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Show single waveform in stereo soundfiler

#1

When displaying a stereo file in soundfiler, it shows both channel waveforms. Works great, but for my project, I would prefer to limit soundfiler to only display 1 waveform.

Is this possible?

This is how I set the soundfiler:

<Cabbage>
form caption("Stretch") size(600, 500), guiMode("queue"), pluginId("1287"), colour (0,100,0)
soundfiler bounds(110, 52, 300, 200), channel("filer1"), colour(188, 188, 188), tableBackgroundColour(62, 71, 86), showScrubber(0)
</Cabbage>
<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
-n -d -+rtmidi=NULL -M0 --midi-key-cps=4 --midi-velocity-amp=5
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>
; Initialize the global variables. 
ksmps = 32
nchnls = 2
0dbfs = 1

instr 1
    gSfile cabbageGet "LAST_FILE_DROPPED"

    if (changed(gSfile) == 1) then
        cabbageSet 1, "filer1", sprintfk("file(%s)", gSfile)
    endif
endin
</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
f0 z

i1 0 z
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>
#2

I thought mono files were displayed as a single waveform?

#3

You’re correct, I notice that now. Most of my files are stereo. Would still be useful to force it to only display one waveform if you have a mono sampler, such as a granular synth? I think this is standard for most plugins?

#4

So it should only show the left channel on these instances, is that what you’re using, or do you mix down to mono?

#5

Currently, I am actually using both channels, so it makes sense to show both. But if I were to only display one, I would assume a mix down to mono would work?

In terms of UI design it can be messy when you show several.

Some examples of this solution:

headline-ableton-live-remixing-simpler
headline-ableton-live-remixing-simpler1324×604 129 KB

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#6

I understand the UI concerns. The simplest would be to draw a single channel rather than having to create a new audio buffer, mix down to mono, and replace the existing audio buffer with the new one. But it will be odd if there are big difference between the channels.

#7

So I took a pretty simple approach here. If you use displayType("mono") it will draw both channel on top of each other, which basically provides a mixed down display. Thankfully I didn’t have to go messing with new buffers and things like that. I just triggered a new build, let me know if it works Ok.

#8

Tested now, but I don’t think it works?

Edit: Nevermind, it works great :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: Thank you for the elegant solution that I’m sure several people will use in the future :+1: