Summ doesn't work

Nappylady · Jun 27, 2003, 04:54 PM

The idea here is that I want each soundcard to act like 2 stereo wave players, 2 synthesizers, and a stereo effects box with 2 effects. Here's the routing diagram I drew up for this end:

http://alias.djfly.org/routing.jpg

I've discovered that the summ DSP plugin, which should sum its three inputs and put them to the output, ignores the second (middle) input! I've looked at the code and yes, it should sum all three... does anyone know why this strange and annoying behavior is there? In the above diagram, it's not a really big deal, because it mainly affects waveout 0/1, which I don't use... but if I ever did need to use it, I'd have to nest a bunch of summ's and that would be a mess!

Thanks for any help guys!

Mata Hari · Jun 27, 2003, 05:15 PM

Well, simple answer would be, why not use 3 fxmix plugins, instead of all these summs?
afaik, my summ works as it should... what more info can you give? (and a way to easely create what you are experiencing)

Nappylady · Jun 27, 2003, 05:45 PM

Great idea! I'm still very new to this, but you're right! FXmix is a much better plugin for this and makes my graph much easier to look at.

New problem though: I have two soundcards in here, and one of them refuses to admit that it has a center/subwoofer output on it! It has the plug on the card, and the input on the Epilogue plugin so I assume that it's supposed to work, but in the mixer there is no volume control for it, and in the "test" panel, there is no center / LFE icon... I checked in control panel/sounds & multimedia/advanced to make sure it's set up as 5.1 surround, and it is... what else might be wrong?

(And, is it considered faux pas to hijack ones' own thread?

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Lex Nahumury · Jun 27, 2003, 08:54 PM

> FXmix is a much better plugin for this and makes my graph much easier to look at.

You can make your own mixers to fit your needs so it doesn't look like spaghetti

dsp shot

These are some Stereo Mixers i made. One with a 'build-in' submix.
Maybe you need alot of mono inputs instead. That's not that hard.

It just illustrates the power of KX DSP and what you can do with it.

Regards,

/LM

Jun 27, 2003, 04:54 PM	#1
Nappylady DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 257 Rep Power: 0	Summ doesn't work The idea here is that I want each soundcard to act like 2 stereo wave players, 2 synthesizers, and a stereo effects box with 2 effects. Here's the routing diagram I drew up for this end: http://alias.djfly.org/routing.jpg I've discovered that the summ DSP plugin, which should sum its three inputs and put them to the output, ignores the second (middle) input! I've looked at the code and yes, it should sum all three... does anyone know why this strange and annoying behavior is there? In the above diagram, it's not a really big deal, because it mainly affects waveout 0/1, which I don't use... but if I ever did need to use it, I'd have to nest a bunch of summ's and that would be a mess! Thanks for any help guys!

Jun 27, 2003, 05:15 PM	#2
Mata Hari HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	Well, simple answer would be, why not use 3 fxmix plugins, instead of all these summs? afaik, my summ works as it should... what more info can you give? (and a way to easely create what you are experiencing)

Jun 27, 2003, 05:45 PM	Thread Starter #3
Nappylady DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 257 Rep Power: 0	Great idea! I'm still very new to this, but you're right! FXmix is a much better plugin for this and makes my graph much easier to look at. New problem though: I have two soundcards in here, and one of them refuses to admit that it has a center/subwoofer output on it! It has the plug on the card, and the input on the Epilogue plugin so I assume that it's supposed to work, but in the mixer there is no volume control for it, and in the "test" panel, there is no center / LFE icon... I checked in control panel/sounds & multimedia/advanced to make sure it's set up as 5.1 surround, and it is... what else might be wrong? (And, is it considered faux pas to hijack ones' own thread? )

Jun 27, 2003, 08:54 PM	#4
Lex Nahumury DH Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,932 Rep Power: 64	> FXmix is a much better plugin for this and makes my graph much easier to look at. You can make your own mixers to fit your needs so it doesn't look like spaghetti dsp shot These are some Stereo Mixers i made. One with a 'build-in' submix. Maybe you need alot of mono inputs instead. That's not that hard. It just illustrates the power of KX DSP and what you can do with it. Regards, /LM