3 Mar
2011
3 Mar
'11
11:36 a.m.
On 03/02/2011 11:49 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Here (for once) we do agree :-) There's probably no worse way
to show what a compressor is doing than showing the input and
output waveforms. A simple bargraph showing the current gain
- or better, the gain range over a short period - will do fine.
What about the idea of representing the threshold as an interactive horizontal
line? The attack, release and ratio could also be represented as a single bezier
curve with 3 control points. And the output waveform would be drawn over the
input waveform, for visual comparison. All of this over a short period as you
mention.
Also, I personally find waveforms useful when trying to achieve loudness, but
I'm not much of a sound engineer.
Quoting your other mail:
I guess the situation could be somewhat different for
an audio
engineer controlling a 'standard' app such as mixer, and a
musician using a GUI as an interface to his instrument.
That's what I think. Also, visualization can be pedagogical, as here if the
musician is not very familiar with compression.
--
Olivier