ...and here's the obligatory boring video of the week ...

Testing more modules ;) A lot of GUI quirks to fix but I had to stop at making the cables do the expected "Reason wiggle"😁!!! ...but I'm now more focused on testing the DSP of the modules, then I'll decide if it's ok to allow multiple cables from the same plug (very un-Reason-like) that's why I already have a MULT module if I decide to cut that "feature" out. In this video I was testing me new ADDITIVE Osc with automation of the partials and also see if 16 are enough. Then I added a bit of my new COMPLEX Osc to the mix, though accidentally disconnecting the Note CV from the ADDITIVE :P (was a bit distracted at that point with something else happening nearby).

I've been progressively disenchanted with Reason because of the lack of full MIDI support and more importantly, lack of (MIDI recording of) expressive playing. All my Polyphonic Aftertouch or MPE controllers/synths are ignored by Reason- So... I end up having to use Ableton Live, unfortunately, which has been my long time fallback while waiting for Reason to support something, like when I've waited for Audio IN/Recording, VST Hosting and now still, for proper MIDI routing into/out of VSTs, PolyAT/MPE and... soon MIDI 2.0 and... Video (but that's stretching it). Anyway, in June of this year, the Rack Extension SDK 5.0.0 was released and I checked its possibilities and I was extremely excited with all the new very interesting and some long awaited features by RE devs! It wouldn't solve my ongoing gripes with Reason but at least it would allow amazing UX/UI things never possible before on a Rack Extension! Last week, I finally got some spare time to really put my hands on ...