CompMKtl | SuperCollider 3.13.0 Help

Description

CompMKtl allows combining MKtls into a single MKtl which contains the elements of all these MKtls. For playing interfaces consisting of technically separate devices, it may semantically make sense to merge them into a single MKtl, so one create groups of elements that belong together. CompMKtl is not fully incomplete, so this file also contains tests and design questions.

First code examples:// make some component MKtls, then combine them MKtl(\gpd, "*impact*").gui; // a gamepad MKtl(\nk2a, "*nanokontrol2").gui; MKtl(\nk2b, "*nanokontrol2").gui; MKtl(\gyro, "gyrosc_ga").gui; // phone app with gyro and accel // combine two identical devices into one: a = CompMKtl(\combi, [\nk2a, \nk2b]); // the MKtls become names in the elementGroup a.mktlDict; a.mktlNames; a.elementGroup; // access nanoktl at 0, sl 5 a.elAt(0, \sl, 5); a.elAt(1, \sl, 6); // array of all sliders of both nk2s a.elAt(\all, \sl); // lookup by mktl name : a.elAt(\nk2b, \sl, 7); // add some actions: a.elAt(0, \sl).action = { \yoA_slider.postln }; a.elAt(1, \sl).action = { \yoB_slider.postln }; // combine two different devices: b = CompMKtl(\ng, [\nk2a, \gpd]); b.elAt(0); b.elAt(1, \joy).action = { |el| [el, el.value.round(0.001)].postln; }; b.elAt(\nk2a, \tr, \play).action = { \but_kik.postln }; b.elAt(\gpd, \joy).value; // two different ones c = CompMKtl(\gpgy, [\gpd, \gyro]); c.elementGroup; c.elAt(1); c.elAt(0); c.elAt(\gyro, \accel, \x); // and make one with 3 devices d = CompMKtl(\ngg, [\nk2a, \gpd, \gyro]); d.elementGroup; d.elAt(0, \rew); d.elAt(1, \bt, 0); d.elAt(2, \gyro, \pitch); d.elAt(\nk2a, \rew); d.elAt(\gyro, \gyro, \pitch); d.elAt(\gpd, \bt, 0); // test flattening elementGroups: // two nanokontrols: cannot flatten into a single ElementGroup, // because the two groups have the same element/group-names: a.elementGroup.canFlatten; // nanokontrol and gamepad: no luck, both have \bt elements b.elementGroup.canFlatten; // gamepad and gyro - yes! c.elementGroup.canFlatten; c.elementGroup; // so do it: c.flattenElementGroup; c.elementGroup; // now elementGroup has the groups from // lookup by index c.elAt(1); // and by name c.elAt(\joy); c.elAt(\accel, \x);

Question: How much and what of the MKtl interface should CompMKtl support or pass through?