DMGAudio Compassion (Launched)

[DaveGamble]

Hi Dave, great Comp !
You *may* remember, that I mailed months ago,
proposing a unique feature, that's still missing in software-land:
ducking with constant/fixed reduction ( set by ratio ).
Back in the day, the ValleyPoeple comp. modules, offered this great feature.

Interesting. I'll see what I can do.

It looks like, this is not possible with COMPassion ?

Yet. And I think that's an important point

It's on the list.

... and a BIG wish :
Can You add the zoom state of the reduction meter to the 'save default' parameters ?!

Yes.

Dave.

[DaveGamble]

ducking with constant/fixed reduction ( set by ratio ).
Back in the day, the ValleyPoeple comp. modules, offered this great feature.

It looks like, this is not possible with COMPassion ?

Should be possible with the "ceiling" parameter... if you want for example constant 5db reduction, set ceiling to 5db and "overload" the threshold and ratio so that anything that comes in triggers a reduction of >5db.

That's a good idea



Dave.

[DaveGamble]

yes, i mean the HPF filter.
doesn't matter which of the two i use (the zoomed-in graph, or the mini one), it crashes in both cases.
still need a screenshot?

Yes please.

I do that here, I see no crash. What slope is it set to? Is it enabled or disabled? Screeny would be awesome.

Dave.

[33tetragammon]

yes, i mean the HPF filter.
doesn't matter which of the two i use (the zoomed-in graph, or the mini one), it crashes in both cases.
still need a screenshot?

Yes please.

I do that here, I see no crash. What slope is it set to? Is it enabled or disabled? Screeny would be awesome.

Dave.

screeny :





i tested it some more, it doesn't crash with a HPF slope of 6db/oct, only when 12/18/24 are selected.
update : it also crashes when i choose 'shelf' instead of 'HPF', and drag that to the far right side.

one other thing :

that 'sidechain' on/off switch (underneath the dry/wet knob) doesn't seem to do anything.
look here :



the switch i mentioned is in its 'off' state, but inside the menu it's on.
or am i missing something here?

cheers!

[zvenx]

btw, the manual says re: knee graph "You can drag the graph to adjust the Knee values."
is this a feature that will come cause I can't currently do this.
thanks
rsp

[bezusheist]

btw, the manual says re: knee graph "You can drag the graph to adjust the Knee values."
is this a feature that will come cause I can't currently do this.
thanks
rsp

it adjusts the values for me, but not the actual knee graph picture....(AU in Logic...)

[zvenx]

ah.. I should check that.
because the graphics wasn't changing I assumed it wasn't working.
rsp

edit: actually it works fine. if the ratio is sufficiently high enough the graphics does change as well.
rsp

[manducator]

4. File dialog opens up and closes immediately
5. Clicking the close Setup button freezes Reaper.

I can't confirm and I also use Reaper 3.76 (32-bit).

[DaveGamble]

i tested it some more, it doesn't crash with a HPF slope of 6db/oct, only when 12/18/24 are selected.
update : it also crashes when i choose 'shelf' instead of 'HPF', and drag that to the far right side.

Dammit. Still can't repro here with 10.6.6, Live8, testing VST and AU.
Does it depend on any particular preset? I tried with the "Smooth" preset.
Can you email me (dave at dmgaudio dot com) the preset that's crashing it? :S

one other thing :

that 'sidechain' on/off switch (underneath the dry/wet knob) doesn't seem to do anything.
look here :

the switch i mentioned is in its 'off' state, but inside the menu it's on.
or am i missing something here?

That's the external sidechain button. Hit that button and it'll use the External sidechain (assuming you've routed one) rather than the internal signal as sidechain source.
The s/c EQ is a further (and separate) option.

Dave.

[33tetragammon]

Dammit. Still can't repro here with 10.6.6, Live8, testing VST and AU.
Does it depend on any particular preset? I tried with the "Smooth" preset.
Can you email me (dave at dmgaudio dot com) the preset that's crashing it?

hi Dave,

i just emailed you 3 presets that crash Ableton Live. mail is named :

'Compassion presets that crash the sidechain HPF/shelf"

also tried factory presets, still crashing (also with the 'smooth' factory preset).

thanks for the explanation regarding that external sidechain knob.

now, let's test this MONSTER of a plugin some more....i can't stop!!!!!!!!
it sounds too amazing!!!!!!!HEEEEEEEEEELLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dammit, Dave, you sunk my Sonalksis sv-315 battleship compressor with this one.

[Bronto Scorpio]

I just tested the demo for a few minutes and this really seems to be the one dynamics processor to rule them all

Cheers
Dennis

[valhallasound]

1) Fix Digital Performer AU, so that connecting a sidechain isn't mandatory (I'm actually not kidding)

I mean, it's almost like it's making a statement.
This is by far the most characterful bug I've ever had.

Dave.

Digital Performer has some WEIRD things going on. Not to say that Logic isn't weird and tweaky, but every Logic bug I have had ends up being a fault in my own code that doesn't show up in other hosts. While the DP bugs end up being just strange, like not having permission to access certain user folders that every other program can access.

Anyway, congratulations on your release!

Sean Costello

[_dada_]

Looks like this one got lost :

"Can we have mousewheel support for the 'hidden' parameters, as well ?!"

bye, Jan

[DaveGamble]

Looks like this one got lost :

"Can we have mousewheel support for the 'hidden' parameters, as well ?!"

bye, Jan

Bug. Will fix.

Dave.

[@midnight]

I just tested the demo for a few minutes and this really seems to be the one dynamics processor to rule them all

Respectfully disagree, there's way too much parameter tweaking going on for something I'd want to throw on every channel. Give me an SSL bus comp and an 1176, I've got work that needs to be done.