Info CHOP documentation

[Kephalos]

Posted this thread a week ago, not realizing there was a forum dedicated to the documentation:

Info Chop Channel documentation

Sometimes I plop down an info chop and am a bit confused about what some of the channels do. Is there documentation about what they do? A handful have very obvious meanings, and for less obvious ones, you can occasionally get a little more info by looking for python members of a similar name. But there are plenty of times when you can’t find any info at all about what something does. Ask an audiofilein for its info; what does export_sernum mean? I can’t find any reference to it in the wiki or …

In summary, The info chop has cryptic channel names sometimes and it would be nice to have a documentation to explain what they do.

For example, the channel export_sernum shows up. No idea what that means, and I can’t find any reference to it in the wiki.

[raganmd]

@Kephalos

For example, the channel export_sernum shows up. No idea what that means, and I can’t find any reference to it in the wiki.

The info CHOP can be used across families so often the best place to check for the information you’re seeing in the info CHOP is actually in the family or operator class you’re inspecting. It’s been my experience that much of what’s exposed by the info CHOP is similar (if not directly related to) the class members for a given operator. I usually start there to see what I can learn. In the example of the audio file in CHOP:

https://docs.derivative.ca/AudiofileinCHOP_Class

I did a little quick experimenting, and it looks to me like export_sernum is related to the exportChanges member. This element shows up across CHOPs, and changes when a channel is exported.

[Kephalos]

Interesting, it looks like you are correct. I guess for now when I find cryptic chop info channels, I’ll have to figure it out by trial and error.

Still wish there was documentation for the less obvious ones, but I’m sure it’s no small task to go through and document them all.