From 2404bfb50f7e8534813bd5ad7bdc0ff12d3503c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:39:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 01/11] create iremote.ps1

---
 lib/Voicemeeter.psm1 |  1 +
 lib/iremote.ps1      | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/iremote.ps1

diff --git a/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1 b/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1
index 10b30f3..7002acb 100644
--- a/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1
+++ b/lib/Voicemeeter.psm1
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 . $PSScriptRoot\meta.ps1
 . $PSScriptRoot\base.ps1
 . $PSScriptRoot\kinds.ps1
+. $PSScriptRoot\iremote.ps1
 . $PSScriptRoot\strip.ps1
 . $PSScriptRoot\bus.ps1
 . $PSScriptRoot\macrobuttons.ps1
diff --git a/lib/iremote.ps1 b/lib/iremote.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..735dcb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/iremote.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+class IRemote {
+    [int]$index
+    [Object]$remote
+
+    IRemote ([Object]$remote) {
+        $this.remote = $remote
+    }
+    
+    IRemote ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) {
+        $this.index = $index
+        $this.remote = $remote
+    }
+
+    [single] Getter ($param) {
+        $this.ToString() + " Getter: $($this.Cmd($param))" | Write-Debug
+        return $this.remote.Getter($this.Cmd($param))
+    }
+
+    [string] Getter_String ($param) {
+        $this.ToString() + " Getter_String: $($this.Cmd($param))" | Write-Debug
+        return $this.remote.Getter_String($this.Cmd($param))
+    }
+
+    [void] Setter ($param, $val) {
+        $this.ToString() + " Setter: $($this.Cmd($param))=$val" | Write-Debug
+        if ($val -is [Boolean]) {
+            $this.remote.Setter($this.Cmd($param), $(if ($val) { 1 } else { 0 }))
+        }
+        else {
+            $this.remote.Setter($this.Cmd($param), $val)
+        }
+    }
+
+    [string] Cmd ($param) {
+        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($param)) {
+            return $this.identifier()
+        }
+        return "$($this.identifier()).$param"
+    }
+
+    # Must be overridden by derived classes
+    [string] identifier () {
+        throw [System.NotImplementedException]::new("$($this.GetType().Name) must override identifier()")
+    }
+
+    [string] ToString() {
+        return $this.GetType().Name
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file

From 9a2529c6176449bdc2511b7208e94e18a5aef442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:25:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 02/11] module path in tests

change module path so we can run from /tests/
---
 tests/run.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/run.ps1 b/tests/run.ps1
index 8c4b5fd..e6eafba 100644
--- a/tests/run.ps1
+++ b/tests/run.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments", "", Target = "variablename")]
 Param([String]$tag, [string]$kind = 'potato')
-Import-Module .\lib\Voicemeeter.psm1
+Import-Module (Join-Path (Split-Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent) 'lib\Voicemeeter.psm1') -Force
 
 
 function main() {

From b0a6bf7b63e32f42f416ebe032fc470be26cdbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:32:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 03/11] nullable index

make index nullable so ToString can append the index for indexed objects
---
 lib/iremote.ps1 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/iremote.ps1 b/lib/iremote.ps1
index 735dcb9..e49ae25 100644
--- a/lib/iremote.ps1
+++ b/lib/iremote.ps1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class IRemote {
-    [int]$index
+    [Nullable[int]]$index
     [Object]$remote
 
     IRemote ([Object]$remote) {
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class IRemote {
     }
 
     [string] ToString() {
+        if ($this.index.HasValue) {
+            return $this.GetType().Name + $this.index
+        }
         return $this.GetType().Name
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From 09d8bd48eb3659a2a81e8c16bbd669b5b4edc520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:35:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 04/11] bus

