# The SupeDirtMixer v1.0 is out now!
**URL:** https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [10 September 2023 16:02 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861 "2023-09-10T16:02:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [10 September 2023 16:02 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/1 "2023-09-10T16:02:01Z")
I created this mixer UI for **SuperDirt**. My primary goal in developing this mixer was to eliminate the need for using a DAW like Ableton during my live coding sessions. Previously, I had been using Ableton solely for mixing in a live setup, so I wanted to streamline the process.
This mixer makes tonal depth, maintaining clean frequency separation, and creating a rich stereo panorama possible, all of which are easily accessible within SuperDirt. In essence, this mixer replaces the default values of the orbits defaultParentEvents. As a result, it empowers users to adjust parameters like gain, allowing values to range from 0 to 1.5 instead of being limited to 1.0. These modified defaultParentEvent values persist until they are overwritten on the TidalCycles side.
> **[GitHub - thgrund/SuperDirtMixer: Mixer for SuperDirt to provide mixing...](https://github.com/thgrund/SuperDirtMixer)**
>
> Mixer for SuperDirt to provide mixing presets for TidalCycles. This includes level indicators, gain, pan, reverb and eq settings for every orbit (indiviually). - GitHub - thgrund/SuperDirtMixer: Mi...
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### Author:  [@geikha](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/geikha)
#### Post date: [10 September 2023 23:12 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/2 "2023-09-10T23:12:50Z")
WHAAAAAAAAAAAT !!!! omg this is amazing !!!
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### Author:  [@loopology](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/loopology)
#### Post date: [11 September 2023 05:08 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/3 "2023-09-11T05:08:50Z")
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### Author:  [@CJunit](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/CJunit)
#### Post date: [11 September 2023 07:00 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/4 "2023-09-11T07:00:01Z")
Nice work! When I can make some more Tidal time soon I need to check this out.
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [11 September 2023 07:03 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/5 "2023-09-11T07:03:39Z")
Daaaamn this meme gave me some chills and then I needed to laugh. Is this already retro? 😃
Now we may be 1 louder xD
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### Author:  [@glitchpop](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/glitchpop)
#### Post date: [14 September 2023 04:50 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/6 "2023-09-14T04:50:52Z")
This is very cool, thanks for releasing it. Any chance the gui is mappable to something like Nanokontrol?
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 08:37 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/7 "2023-09-15T08:37:06Z")
Originally I only planned to make the presets changeable with OSC, but this feature is quite similar to make the values for `gain`, `pan` and `reverb` adjustable as well. It wasn't a big deal, so with the latest version these parts of the ui are mappable now.
```haskell
(
// Currently the ose listener only listens to the SuperDirt default port 57120
var superDirtOSC = NetAddr.new("127.0.0.1", 57120);
// You can change the preset an
superDirtOSC.sendMsg("/SuperDirtMixer/loadPreset", "Default.csv");
// You can change the gain, pan and reverb values with OSC
// The first value is the orbit number and the second value is the new value that will be set in the orbit defaultParentEvent
superDirtOSC.sendMsg("/SuperDirtMixer/gain", 0, 1.4);
superDirtOSC.sendMsg("/SuperDirtMixer/pan", 0, 0.7);
superDirtOSC.sendMsg("/SuperDirtMixer/reverb", 0, 0.4);
)
```
And to set mute and solo you can do it the standard way (something like this):
```haskell
tidalNetAddr = NetAddr.new("127.0.0.1", 6010);
tidalNetAddr.sendMsg("/mute", orbitIndex );
tidalNetAddr.sendMsg("/unmute", orbitIndex );
tidalNetAddr.sendMsg("/solo", orbitIndex );
tidalNetAddr.sendMsg("/unsolo", orbitIndex );)
```
But how to map a MIDI controller to this I recommend the official documentation: [OSC | Tidal Cycles](https://tidalcycles.org/docs/configuration/MIDIOSC/osc/#playback-controllers)
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### Author:  [@loopier](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/loopier)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 08:37 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/8 "2023-09-15T08:37:18Z")
I installed it using `Quarks.install("https://github.com/thgrund/SuperDirtMixer")`.
I was going to try it before putting it in the `startup.scd`, by running this code (had to increase memory because otherwise it would not start the server):
```haskell
(
s.options.numBuffers = 16 * s.options.numBuffers;
s.options.memSize = 32 * s.options.memSize;
s.options.maxNodes = 32 * s.options.maxNodes;
s.waitForBoot {
~dirt = SuperDirt(2, s);
~dirt.start(57120, 0 ! 14);
// More SuperDirt ...
// Initialize the SuperDirtMixer
~mixer = SuperDirtMixer(~dirt, 6010);
// You can adjust parameters before you use the ui
~mixer.orbitLabels = ["d1 - Lead", "d2 - Bass", "d3 - Key", "d4 - Pad"];
~mixer.enableMasterPeakRMS(0)
}
)
```
When running:
```haskell
~mixer.gui
```
I get the following error:
```haskell
ERROR: Message 'synth' not understood.
