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dB to % readout/meter ?

Archive · 2010 12 old posts

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noise_maker ·

Hey guys I'm looking for a percentage ratio readout for audio input.

so: 0dB and above will show 100% -6dB will show 50 (as every -6 dB is half of the volume) -12dB = 25 -18dB = 12.5 -24dB = 6.25 etc... below 36dB (or manually choose the lowest dB) set to 0

I actually want the read out to be between 0-1 (I will divide it by 100..), this is why above 0dB = 100% and below 36dB = 0%.

any ideas? can you help to make or share such a module if you already have it?

Why do I need it: a continue to my morphing tool, this time I want it to trigger changes like a compressor, sound changes (morphing) according to the volume of the output, but unlike a compressor, I need it to be limited to 0-1 floating in order to simplify the morphing triggers.

aliasant ·

Hey. Try this one.

noise_maker ·

that was quick and perfect! Thanks aliasant! 😍 😍 😍

noise_maker ·

ok it is not so perfect, but close.. :P it works differently with audio inputs.

can you post it with audio in instead of the knob?

an envelope between input to the meter also come to mind to make more stable readout for audio. I think I can do that one properly (i think.. 😕 )

aliasant ·

noise_maker wrote: ok it is not so perfect, but close.. :P it works differently with audio inputs.

can you post it with audio in instead of the knob?

an envelope between input to the meter also come to mind to make more stable readout for audio. I think I can do that one properly (i think.. 😕 )

I thought you wanted a readout? You can convert the mono signal to Float using a "Mono to Float" Search the forums for Smoother to find a float smoother/LP filter for floats. Use that instead of an envelope follower.

noise_maker ·

I used mono to float with tick25, it gives unrational results. Also for some reason the default is 100% @ -inf dB instead of 100% at 0dB

Can you check/fix the attached osm ?

aliasant ·

noise_maker wrote: I used mono to float with tick25, it gives unrational results. Also for some reason the default is 100% @ -inf dB instead of 100% at 0dB

Can you check/fix the attached osm ?

Is your input Linear? If so you wont need he dB to Lin. Check this one out. I used the smarter Mono to Array instead and took the max of each chunk.

MichaelBenjamin ·

btw aliasant, about the solfeggio thing, heres another site with some frequency stuff, also alot of pdfs to download with frequencys (i dont know if they are all available in english, i got them from the german page) http://www.planetware.de/octave/index.html - the guy so far has given me an interesting read with quite a low bullshit factor. although i dont know how much sense it makes to downscale frequencys from molecules - the other way around with upscaling of the huge things should definately cause some resonance, atleast thats how i understood. i did try out the thc and sun frequencys, see attachment. other things i did not try it out yet, and i cant say if there is any effect, but i would guess if there is it would be quite on the subtle side. quite interesting nonetheless. and yes, sorry, wrong thread, i know.

aliasant ·

MichaelBenjamin wrote: btw aliasant, about the solfeggio thing, heres another site with some frequency stuff, also alot of pdfs to download with frequencys (i dont know if they are all available in english, i got them from the german page) http://www.planetware.de/octave/index.html - the guy so far has given me an interesting read with quite a low bullshit factor. although i dont know how much sense it makes to downscale frequencys from molecules - the other way around with upscaling of the huge things should definately cause some resonance, atleast thats how i understood. i did try out the thc and sun frequencys, see attachment. other things i did not try it out yet, and i cant say if there is any effect, but i would guess if there is it would be quite on the subtle side. quite interesting nonetheless. and yes, sorry, wrong thread, i know.

Lol. You lost me at first but when I opened the osm that little coin fell down. Cant even remember were I found that Solfeggio stuff but I had a period were I listened a lot to sinus tones trying to make my compressor engines sound better. I actually listened to them for weeks so I thought alternating them using the solfeggio could be nice 🙂

The thc sounds pretty nice. It wanders just a bit. Talk about minimalistic music 🙂 Ill check the link later. Gotta run out for a while.

noise_maker ·

Aliasant, many thanks for the help, you are wonderful! I love the people in this forum, smart and generous. 😍 😍 😍

aliasant ·

😊 noise_maker wrote: Aliasant, many thanks for the help, you are wonderful! I love the people in this forum, smart and generous. 😍 😍 😍

noise_maker ·

Added a zero to one limiter (one split module), any signal above 0 dB will stay at 1 🙂 😇 😍 😇

now I can start to work on the real idea 😊

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