[PD] trying to figure out limiter~ (zexy)

[Thomas Mayer]

Hi,

Yvan Vander Sanden wrote:
> I was trying to make myself understand how zexy's limiter works but I
> can't get any sound out of it.
> 
> In a very basic set-up like this:
> 
> [osc~ 440]
>    |
> [dac~ 1]
> 
> I do get sound. But when routing the audio through the limiter there
> is no sound any more
> 
> [osc~ 440]
>    |
> [limiter~]
>    |
> [dac~ 1]
> 

As the help patch states limiter~ does not output the limited signal
itself (as a "standard" limiter hardware would do), but the
multiplication factor for getting the limited signal.

So, your patch has to look something like
[osc~]
|		\
[limiter~]  	[z~ 64]
|		/
[*~]
|
[dac~]

cu Thomas
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