MIDI trigger EQ ducker/gater/pumper

LOSER · 07-14-2008, 02:52 PM

http://loser.asseca.com/MIDI_EQ_Ducker

This is a little JS MIDI FX. The idea is from BeatByBit. It's basically a MIDI triggered EQ. Has also a gate and pump mode.

Enjoy.

beatbybit · 07-14-2008, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LOSER

http://loser.asseca.com/EQ_Ducker

Enjoy.

i do.

thank you for this, again!!

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Michael, what you think about an additional "LoShelv EQ" to the FREQ mode?

(DONE. woooo!

)

LOSER · 07-14-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by beatbybit

Michael, what you think about an additional "LoShelv EQ" to the FREQ mode?

(DONE. woooo!

)

Yep done

.

DarkStar · 07-15-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by LOSER, in the JS

slider4:1<0,2..1>Width (Oct)

Is the .. a typo, or a feature that i do not know?

LOSER · 07-15-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkStar

Is the .. a typo, or a feature that i do not know?

Should be ,.

LOSER · 07-16-2008, 04:55 PM

Okay added some more goodies ... makes a superb midi triggered de-esser:
http://loser.asseca.com/MIDI_EQ_Ducker

beatbybit · 07-17-2008, 12:24 PM

here's a little demo of this cool plugin:

http://beatbybit.hu/reaper/howto/LOS...er-DEMO-01.zip

(26+MB, (30+MB unzipped) .swf)

NAS · 07-20-2008, 10:58 AM

Cool
Glad you got it BBB

NAS

HotDogWater · 08-25-2008, 08:01 PM

Cool plug!

For some reason I can't watch the demo. The zip file though large has no files in it. Maybe I need to do my monthly reboot.

What do the gate and pump do when they're set to not react to MIDI? For me they just seem to silence or attenuate the whole audio file (respectively).

Is there anything like a threshold control for the gate based on MIDI velocity?

A ratio or attention amount control for the pump?

Or are they fixed amounts?

Not necessarily asking for new features - just trying to figure it all out.

LOSER · 08-26-2008, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by HotDogWater

Cool plug!

For some reason I can't watch the demo. The zip file though large has no files in it. Maybe I need to do my monthly reboot.

What do the gate and pump do when they're set to not react to MIDI? For me they just seem to silence or attenuate the whole audio file (respectively).

Is there anything like a threshold control for the gate based on MIDI velocity?

A ratio or attention amount control for the pump?

Or are they fixed amounts?

Not necessarily asking for new features - just trying to figure it all out.

Yes, if 'react to MIDI velo' is set to NO, they are binary I/O, that means if MIDI note on (regardless of what velocity, except for 0, because MIDI velocity 0 = note off ... anyway) then the gate gets opened, or pump reduces the volume to -inf dB. If note off then the gate gets closed or pump sets volume to 0dB (= does nothing).

There is no threshold, it just works like explained above, however if you have 'react to midi' YES than it will only open the gate to the volume specified by the midi velocity (or reduce by to that amount in case of pump mode). If set to YES (but map to volume) the MIDI velocity gets mapped to the volume.

HotDogWater · 08-26-2008, 04:52 AM

Cool, thanks! I had the version from the Reaper distro (v.2.44) which doesn't appear to have the YES, but map to volume feature. Installing new version from the thread now

surfino · 01-04-2009, 05:22 PM

found this just this night!
i really like it and will be (ab)used on my next productions!
Thanks, love the accuracy
Great work!

Marah Mag · 10-30-2011, 12:34 PM

This is very nice. Just found a reference to it by beatbybit in another thread: http://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php...23&postcount=1 Thanks!

Question: Would it be possible to modify this so that it inverts the response to velocity, so that higher velocities produce less ducking? And to add the inverse option to a new control on the UI?

I can imagine this would be fairly easy to do, but don't have much idea on how to do it myself.

EDIT: Playing with it some more, I see that the PUMP/GATE switch does more or less the same thing (and as also mentioned above, now that I read it.)

Seventh · 11-05-2011, 04:28 PM

Could someone upload this here please? The original link doesn't seem to work.

beatbybit · 11-05-2011, 05:12 PM

it installs with Reaper since a long time

Seventh · 11-05-2011, 05:59 PM

Oh, that's right! I somehow managed to miss that

Lokasenna · 11-26-2016, 01:41 PM

Holy thread necro, Batman!

Just wanted to let you fine folks know that I've uploaded a modified version of this effect to the stash; it adds an option to have the EQ frequency follow the MIDI note being played.

Grab it here: https://stash.reaper.fm/v/28981/MIDI_...0Freq%20Follow

I did, however, find a wee bug: Playing notes without a gap in between them (eg. dragging the mouse down the piano roll) breaks... something. The effect keeps reading the new MIDI notes, but the EQ/gate stops working.

Cheers.

Edit: Found it, should be fixed now. I just added "or if the note value has changed" to the check for note on messages.

Lokasenna · 11-26-2016, 02:11 PM

Any time you want your EQ to react to pitch, instead of always being at the same place.

Here's a demo of SurferEQ, which does something similar: https://youtu.be/iUQP8sYkFLw?t=3m15s

To use:

- Download the file, and put it in your Reaper/Effects folder
- Add it to a track with audio via your FX browser
- For a really basic example, try setting:

Width -> 0.5
Volume -> 12
Freq Follows MIDI Note -> Yes

- Route some MIDI to the same track
- Press Play
- Your audio track should be getting a narrow boost to match each MIDI note

Lokasenna · 11-26-2016, 03:42 PM

You could have ReaTune spit out the MIDI, or you could have an actual MIDI item playing the notes for you, etc. Anything that gives you MIDI notes.

skippertag · 04-20-2017, 02:01 AM

Hey there!
This is such a great tool. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR IT!

But I have a feature request (or I am doing something wrong..).

I'd like to put two or more instances of the plugin in one chain to adjust not just one freq band at the same time. But when I do, the second instance is not receiving any midi messages at all. May a Midi-Through implementation solve that issue? If yes - would you mind coding that ?

I'm not so very good in that but I was able to add -0.5 Harmony to the effect for the very low end just like the surfer eq is able to. I'll upload that later when the Midi-Through issue is solved.

Many thanks in advance for your help and again for the great tool, that I unfortunately just discovered...

ashcat_lt · 04-20-2017, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by skippertag

May a Midi-Through implementation solve that issue? If yes - would you mind coding that?

Reaper will do this for you. Click the MIDI button in the upper right of the FX window and choose "Merges with..." rather than "Replaces..."

Lokasenna · 04-20-2017, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ashcat_lt

Reaper will do this for you. Click the MIDI button in the upper right of the FX window and choose "Merges with..." rather than "Replaces..."

JS plugins (or at least, this one) don't have the extra routing options, just the I/O pins.

skippertag · 08-23-2017, 02:03 AM

Took a while....

Thank you for your answers!

Just recently I found the solution. In one of Admiral Bumblebee's scripts (his Keytracker) I've found the solution to make a plugin Midi Through.

Thank you Sir!

It's that little line that makes it:

midisend(offset,msg1,msg23); // pass through

I've implemented it in my tweaked version of Loka's great script.
https://stash.reaper.fm/v/30634/MIDI...ollow%20F_edit

Thanks again for your help!

Frank