<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Mario Mey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mariomey@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariomey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Now, I am checking volumes of my looper patch. I had to raise [*~ 4] the volume of the mic, to get a razonable volume, compared to a song file, for example. But, using this looper patch, I make beatbox. So, kicks and snares from my mouth get in the mic. And, using a visual array to test it, I realize that the kicks and snares are so much higher volume than the vocals.<br>
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The patch has FXs with feedbacks, so, they can make signal > 1. So, at the end of the patch, there's [expr tanh($v1)] to to avoid that... tanh() is simpler than a a compressor, but it loose some sounds (I think). Or I should trust in tanh()?<br>
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Multiple choice:<br>
1- Use tanh() in the input, after adc~ and before dac~.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This will cause distortion and change the shapes of your waveforms, and introduce extra harmonics. It may be an interesting effect, but it will change the sound of your beatboxing.<br>
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2- Use a compressor patch in the input, after adc~ (and tanh() before dac~)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This would be the preferred method. <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
3- Use a compressor at the end of the patch, before dac~<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you have multiple instruments or voices in the output, you'll be decreasing the volume globally and throwing off your mix.<br>
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4- Stay as it is now...<br>
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Also, I can't spend more CPU process...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Then, you haven't picked the right computer for your composition :)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Really, I don't think compression should be a cpu-expensive process. Plus, you have only one mic, right?<br>
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What do you recommend me to use?<br>
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Thanks.<br>
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