Complete Project: Spectre

[wlangfor@uoguelph.ca]

Hello everyone, I was looking at a post by Martin Vicanek and I was impressed by the idea of a spectral tilt equalizer balancer thingy.
I, at first was a bit skeptical - Not thinking I would get any use of it.

However, I have been meaning to make a new style of knob due to the fact that big image driven knobs use a lot of CPU and crash schematics.
So "Space Monkey" is My first vector driven knob. it automatically resizes and does what you like in ways of style. I like the fact that it is so
compact and it looks intuitive.

Anyways, I practically applied this new knob idea into this work "Spectre" which to Me, is ideal for taking a Hip-Hop drum track and removing the bass;
And then bringing it to normal. It also excels at adding bass to a vocal which is useful.

Due to the fact that the Ruby output was linear I was able to log the max and minimum states to the point where I made the ruby co-efficient into some
addition and multiplication so that it processed faster than before. My goal and aim was to provide the same effect but in such a way that automation
is a palpable notion. So, now there is no lag and no blips and I hope You find a use for "Spectre", I'm reaaly glad that Martin shared this technology with us all,
because this particular project sounds clean and nice. It's hard to knock anything that sounds that way.

This is a first version final, because I had the time to test it. I've tested automation, presets, practical Use, decibels and avoidance of clipping. I think I may add another version which has touch screen and typed input, as well as the preset order reversed. Also, auto-makeup gain or reduction might be handy too; assuming it is fast
and it does not have any snags.



Download: LA School Spectre 4-3.fsm (39.2KB)

[wlangfor@uoguelph.ca]

So, Spectre is a cool little project, but I thought; Wait a minute, You mean these images won't work on Mac? I mean, it didn't mean a thing a few years ago. But "native" format within DAW's is what's running these VST's now, I mean, technically, older style VST's aren't even being respected as VST's anymore, just "Native" format. So, VST2? Hmm, to DAW's the drivers don't even get used - They rely instead upon "native" support, built right into the DAW. But what about images on a Mac, it seems there is no Fix, until I found Trogluddite's Ruby Image Maker:
http://www.flowstone.co.uk/support/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1114

I applaud the Guy because now I'll be able to make all of My plugins Mac friendly. Pretty sweet, I mean technically; You don't even need wine. And that's cool eh?

For now I'm limited to the one style of Vector Knob I've made but I plan on making a series of forty of them. I'm going to attempt to make realistic steel ones and various photo-real classic styles of synth knob with all of the gradients and shadowing taken into account. I thought I might also use the Ruby Crosshatching. So cool.

Anyways, here's the new Spectre version that has no images:

[RJHollins]

Looks nice !