toggle Aux send amount with a button

[nofish]

I'd like to toggle the Aux send amount of a track with a button on my BCR2000. Meaning if I press the button once the aux send amount jumps from -inf to 0dB and if I press the button again if jumps back to -inf.

Is this possible and how do I patch?

[bsork]

I don't have the BCR, but maybe you could program the button to toggle between two CC values; min/off = 0 and max/on = ~100 (I'm not sure which value gives 0dB, but it should be around 100).

If that's not possible - or you prefer to do it in a patch - it's a quite simple patch:

switch -> A*in+B -> Mixer Track Output
Set A = +80 and B = -80, and connect the out to x1 or x2 on the Mixer Track Output.

You can make it a bit more "generic" by adding a Current Track Number and connecting it to the track inlet of Mixer Track Output.

[nofish]

The patch is working.
Thanks a lot.
The problem I now have is that the Aux send amount is "blocked" for manual adjustments with the mouse. It always stays on either -inf or 0dB.

Ok, that's what I asked for but it would be nice to still can do manual adjustments for in-between settings and if I press the button then it jumps.

Is this possible?

[martignasse]

hi nofish,

The problem I now have is that the Aux send amount is "blocked" for manual adjustments with the mouse. It always stays on either -inf or 0dB.

You can put a "events control->pass only if as changed"module beetwen you'r fresh patch and the aux connector.

hope it help

[nofish]

Wow. Everything is possible with Usine.
Thanks again.

[bsork]

Hello again, nofish, it struck me that a patch that switches between muting at -inf and the last set gain on the send(s) would be a lot more flexible. You'll need a few more modules:

Switch, From0to1.pat, From1to0.pat, PassEventFlow, MultipleVariable, WaitOneCycle, PassOnlyIfHasChanged, and MixerTrackOutput.

Set MultipleVariable.in1 = -100 and make the following connections:

Switch > From1to0
From1to0 > MultipleVariable.affect1
From1to0 > PassEventFlow.pass
MultipleVariable > WaitOneCycle > PassOnlyIfHasChanged > MixerTrackOutput.x1 or x2
MixerTrackOutput.x1 or x2 > PassEventFlow.in
PassEventFlow > MultipleVariable.in2
From0to1 > MultipleVariable.affect2

Hope I got it right; it's so much easier to do the patching than to describe it in words...

[nofish]

The 'pass only if has changed' module did the trick. Thanks.
bsork, in this case I don't need the 'complicated' solution, but thanks also.

[erjos]

Sory guys,new here,but why try to find the hardest ways for ariving somewhere?
the request is so simple,put tthe level of the aux send to whatever amount you like by mouse and patch the midi button to aux on/off, in toggle mode to swtch it on. that way you will have -inf to whatever db gain.Smb tell me if im wrong
regards

[bsork]

Hi erjos, and welcome aboard!

IIRC, the on/off switches of the aux sends are relatively new in Usine. Maybe they were introduced when the number of aux sends was increased to four? Reading my old posts, it was obviously only two sends available at the time. So you're totally right in thinking this was a complicated way of achieving what is now very simple to do.

[nofish]

Haha, funny seing my old thread coming back to life again. (from my Usine starting days),

And erjos, thanks for the heads up, certainly the most light and easy way to do it now in Usine. I'm still using this patch in it's "complicated" way so time for a change now...

[erjos]

Good news software improves rapidly
i was just reading through the forums,to find the best way for using the auxes in live stage for my band.its everything ok now as i see
Thanks bsork and nofish