support automation tracks about augene-ng HOT 6 CLOSED

Another issue with the "use NRPN" idea is that unless we switch to MIDI2 model the actual parameter values are bound to the range within 0..127, which does not match audio plugin parameters capability (usually 32-bit float, can be even 64-bit). Maybe it is inevitable unless we use our very own sysex with enough data size.

It is impossible to map double to MIDI2 (32bit data with assignable controllers or NRPNs) anyways, so we can safely(?) dump the idea of supporting double.

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For plugin parameter definitions like this (generated from augene-player "Export Plugin Metadata" feature):

  {"type": "VST3", "name": "OPNplug", "unique-id": "-1472549978",
   "file": "/home/atsushi/.vst3/OPNplug.vst3", "parameters": [
    {"index": "0", "name": "Master volume"},
    {"index": "1", "name": "Emulator"},
    {"index": "2", "name": "Chip count"},
    {"index": "3", "name": "Chip type"},
   ... (can be up to 16383 in theory)

define / generate / use MML like:

// define
#macro AUDIO_PLUGIN_PARAMETER parameterID: number, val:number { NRPN $parameterID % #80, $parameterID / #80 DTE $val % #80, $val / #80 } 
// generate
#macro OPNPLUG { __MIDI #F0 7D len xxxxxxxxxx F7 } // specify unique-id in UTF-8 string in sysex
#macro OPNPLUG_CHIPTYPE val { AUDIO_PLUGIN_PARAMETER 3, $val }
// use
1     OPNPLUG_CHIPTYPE 1

Then Midi2TracktionConverter picks up those MIDI events and convert to <AUTOMATIONTRACK>s.

Along with this way, we don't really have to make changes to AugeneProject model. Everything is done only in Midi2TracktionEditConverter, and we can write a plugin-to-MML generator later, or those MMLs can be done manually. The generated MMLs work like nrpn-gs-xg.mml in our default macros.

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I made some changes to mugene-ng so that __MIDI primitive operators can take string arguments too, so the plugin designation macro can be:

#macro OPNPLUG { __MIDI #F0, #7D, "augene-ng", 11, "-1472549978", #F7 } // specify unique-id in UTF-8 string in sysex

It also adds implicit identifier augene-ng after 7Dh so that we can mostly avoid any other system exclusive messages that are being sent as 7Dh (research / dev purpose manufacturer ID).

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Revamped NRPN based idea with SYSEX-based idea. After "augene-ng", add 00h, parameter-index LSB, MSB, parameter-value LSB, MSB, then F7h. It's not difficult.

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current compilation result https://gist.github.com/atsushieno/443aca35527d23e2e5717cefe029b1f2

It still needs to adjust/unify track plugins, but pretty good progress.

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As of 484db39, it should be done.

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