22nd June 2011
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#121 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Ben Logan  Good news, Quinto. Can't wait for the fun. Pro-Quality stuff.
Question: Does the bus-comp still employ three needles on the VU GUI? One would be more pleasing to the eye, IMHO, if you don't mind my saying. | There are two needles in this version: input level and compression.
Not sure what is better. We can see VU level, peak level, gain reduction together or not. Isn't it a lot more helpful instead of having to switch a selector for each measure?
Curious about what people think about this.
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22nd June 2011
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#122 | | Locked away
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First of all I'm a really big fan of your roundtone. Thanks for that!
Regarding metering on stripbus:
three needles in one meter is a bit too much I guess. Why not ditch the peakmeter and replace it with a clip led?
Also for gainreduction I'd like to see a row of leds beneath the VU (dbx style). I believe it's more practical this way and looks killer.
Cheers!
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22nd June 2011
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#123 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by mdoelger First of all I'm a really big fan of your roundtone. Thanks for that!
Regarding metering on stripbus:
three needles in one meter is a bit too much I guess. Why not ditch the peakmeter and replace it with a clip led?
Also for gainreduction I'd like to see a row of leds beneath the VU (dbx style). I believe it's more practical this way and looks killer.
Cheers! | Ok, so we could replace the third needle (gain reduction) with a row of leds below the meter.
The K-meter requires VU and peak together, though (and it is extremely useful).
So we could have:
- two needles: VU and peak and an input-output switch (dynamics pre and post compression)
- a row of horizontal leds for gain reduction below the meter
These two needles wouldn't be confusing because one (VU) is always lower than the other one (peak), so we get a display of dynamics, too (the distance between the two needles)
This is for the bus compressor.
The strip would have just VU and peak needles.
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22nd June 2011
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#124 | | Gear maniac
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What about having an IN/OUT/GR switch like most other plugs (people are used to it) and maybe a VU/Peak/Both switch. VU and Peak Needle could have different colours like IIRC it is at the Glue.
Imho GR is easier to read with needles, though thats a matter of taste.
On the other hand it depends on the size too... it would be better to have a led display rather than a supersmall vu meter(for GR).
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22nd June 2011
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#125 | | Lives for gear
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Yes, an option is what we added. A small menu...
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22nd June 2011
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#126 | | Gear maniac
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looking forward to it!
I hope it gets released soon  | |
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22nd June 2011
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#127 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Montreal, QC
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Originally Posted by quintosardo Ok, so we could replace the third needle (gain reduction) with a row of leds below the meter.
The K-meter requires VU and peak together, though (and it is extremely useful).
So we could have:
- two needles: VU and peak and an input-output switch (dynamics pre and post compression)
- a row of horizontal leds for gain reduction below the meter
These two needles wouldn't be confusing because one (VU) is always lower than the other one (peak), so we get a display of dynamics, too (the distance between the two needles)
This is for the bus compressor.
The strip would have just VU and peak needles. | Your idea is great! All the info we need on needles + LEDs for GR is fine!
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22nd June 2011
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#128 | | Gear maniac
Joined: May 2010 Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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Originally Posted by quintosardo There are two needles in this version: input level and compression.
Not sure what is better. We can see VU level, peak level, gain reduction together or not. Isn't it a lot more helpful instead of having to switch a selector for each measure?
Curious about what people think about this. | I would vote for the good old school selector switch... One needle in my eye is enough ...
Yet I get Q's word on proposing a small vu needle and tall peak needle to have that instant visual on the pseudo dynamic range (delta between vu and peak) ...
My point is that a strip should just stay simple and not turn into a metering box...
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22nd June 2011
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#129 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Temple, TX |
Should take a peek at the Midnight compressor from Focusrite Quinto, they've got a VU and underneath it you see the compression amount by little blue led's underneath. It's pretty clean and works well.
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22nd June 2011
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#130 | | Gear addict
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Thanks for asking for input, Quinto. My vote is for one needle, plus two ears! ;D
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23rd June 2011
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#131 | | Lives for gear
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The console+bus_comp is under the first real-use testing. It is getting great feedback  | |
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23rd June 2011
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#132 | | Lives for gear
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If you need some extra testing help, I can stress test the crap out of it for ya for CPU/RAM efficiency. I'm dang good at crashing programs on windows, especially pro tools, so it would also be good for checking wrapper compatibility.
