rsc3/doc/help/ugen/analysis/compander.help.scrbl

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#lang scribble/manual
@(require (for-label racket))
@title{(compander input control thresh slopeBelow slopeAbove clampTime relaxTime)}
Compressor, expander, limiter, gate, ducker. General purpose
dynamics processor.
input: The signal to be compressed / expanded / gated.
control: The signal whose amplitude determines the gain applied to
the input signal. Often the same as in (for standard
gating or compression) but should be different for
ducking.
thresh: Control signal amplitude threshold, which determines the
break point between slopeBelow and slopeAbove. Usually
0..1. The control signal amplitude is calculated using RMS.
slopeBelow: slope of the amplitude curve below the threshold. If
this slope > 1.0, the amplitude will drop off more
quickly the softer the control signal gets when the
control signal is close to 0 amplitude, the output
should be exactly zero -- hence, noise gating. Values <
1.0 are possible, but it means that a very low-level
control signal will cause the input signal to be
amplified, which would raise the noise floor.
slopeAbove: Same thing, but above the threshold. Values < 1.0
achieve compression (louder signals are attenuated) >
1.0, you get expansion (louder signals are made even
louder). For 3:1 compression, you would use a value of
1/3 here.
clampTime: The amount of time it takes for the amplitude adjustment
to kick in fully. This is usually pretty small, not much
more than 10 milliseconds (the default value).
relaxTime: The amount of time for the amplitude adjustment to be
released. Usually a bit longer than clampTime if both
times are too short, you can get some (possibly
unwanted) artifacts.
Example signal to process.
(define z
(mul (decay2 (mul (impulse ar 8 0) (mul (lf-saw kr 0.3 0) 0.3)) 0.001 0.3)
(mix (pulse ar (mce2 80 81) 0.3))))
(audition (out 0 z))
Noise gate
(let ((x (mouse-x kr 0.01 1 0 0.1)))
(audition (out 0 (mce2 z (compander z z x 10 1 0.01 0.01)))))
Compressor
(let ((x (mouse-x kr 0.01 1 0 0.1)))
(audition (out 0 (mce2 z (compander z z x 1 0.5 0.01 0.01)))))
limiter
(let ((x (mouse-x kr 0.01 1 0 0.1)))
(audition (out 0 (mce2 z (compander z z x 1 0.1 0.01 0.01)))))
Sustainer
(let ((x (mouse-x kr 0.01 1 0 0.1)))
(audition (out 0 (mce2 z (compander z z x 0.1 1.0 0.01 0.01)))))