Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Sidechains, was Re: [linux-audio-announce] [ANN] swh-plugins 0.3.4
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 12:57:42 EET
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:32:06 +0100, Robert Jonsson wrote:
> >Not in practice, each compressor will want to extract different features
> >from the audio stream.
>
> Okay, I see. The only solution, apart from actually sending the audio
> data, which doesn't sound that nice to me, would be to make the
> sidechain specifically designed for a certain plugin then (plugin
> specific logic placed in the sidechain), which isn't that nice either.
> But maybe it can be done such that other plugs can benefit also, i still
> want to control that room-size !! :)
Well, theres nothing to stop you from having a reverb with an audio rate
room size control.
The problem with using control ports is that most hosts aren't able to
connect control outs to control ins.
Sending audio around is not really much nastier than sending control data
anyway.
- Steve
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