/usr/share/fweelin/config-help.txt

Keyboard Keys
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For your reference, here is a table that lists keyboard key #s and
the corresponding key name (keysym).

When referring to keys in the XML config files, use the name given in the
second column.

008 - backspace
009 - tab
012 - clear
013 - return
019 - pause
027 - escape
032 - space
033 - exclamation
034 - dblquote
035 - numbersign
036 - dollarsign
038 - ampersand
039 - backquote
040 - openparen
041 - closeparen
042 - asterisk
043 - plus
044 - comma
045 - minus
046 - period
047 - slash
048 - zero
049 - one
050 - two
051 - three
052 - four
053 - five
054 - six
055 - seven
056 - eight
057 - nine
058 - colon
059 - semicolon
060 - lessthan
061 - equal
062 - greaterthan
063 - questionmark
064 - at
091 - squarebracketopen
092 - backslash
093 - squarebracketclose
094 - caret
095 - underscore
096 - tilde
097 - a
098 - b
099 - c
100 - d
101 - e
102 - f
103 - g
104 - h
105 - i
106 - j
107 - k
108 - l
109 - m
110 - n
111 - o
112 - p
113 - q
114 - r
115 - s
116 - t
117 - u
118 - v
119 - w
120 - x
121 - y
122 - z
127 - delete
160 - world0
161 - world1
162 - world2
163 - world3
164 - world4
165 - world5
166 - world6
167 - world7
168 - world8
169 - world9
170 - world10
171 - world11
172 - world12
173 - world13
174 - world14
175 - world15
176 - world16
177 - world17
178 - world18
179 - world19
180 - world20
181 - world21
182 - world22
183 - world23
184 - world24
185 - world25
186 - world26
187 - world27
188 - world28
189 - world29
190 - world30
191 - world31
192 - world32
193 - world33
194 - world34
195 - world35
196 - world36
197 - world37
198 - world38
199 - world39
200 - world40
201 - world41
202 - world42
203 - world43
204 - world44
205 - world45
206 - world46
207 - world47
208 - world48
209 - world49
210 - world50
211 - world51
212 - world52
213 - world53
214 - world54
215 - world55
216 - world56
217 - world57
218 - world58
219 - world59
220 - world60
221 - world61
222 - world62
223 - world63
224 - world64
225 - world65
226 - world66
227 - world67
228 - world68
229 - world69
230 - world70
231 - world71
232 - world72
233 - world73
234 - world74
235 - world75
236 - world76
237 - world77
238 - world78
239 - world79
240 - world80
241 - world81
242 - world82
243 - world83
244 - world84
245 - world85
246 - world86
247 - world87
248 - world88
249 - world89
250 - world90
251 - world91
252 - world92
253 - world93
254 - world94
255 - world95
256 - KP0
257 - KP1
258 - KP2
259 - KP3
260 - KP4
261 - KP5
262 - KP6
263 - KP7
264 - KP8
265 - KP9
266 - KPperiod
267 - KPslash
268 - KPasterisk
269 - KPminus
270 - KPplus
271 - enter
272 - equals
273 - up
274 - down
275 - right
276 - left
277 - insert
278 - home
279 - end
280 - pageup
281 - pagedown
282 - f1
283 - f2
284 - f3
285 - f4
286 - f5
287 - f6
288 - f7
289 - f8
290 - f9
291 - f10
292 - f11
293 - f12
294 - f13
295 - f14
296 - f15
300 - numlock
301 - capslock
302 - scrolllock
303 - rightshift
304 - leftshift
305 - rightctrl
306 - leftctrl
307 - rightalt
308 - leftalt
309 - rightmeta
310 - leftmeta
311 - leftsuper
312 - rightsuper
313 - altgr
314 - compose
315 - help
316 - printscreen
317 - sysreq
318 - break
319 - menu
320 - power
321 - euro
322 - undo

Input Events
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Here is a table of recognized input events.
The input matrix is flexible in that different types of input events
can be routed to different output events. There is also a parameter routing
that connects input parameters like MIDI note velocity to control parameters
within FreeWheeling. For example, you can specify that the number of the note
pressed controls which loop is triggered.

