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SoloMute

Overview

Solo and mute control module

Discussion

Solo and Mute Control module. When the second argument NUMPINS is 1, then the solo and mute control is applied to each individual channel. Otherwise the solo and mute control is applied to each individual input pin as a whole. The array .isMuted is used for mute control and the array .isSolo is for solo control. When both are selected, mute has higher priority over solo. In all cases, the array length is updated by the prebuild function.

The module does smooth muting and unmuting. The speed of the smoothing operation is set by the .smoothingTime variable. The module's set function translates the smoothingTime to an internal smoothingCoeff. When the module is built it starts out in a converged state.

By default, the inspector for the module has the control checkboxes organized in a vertical stack. By setting the optional third argument TRANSPOSE = 1 turns the control into a horizontal stack.

Module Pack

Standard

ClassID

classID = 30

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleSoloMute
{
ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
INT32 numControls;                            // Number of individual mute controls
FLOAT32 smoothingTime;                        // Time constant of the smoothing process
FLOAT32 smoothingCoeff;                       // Smoothing coefficient.
INT32* isSolo;                                // Boolean that controls pin solo.  One per each pin.
INT32* isMuted;                               // Boolean that controls pin muted or unmuted.  One per each pin.
FLOAT32* currentGain;                         // Instantaneous gain applied by the module.  This is also the starting gain of the module.
FLOAT32* gain;                                // Target gain.
} ModuleSoloMuteClass;

Variables

Properties

Name Type Usage isHidden Default Value Range Units
numControls int const 0 2 Unrestricted
smoothingTime float parameter 0 10 0:1000 msec
smoothingCoeff float derived 1 0.002081 Unrestricted
isSolo int* parameter 0 [2 x 1] 0:1
isMuted int* parameter 0 [2 x 1] 0:1
currentGain float* state 1 [2 x 1] 0:1 linear
gain float* derived 1 [2 x 1] 0:1 linear

Pins

Input Pins

Name in1
Description audio input
Data type float
Channel range Unrestricted
Block size range Unrestricted
Sample rate range Unrestricted
Complex support Real

Output Pins

Name out1
Description audio output
Data Type float

Matlab Usage

File Name: solo_mute_module.m 
 M=solo_mute_module(NAME, NUMPINS, NUMCHANNELS, TRANSPOSE) 
 Creates a solo or mute control module. 
 Arguments: 
    NAME - name of the module. 
    NUMPINS - optional argument that specifies the number of input pins. 
       When NUMPINS is 1, the solo and mute control apply to each individual 
       channel within the input pin. 
       When NUMPINS is more than 1, the solo and mute control apply to 
       those input pins. By default, NUMPINS=1. 
    NUMCHANNELS - optional argument that specifies the initial number 
       of channels in the wire.  When the system is built, the number 
       of channels is derived by pin propagation.  This value is only 
       for the initial behavior before the system is built.  By default, 
       NUMCHANNELS = 2. 
    TRANSPOSE - an optional argument which controls how the inspector 
       for the module is drawn.  By default, if there are N channels 
       then the inspector control is a vertical stack of N checkboxes. 
       (TRANSPOSE = 0 by default).  If TRANSPOSE = 1, then the inspector 
       is drawn as a horizontal array of N checkboxes. 
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