This is to anyone who is familiar with OpenMPT's source, it is a feature request, but one that would most likely only be useful to me, and I would be willing to pay someone to help me with it.

I am an actionScript programmer that also does music on the side and I am wondering if I could hire you (or at least maybe get some input) for my dream project. I have it partly done, but now am stuck. This dream project is to have my own personalized interface for working with modplug samples. My main idea was to create a socket connection between OpenMPT and my own actionscript interface so that the modplug window would be open in the background, but that I could use my own actionScript based interface to control what modplug is doing.

*---This is what I have finished already.---
I hired someone to put code in the main loop of OpenMPT's source which creates a socket connection with my own actionScript program. Now my program can send a string to modplug, and then in response modplug will run some code and send a reply string. For example, this is one part of the code that IS ALREADY ADDED to modplug...

if( strstr( query_string, "NEW" ) != 0 )
{
    theApp.OnFileNew();
    reply_string = "New project opened.";
}

If my actionScript program sends modplug the string "NEW", a new project opens in my modplug window. This is as much as is functioning already.

*---This is what I need help with.----
-load samples
-Load vst effects, retrieve the parameters,the possible values of those parameter, and then set the values of those parameters.
-export an array of loaded samples with the desired pitchs/ effects/timing

Originally the person I hired was going to do the above things also, but after adding the socket connection they told me they simply did not understand music sampling terms or what was happening in the code and therefore could not figure out how to get me the functionality I wanted. He then suggested I contact an actual modplug developer for help.

*----Here's some examples of how it could work.-----

String sent from my program
-"Load*C:\sounds\mySound.wav"
Reaction by modplug
-load the sample "C:\sounds\mySound.wav"

String sent from my program
-"getPluginList"
Reaction by modplug
-reply_string = "nameOfFxPlugin,PlugnIDnameOfFxPlugin,PlugnIDetc..";

String sent from my program
-"loadPluginsomePluginID1"
Reaction by modplug
-loades an vst fx plugin to fx slot 1

String sent from my program
(exportWavsample#,time,pitch,volume,vstFx#)
-"exportWav1,1000,6,1,11,2000,5,.5,2"
Reaction by modplug
-exports a wave file with
sample 1 playing 1000 miliseconds into the wave transposed up 5 half steps at full volume and applying vstFx#1 to the sample.
*sample 2 playing 2000 miliseconds into the wave transposed up 5 half steps at half volume and applying vstFx#2 to the sample.

These are just examples of how it COULD work, hopefully this just gives you an idea of how I would like to control OpenMPT, (and hopefully you could help determine what is the path of least resistance for getting there!)

Please get back to me about if you can help me out, and if so what kinds of time/cost it would entail.
Thank You!

-Jeremy