implement iremote
---
 lib/bus.ps1 | 50 +++++++-------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/bus.ps1 b/lib/bus.ps1
index d6dba01..d59cdee 100644
--- a/lib/bus.ps1
+++ b/lib/bus.ps1
@@ -1,40 +1,4 @@
-class IBus {
-    [int]$index
-    [Object]$remote
-    
-    IBus ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) {
-        $this.index = $index
-        $this.remote = $remote
-    }
-
-    [string] identifier () {
-        return 'Bus[' + $this.index + ']'
-    }
-
-    [single] Getter ($param) {
-        $this.ToString() + " Getter: $($this.Cmd($param))" | Write-Debug
-        return $this.remote.Getter($this.Cmd($param))
-    }
-
-    [string] Getter_String ($param) {
-        $this.ToString() + " Getter_String: $($this.Cmd($param))" | Write-Debug
-        return $this.remote.Getter_String($this.Cmd($param))
-    }
-
-    [void] Setter ($param, $val) {
-        $this.ToString() + " Setter: $($this.Cmd($param))=$val" | Write-Debug
-        $this.remote.Setter($this.Cmd($param), $val)
-    }
-
-    [string] Cmd ($param) {
-        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($param)) {
-            return $this.identifier()
-        }
-        return "$($this.identifier()).$param"
-    }
-}
-
-class Bus : IBus {
+class Bus : IRemote {
     [Object]$mode
     [Object]$eq
     [Object]$levels
@@ -49,8 +13,8 @@ class Bus : IBus {
         $this.levels = [BusLevels]::new($index, $remote)
     }
 
-    [string] ToString() {
-        return $this.GetType().Name + $this.index
+    [string] identifier () {
+        return 'Bus[' + $this.index + ']'
     }
 
     [void] FadeTo ([single]$target, [int]$time) {
@@ -62,7 +26,7 @@ class Bus : IBus {
     }
 }
 
-class BusLevels : IBus {
+class BusLevels : IRemote {
     [int]$init
     [int]$offset
 
@@ -93,7 +57,7 @@ class BusLevels : IBus {
     }
 }
 
-class BusMode : IBus {
+class BusMode : IRemote {
     [System.Collections.ArrayList]$modes
 
     BusMode ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
@@ -119,7 +83,7 @@ class BusMode : IBus {
     }
 }
 
-class BusEq : IBus {
+class BusEq : IRemote {
     BusEq ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
         AddBoolMembers -PARAMS @('on', 'ab')
     }
@@ -137,7 +101,7 @@ class PhysicalBus : Bus {
     }
 }
 
-class BusDevice : IBus {
+class BusDevice : IRemote {
     BusDevice ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
     }
 

From eeb30925fa543ff798ffa726e043e5f887f3687c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:40:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 05/11] command

implement iremote
---
 lib/command.ps1 | 23 +----------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/command.ps1 b/lib/command.ps1
index 891fc38..94192c1 100644
--- a/lib/command.ps1
+++ b/lib/command.ps1
@@ -1,33 +1,12 @@
-class Special {
-    [Object]$remote
-
+class Special : IRemote {
     Special ([Object]$remote) {
         AddActionMembers -PARAMS @('restart', 'shutdown', 'show')
-    
-        $this.remote = $remote
     }
 
     [string] identifier () {
         return 'Command'
     }
 
-    [string] ToString() {
-        return $this.GetType().Name
-    }
-
-    [single] Getter ($param) {
-        return $this.remote.Getter("$($this.identifier()).$param")
-    }
-
-    [void] Setter ($param, $val) {
-        if ($val -is [Boolean]) {
-            $this.remote.Setter("$($this.identifier()).$param", $(if ($val) { 1 } else { 0 }))
-        }
-        else {
-            $this.remote.Setter("$($this.identifier()).$param", $val)
-        }
-    }
-
     [void] RunMacrobuttons() {
         'Launching the MacroButtons app' | Write-Verbose
         Start-Process -FilePath $(Join-Path -Path $this.remote.vmpath -ChildPath 'VoicemeeterMacroButtons.exe')

From b372cf8087060f0e77001afd27946127a93d7183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:59:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 06/11] Update command.ps1

forgot to pass to base
---
 lib/command.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/command.ps1 b/lib/command.ps1
index 94192c1..4f1e3c3 100644
--- a/lib/command.ps1
+++ b/lib/command.ps1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Special : IRemote {
-    Special ([Object]$remote) {
+    Special ([Object]$remote) : base ($remote) {
         AddActionMembers -PARAMS @('restart', 'shutdown', 'show')
     }
 

