uzi 64 -> program name outlet "params" -> preset name outlet

does not cover which situation?

hi roman,

The issue i have is that i cant call just one specified preset/parameter value at a time, it seems you that you can only call out all known values in a list.

I guess i could call all values and save to memory, then call from there one by one but i was just wondering if the vst object could do it natively?

cheers

t

i donit think so, there is only the "params" command. but you can easily distribute the outcoming dump of messages using objects like [cycle] or a gate with a counter, is that what you want?

ok i see, you want to attach the names to the parameter numbers and values.

in this case i would do something like thresh 2 zl nth to store the parameter names in a list & then fetch them from there later when you call the values. otoh, you might doublecheck if you really want to include the parameter names with a multi-preset-collection data file. you can always get the parameter names from the plug-in next time, so why store it with each of the presets?

what seems more important for a custom preset file format is to include the plug-in name (and if it is only a reminder for the user - you dont have to do it like they did it in .fxp/.fxb, which is using the actual VST ID)

thanks roman !

i am writing to text file, for further data wrangling outside of max. But i take your point, no need to spit it out every pull. cheers :)