Free "gain rack" (with Saturator) for Ableton Live 10
Wanted to share with you this free yet useful tool for Ableton Live 10.
It's an audio effect rack that has a gain knob as its macro knob.
When you rotate it clockwise, it feeds the signal into the rack / a Saturator by the chosen dB amount (set by the Gain macro knob) and also takes down the output by the same amount so it compensates perfectly for the input level.
This makes many saturators etc "one-knob" plugins for you.
(NOTE: you can set those minimum and maximum amounts when you enter Map mode: you'll then see them in the Browser, so if you want even more input gain, it can be done).
Why this, and what is it useful for?
You often get fooled by loudness of certain plugins: you crank up their whatever essential processing knob, and it may raise the output level of the plugin, and to human ears, louder is often better, so this effect rack automatically compensates for that, so you won't be fooled into thinking that louder is better.
This'll be especially useful for plugins that react to input gain, such as the Saturator here: the louder you drive the signal into it, the harder it gets roasted (Saturator's own Drive setting and various settings do affect this, too, but this is a decent starting point), but you don't have to touch the output gain this way: it's all done for you.
This will be useful for many plugins that color the signal by input gain stage.
Feel free to replace the Saturator with any plugin of your choise whose input stage colors the signal!
Comments (5)
New Multiband RoastRack just went up…see new post!
Nice! Just recreated this as a Renoise doofer with some Airwindows plugins. Works a treat.
Oi nice one! Yes I bet this technique can be done elsewhere too. Never got super familiar with Airwindows but I bet they have a lot of great stuff! I have one, the name of which I forgot…loosely models Massey Tape Head plugin, which is one of my absolute favorite "simple" roasting/beefery plugins! (will post its name here once it comes to me)
Thanks! Added this to my User Library and to my personal Dropbox. Mapping it to this Korg padKontrol I'm setting up was really easy, so now I have one Knob controlling the pitchbend of the Drumrack drums, and one Knob controlling the roasting provided by your gainrackSaturator. This is going to be fun!
Great, sounds good! I think I'll share my multiband bass roasting rack tomorrow :)
