Sluice

Closed until it should open.

Gate and downward expander: opens above the threshold, closes below it minus the hysteresis after the hold time, and expands at the chosen ratio down to the range floor.

◆ Paidorg.sournd.dynamics.sluice

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Details

Engine id: org.sournd.dynamics.sluice
Category: Dynamics
Type: Gate, expander
Licence: £2.99 once, or in the subscription
Version: 1.0.0
Parameters: 8
Latency: none
Tail: 0.5 s
Sidechain input: no
Channels: mono or stereo

Parameters

The id is the C ABI parameter id and the JUCE parameter id (as a decimal string).

Id	Key	Name	Min	Max	Default	Unit	Taper
0	`threshold_db`	Threshold	-80	0	-45	dB	linear
1	`hysteresis_db`	Hysteresis	0	20	4	dB	linear
2	`range_db`	Range	0	90	60	dB	linear
3	`ratio`	Ratio	1.5	50	10	x	log
4	`attack_ms`	Attack	0.05	50	0.5	ms	log
5	`hold_ms`	Hold	0	500	30	ms	linear
6	`release_ms`	Release	5	2000	150	ms	log
7	`sidechain_hpf_hz`	Sidechain high-pass	20	2000	60	Hz	log

How it is made

Original sOURnd design blending general techniques: high-passed linked peak sidechain, two-threshold hysteresis state machine with hold, downward-expansion gain curve with range floor, dB-domain attack/release.

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CMake

cmake

juce_add_module(path/to/sournd_engine)
target_include_directories(MyPlugin PRIVATE path/to/include)
target_link_libraries(MyPlugin PRIVATE sournd_engine path/to/libsournd_cabi.a)

Three lines. Full steps: JUCE quick start.

C++ (JUCE)

cpp

#include <sournd_engine/sournd_engine.h>

sournd::SourndEngine engine { "org.sournd.dynamics.sluice" };
juce::AudioProcessorValueTreeState parameters { *this, nullptr, "Parameters",
    sournd::SourndEngineParameters::createLayout (engine) };
sournd::SourndEngineParameters bridge { engine, parameters };

// prepareToPlay
engine.prepare ({ sampleRate, (juce::uint32) maximumBlock, 2 });
bridge.prepare (sampleRate);
setLatencySamples ((int) engine.latency());

// processBlock
bridge.apply ((uint32_t) buffer.getNumSamples());
juce::dsp::AudioBlock<float> block { buffer };
engine.process (juce::dsp::ProcessContextReplacing<float> { block });

// get/setStateInformation: hold getCallbackLock() around saveState / loadState,
// so state work never overlaps processBlock (full example: /docs/juce/)

Plain C

sournd_engine *e = NULL;
if (sournd_engine_create("org.sournd.dynamics.sluice", &e) == SOURND_OK) {
    sournd_engine_prepare(e, 48000.0, 512);
    sournd_engine_set_param(e, 0, -45); /* Threshold */
    sournd_engine_process(e, in, out, 2, frames);
    sournd_engine_destroy(e);
}

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Add the sournd engine org.sournd.dynamics.sluice to my JUCE plugin. Follow https://sournd.com/docs/juce/index.md
and the engine reference at https://sournd.com/engines/sluice/index.md. Expose every parameter through APVTS.