As silly as it may seem, I am looking for a multichannel audio null passthrough plugin. Between a 128 channel audio card and the to/from global blocks, I have need of labeling all these ins and outs, and breaking them into logical groups. I currently use mixer blocks, but this only adds a potentia…

Could be I missed the point. I was using the Gain Control blocks to mange individual or group inputs. Messy. Then I tried using Audio Mixer controls which was more organized for me and I could change the name(s) on the block, but I couldn’t tell what was going on in the block because the state is no…

To clarify, you would use multiple of these plugins for each ‘group’ and will just rename the blocks as your way to label these groups?

No, I would want the plugin to allow 2, 4, 6, 8, or 16 channels of thru-audio. I’d label one 4-channel block “Guitars” and connect both of my stereo guitar channels. Drums would take the 16 channels of audio from Superior Drummer (Which would be in the global rackspace, thus the need for labels in…

Extra points if there is a scribble strip within the plugin editing window, and if those entries show when hovering over an input / output node in the wiring window!

[image] celoranta: I currently use mixer blocks, but this only adds a potential gain staging and mute point which I then must remember NEVER to use, even in the midst of frantic pre-show troubleshooting. Just use a GPScript to reset all the parameters whenever you activate a rackspace. Then e…

[image] dhj: Just use a GPScript to reset all the parameters whenever you activate a rackspace. Then even if you change stuff, everything will get reset back The trouble isn’t really how to correct it once it has been changed. The trouble is spending time chasing a red herring while troubles…

Yeah, I kind of had the same question about being easily able to determine the state of the big audio mixer blocks, by @dhj is right - if you use a script to reset all desired audio mixer blocks to whatever state you want, whether global or per rackspace, that is pretty reliable, especially when you…

[image] CruiseCycle: Yeah, I kind of had the same question about being easily able to determine the state of the big audio mixer blocks, by @dhj is right - if you use a script to reset all desired audio mixer blocks to whatever state you want, whether global or per rackspace, that is pretty reli…

[image] CruiseCycle: I guess if you just wanted a ‘Null’ block, use the simplest control and set it to ‘Bypass’ That lets you edit the label but the control does zippo. Great option!

That is a good option @CruiseCycle . Not only is it then a true ‘thru’ block… the red highlighting is an excellent reminder to leave it alone.

Yep. You can tell just looking at it that it’s bypassed; it uses zero resources, the width is configurable to 32 channels which can then be pushed even wider when editing. About as good as it’s going to get for this.

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celoranta December 11, 2022, 9:21pm 13

So much better. Thank you!

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