Safety Mute

[midnightrambler]

AVID! PLEASE incorporate some sort of safety mute nto your software when the maths goes awry.

Example : http://postimg.org/image/s2sroxvc1/

A MAXED-OUT "thrrrrrrrmp" (presumably from a plug-in that's not quite playing ball) is not only horribly unpleasant, it can obviously cause damage to speakers, amps, ears, nerves, etc.

Here's an idea : the moment the maths reaches a value that's an unreasonable value over 0 on any master - and definitely before 250.6 as displayed above - the playback should MUTE and STOP with an error message.

We've been putting up with this in various guises for years, and it's about time it bloody well stopped.

[midnightrambler]

No? No one else get this? I've just had it again while I had headphones on. With a fresh install and (as far as I can ascertain) all up-to-date plugs.

[albee1952]

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[JFreak]

Everyone is mixing maxxed out waveforms nowadays, so it would mean very silent mastering rooms

[mesaone]

You can do this on your own, with the Channel Strip plug-in. In the Comp/Limit section, set the ratio to 0:1, turn depth to "off", then set the threshold at max. It will then work as a a safety mute that kills any signal that exceeds the threshold (which I think is 0.0 dBFS, might go higher I can't remember) while leaving everything else untouched.

[midnightrambler]

Originally Posted by albee1952

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I'm not looking for solutions for my own particular rig, this has happened on and off and various different rigs throughout my ProTooling career. I just get so fed up with it.

[midnightrambler]

Originally Posted by mesaone

You can do this on your own, with the Channel Strip plug-in. In the Comp/Limit section, set the ratio to 0:1, turn depth to "off", then set the threshold at max. It will then work as a a safety mute that kills any signal that exceeds the threshold (which I think is 0.0 dBFS, might go higher I can't remember) while leaving everything else untouched.

On all 48 outputs?

[mesaone]

If need be, yes.

Presumably you are monitoring through a stereo pair at some point. 48 outputs leads me to believe you're using a console, you could route the 2bus back through an aux track and put a single instance of Channel Strip on it.

Maybe my fix won't work for you, but it was worth mentioning.