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On 03/02/2011 11:49 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

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> Here (for once) we do agree :-) There's probably no worse way

> to show what a compressor is doing than showing the input and

> output waveforms. A simple bargraph showing the current gain

> - or better, the gain range over a short period - will do fine.

What about the idea of representing the threshold as an interactive horizontal

line? The attack, release and ratio could also be represented as a single bezier

curve with 3 control points. And the output waveform would be drawn over the

input waveform, for visual comparison. All of this over a short period as you

mention.
Also, I personally find waveforms useful when trying to achieve loudness, but

I'm not much of a sound engineer.
Quoting your other mail:
> I guess the situation could be somewhat different for an audio

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> engineer controlling a 'standard' app such as mixer, and a

> musician using a GUI as an interface to his instrument.

That's what I think. Also, visualization can be pedagogical, as here if the

musician is not very familiar with compression.
--

  Olivier
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