HoRNet AutoGain -A dirt cheap Bass/Vocal Rider alternative

[bryan_kilco]

Instead of sending the individual tracks, try sending the folder instead.

Tried, same thing. I did your method as well as the guy in the vid I posted.

AutoGain sees the sidechain and the needle moves, but I hear no change in volume when I bypass the plugin. Same thing when disabling Master Parent Send with folder - drops the entire mix and only plays the tracks AutoGain should be reacting to.

*scratches head*

Assuming this should work with any signal, correct? I'm trying it using a lead guitar since I don't have vocal tracks on this computer right now. Trying to get the lead to sit atop the mix.....no luck so far.

EDIT: Ok, so it does look like it's working according to when I write the automation. Still, if I pull my fader down, it doesn't try to make up for the volume loss. It does write automation and looks like it's working off the receive track, yet still doesn't make the lead track sit on top of the mix whatsoever. Just sorta hangs within a few db of where my fader in Reaper is set.

 

[hornetplugins]

EDIT: Ok, so it does look like it's working according to when I write the automation. Still, if I pull my fader down, it doesn't try to make up for the volume loss. It does write automation and looks like it's working off the receive track, yet still doesn't make the lead track sit on top of the mix whatsoever. Just sorta hangs within a few db of where my fader in Reaper is set.

well that's exactly how it should work! the plugin automates it's internal gain, it cannot automate a host parameter like the volume fader.
In other words it sets a relative gain, if you lower the fader it won't try to make up for the gain loss because the fader of the host is *afer* the plug in the signal path, so it has no way of knowing that you lowered the fader on the input the autogain still sees the same level as before.

What you can do is set your lead guitar fader to 0dB, put the autogain on that guitar track, send the rest of the mix to the sidechain of the autogain and write down the automation. Once the automation is written copy those points and paste to the fader automation track, now you can remove the plugin.

Honestly i never use the AutoGain this way because it's very light and i like the idea to be able to trim the volume later using the fader of the track, but I've seen people on forums doing this copy/paste thing, so i think it's a matter of workflow.

Saverio
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[hornetplugins]

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Saverio

 

[hornetplugins]

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Saverio
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