Event "key"
binding input="key" conditions="keydown=1 and key=space"
A keyboard key is pressed or released.

"keydown": 1 if key was pressed, otherwise 0
"key": Name or number of the key (see above table)

Event "midicontroller"
binding input="midicontroller" conditions="controlnum=64 and midichannel=0
and controlval=64>127"
A MIDI controller is changed.

"outport": # of MIDI output to echo event to
"midichannel": Channel of event
"controlnum": Number of control change
"controlval": Value of control change
"routethroughpatch": 1 sends this MIDI message through the port/channel(s)
given by the current patch.
0 sends this message
as described by outport/midichannel.

Event "midikey"
binding input="midikey" conditions="keydown=1 and midichannel=0 and
notenum=VAR_noterange and velocity=1>127"
A MIDI note is pressed or released.

"outport": # of MIDI output to echo event to
"keydown": 1 if note is pressed, 0 if note is released
"midichannel": Channel of event
"notenum": Number of note
"velocity": Velocity of noteon/noteoff
"routethroughpatch": 1 sends this MIDI message through the port/channel(s)
given by the current patch.
0 sends this message
as described by outport/midichannel.

Event "midichannelpressure"
binding input="midichannelpressure" conditions="midichannel=0 and
pressureval=64"
A MIDI channel pressure (channel aftertouch) message.

"outport": # of MIDI output to echo event to
"midichannel": Channel of event
"pressureval": Pressure of keys
"routethroughpatch": 1 sends this MIDI message through the port/channel(s)
given by the current patch.
0 sends this message
as described by outport/midichannel.

Event "midiprogramchange"
binding input="midiprogramchange" conditions="midichannel=0 and
programval=64"
A MIDI program change message.

"outport": # of MIDI output to echo event to
"midichannel": Channel of event
"programval": Program change #
"routethroughpatch": 1 sends this MIDI message through the port/channel(s)
given by the current patch.
0 sends this message
as described by outport/midichannel.

Event "midipitchbend"
binding input="midipitchbend" conditions="midichannel=0 and
pitchval=6000"
A MIDI pitch bend message.

"outport": # of MIDI output to echo event to
"midichannel": Channel of event
"pitchval": Pitch bender value
"routethroughpatch": 1 sends this MIDI message through the port/channel(s)
given by the current patch.
0 sends this message
as described by outport/midichannel.

Event "joybutton"
binding input="joybutton" conditions="joystick=1 and
button=3 and
down=1"

A joystick button has been moved.

"joystick": # of the joystick
"button": # of the button
"down": 1 if button is down, 0 if button is up

Event "start-freewheeling"
binding input="start-freewheeling"
FreeWheeling has just been started.

Event "go-sub"
binding input="go-sub"
Subroutine is being invoked- see "go-sub" in output events.

The above input events can also be used as output events.
For example, we can trigger a series of MIDI controller changes
when a QWERTY key is pressed.

Output Events
*************

Here is a table of recognized output events, what they do and
what parameters they accept:

Event "exit-freewheeling"
Quit!

Event "slide-loop-amplifier-stop-all"
Stops sliding amplitudes for all loops.

Event "slide-loop-amplifier"
Slides the amplitude of a given loop, like a fade.

"loopid": the ID of the loop
"slide": the speed at which to slide the amplitude. Successive events
accelerate the sliding, until you reverse the speed or call
set-loop-amplifier

Event "set-loop-amplifier"
Sets the amplitude of a given loop, and stops any sliding

"loopid": the ID of the loop
"amp": the amplitude to set it to (linear)

Event "adjust-loop-amplifier"
Adjusts the amplitude of a given loop, and stops any sliding

"loopid": the ID of the loop
"ampfactor": the factor to multiply the amplitude by

Event "trigger-loop"
Triggers a given loop-

if no loop exists at that loopid,
begins recording a new loop..

if a new loop is recording, the behavior depends:
if overdub="1", switches to overdub..
if overdub="0", switches to play..

if a loop is playing, the behavior depends:
if overdub="1", switches to overdub..
if overdub="0", switches off..

if a loop is overdubbing, switches to play.

