Re: [Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-14 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Paolo Bolzoni wrote: > I guess I can split the six channels in three limiters using the multi > plugin, but how I can join them back? pcm_slave.slave123456 { pcm "hw:0" channels 6 rate 48000 buffer_size 8192 # make these sizes smaller for lower latency per

Re: [Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-13 Thread Paolo Bolzoni
Ideally they should be all synced. On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 00:25 +0200, Paolo Bolzoni wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Robert M. Riches Jr. >> wrote: >> > I probably don't know any answers, but would like to make sure I >> > at leas

Re: [Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 00:25 +0200, Paolo Bolzoni wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Robert M. Riches Jr. > wrote: > > I probably don't know any answers, but would like to make sure I > > at least understand the question. Are you trying do AGC on a > > pair-wise basis? Or, is it something e

Re: [Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-13 Thread Paolo Bolzoni
Sorry, I am not much in this stuff... But I am reading now that AGC is "Automatic gain control" and it seems what I would like to do. I am trying to have a more or less constant volume of the speaker output. The configuration I posted in the first email works in this sense for stereo; it does not

Re: [Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-13 Thread Robert M. Riches Jr.
I probably don't know any answers, but would like to make sure I at least understand the question. Are you trying do AGC on a pair-wise basis? Or, is it something else you're trying to do? Thanks, Robert Riches > Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:02:42 +0200 > From: Paolo Bolzoni > To: Uwe > Cc: al

Re: [Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-13 Thread Paolo Bolzoni
I guess I can split the six channels in three limiters using the multi plugin, but how I can join them back? In the ladspa are other limiters, but they do not have the "gain" control so they do not actually increase the volume. Just adding plain 20db of amplification distorts the sound... Maybe the

Re: [Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-12 Thread Uwe
the problem with the configuration, I think, is: the plugins can handle a maximum of 2 channels. unfortunately, I cannot tell you exactly how, but it *should* be possible to route 3 pairs of channels to separate instances of the plugins. such a setup might also make sense musically. it might be a

[Alsa-user] Using compressor + limiter with 6 channel sounds

2013-10-12 Thread Paolo Bolzoni
Dear list, This is my .asoundrc, and the pair compressor + limiter works fine for stereo input: --- >8 pcm.ladcomp_compressor { type ladspa slave.pcm "ladcomp_limiter"; path "/usr/lib/ladspa"; plugins [{ label dysonCompress input { #peak limit, rel