The Harmonizer
Programmer’s Manual
The Harmonizer
Programmer’s Manual Page 46 of 97 Release 1.2.1
1999 Eventide, Inc.
PARAMETER area.
• A userobject output may be connected to multiple userobject inputs. This means a single module’s userobject
output can show up in several menu pages in the
PARAMETER area. Note: If an module’s PARAMETER area graphic is
shown more than once on a single
menu page, the second instance might not be updated when the first instance’s value changes and vice versa.
Parameter Placement on a Menu Page
Menu page design may be highly individualized. The “look and feel” of a menu page is important if a
program is complex or if there are displayed reactions to adjustments that must be viewed and understood
quickly. For instance, if a program uses a meter monitor to display the signal level in a given frequency
range while a knob parameter gives adjustment of the compression level in that frequency range, it is
important to have the knob parameter and the meter monitor on the same menu page. It may also be
possible to show the relationship between a fader parameter and a meter monitor by placing them on
the same menu page. This kind of “look and feel” control is performed through the connection of userobject
outputs to menupage modules.
This section goes through a tutorial to show:
• Parameters are presented on a menu page in the
PARAMETER area in the order their userobjects are
connected to a menupage module, with placement beginning in the upper left corner of the screen
and proceeding to lower right corner of the screen.
• Modules that produce parameters with simple text
take up one eighth of the screen
(exception is the textblock
module)
. Modules that produce parameters with
graphics take up some other portion of the screen.
The order that modules are connected to the
menupage module may cause the parameters to be
placed poorly, allowing only a few parameters to
appear on a screen where better placement might
have allowed more.
Placing a Vfader, a Meter, and Four Knob Modules
It is possible to build a good looking menu page using
six modules connected to a menupage module. The
order of their connection to the menupage module is
important. The display to the right shows a typical
arrangement of the six modules, taken from the
program
Placement Demo found in the
“
Programming” bank.
To achieve this arrangement, the modules’ userobject
outputs must be connected to the menupage module
in exactly the order shown to the right:
1. main fader-obj
2. left low knob-obj
3. left high knob-obj
4. right low knob-obj
5. right high knob-obj
6. meter-obj