This is similar to an EDP style tapin-tapout-play/overdub.
When recording a new loop, the length grows until we trigger-loop again.
When overdubbing into an existing loop, the existing loop is blended with
new input material.

You can modify this behavior with the "engage" option.
When "engage" is set to 1, the loop will -always- start.
When "engage" is set to 0, the loop will -always- stop.
If engage is not set, the behavior depends on the current state of the loop,
as described above.

You can modify the looping behavior with the "shot" option.
When "shot" is set to 1, the loop will play through only once.
When "shot" is not set, the loop will repeat indefinitely.

"loopid": the ID of the loop
"vol": the volume to trigger with- this combined with the loop amplitude
determine the overall amplitude of the playing loop
"shot": shot mode
"engage": force on or off?
"overdub": 1 or 0 determine whether to overdub or just play
"overdubfeedback": Variable that holds the value of feedback to
apply during overdub. Variable must be of type
float (from 0.0 to 1.0). Variable can be continuously
varied.

Event "set-trigger-volume"
Sets the volume of a given loop trigger. If you have a loop playing, you
can change the volume with this event. It is different than the
loop amplifier, because each time you trigger the loop you can have a
different trigger volume, whereas the loop amplifier changes the volume
of the loop once-and-for-all.

"loopid": the ID of the loop
"vol": the volume to set it to

Event "erase-selected-loops"
Erase selected loops that are in the given selection set.

"setid": Number of the selection set to use
(usually this will be 0)

Event "erase-all-loops"
Erases all loops and time meters.

Event "erase-loop"
Erases a given loop- if recording is happening on the given id,
stops and erases recording.

"loopid": the ID of the loop

Event "move-loop"
Moves a loop from "oldloopid" to "newloopid", if a loop exists there.
This can be done at any time- when recording or playing a loop,
or when it is inactive.

"oldloopid": old loop ID
"newloopid": new loop ID

Event "slide-master-in-volume"
Slides the master input volume at the speed given. A positive value
increases volume. Actually, if you call slide-master-in-volume
several times you cumulatively increase the speed of sliding. It is
like a fade. This applies for other slide events too.

"slide": speed of slide

Event "slide-in-volume"
Slides one input volume at the speed given. A positive value
increases volume.

"input": number of input to slide volume for
"slide": speed of slide

Event "slide-master-out-volume"
Slides the master output volume at the speed given. A positive value
increases volume.

"slide": speed of slide

Event "set-master-in-volume"
Sets the master input volume.
Stops sliding.

"vol": new linear volume- 1.0 is 100% volume.
or
"fadervol": new logarithmic volume- specify fader throw (0.0 to 1.0).

Event "set-master-out-volume"
Sets the master output volume.
Stops sliding.

"vol": new linear volume- 1.0 is 100% volume.
or
"fadervol": new logarithmic volume- specify fader throw (0.0 to 1.0).

Event "set-in-volume"
Sets one input volume.
Stops sliding.

"input": number of input to set volume for
"vol": new linear volume- 1.0 is 100% volume.
or
"fadervol": new logarithmic volume- specify fader throw (0.0 to 1.0).

Event "toggle-input-record"
Toggles recording of one input. Does not change monitoring for this input,
only whether loops are recorded from the input.

"input": number of input to toggle recording for

Event "adjust-midi-transpose"
Adjusts the pitch transpose for MIDI out. MIDI events that aren't used in
an event are echoed back out the MIDI out and to the internal FluidSynth
synthesizer. This parameter adjusts the transpose that is applied to MIDI
notes before they are echoed. It does not affect the note numbers coming
into FreeWheeling events.

