Audio Volume Gate

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corlian
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Audio Volume Gate

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Hi --

I've recently switched from Magic to Arena+Wire and it's going great. Really great!

There are a few things Magic does that it seems Resolume doesn't, as expected with any software.

My projects are all live-audio reactive, so the biggest thing I'm missing at the moment is audio amplitude gating. It doesn't seem to exist in Resolume, forgive me if I've missed it.

It's a huge deal for me. My existing projects have many elements that trigger only when, for a common example, the sub frequencies reach their peak. So far, my Resolume parameters follow the sub frequencies entirely, and so there's a lot of jitter and rumble in the effects at lower audio volumes.

Would it be possible to add an audio gate to the FFT listener? Ideally post-filter. Meaning, the linked parameter won't move until the volume has reached a particular threshold.

I imagine it's possible somehow via Wire, though it would be inconvenient or even impossible to wrap every Resolume effect in a Wire patch just to get that kind of basic reactivity.

...I have many more audio-related (and non-audio) suggestions that I think are important, yet a gate is the most immediate and crucial to me, and I think the most universally useful.

Thanks!

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Maybe add in a VST to said clip or layer?

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That would be wonderful...does it do that though? I am under the impression that you can only use VSTs on the audio output from Resolume, not after the FFT input on specific parameters.

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No, I use VST's on (Clip) inputs all the time.
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Well, I can't seem to find a way to add a VST to the input FFT, just the clips FFT.
I wonder if we could get an option for that under composition? I know they guys are working on the audio system so maybe they could add this to their list, as well adding VST support for wire?

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corlian wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:24 Would it be possible to add an audio gate to the FFT listener? Ideally post-filter. Meaning, the linked parameter won't move until the volume has reached a particular threshold.
Sounds like a job for Envelopes https://resolume.com/support/en/envelopes
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Re: Audio Volume Gate

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Sounds like a job for Envelopes https://resolume.com/support/en/envelopes
Ah nice! For some reason I thought Envelope and External FFT were mutually exclusive in that menu. Looks like Envelopes work quite well for this!

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