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by GDMcArthur
Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ableton's Stock Compressor Makeup Gain Algorithm
Replies: 2
Views: 2026

Re: Ableton's Stock Compressor Makeup Gain Algorithm


PS - .7?? WTF?!?!

Whenever I see 0.7 I think one over root two. It pops up in a lot of audio calculations. Why that should be the magic number in this case I have no idea.

I never use the make up gain and prefer to do it all by ear.


Yeh, you're actually right it is 1/sqrt(2). I don't run ...
by GDMcArthur
Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:36 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ableton's Stock Compressor Makeup Gain Algorithm
Replies: 2
Views: 2026

Ableton's Stock Compressor Makeup Gain Algorithm

Hi All,

I noticed a lot of people asking about how Ableton's makeup gain works. I am a mathematician/data scientist and I became a bit obsessed trying to understand how it works myself. The problem (as I and others see it) is that the stock compressor's makeup gain adds gain even when compression ...
by GDMcArthur
Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:06 am
Forum: Max For Live
Topic: LFO Is Disabled?
Replies: 4
Views: 1866

LFO Is Disabled?

For some reason, my LFO's stopped working for a particular instrument. For instance, I have an LFO set to a Dry/Wet knob and now its just stuck at a specific value. In fact, the parameters they are mapped to are just floored at 0 for no real reason. I noticed that when I go back and replace the LFO ...