"adjust": amount to shift transpose (semitones)

Event "fluidsynth-enable"
Enables or disables processing for the integrated FluidSynth. When
FluidSynth is disabled, the real-time DSP for FluidSynth is not active,
so FreeWheeling runs faster. By default, this is done by the patch browser.
When you select FluidSynth patches, FluidSynth is enabled. When you select
other patches, FluidSynth is automatically disabled.

"enable": 1 for enable or 0 for disable

Event "set-midi-tuning"
Retunes MIDI by the current value of the pitchbender. What this does is
offset the zero position of pitchbender to a given value. You can
easily tune to outside instruments by sweeping the pitchbender until you are
in tune and then calling set-midi-tuning with the current value of the
pitchbender (see system variables).

"tuning": new zero position for MIDI pitchbender

Event "set-midi-echo-port"
DEPRECATED- FreeWheeling now sends to ports/channels as specified by
the patch browser.

Sets the MIDI port where incoming MIDI events are echoed. The only events
echoed are those that do not trigger something in FreeWheeling.

"echoport": new MIDI out port number to echo MIDI events
(0 disables)

Event "set-variable"
Sets the user variable named "var" to the value "val". The value
given must be convertible into the type of variable "var".

"var": variable to set
"value": what to set it to

Event "toggle-variable"
Toggles (increments) the user variable named "var" through an integer
range of values, with a maximum of "maxvalue". Wraps to "minvalue" when
maxvalue is exceeded.

"var": variable to toggle
"maxvalue": maximum value of variable
"minvalue": minimum value of variable

Event "video-show-loop"
Change the range of loops shown onscreen-

In the onscreen layout given by "layoutid", shows loops in the range
"loopid". For example, if you specify layoutid 0 and loopid 15>30,
then layout 0 will show the loop at id 15 in its first element
(element id 0), up to loopid 30 in element 15.

You will see these changes only if the layout is set to show onscreen,
and when there are loops stored in the loopids given.

"interfaceid": interface where layout is defined
"layoutid": which layout to change the range of shown loops
"loopid": new range of shown loops

Event "video-show-layout"
Shows or hides the layout given by "layoutid".
If hideothers is "1", all other layouts are made hidden.

"interfaceid": interface where layout is defined
"layoutid": layout to show/hide
"show": "1" for show and "0" for hide
"hideothers": "1" to hide all other layouts

Event "video-switch-interface"
Switches to (shows) the interface given by "interfaceid".
All displays and layouts defined in that interface are shown.
All displays and layouts defined in other interfaces are hidden,
EXCEPT those in non-switchable interfaces.

"interfaceid": interface to switch to

Event "video-show-help"
Shows or hides help.
FreeWheeling has an online help that can be overlaid on the screen while
you are playing. This event shows a given page of that help (or hides it).

The help text is user defined. Throughout this config file, you'll see
comments which begin in "HELP:". Any comments that begin in this way become
a part of the help text. If you have a second ":" in the help comment, it
becomes a second column in the help text.

"page": Help page number to show or "0" for hide

Event "video-full-screen"
Put FreeWheeling in a window, or let 'er hog the whole screen

"fullscreen": "1" for hog fullscreen and "0" for window

Event "select-pulse"
Selects time pulse #pulse. If no pulse exists at the given #,
creates a new one. The length and downbeat of a new pulse are taken from the
last recorded loop.

Once a pulse is created, it is automatically selected. The selected pulse
determines the timing of all newly recorded loops. If a new pulse is
selected, only those loops recorded from that point on are affected.

To deselect all pulses and return to free time, set pulse="-1".

"pulse": Number of the time pulse to create/select

Event "delete-pulse"
Delete time pulse #pulse. All loops attached to that pulse are also deleted.

"pulse": Number of the time pulse to delete

Event "show-debug-info"
Shows or hides debugging information.
The information is printed to the console. It includes input events like
MIDI and keyboard keys, and information from bound events.

It can help track down problems in your configuration,
if FreeWheeling is not working as you imagined.
But it introduces some performance latency, so I recommend leaving it off!

