Looking for an auto-fade VST

[Torsten]

@Synchrony

So I’ve got a fairly unsteady foot due to some leg problems, but I often need to fade in a pad or strings (and I perform standing up). My foot doesn’t cooperate fully with an expression pedal and it can be embarrassing. I’m looking for something simple that I can trigger with a button on my controller that will fade up a volume control at a pre-set time. I’ll run my VSTis through it in C3, just like I sometimes do with GFader.

Take a look at this post - I’ve built a little script for ReaJS that will let you ramp smoothly between controller values. So to create automated fades, you’ll simply have to send a new controller value to this rack, and it will smoothly fade between its current value and the target value. Works for any controller (volume, expression, pan, you name it).

You won’t be able to set a preset time for the full fade, though, it will allow you to specify the fade speed in milliseconds per step - but with a bit of experimentation, I’ve always found the right speed…

I use this a lot for automated fade-outs, fade-ins or volume changes between song states (e.g. avoiding volume jumps when changing the volume of a string layer between sections).

Cheers,

Torsten