Free-Plugin site for SCOPE

[ehasting]

i agree, it should be possible to go with default, or select one your self.

[Eanna]

Thanks Mr. Arkadin. These are the user stories we need to gather requirements that ensures we have somethin everyone can use.

Can you tell how you arrange your dirs? Ta...

[ehasting]

Since the scope system is very easy build up with scope reading from a directory. There should be the option to allow to select where to install to (having the gui presenting the directory).
And for the default installation directory we should follow the standard scope directories.

I have a feeling that each single member of this forum have their own structure

[Eanna]

Yes ehasting, all of what you said in your post is good. I was thinking that the files section in the xml was a bit weak...

The repro will come with a descriptor, a fileset description, again in xml form. We'll define an interface to allow us query and get devices from it, and provide two implementations of that interface - one that goes to the remote repo by http, and another that goes to a local repro on the filesystem. With a well-defined repro descriptor, we can script up mediators or transformers to accomodate other repro/content management systems. That same XML file can provide an overview page for psy-works.net.
We can also allow synchronization of two repros.. And validation that the local scope install matches what's expected according to whatever user-specific mapping rules apply..

We can get fancy with accomodating user requirements for local Scope installation dir naming if we use what things like ID3 taggers use: substitution variables for named component parts of a filesystem path. Maybe not Rev 1... and maybe we may never do that! Predictability is a good thing... Principle of Least Astionishment (PoLA), and all that...

Re. Github etc., not done that kind of thing before, but I'm happy to try and to learn...
I'll PM you now with my chat details...

Cheers, looking forward to this, Eanna

[Mr Arkadin]

Thanks Mr. Arkadin. These are the user stories we need to gather requirements that ensures we have somethin everyone can use.

Can you tell how you arrange your dirs? Ta...

All I do is create new folders with the same designations as the Scope menu bar, but add "_", so I have on my top menu the folders:

Effects Hardware Midi Mixer etc. as normal to Synths Tools

then _Effects_ _Midi_ _Mixer_ etc. again to _Synth_ _Tools_ for all the freebies.

The "_" ensures that the normal installed folders are first in the menu. I then subdivide by maker and follow the Scope folder system: e.g. _Effect_ > Mono > Derknott > Dynamic > AnMuCo > AnMuCoMS.dev

I have a further subfolder in each category for devices that I consider "Legacy" - perhaps the GUI is corrupted or it uses the old preset system. Anything that I feel may inhibit its usefulness but are still worth having around.

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[Eanna]

I have a feeling that each single member of this forum have their own structure

I better write that batch file so then!

[Eanna]

Looks good Mr Arkadin, makes sense, cheers...

[David]

Amazing!
Thank you so much

[jksuperstar]

The installer tool should like apt/yum, track index of local installs.

Indeed, I think you can just use apt or yum. Which is nice, since there is the potential for dependencies based on x64 vs x86, or modular patches that require free or third party modules.

Linux: apt-get (debian, etc)

Mac: Fink
http://www.finkproject.org/

Windows: win-get
http://windows-get.sourceforge.net/

[David]

Does anyone know of or still have a link to the master zip file or can it be made available again?

Thanks

[Eanna]

Which master zip file?

There are two links to zip's, uploaded by Guppy - see his posts on the previous page (devices_not_classified.zip and free_devices.zip).
Links to his site are still active...

[David]

Thanks Eanna,
I'd got these a while ago but had misplaced them thanks for the pointers.

The master zip file was the name used by jksuperstar on page 3 when first requesting all these excellent devices get put into one package, as you've pointed out its not the actual file/s.

Did modular patches ever get zipped into one download package?

Thanks

[Eanna]

Hi Pygmy, no, the Modular patches didn't get zipped. And what jksuperstar requested as a master zip file isn't the same as what Guppy uploaded - what Guppy supplies is his own archive of Scope devices...

Unfortunately, I didn't get around to completing that installer that interacted with ehasting's scopeportal.com site either
And unfortunately, seems that scopeportal.com is offline right now - was up not so long ago tho...

I do have another zip of free scope devices I reaped off various sources. There may well be crossover with these and other devices in other zips... Anyway... Check my first post here:
http://forums.planetz.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32294

Shayart posted his own archive too, mentioned in my post above.

[guppy]

Thanks to Mr Arkadin, i only had to add some devices, and sometimes try to classify some of them only by kind of effects and not developer's name/effects
I could upload somewhere a zip file with all modules and patches i got, but it's more than 1.5G, so even zipped, it's huge.
i'm going to do it if you really want

[David]

Thank you Eanna these are great rescourses

@guppy - a file that packed will take a while to enjoy all the goodies but what a fun time!
Thank you for your wonderful efforts compiling all these devices. I'm looking forward to unpacking this mega file.

Thanks
David

[guppy]

This is a pack with all modules and patches i got !

http://gcluber.free.fr/Modular-adds.zip.001
http://gcluber.free.fr/Modular-adds.zip.002
http://gcluber.free.fr/Modular-adds.zip.003

each file is 540M. You must download them all to unpack
Classified by alphabetic order and developer's names.

[Eanna]

Thank you very much Guppy.

How do I stitch these archives together? I've downloaded them, but I can't open them with 7z, which is usually good for most archives...
(well I can open the 001 one, but I can only see three files in a BassDrumGen folder. The other two don't appear to be 'valid archives').

I tried concatenating the files, like this:

C:\Users\Eanna\Downloads>copy /b *.00? Modular-adds.zip
Modular-adds.zip.001
Modular-adds.zip.002
Modular-adds.zip.003
1 file(s) copied.

But again, just those three files in Modular-adds.zip...

Maybe I need to download again? Some bytes got corrupted on the download possibly...

I've seen archives split like this before, but usually there's a "master" file, without the 00x extension... and Zip programs know to look in files matching the name of the archive with .xxx extensions...

[guppy]

i've just tried to open the zip files, it's ok if you open them from the 001 one.
I'm not sure that the files i've uploaded have been well uploaded , but i think it's ok.
001 and 002 are 520M, 003 is 500M.
I'm using 7z too. Open the 001 one and right click with "extract to..."
001 is the master file.

[Eanna]

FYI, here's the file sizes on my disk:

14/01/2015 16:23 545,259,520 Modular-adds.zip.001
14/01/2015 16:23 545,259,520 Modular-adds.zip.002
14/01/2015 16:20 452,672,860 Modular-adds.zip.003

I'll try downloading again... Thanks again!

[guppy]

The last one is not complete, should be 524M