"show": "1" for show debug info and "0" for hide

Event "toggle-disk-output"
Toggles output of the master outs to disk. This includes the input mix.
OGG files are created in the library folder with the name 'live1.ogg',
'live2.ogg', etc.. The live mix is exactly what you hear from
FreeWheeling's outputs.

Accompanying each OGG file is a timing file named live.wav.usx,
to be used in the GnuSound editor for doing precise splice edits on loop
downbeats. Run oggdec on the OGG files and then load into GnuSound.
You can also import timing information into Ardour from this .wav.usx file-
see the file scripts/go-import-markers.

If FreeWheeling is already writing to disk, this shuts the record off.
The next write starts in a new folder.

FreeWheeling no longer overwrites old files and folders. Existing save
folders are skipped.

Event "set-auto-loop-saving"
Turns on/off auto loop saving. This saves all new loops to disk.
The loops are saved in the current "save" folder (see toggle-disk-output),
with the name 'loop???.ogg'. The loopID is given in the filename.
Loop files are not overwritten- subsequent writes of 55, for example,
will yield filenames 'loop55-0.ogg', 'loop55-1.ogg', etc.

"save": "1" to turn on auto loop saving and "0" for off

Event "save-loop"
Saves the loop with given index. The file is named and saved as described
above.

"loopid": ID of loop to save

Event "save-new-scene"
Event "save-current-scene"
Saves a new scene/overwrites current scene.
A scene is a snapshot of all loaded loops and levels.
It is like a save of the complete session.

Event "create-snapshot"
Create a snapshot. A snapshot is a memory of all playing and idle loops and their levels.
This allows you to easily create and switch between song 'sections'.

"snapid": ID # of snapshot to save

Event "rename-snapshot"
"snapid": ID # of snapshot to rename

Event "trigger-snapshot"
"snapid": ID # of snapshot to trigger

Event "switch-metronome"
Switches an audible metronome on or off for the given pulse. The metronome
sounds on the downbeat of the pulse.

"pulse": Number of the pulse
"metronome": 1 for metronome on, 0 for off

Event "tap-pulse"
Taps a pulse- each tap gives a new downbeat.

This allows you to tap tempo, instead of creating a pulse around an
existing loop. If you tap a tempo and switch-metronome to on, it is
like playing along with a click track.

If you already have loops playing on a pulse, the effect is to change the
timing when they loop to their start. The loops themselves do not change
speed (yet).

"pulse": Number of the pulse
"newlen": 1 for change tempo, 0 for just hit downbeat

Event "go-sub"
Triggers event "go-sub", which you can bind to. The effect is like
creating a subroutine of several event triggers. You can then trigger
go-sub from many places, and have the same subroutine of events triggered.

This allows you to have FreeWheeling do several predefined things in
response to one input, like changing loop volumes and moving loops,
or repeating some operation on several loops.

You can have many subroutines, and each subroutine can accept parameters.
Search for go-sub to find examples in this config.

"sub": Number of the subroutine
"param1": Integer parameter 1
"param2": Integer parameter 2
"param3": Integer parameter 3

Event "browser-move-to-item"
Moves forward or back in a browser

"browserid": Browser ID- as you have defined in 'display' section
"adjust": Number of individual items to move by (+ is forward - is back)
"jumpadjust": number of divisions to jump by
divisions are placed depending on the type of browser-
for example, for Fluidsynth patches, there are divisions
between soundfonts

Event "browser-select-item"
Choose or select the current item in a browser.
Different browser types behave differently when an item is selected
For example, the loop browser loads the selected loop

"browserid": Browser ID- as you have defined in 'display' section

Event "browser-rename-item"
Rename the current item in a browser.
This is an interactive process where the user can make changes to the item
name. Many of the regular keyboard bindings become disabled during renaming.

During renaming, you can type a new name with the keyboard.
ESC aborts renaming, and ENTER accepts the new name.

"browserid": Browser ID- as you have defined in 'display' section

Event "patchbrowser-move-to-bank"
Switch patch browser banks.

"direction": -1 or 1 to move backward or forward

Event "patchbrowser-move-to-bank-by-index"
Switch patch browser banks, choosing by index.

