Mspectraldynamics Auto attack

[Veldar]

Hey gang,

Been messing around with setting the attack of the compressor in MSD to equal the ms required for that frequency to form a complete cycle.

E.g To duck 65hz I would use an attack of 15.3ms.

Now for ducking more complex percussive sounds I've been manually inputting in the attack for every 10 or 5 hz range within the sub to low mid area. Kinda time consuming to be honest.

I was wondering about the possibility of having an auto attack that replicates this for each band separately? Rather than manual input.

Cheers, Sam.

[vectorwarrior]

If you know how to calculate the ms for each frequency, you could potentially build a spreadsheet in Google sheets or Excel and export a CSV file. Then import that in the curve editor. I've been working with CSVs recently to build curves based on musical notes and it works great once you figure out how to work with it.

[DarkStar]

I reckon that you should be able to do it programmatically, using Parameter Expression in a Multiparameter and the equation Attack time (in ms) = 1000 / Freq (in Hz) but I have not yet worked out how to do it.

|e.g 1000 / 65 Hz = 15.38 ms

[Veldar]

I'm not sure if I'm the deep into my understanding to be able to do something like that, but it would be exactly what I'm after.

[MeldaProduction]

I wouldn't really do these things with MSD (or any normal compressor for that matter) - Attack & Release are generally highly misunderstood and are difficult to predict, the only way is to use your ears.

[Veldar]

But it sounds so good

[MeldaProduction]

Well I mean DO USE MSpectralDynamics, just don't think so hard about Attack & Release times.