Learn button in plug-in header

[sunmachine]

The CopperLan Controller for the iPad features a Learn button.
Is it possible to add such a button to the plug-in header, too?

[CopperPhil]

Actually it is not necessary.

The Learning in CopperLan is not working as the MIDI learn.
- In MIDI, the target is learning the CC sent by the Controller
- In CopperLan, the Controller is learning the target parameter location and the message it is expecting.

And so several controllers can point to the same parameter and get automatically synchronized feedback value. In MIDI you can't do this, except if you manually setup each controller to send the right CC, considering that you know his number

Once a CopperLan controller is in Learning mode, you just have to change the value of any parameter over the network (using the CopperLan Manager universal editor, using the plugin's GUI, using front panel knob...) and then the controller is automatically assigned to point to the parameter's endpoint (whatever its location on the network) and with the message expected by the parameter. No need to worry about channel, CC number, connection...

The next version of CopperLan Manager includes a new Controller tab designed to experiment and demonstrate this Learning capability, and also the SmartConnect. When you "SmartConnect" a CooperLan controller to a target, a procedure is initiated within the CopperLan engine to allocate automatically the knobs, sliders, buttons to the more relevant target's parameters. Actually the controller is describing itself (number of controls, types of controls, possibly predefined roles...) to the target, and the target chose which parameter to assign to which control. So, a synth controller can be designed with some hard-coded knobs (LFO speed, amplitude, Osc Tune, Pan...) and using SmartConnect you are sure that those knobs will always be allocated to the right parameter, whatever the controller and synth, and automatically. It's a kind of magic

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