Auto Gain / Leveling (something is miss from Traktor)

KRZ_ONE · Post by **KRZ_ONE** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:47 pm

On traktor there is an auto gain function to normalise the tracks in the decks.

What is the best way to manage this in Live 5?

I would like to leave 2 faders as they are and simply use the crossfader but still ensure that levels are nice and neat.

Please help... it will be one less thing to worry about while i am tingering with other stuff...

Thanks

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:57 pm

I'm not a big compression buff, but RMS compressors set to really slow attack and release times?

KRZ_ONE · Post by **KRZ_ONE** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:01 pm

Should the compressors be applied to each channel or the master?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:44 pm

I'm still not totally sure about this, but try one on each.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:16 pm

Machinate wrote:I'm still not totally sure about this, but try one on each.

this wont give you the results you're after i dont think and will give you some weirdness if you have any other compression further down the signal chain.

just try putting a soft knee compressor on your master channel and setting the ratio to 1.5 - 3.5.

the release should be slow, but not too slow as to act like a limiter, and play with the attack to suit your type of music.. you don't want to shape the sound too much.

if you use Live's Compressor II, be sure to set read ahead to 0ms as this will cause some weirdness when you playing in realtime.

Clearscreen · Post by **Clearscreen** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:30 am

is this any good for you?

http://devilswhisper.com/agc.htm

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:35 am

i think this should be a feature wish.

would be a useful feature, such as auto-warp, for DJing with Live.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:26 am

AdamJay wrote:i think this should be a feature wish.

would be a useful feature, such as auto-warp, for DJing with Live.

Is there really anything in this request that cannot be handled gracefully with a preset labelled "Master channel auto gain" ?