Simple (fun) (efficient) (dirty) use example

Dear all

Here is a small code bit that is actually not doing much more than the helpfiles, but shows a simple way to integrate RT and Buf* based workflow in the studio.

Context: I was in the middle of a composition workflow, wanting a less noise, more harmonic and elongated/slow/fluid/nonchalant version of this sound:

So I thought of separating the pitch material of the noisy one and compress/filter/delay the former, whilst taming the latter. I tend to like to do stuff by ear, so AudioSculpt was not an option. Neither was iZotope since it does not support quad-channel (my Wet Ink setup is in line with all the mixed music stuff I presented to you at the first plenary, so multi-channel behind the players)

So I did a quick and dirty separation with HPSS. I experimented by ear with the parameters, and because the interface is share between RT and buf* object, I just connected the dirty interface to both versions, then ‘bounced’ the results in quad format from the buffer. I then used both components in Reaper to process each part separately.

I hope you will enjoy the idea, albeit a very simple one. It took me 5 minutes to code and then I was able to make music with it, (writing this post was much longer :wink: and allowed me to do something I wanted, by ear, on the spot. Dirty tricks. Fun.

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ps The patch is not documented, really just as a cheap illustration of the discourse above:


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