[PD] trying to figure out limiter~ (zexy)
Thomas Mayer
thomas at dergrossebruder.org
Tue Dec 16 00:05:46 CET 2008
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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