MDynamicEq Questions

[DarkStar]

A couple of MDynamicEq questions:

If I click in an empty area of the graph below the centre line drag up / down I get this sort of shape.



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-- what is it telling me?
-- how do I use it?

Also, I can adjust the node position by dragging it. Can I change the Q value too while hovering over the node or do I just drag the horizontal bar?

[MeldaProduction]

It's something like auto-listen - if you want to find some frequency for example, you can just click in the graph. The Q changes with vertical axis so that you can choose how narrow part of the spectrum you want to listen to.

I don't understand the second question. You can change Q using the nodes on the left and right and also using mouse wheel while hovering over the node.

[DarkStar]

Thank you for clarifying.

I don't understand the second question. You can change Q using the nodes on the left and right and also using mouse wheel while hovering over the node.

-- that (using the mousewheel) was the answer. i was trying various combinations of (right-)mouse-click and keyboard modifiers.

I really must read the user guide more closely but this is too much fun.

[MeldaProduction]

Aaaha, ok , I'm glad it's settled.

Actually you don't need to read documentation (personally I never do that ). It's just in 99% mousewheel does something, Ctrl is for "fine-tuning", Shift is for textual edit, and Alt, well, sometimes it is for something - I think it's for zooming-to-rectangle in graphs, I don't really use it. And I forgot - right mouse button is for "set default values" or get some popup menus.

[DarkStar]

For example, let's say you want a peak filter at 1kHz, and you want -3dB in loud passages and +6dB in silent passages. Then all you need is to set normal gain to +6dB as you would with a normal equalizer, and then set dynamic gain to -9dB

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 9&start=57

With these settings, silent passages are increased by 6dB, and as the level increases the gain decreases, becoming -3dB when the sound is loud. So far, so good.

One thing that was throwing me is the display of the Dynamics I-beam. Its position does not seem to correspond to its value. I have a suggestion (no idea, whether this is possible or straight-forward):
show the end of the Dynamics I-beam at its effective value (e.g. Gain value + Dynamics value, +6dB + -9dB = -3dB).

Here's a mock-up showing what I mean


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-- the first node shows the current behaviour,
-- the second shows the suggested Dynamics I-beam display
-- the third node adds in a secondary dynamics curve (for the "loud" sound)

Perhaps the default Dynamics value would be - Gain value (so loud sounds stay at their original level),

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Perhaps take this a bit further. Instead of the Gain and Dynamics controls, have Gain (quiet) and Gain (loud) controls: Gain + +6dB and Dynamics + -9dB would become Gain (quiet) = +6dB and Gain (loud) = -3dB (those names are not good, but you get the idea).

Does this make sense?

[MeldaProduction]

Well, I'll think about it, but at the moment I don't really know... we'll see.

[DarkStar]

^^^^
Thank you, I'm glad that my explanation made sense. I guess drawing in the I-beam at a different position would be easier than the secondary curve.