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23rd June 2011
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#133 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by AstralPStudios If you need some extra testing help, I can stress test the crap out of it for ya for CPU/RAM efficiency. I'm dang good at crashing programs on windows, especially pro tools, so it would also be good for checking wrapper compatibility. | Thanks, as soon as the beta is ready I could ask for some crash testing  | |
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23rd June 2011
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#134 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by quintosardo Thanks, as soon as the beta is ready I could ask for some crash testing | Just shoot me a message when you need a hand. I may not be able to give you a super duper in depth report but I can at least tell you how many instances at what sample rate and how much CPU PT is using paired with the wrapper and check back and forth between my RAM monitor and get a general idea of how much is taken up. I know by default on my system Pro Tools takes up about 350mbs of RAM.
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23rd June 2011
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#135 | | Gear maniac
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23rd June 2011
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#136 | | Gear maniac
Joined: May 2010 Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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OT but this comes to mind: How about a gui lifting for roundtone, presence and stripbus ? Something skinnable, or a bit sexier ?
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23rd June 2011
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#137 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by pat38 How about a gui lifting for roundtone, presence and stripbus ? Something skinnable, or a bit sexier ? | Mmmhhh... we got great feedback about the simple and clean interface.
Roundtone thread started with "what a nice gui, let's listen to it"
Roundtone is going to get a meter, anyway.
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23rd June 2011
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#138 | | Gear maniac
Joined: May 2010 Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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Originally Posted by quintosardo Mmmhhh... we got great feedback about the simple and clean interface.
Roundtone thread started with "what a nice gui, let's listen to it"
Roundtone is going to get a meter, anyway. | The grey colors probably...? A bit plain and stark on me ... Like a 50's typewriter from east germany, but why not if the majority likes these guis that way... | |
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24th June 2011
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#139 | | Lives for gear
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Beta testing started!  | |
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24th June 2011
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#140 | | Lives for gear
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24th June 2011
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#141 | | Lives for gear
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Can't wait to try this out!
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26th June 2011
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#142 | | Gear interested
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Originally Posted by MannyTheAvatar I'm turning into such a plug-in slut... | +1 all day
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26th June 2011
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#143 | | Gear Head
Joined: Mar 2007 Location: NW
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Can't wait for this too. Actually I'm more excited about this than most other channel/buss processors.
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27th June 2011
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#144 | | Gear Head
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How's the beta testing going quintosardo? 4 days left in this month.. | |
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27th June 2011
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#145 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by zeep How's the beta testing going quintosardo? 4 days left in this month.. | This is an "alpha" testing, actually, we need to choose some details, ranges and more. But no bug reports on this version (just a small meter issue) so it could be very fast  | |
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27th June 2011
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#146 | | Gear interested
Joined: Jun 2011
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Hi Quintosardo and everyone, this is my first post on GS!
Been watching this thread and gotta say I'm really excited about StripBus. Such a great price too. Let me know if you need another Beta tester. :-) Have you got a release date?
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27th June 2011
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#147 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Stevie C Hi Quintosardo and everyone, this is my first post on GS!
Been watching this thread and gotta say I'm really excited about StripBus. Such a great price too. Let me know if you need another Beta tester. :-) Have you got a release date? | Hi Stevie,
welcome here 
It could be ready before the end of this month, closing the tests and "tuning" parameters...
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27th June 2011
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#148 | | Lives for gear
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While the first bus compressor version is being tested, the second one is ready to go.
The first one is a 4xxx, while the second one is a 117x (  ), but they both are far more versatile than the standard ones, because we have not been limited by hardware. Special features like auto mode, special sidechain, mid-side compression and extended parameters made them a great set of very special gears.
I see myself putting the first one on main bus and the second one on groups, but we'll see...
I hope that the ridiculous price won't make people overlook these  | |
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27th June 2011
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#149 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Feb 2010 Location: Helsingborg
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I'm getting this for sure :-) Love your GTS39 by the way!
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27th June 2011
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#150 | | Gear maniac
Joined: May 2010 Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Posts: 277
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Originally Posted by quintosardo While the first bus compressor version is being tested, the second one is ready to go.
The first one is a 4xxx, while the second one is a 117x ( ), but they both are far more versatile than the standard ones, because we have not been limited by hardware. Special features like auto mode, special sidechain, mid-side compression and extended parameters made them a great set of very special gears.
I see myself putting the first one on main bus and the second one on groups, but we'll see...
I hope that the ridiculous price won't make people overlook these | It would be cool to release a working mac vst wrapper at launch time too... Or a mac audiosuite/rtas
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