From a6f7d8efe0b8db3e4d60533c7683e9cb288c8034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:04:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 07/11] recorder

implement iremote
---
 lib/recorder.ps1 | 46 ++++------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/recorder.ps1 b/lib/recorder.ps1
index e87cd27..c8d95dd 100644
--- a/lib/recorder.ps1
+++ b/lib/recorder.ps1
@@ -1,35 +1,4 @@
-class IRecorder {
-    [Object]$remote
-
-    IRecorder ([Object]$remote) {
-        $this.remote = $remote
-    }
-
-    [single] Getter ($param) {
-        $this.Cmd($param) | Write-Debug
-        return $this.remote.Getter($this.Cmd($param))
-    }
-
-    [void] Setter ($param, $val) {
-        "$($this.Cmd($param))=$val" | Write-Debug
-        if ($val -is [Boolean]) {
-            $this.remote.Setter($this.Cmd($param), $(if ($val) { 1 } else { 0 }))
-        }
-        else {
-            $this.remote.Setter($this.Cmd($param), $val)
-        }
-    }
-
-    [string] Cmd ($param) {
-        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($param)) {
-            return $this.identifier()
-        }
-        return "$($this.identifier()).$param"
-    }
-}
-
-class Recorder : IRecorder {
-    [Object]$remote
+class Recorder : IRemote {
     [Object]$mode
     [System.Collections.ArrayList]$armstrip
     [System.Collections.ArrayList]$armbus
@@ -54,10 +23,6 @@ class Recorder : IRecorder {
         return 'Recorder'
     }
 
-    [string] ToString() {
-        return $this.GetType().Name
-    }
-
     hidden $_loop = $($this | Add-Member ScriptProperty 'loop' `
         {
             [bool]$this.mode.loop
@@ -160,7 +125,7 @@ class Recorder : IRecorder {
     }
 }
 
-class RecorderMode : IRecorder {
+class RecorderMode : IRemote {
     RecorderMode ([Object]$remote) : base ($remote) {
         AddBoolMembers -PARAMS @('recbus', 'playonload', 'loop', 'multitrack')
     }
@@ -170,11 +135,8 @@ class RecorderMode : IRecorder {
     }
 }
 
-class RecorderArm : IRecorder {
-    [int]$index
-
-    RecorderArm ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($remote) {
-        $this.index = $index
+class RecorderArm : IRemote {
+    RecorderArm ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
     }
 
     Set ([bool]$val) {

From 62d9e89b5f45120455480f81f43201b9c9ec9b84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:33:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 08/11] strip

implement iremote
---
 lib/strip.ps1 | 54 +++++++++------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/strip.ps1 b/lib/strip.ps1
index 52e75de..2c0821e 100644
--- a/lib/strip.ps1
+++ b/lib/strip.ps1
@@ -1,40 +1,4 @@
-class IStrip {
-    [int]$index
-    [Object]$remote
-
-    IStrip ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) {
-        $this.index = $index
-        $this.remote = $remote
-    }
-
-    [string] identifier () {
-        return 'Strip[' + $this.index + ']'
-    }
-
-    [single] Getter ($param) {
-        $this.Cmd($param) | Write-Debug
-        return $this.remote.Getter($this.Cmd($param))
-    }
-
-    [string] Getter_String ($param) {
-        $this.Cmd($param) | Write-Debug
-        return $this.remote.Getter_String($this.Cmd($param))
-    }
-
-    [void] Setter ($param, $val) {
-        "$($this.Cmd($param))=$val" | Write-Debug
-        $this.remote.Setter($this.Cmd($param), $val)
-    }
-
-    [string] Cmd ($param) {
-        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($param)) {
-            return $this.identifier()
-        }
-        return "$($this.identifier()).$param"
-    }
-}
-
-class Strip : IStrip {
+class Strip : IRemote {
     [Object]$levels
 
     Strip ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
@@ -49,8 +13,8 @@ class Strip : IStrip {
         $this.levels = [StripLevels]::new($index, $remote)
     }
 
-    [string] ToString() {
-        return $this.GetType().Name + $this.index
+    [string] identifier () {
+        return 'Strip[' + $this.index + ']'
     }
 
     [void] FadeTo ([single]$target, [int]$time) {
@@ -62,7 +26,7 @@ class Strip : IStrip {
     }
 }
 
-class StripLevels : IStrip {
+class StripLevels : IRemote {
     [int]$init
     [int]$offset
 
