That's weird, several options start with these so it should work.
But the option says off TIME in samples, not off LEVEL/DECIBEL/threshold, so it sounds like it's adjusting the gate's release time while you're in fact after adjusting its threshold.
That's weird, several options start with these so it should work.
These days, it's already a pretty cemented technique in sound design to push also VERY quiet signals through so-called "doom compression" , both musical and sound effect component sources (the name being coined because of the distinctive sound of Mick Gordon's modern Doom soundtracks). In order to accomplish this, there are signal chains and plugins that push a signal 100 dBs or more.
Yep, completly agree.just_in wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:18 amMeanwhile, I tested three other DAWs and none of them are doing any gating.
If Ableton thinks this is a good default, at least give us the option to completely turn it off, because that workaround is not great.
But I don't think it's a good default. It should be opt-in.
Yeah, but you're pushing them. That's exactly my point!
No, you are misunderstanding what I mean by "pushing" in this case. Or, more like, what the implications of not being able to do that in the first place are - as there is no signal after a certain point.
Just tried this option and it does work for me, both in 11.1.5b2 and 11.1, on Mac.just_in wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:47 pmAgreed, not much else to add.
But I'll just add this again: that Options.txt setting does not work. And I do have the Options.txt file set up correctly, because I can successfully change some other settings with it, but -_AudioOffTimeInSamples=691200000 does nothing.
In fact, any line that starts with -_ is completely ignored by Live, no errors pop up even if I write something random.
I'm on Windows, by the way. Maybe it works on Mac...
Also just confirming this is the case. With the Options.txt setting enabled, audio that starts below -100db will be chopped off until it reaches above -100db, but after that point it won't be chopped off again, for VST2 and VST3 plugins. AU plugins never chop anything even if it starts below -100db.just_in wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:50 pmOK, I figured out why the options.txt setting wasn't working... For that gating bypass to work, audio must first reach a level above -100dB, but in my test setup it was below -100dB from the start (I had a saved Live session for testing).
I should have assumed it works like this, due to the "time" wording (time for the gate bypass to be enabled after -100dB is reached, I guess - or gate release time as [jur] said).
Anyway, carry on...