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zamaudio / zam-plugins

Collection of LADSPA/LV2/VST/JACK audio plugins for high-quality processing
http://www.zamaudio.com/?p=976
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ZaMultiComp missing two threshold controls #32

Closed jrigg closed 8 years ago

jrigg commented 8 years ago

ZaMultiComp(X2) seems to be missing two threshold controls. This makes it impossible to set up in what I'd regard as a sensible configuration for a multiband compressor. Most full range musical signals have higher levels at lower frequencies, so this in effect makes it a low frequency compressor. Strictly speaking it should also have separate attack and release controls per band as HF often needs faster settings than LF. If I need a multi-band comp on the mix bus I have to use a crossover plus several ZamCompX2 (an excellent compressor BTW) which defeats the object of having a multi-band one :-(

zamaudio commented 8 years ago

Glad to have some feedback on this. Yes you are correct, ZaMultiComp was just a test run for my first multiband attempt, i didnt want to include too many confusing controls so i simplified them and dropped a lot of flexibility in the process. Then I wrote the stereo version and added some new features. I guess if i was doing it properly I should rewrite both of them to include all of the above, but look how many knobs there will be!

jrigg commented 8 years ago

Yes there would be quite a lot of knobs :-). The Calf multiband compressor GUI handles this with separate tabs for each band. The LinuxDSP MBC has fewer controls than the Calf one and has quite a compact GUI without resorting to tabs. One thing both of those GUIs include is a readout of the exact values of settings - working blind is OK if you have time for trial and error, but if you know the settings you need and are in a hurry it really slows things down if you can't see them. I use the ZamComp with the generic jalv.gtk GUI because of this. Being able to type in settings in a text field (as in Calf plugins) is also very useful.

zamaudio commented 8 years ago

zamulticompx2

Well I think i fixed the Stereo version (X2)... Enjoy!

jrigg commented 8 years ago

Works great. Thanks for fixing!

zamaudio commented 8 years ago

Fixed the Mono version too! Issue closed.