C4Mapper Updated

[msmcleod]

An updated version of C4Mapper, which supports the new revspread vpot type in CbB 2021.09 EA can be downloaded here:

https://msmcleod.co.uk/cakewalk/C4Mapper.zip

 

[Raymond Legault]

Hi!

I'm trying to use the C4Mapper but it seems to be reading the wrong files.  It only lists a few plugins, some in duplicate.  I've ended up editing the MackieControl.ini file manually, which, while tedious, works just fine with my C4.  However, most of the plugins I've added there don't even show up in C4Mapper.

In particular, you can see that the UAD SSL E Channel Strip doesn't even display the correct parameters in C4Mapper.

I've attached a screenshot of the C4Mapper and my MackieControl.inii file.

Any ideas?  Any help would be very appreciated!

 

Thanks,

Raymond

MackieControl.ini

[msmcleod]

You have to ensure you've used each plugin at least once within Cakewalk since enabling the MackieControl surface.

When a plugin is inserted into an effects bin, its parameters are remembered and written out to genericSurfaceParameters.xml  when you shutdown Cakewalk.

It's this file that C4Mapper reads to get the list of plugin parameters.

[Raymond Legault]

Oh, I have opened and used all the plugins I want many, many times.   I understand that they're supposed to appear in the list on the left, but they don't.  For example, I use the UAD Roland RE-201 plugin all the time.  It doesn't even appear in the list.  Even after I added it in MackieCOntrol.ini and customized the layout, it's still not there.  Same thing with many other plugins.  AS I said, in my previous message, it's as if it were reading the wrong file.

[Raymond Legault]

Problem solved!!  I deleted genericpluginparams.xml (backed it up first, of course) and started Cakewalk.  I then opened various plugins, saved and closed Cakewalk.   This created a NEW  genericpluginparams.xml file.  This time, when I started C4Mapper everything was there, with the correct mappings that I'd done, and only the plugins I'd opened appeared.  I guess the genericpluginparams.xml file was old and filled with a bunch of leftovers from previous Cakewalk/Sonar etc installations?

[Raymond Legault]

Now that it's working, I LOVE C4Mapper!  I do have a suggestion:  It would be nice if it was possible to assign more than 32 V-Pots.  As it is, the max is 32.

When I mapped my UAD SSL E Channel Strip in MackieControl.ini, it had way more parameters available, so I set it to 48 V-Pots, which are easily accessible with the Bank buttons on the C4.  However, every time I open C4Mapper it resets it to 32, as that is the maximum allowed.  Not a huge deal, but each ytime I open C4Mapper I have to edit MackieControl.ini afterwards or I won't have access to the additional V-Pots.

Thanks for the great work!!

[msmcleod]

8 hours ago, Raymond Legault said:

Now that it's working, I LOVE C4Mapper!  I do have a suggestion:  It would be nice if it was possible to assign more than 32 V-Pots.  As it is, the max is 32.

When I mapped my UAD SSL E Channel Strip in MackieControl.ini, it had way more parameters available, so I set it to 48 V-Pots, which are easily accessible with the Bank buttons on the C4.  However, every time I open C4Mapper it resets it to 32, as that is the maximum allowed.  Not a huge deal, but each ytime I open C4Mapper I have to edit MackieControl.ini afterwards or I won't have access to the additional V-Pots.

Thanks for the great work!!

The M1 .. M4 modifier buttons give access to another 4 banks of 32.

[Raymond Legault]

Thanks, I'll check it out.