@@ -128,7 +92,7 @@ class PhysicalStrip : Strip {
     }
 }
 
-class StripComp : IStrip {
+class StripComp : IRemote {
     StripComp ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
         AddFloatMembers -PARAMS @('gainin', 'ratio', 'threshold', 'attack', 'release', 'knee', 'gainout')
         AddBoolMembers -PARAMS @('makeup')
@@ -149,7 +113,7 @@ class StripComp : IStrip {
     )
 }
 
-class StripGate : IStrip {
+class StripGate : IRemote {
     StripGate ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
         AddFloatMembers -PARAMS @('threshold', 'damping', 'bpsidechain', 'attack', 'hold', 'release')
     }
@@ -169,7 +133,7 @@ class StripGate : IStrip {
     )
 }
 
-class StripDenoiser : IStrip {
+class StripDenoiser : IRemote {
     StripDenoiser ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
     }
 
@@ -188,7 +152,7 @@ class StripDenoiser : IStrip {
     )
 }
 
-class StripEq : IStrip {
+class StripEq : IRemote {
     StripEq ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
         AddBoolMembers -PARAMS @('on', 'ab')
     }
@@ -198,7 +162,7 @@ class StripEq : IStrip {
     }
 }
 
-class StripDevice : IStrip {
+class StripDevice : IRemote {
     StripDevice ([int]$index, [Object]$remote) : base ($index, $remote) {
     }
 

From 78f7fc80d4f607f4c175d12e0a8bcae3d105f9f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:39:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 09/11] vban

implement iremote
---
 lib/vban.ps1 | 40 +++-------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vban.ps1 b/lib/vban.ps1
index 60ce9ef..ed6fb55 100644
--- a/lib/vban.ps1
+++ b/lib/vban.ps1
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-class IVban {
-    [int32]$index
-    [Object]$remote
+class Vban : IRemote {
     [string]$direction
-
-    IVban ([int]$index, [Object]$remote, [string]$direction) {
-        $this.index = $index
-        $this.remote = $remote
+    
+    Vban ([int]$index, [Object]$remote, [string]$direction) : base ($index, $remote) {
         $this.direction = $direction
     }
 
@@ -13,36 +9,6 @@ class IVban {
         return 'vban.' + $this.direction + 'stream[' + $this.index + ']'
     }
 
-    [single] Getter ($param) {
-        return $this.remote.Getter($this.Cmd($param))
-    }
-
-    [string] Getter_String ($param) {
-        $this.Cmd($param) | Write-Debug
-        return $this.remote.Getter_String($this.Cmd($param))
-    }
-
-    [void] Setter ($param, $val) {
-        "$($this.Cmd($param))=$val" | Write-Debug
-        $this.remote.Setter($this.Cmd($param), $val)
-    }
-
-    [string] Cmd ($param) {
-        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($param)) {
-            return $this.identifier()
-        }
-        return "$($this.identifier()).$param"
-    }
-}
-
-class Vban : IVban {
-    Vban ([int]$index, [Object]$remote, [string]$direction) : base ($index, $remote, $direction) {
-    }
-
-    [string] ToString() {
-        return $this.GetType().Name + $this.index
-    }
-
     hidden $_on = $($this | Add-Member ScriptProperty 'on' `
         {
             $this.Getter('on')

From e5137b842bccb601dfd588fea911cd0728d881fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:44:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 10/11] Update CHANGELOG.md

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25bfbae..6cfe68d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Before any major/minor/patch is released all test units will be run to verify th
 
 ## [Unreleased] These changes have not been added to PSGallery yet
 
-- [ ]
+### Added
+
+- IRemote base class
 
 ## [3.3.0] - 2024-06-29
 

From 5fc5680c75e26350be8440322c055e786aece7a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pblivingston <71585805+pblivingston@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:29:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 11/11] fix ToString

---
 lib/iremote.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/iremote.ps1 b/lib/iremote.ps1
index e49ae25..31a4d95 100644
--- a/lib/iremote.ps1
+++ b/lib/iremote.ps1
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class IRemote {
     }
 
     [string] ToString() {
-        if ($this.index.HasValue) {
+        if ($null -ne $this.index) {
             return $this.GetType().Name + $this.index
         }
         return $this.GetType().Name