Hi,
I'm trying to match the envelope of one sound to that of another. Is there anything out there that I can insert into a channel that can show me the ADSR of a sound, or something similar?
After typing that I've just realized that an oscilloscope plug-in would probably do the job. Still, any ideas or scope recommendations?
Thanks
Dynamics visualization
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- KVRAF
- 8706 posts since 24 May, 2002 from Tutukaka, New Zealand
Bluecat has a plugin that lets you record the volume envelope of any recording - I can't remember its name though 
It's a very neat plugin that has heaps of other uses to - you can map the envelope to any other automation and tweak the envelope recordings to enable you to do sidechain compression without a sidechain, dynamic Eq'ing, dynamic reverbs etc, gating - lots of stuff. At its most basic you can force the volume envelope onto another recording by assigning it to a channel fader.
Maybe someone can remember its name?
It's a very neat plugin that has heaps of other uses to - you can map the envelope to any other automation and tweak the envelope recordings to enable you to do sidechain compression without a sidechain, dynamic Eq'ing, dynamic reverbs etc, gating - lots of stuff. At its most basic you can force the volume envelope onto another recording by assigning it to a channel fader.
Maybe someone can remember its name?
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- KVRAF
- 2049 posts since 18 Sep, 2003 from Seattle USA
Lemmee know if you find a better tool than a spectrum analyzer, an rms/peak meter, a dynamics processor, and ears for a sanity check.neoxtrope wrote: I'm trying to match the envelope of one sound to that of another.
In other words once I match the EQ slopes, set the dynamic range with a comp/limiter, and listen to it for a final check I haven't read or heard of a better way to match dynamics.
CurveEQ (with 12-20 points, to match EQ "slopes") -> SPAN for a visual (or GlissEQ for overlay visual and manual matching) -> Elephant (EL-3, 2-5ms release) to make the dynamic range to match -> ears to tell you if you're off in left field...
Maybe I missed your point - there's always that!
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- KVRAF
- 2049 posts since 18 Sep, 2003 from Seattle USA
...unless you're trying to force a match (may sound unnatural) the Adobe Audition lets you force a captured envelope on your track - mda envelope might do this too, and of course some evil guys mentioned the other day that you could use one sources' envelope as a side-chain in a compressor and modulate your envelope that way...argh - my ears hurt, maybe that's good!