Logarithmic scale for dials and sliders.

[Crubier]

Hi all, I would like to control many EQ eight frequency parameters (which scale is logarithmic) with only one knob in a M4L device.
The matter is I am unable to fit the scale of a live.dial with the logarithmic scale of the frequency dial in EQ eight. It just doesn't fit.

I have tried changing the "exponent" parameter in the live.dial inspector, but of course, no value can fit, because what I need is not a polynomial scale but a logarithmic scale.

Does anyone have a solution to that ?

[Tone Deft]

try [scale], [atodb] and [dbtoa].

in the live.dial (for example) inspector you can change the style to decibel as well as set the max and min values.

[Gregory Taylor]

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[Crubier]

Gregory, your solution is Ok but I was searching a solution allowing to print the value in Hz in the "Parameter Value" of the live.dial.

The only solution I found was disabling the "display parameter value" attribute and using a label instead to display the correct value in Hz, which is calculated using a "mtof" block.
This solution is almost perfect, the only problems are :
- I can't type the desired frequency, I can only set it by using the knob
- The value display is not centered as it shoud be, be left aligned as every textbox in Max.

Here's my solution :

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