How to turn off VSTi with gradually disappearing sound?

Gig Performer on Windows
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How to turn off VST instruments in Gig Performer, one by one while playing, but so that the sound does not disappear suddenly, but “smoothly” in the background with a gradual decrease…? For example: When I play some piano VST with some pad VST and I want to switch off the pad VST, I want do that with one click, but I don’t like when sound from pad VST disappear suddenly, but gradually, to disappears in the background…

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For virtual instruments, I put the ones I will use in the same rackspace. I control them by disabling the Note On messages with Widgets. This can be done with MIDI input or MIDI filter blocks. You can then create multiple Variations with different Widget settings.

This is great, because you can switch away from an instrument while you’re holding a note or chord. Your note off message is still enabled, so the release timing is intentional.

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Maybe you could build a widget pair to act as a crossfader. Once one of the plugins is at infinity, you can bypass it so it doesn’t continue to consume CPU.

SteveC

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Have a look at this thread, we had this topic discussed earlier:

The fading part is easy, but the bypass part has to be prepared carefully…

  • turn down volume via gain block
  • when volume is 0 turn off note ons
  • detect if there is no sound ringing anymore via envelope follower (has to be done before the volume adjusting gain block!),
  • if there is silence, bypass the plugin.

That would be a safe way with no audible “surprises” when unbypassing the plug-in again.

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Melda make a VST plugin called Rhythmizer. I use for auto fading in and out.