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Control
Description
Select audio input device.
Open Windows Volume Control to select the source channel on the input
device.
Enable/disable audio input functionality.
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Indicator of the loudness level
for specific band. The red line indicates threshold, which is used
when assigning band to a logical (Boolean) parameter (values above
threshold mean "on", values below mean "off").
Thresholds may be set individually per band (left click on the
corresponding indicator) or all at once (right click on any
indicator).
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Gain control for adjusting sound
level in case it is too high or too low.
SRL Sustain/Release Toggle
(On) keep the audio controlled value until the
audio band level rises again over the threshold level (red line) or to
(Off) set the audio controlled value real-time to the current bad audio level.
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Band control button.
To assign the band to the logical/boolean
control (such as button) do the following: click on the band number to
enter band assign mode, click on the control button which you want to
animate with sound, click on the band number button again to exit assign
mode.
Band Hold. This does not remove the established links to the controls, but
release them temporarily, so that you can change controls manually.
Pressing this button again removes Hold and resumes Audio control over the
linked parameters.
Band Reset. Clears all existing links from this band to the controls.
Please note that this clears all the links from this specific band! For
the moment it's not possible to clear links individually per control.
Reestablishing links after band reset requires repeating the steps
described above. As with any automation techniques don't forget to adjust
parameters after the automation stops ::)
BPM counter. Tap it to set approximate value, use "+" and
"-" for fine corrections. Hint:
tapping by spacebar gives better results than by mouse button.
Include Audio into Preset.
If this button is "on", the audio setup is saved within the
preset when you capture and save the Machine State in "Machine State
Presets" window; if not - audio setup is ignored.
Similar story for Machine State preset loading: if this button is
"on" and audio setup is found within saved preset, that
saved audio setup is loaded. If the button is "off" or
there was no audio setup in the preset, audio configuration is not
changed.
Save Audio Setup. The audio setup saved this way is "global" and
not preset-dependent.
Load Audio Setup.
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Introduction
The Audio Control Window is used to make
the parameters of the Text Objects react to the sound. The whole spectrum
of the sound frequencies is divided for 10 bands; each band can be
assigned to one or several parameters. Parameters may be
selectable/measurable (like sliders or dropdown menus) or Boolean ones
(such as buttons).
Examples (Adapted to Electronic Music)
Start TextMachine 3D. Toggle
Include Audio into Preset, then drag/drop the presets below to the
TextMachine 3D design pane.
If you get an audio device initialization
error, please select your audio device from the list.
Audio Setup 01
Audio Setup 02
Audio Setup 03
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