"index": Index of patchbank to select
Must be in the range of 0 to SYSTEM_num_patchbanks-1

Event "browser-item-browsed"
This event is sent out by Freewheeling's browsers whenever a browser item
is changed. This is useful in the patch browser- you can bind to
browser-item-browsed and send out control changes or change MIDI echo ports
whenever a new item is browsed.

"browserid": Browser ID- as you have defined in 'display' section.
Identifies which browser has had a change in item.

Event "video-show-display"
Show or hide a video display with the given ID- you define the displays and
IDs in the video section below, and then you can turn them on or off as
needed through this event.

"interfaceid": interface where layout is defined
"displayid": Display ID
"show": 1 or 0 is show or hide display

Event "set-load-loop-id"
Sets the loop ID where to put a loop when it is loaded from disk.
Loops are loaded by the loop browser when an item is selected
(browser-select-item).
Whenever a single loop is loaded from disk, it will appear in this
loop ID.

"loopid": ID to load loops into

Event "set-default-loop-placement"
Sets the range of loop IDs to be used by default.
For example when loading external loops, FW can place them here if
the requested IDs are not available.

"looprange": Range of IDs to use as default

Event "loop-clicked"
This event is generated whenever the user clicks a mouse button on
a loop slot on-screen. It allows you to respond to clicks on loops.

"down": Mouse button down or up? (1 or 0)
"button": Number of mouse button pressed/released
"loopid": Number of the corresponding loopid clicked on
"in": Zero if the loop was clicked in the loop tray
One if the loop was clicked in a layout

Event "set-sync-type"
Set the type of sync for syncronizing to an external sequencer/app.

Freewheeling uses a 'pulse' concept of timing. Instead of dividing time
up into bars, beats, and ticks (sequencer style), Freewheeling simply
defines time as a rhythmic pulsing. When you create a pulse, Freewheeling
can optionally transmit or receive sync information for that pulse.
Two syncronization mechanisms are provided- Jack and MIDI. Both represent
time as bars, beats, and ticks. The sync type parameter controls
whether we are mapping beats to pulses (beat sync) or bars to pulses
(bar sync).

"type": 1 for beat sync, 0 for bar sync

Event "set-sync-speed"
Set the number of beats/bars per pulse. This affects the translated speed
between Freewheeling's internal clock and the external clock.

"speed": Number of beats or bars (depending on sync type) to a single
pulse.

Event "set-midi-sync"
Set whether to transmit MIDI sync.
Note that to transmit MIDI sync, you also need to set 'midisyncouts' in
the general config section, and you need to have a pulse running.

"midisync": 1 to transmit MIDI sync. 0 for no MIDI sync.

Event "toggle-select-loop"
Freewheeling allows you to select and work with several loops at once.
This event toggles one loop as selected/unselected.
You can have several selection sets.

"setid": Number of the selection set in which to toggle the loop
(usually this will be 0)
"loopid": ID of the loop to toggle

Event "select-only-playing-loops"
Make the selection include only those loops that are currently playing/
currently idle.

"setid": Number of the selection set to change
(usually this will be 0)
"playing": 1 to include only playing loops
0 to include only idle loops

Event "select-all-loops"
Select/unselect all loops.

"setid": Number of the selection set to change
(usually this will be 0)
"select": 1 to select all loops
0 to select no loops

Event "invert-selection"
Invert the selection- Select all loops not currently selected.

"setid": Number of the selection set to change
(usually this will be 0)

Event "trigger-selected-loops"
Trigger the selected loops. You can toggle them for playing/idle,
or you can force them to play.

"setid": Number of the selection set to use
(usually this will be 0)
"vol": Volume at which to trigger loops
"toggleloops": 1 to toggle loops for playing, 0 to force playing.

Event "set-selected-loops-trigger-volume"
Set the volume of all selected loops.
This only affects playing loops.
This allows you to fade many loops together.

