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Ducking

Sometimes you use one sound to reduce the loudness of another. An example would be the automatic ducking you hear on talk radio. The caller alone sounds loud and clear, but as soon as the host speaks, the caller is turned down. This can be done using the tutorial patcher. It’s just like the keying patcher, but with the control level subtracted from the threshold. The action of the patch is reversed, with the signal getting through the left only on the lack of control. Again, the ratio affects the amount of gain change and the threshold sets the trip point.

See Also

Name Description
rampsmooth~ Smooth an incoming signal
MSP Compression Introduction: What is Compression? MSP Compression Introduction: What is Compression?
MSP Compression Tutorial 1: Peak Limiting MSP Compression Tutorial 1: Peak Limiting
MSP Compression Tutorial 2: Basic Compression MSP Compression Tutorial 2: Basic Compression
MSP Compression Tutorial 3: Tweaking Compression MSP Compression Tutorial 3: Tweaking Compression
MSP Compression Tutorial 4: Compression on Real Instruments MSP Compression Tutorial 4: Compression on Real Instruments
MSP Compression Tutorial 5: Multiband Compression 1 MSP Compression Tutorial 5: Multiband Compression 1
MSP Compression Tutorial 6: Multiband Compression 2 MSP Compression Tutorial 6: Multiband Compression 2
MSP Compression Tutorial 7: Keying MSP Compression Tutorial 7: Keying
MSP Compression Tutorial 8: Microsounds MSP Compression Tutorial 8: Microsounds
MSP Compression Tutorial 10: Controlling Feedback MSP Compression Tutorial 10: Controlling Feedback