Linking threshold and reference

cdavis

I'd like to link the threshold of a number of duckers with the reference level of a meter trigger. This way I can have an trigger that tracks the threshold of the duckers and lights an indicator when they are ducking signal. It seems like I should be able to do this in the logic section with the logic value and logic output devices but I am not having good luck currently.

-colbert

Dan Lynch

If you're trying to create an on/off visual indication that tells you if a single ducker is currently ducking, there's no need for logic. The ducker already has a Gain Reduction meter on it. Assign that Gain Reduction meter to a region meter and you have an indicator that turns on/off to show if the ducker is currently ducking. Alternately, you could assign it to a vector meter and accomplish pretty much the same thing. Set the properties of the vector meter to:
* steps = 2
* gap = 0
* border = no
* subrange = yes
* subrange minimum = .1dB
* subrange maximum = .2dB

Either of those solutions will give you a single indicator that tells you if the ducker is currently on/off. For a single on/off indicator that tells you if any one of multiple duckers is ducking:
* drag each Gain Reduction meter to a Logic Comparator
* compare operator = greater than (>)
* compare value = 0x00000001
* wire all of the compare operators to an OR object
* wire the output of the OR to a logic end

Done. No meter triggers involved. Less work, same pay.

Dan

cdavis

Thanks, I stumbled across the second solution on my own yesterday after I posted. I don't have an exact situation right now but there are times when I want to link two dissimilar controls to each other - probably with an offset. The most common example of this would be turning up BGM gain while simultaneously increasing the ratio of a compressor so that not only does the music get louder but the peak to average ratio also gets smaller.

So if there is a linking method that I can use I'd appreciate the information.

-colbert

Dan Lynch

There's no way to link two controls of different types. We can sometimes find a way around that limitation when you have specific applications in mind, but there's no way to directly link them.

Dan