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	This article covers tips, tricks and recipes for making the most of Loopy Pro's widgets.		This article covers tips, tricks and recipes for making the most of Loopy Pro's widgets.

	=== Value Change Plus Trigger ===		== Value Change Plus Trigger ==
	Periodically people ask "How can I set up a slider or dial so that when it gets turned all the way down, it turns off the related effect or instrument?" To do this:		Periodically people ask "How can I set up a slider or dial so that when it gets turned all the way down, it turns off the related effect or instrument?" To do this:

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	=== Another Method for Triggering Actions from Faders ===		=== Another Method for Triggering Actions from Faders ===
			Another method of triggering discrete actions when a fader or non-stepped knob passes through certain values, is to add a Send MIDI Message action to the Value Change section and sending it to a plugin such as [[MIDI Essential Tips and Tricks#Triggering MIDI Bindings with Widgets\|Streambyter or an unused MIDI color as a passthrough]] to Loopy Pro's MIDI Control system then setting up a MIDI binding to the sent message. Program Change commands are especially handy for this application.

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This article covers tips, tricks and recipes for making the most of Loopy Pro's widgets.

=== Value Change Plus Trigger ===
Periodically people ask "How can I set up a slider or dial so that when it gets turned all the way down, it turns off the related effect or instrument?" To do this:

'''Overview'''

* Set up a continuous control widget (a regular dial or slider) to control the desired parameter (such as reverb mix or reverb time) with its value change gesture as usual.
* Set up a stepped dial or radio button that turns the effect off and on.
* Add a trigger widget action to the continuous control widget to scroll the off/on control.

'''Detailed Steps'''

* '''Create a continuous control widget'''.
** Add a non-stepped dial or slider to your layout.
** Edit the widget and add a parameter adjustment action to the ''Value Change'' section of the widget.
* '''Create and on/off control.'''
** Add a stepped dial or radio button group to the layout with two steps or buttons. If you want this control to be hidden, put it on a different page from the continuous control widget.
** Label the first step or button ''Off''. Add the action that turns the effect or instrument off.
** Label the second step or button ''On.'' Add the action needed to turn the effect or instrument on.
* '''Add an action to the continuous control widget that scrolls the on/off widget.'''
** Because Value Change actions are expected to be continuous actions and on/off type actions are impulse actions, we need to use a little trick: adding a trigger widget action as the continuous controller's press action then moving it to the Value Change section.
** Open the edit window for the continuous control widget.
** Tap on the + next to the Press label.
** Add a Trigger Widget action and choose the On/Off widget as the target.
** Tap ''Action'' in the Trigger Widget action setup and choose ''Scroll''. You will see something like the following:[[File:Widget Value Change Plus Press.jpg|alt=Actions after adding trigger widget|none|thumb|217x217px]]
** Tap ''Reorder'' and drag the ''Scroll'' action into the ''Value Change'' section
** Tap on the ''Scroll'' action to edit it.
** Edit the ''Controller Input End'' value by long-pressing it. Enter a very small number like 0.1. After you edit it, you may see 0% as the value. That's ok.[[File:Trigger Widget Controller Input End after Editing.jpg|alt=Controller Input End after editing its value|none|thumb|276x276px]]

Now, when you drag slider or knob to 0, the effect or instrument will be turned off. As soon as you increase the value, the effect or instrument will turn on.

'''Other uses!''' You can adapt this technique to other uses besides triggering on/off behavior. You can also use multi-stepped dials and radio buttons so that you can trigger other behaviors when you change a slider or dial's values.

=== Another Method for Triggering Actions from Faders ===

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