"setid": Number of the selection set to use
(usually this will be 0)
"vol": Volume to set loops to

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Creating Bindings
*****************

Each binding has two parts-

1) What input event and conditions trigger the binding?
2) What output event(s) are generated and what parameters are set for those
events?

For example-
binding: input="key" conditions="key=escape and keydown=1"
output="exit-freewheeling"
Is triggered when the escape key is pressed. The key must match "escape"
and keydown must match "1" (the key is pressed, not released).
The event generated under these conditions is "exit-freewheeling".
No parameters are set.

Dynamic Parameters
******************

In the above table of input events, you can see that there are different
input types that can trigger events. It's possible to use simple expressions
in your bindings to dynamically check conditions and assign parameters.

For example- This binding is for a MIDI keyboard with volume faders that
transmit on different MIDI channels. Here, the volume faders are being
used to fade loop levels:

binding input="midicontroller" conditions="controlnum=7 and
midichannel=0>15"
output="set-loop-amplifier" parameters="loopid=midichannel+36 and
amp=controlval/127*2"

This binding is triggered when MIDI controller 7 (volume) changes are
received on channels 0-15. Event "set-loop-amplifier" is generated
(to change the volume of a given loop). The loop given is "midichannel+36".
The volume to set the loop to is "controlval/127*2". So, a MIDI controller 7
input on channel 2 with controller value 127 will set loop #38 to
volume 2.0 (200%).

The example shows how input parameters, such as MIDI channel and controller
value, can be referenced in your bindings along with simple
algebra (+ - / *).

Order of Operations
*******************

When entering algebraic expressions, note that
FreeWheeling does not evaluate with standard order of operations.
The order of evaluation is always left to right. So:

amp="3+3/6" will evaluate to 1 and not 3 and not 3.5.

Algebra is evaluated conservatively with respect to type
(I'm such a conservative!) That means that the expression:

amp="1/2" will evaluate to 0 and not 0.5.

For explicit floating point, use:

amp="1.0/2" which evaluates to 0.5.

Algebra on Ranges
*****************

value="0>12 + 10" evaluates to "10>22". Both ends of the range are worked on.

value="0>5 + 1>5" evaluates to "1>10". Note that the types of each end of a
range are always integers, so:

value="0.5>1.5 + 0.5>1.5" evaluates to "0>2"

User Variables
**************

It is also possible to create your own user variables. These can then be
referenced in your bindings, or changed during runtime, for a much more
dynamic user interface.

For example, the binding below will set trigger volume for loops across
a range of notes. The binding checks to see that the MIDI note number
matches the user variable "VAR_noterange". Since "VAR_noterange" is a
range variable, this means that the binding will only trigger event
"set-trigger-volume" if the note number is within the range specified
by "VAR_noterange".

binding input="midikey" conditions="VAR_cutmode=1 and notenum=VAR_noterange
and keydown=1"
output="set-trigger-volume" parameters="loopid=notenum and
vol=velocity/127"

****
Note that as of version 0.5pre3, FreeWheeling automatically indexes your
bindings based on a hash key, so there is no need to specify wildcard cases
(previously done with midikey="*").
****

Another example... The binding:

binding input="midikey" conditions="VAR_xferloop=1 and notenum=VAR_noterange
adn keydown=1"
output="move-loop" parameters="oldloopid=VAR_xferidx and
newloopid=notenum+VAR_loopid_pianostart"

Checks these conditions:

Input event is a MIDI Key
Variable 'VAR_xferloop' equals 1?
Input parameter notenum is within range of variable 'VAR_noterange'
(When comparing against a range, a condition is true when the value is
within the bounds of the range)
Input parameter keydown equals 1

This binding is used to move a loop onto a piano key. Presumably, this is
a special case where we have a loop in a holding place (such as a loop grabbed
by a footswitch), and we want to move from that holding place onto the
MIDI keyboard.

Using a combination of user variables and careful configuration of bindings,
a highly tailored user interface can be created.

Order of Bindings
*****************

The order in which we declare bindings in this file is important.
Bindings are checked from top to bottom, so you will need to put special
case bindings first. For example, if you want to modify the behavior of a
binding when a certain variable is set or key is held, you will have to
put the special case before the general case.

