Re: Preset converter???
Re: Preset converter???
- Subject: Re: Preset converter???
- From: William Stewart <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:37:56 -0800
The AU is responsible for the data section - there's no specific requirement
for what the contents of this field create (the only requirements for fields
are described in the AU docs:
type
subtype
manu
version
name
Bill
On 15/11/04 1:28 PM, "Howard Moon" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks, Urs. I was hoping to avoid the development time to write a
> translator, but if I have to, I have to. Do you know where I can find
> the AUPreset format sepcification? I've been looking around in my
> Developer doc's for a while now, as well as the ADC site, but I just
> can't seem to find how the contents of the <data/> section of that xml
> file is spec'd (as written out by Logic 7, at least).
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2004, at 8:30 AM, Urs Heckmann wrote:
>
>> Hiya,
>>
>> I really do not understand this request... what's the problem?
>>
>> So, you do have .fxp or .fxb files? - These are (more or less) well
>> documented formats:
>>
>> http://www.steinberg.net/steinberg/ygrabit/vstsdk/OnlineDoc/vstsdk2.3/
>> html/plug/others.html
>>
>> The .aupreset file format is documented as well (it's a plain XML
>> PropertyList...)
>>
>> The final structure of each preset format depends on how the plugin
>> handles persistence. If your plugin does not handle persistence in its
>> own proprietary manner, both .fxp ( float params[] ) and .aupreset
>> (<data> key) just store an array of floating point numbers, one for
>> each parameter.
>>
>> If your AU parameters are just as normalized as your vst parameters,
>> you can just copy the array from one preset format into the other
>> (using CFData for the .aupreset, of course). Otherwise you will have
>> to calibrate them.
>>
>> Anyways, a batch preset converter should be *very* easy to write,
>> regardless if command line utility, Carbon application, droplet,
>> php/perl script whatsoever.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> ;) Urs
>>
>> Am 15.11.2004 um 17:09 schrieb Howard Moon:
>>
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> we desperately need to convert a large number of factory presets to
>>> work with Audio Units. Has noone come across this problem before?
>>> I'm not sure which would be quicker at this point... writing my own
>>> converter or manually creating all those presets. Obviously, a
>>> conversion utility would be the most helpful. Is there no utility
>>> out there to do this for me? (Doesn't matter if it's from MAS, VST
>>> or ProTools format...as long as I can end up with .AUPreset format.)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Howard
>>>
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