The Official PageTable Thread

[creativecontrol]

Greetings,

PageTables: the good, the bad & the ugly.


Here's a few 3rds that I can recommend on S6:

Fabfilter
https://www.fabfilter.com/

Exponential Audio
https://www.exponentialaudio.com/

McDSP
http://mcdsp.com/

INA-GRM
https://inagrm.com/en/store

DMG (EQuality, EQuick, Compassion)
https://dmgaudio.com/

Audioease (Altiverb)
https://www.audioease.com/

NUGEN (Halo Upmix)
https://nugenaudio.com/

Brainworx
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/

Sonnox
https://www.sonnox.com/

Waves
https://www.waves.com/


Please send us any feedback on your experiences. Thanks.



Jeff

[rcutz]

Jeff, I believe Exponential Audio has good mapping of his reverb plug-ins.

[creativecontrol]

Thanks, agreed and added.




Jeff

[rcutz]

Jeff “DynPeq” from wholegrain audio, needs implementation.
It is a great 4 band dynamic parametric eq. Or compressor. Or brickwall limiter...
I guess Duane is a one manshow, very supportive.
Best

[creativecontrol]

Thanks, I can take a look at them. I believe I have Duane's contact info. Do these need help in insert parameters (teal) mode or also in adding dedicated EQ and DYN controls?




Jeff

[rcutz]

Originally Posted by creativecontrol

Thanks, I can take a look at them. I believe I have Duane's contact info. Do these need help in insert parameters (teal) mode or also in adding dedicated EQ and DYN controls?




Jeff

Thanks Jeff.
I believe all of it. Last time I checked it hasn't type of control implemented yet.
I did not check for any updates since I install it about 45 days ago.
best.

[creativecontrol]

Hey Matt. Which width format (2-6, 1-6 etc) are you using of this plug-in?


(message me if you want)


Jeff




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[creativecontrol]

Greetings,

Just a few thoughts about this for anyone viewing if you ever have the ear of 3rd party plug-in developers. These are my opinions after experimenting with several different plug-ins and parameter sets.

(A) Think about presenting the parameters in a logical manner, both on the channel view as well as on the expanded view. Try and anticipate what the most important parameters that operators will want to get to most efficiently. Place these parameters on the lowest horizontal row of the expand map and on the lowest encoders of the channel map.

(B) It is ok to have multiple pages on the expand map. Put the most important stuff on the first page followed with secondary stuff on the second. It is also ok to duplicate parameters on multiple pages if it makes sense contextually.

(C) Take advantage of the SEL toggle functionality of the maps. This allows operators to press a SEL switch adjacent to an encoder parameter to provide control for an associated parameter. If SEL is used I would strongly encourage developers to also make those toggled parameters accessible on the primary or alternate pages as well. Some users will enjoy the toggled state (which can also be toggled from expand faders) however some will want the flexibility of discrete mapping of these parameters.

(D) If parameters (for example EQ bands, early reflections) can be toggled on and off - make sure to implement the IN switch associated with the primary parameter on the encoder. Ex: Early Reflection Level on encoder, Early Reflections On/Off on IN switch.

(E) Follow a convention for common parameters. A good example of this is Mix or Wet/Dry. Personally I always like to find this on the bottom right encoder of the expand view. Regardless of what you choose, make it consistent for all plug-ins. With that said, consistency in general is essential when deciding on how to map a plug-in. Make it efficient, easy, uncluttered - with advanced stuff on an alternate page, flexible (allow discrete parameters and toggled SEL functionality as well) and smart.

Hope this is helpful when talking about pagetables.



best,



Jeff

[creativecontrol]

Here's an example of the concepts described in the previous post implemented for Altiverb. Below is a screen grab from the AAX Plug-in Pagetable Editor Tool that developers can use to format their parameters.






Jeff