The first matching binding is the only binding that is triggered.

For an example, look under comment -Erase Loops-, and see that holding
space while pressing a loop trigger key erases a loop, whereas if space is
not held, it triggers the loop.

System Variables
****************

The following system variables may also be used in configuration.
They are internal to FreeWheeling and are always available.

You can not change the value of these variables with events like
'set-variable' and 'toggle-variable'.System variables have special events
like 'set-master-in-volume' for control.

Variables:

SYSTEM_midi_transpose -
semitones of current MIDI transpose -
affects all outgoing MIDI events to FluidSynth and the
external MIDI output port

SYSTEM_master_in_volume -
master input volume - 1.0 is full scale

SYSTEM_master_out_volume
master output volume - 1.0 is full scale

SYSTEM_cur_pitchbend
current value of MIDI pitchbender before offset

SYSTEM_bender_tune -
current offset of MIDI pitchbender (see set-midi-tuning)

SYSTEM_cur_limiter_gain -
current autolimiter gain - changes as audio levels change
it's actually more of a soft compressor

SYSTEM_audio_cpu_load -
current audio CPU load

SYSTEM_sync_active -
nonzero if transport sync is sending or receiving beats/bars/ticks
This will happen whenever you have a pulse, or if another audio app
is transmitting sync information.

SYSTEM_sync_transmit -
nonzero if Freewheeling is transmitting sync information
By default, Freewheeling tries to become timebase master.
When the transport starts rolling, FW will transmit sync information.
If another app is master, FW will receive sync information.

SYSTEM_midisync_transmit -
nonzero if Freewheeling is transmitting MIDI sync information.

SYSTEM_fluidsynth_enabled -
is FluidSynth enabled?

SYSTEM_num_help_pages -
number of help pages available

SYSTEM_num_loops_in_map -
total number of loops in the whole map

SYSTEM_num_recording_loops_in_map -
total number of loops currently recording or overdubbing in map
watch this to see if you have runaway loops recording

SYSTEM_num_patchbanks -
total number of patch banks defined in configuration

SYSTEM_cur_patchbank_tag -
tag for currently selected patchbank-
You can use this to change Freewheeling's behavior depending on
which patchbank is selected.

SYSTEM_loopid_lastrecord_0
SYSTEM_loopid_lastrecord_1
SYSTEM_loopid_lastrecord_2 ... -
loop ids for those loops last recorded -
lastrecord_0 is the most recently recorded loop, and so on..
the number of last record appears under loops, so you can see
which loops were recorded more recently

SYSTEM_in_1_volume
SYSTEM_in_2_volume ... -
current volumes for given inputs - up to the number of inputs you have
defined

SYSTEM_in_1_record
SYSTEM_in_2_record ... -
flag for each input that tells us whether the input is set to record

SYSTEM_num_midi_outs
number of MIDI outputs you have defined

SYSTEM_snapshot_page_firstidx
index of the first snapshot on the currently visible page of snapshots

Browser types:

BROWSE_patch
Patch browser
BROWSE_loop
Loop browser- loads loops from disk
BROWSE_scene
Scene browser- loads scenes from disk

Triggering Multiple Outputs
***************************

You can set up one event input to trigger many output events. To do this,
specify your output events and parameters for each in a list. Have a look
at the binding for input="start-freewheeling", which triggers a bunch of
events when FreeWheeling is first started.

**
Note that as of version 0.5pre3, this new syntax replaces the old start="1"
and continued="1" syntax for startup and multiple output events.
**

MIDI Echo
*********

FreeWheeling echos incoming MIDI events to MIDI output. However, events
that trigger a binding are not echoed. This allows you to connect a
softsynth or other MIDI device to one of FreeWheeling's MIDI outputs.
Then MIDI inputs which trigger your event bindings, such as triggering loops,
will not go to your synth.

freewheeling 0.6-2build2 / usr / share / fweelin / config-help.txt