Perhaps you misspelled 'switch', or meant to call 'synth' on another receiver?
RECEIVER:
Instance of GlobalDirtEffect { (0x55f58d7e24a8, gc=18, fmt=00, flg=00, set=03)
instance variables [7]
name : Symbol 'dirt_global_eq'
paramNames : instance of Array (0x55f58cb582f8, size=1, set=2)
numChannels : Integer 2
state : instance of Event (0x55f58d7e3478, size=5, set=3)
alwaysRun : false
synth : instance of Synth (0x55f58a5c9a78, size=6, set=3)
defName : nil
}
ARGS:
CALL STACK:
DoesNotUnderstandError:reportError
arg this =
Nil:handleError
arg this = nil
arg error =
Thread:handleError
arg this =
arg error =
Object:throw
arg this =
Object:doesNotUnderstand
arg this =
arg selector = 'synth'
arg args = [*0]
SuperDirtMixer:gui
arg this =
var window = nil
var v = nil
var composite =
var freqScope =
var orbitUIElements = nil
var masterFunc = nil
var meterResp = nil
var masterOutResp = nil
var equiView = nil
var setEQuiValues = nil
var activeOrbit =
var presetFile = 'Default.csv'
var orbitLevelIndicators = [*0]
var panKnobs = [*0]
var panNumBoxs = [*0]
var gainSliders = [*0]
var gainNumBoxs = [*0]
var reverbKnobs = [*0]
var eqButtons =
var orbitMixerViews = [*0]
var setOrbitEQValues = nil
var leftMasterIndicator =
var rightMasterIndicator =
Interpreter:interpretPrintCmdLine
arg this =
var res = nil
var func =
var code = "~mixer.gui"
var doc =
var ideClass = nil
Process:interpretPrintCmdLine
arg this =
^^ ERROR: Message 'synth' not understood.
Perhaps you misspelled 'switch', or meant to call 'synth' on another receiver?
RECEIVER: GlobalDirtEffect('dirt_global_eq', ['reverbWet'])
```
Am I missing something?
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 08:46 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/9 "2023-09-15T08:46:12Z")
Hey @loopier! Thanks for trying out the SuperDirtMixer!
When everything works fine, then you should receive these three messages:
```haskell
---- initialize SuperDirtMixer ----
loading synthdefs in /Users/mrreason/Development/SuperCollider/SuperDirtMixer/classes/../synths/synth.scd
SuperDirtMixer was successfully initialized
```
I assume you do not see the `loading synthdefs` line in your console?
And what happens if you try to execute the `SynthDef` definition in the `synths` folder manually?
Or so to say, are you able to run these line of codes?
```haskell
(
var numChannels = ~dirt.numChannels;
SynthDef("dirt_global_eq2", { |out, dryBus, gate = 1, reverbWet|
var sound;
var in = In.ar(dryBus, ~dirt.numChannels);
//ReplaceOut.ar(dryBus, in * (1 - gobalCutoffDry));
// Dry/Wet
// TODO: disable if no value was received
sound = in.equi;
DirtPause.ar(sound, graceTime:4);
ReplaceOut.ar(dryBus, (in * (1 - reverbWet)) + (sound * reverbWet ));
}, [\ir]).add;
)
```
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### Author:  [@loopier](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/loopier)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 10:39 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/10 "2023-09-15T10:39:47Z")
> [@mrreason](#):
>
> When everything works fine, then you should receive these three messages:
>
> ```haskell
> ---- initialize SuperDirtMixer ----
> loading synthdefs in /Users/mrreason/Development/SuperCollider/SuperDirtMixer/classes/../synths/synth.scd
> SuperDirtMixer was successfully initialized
>
> ```
>
> I assume you do not see the `loading synthdefs` line in your console?
I do get a similar line to this (I'm on Linux):
```haskell
---- initialize SuperDirtMixer ----
loading synthdefs in /home/r/.local/share/SuperCollider/downloaded-quarks/SuperDirtMixer/classes/../synths/synth.scd
SuperDirtMixer was successfully initialized
```
> [@mrreason](#):
>
> Or so to say, are you able to run these line of codes?
The code runs fine, but I keep getting the same error when I evaluate `~mixer.gui`.
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 11:41 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/11 "2023-09-15T11:41:43Z")
I might have an idea. So what do you get after booting the server and initializate the SuperDirtMixer, when you evaluate this line:
```haskell
~dirt.orbits[0].globalEffects[0].synth
```
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### Author:  [@loopier](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/loopier)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 12:56 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/12 "2023-09-15T12:56:14Z")
Same thing:
```haskell
ERROR: Message 'synth' not understood.
Perhaps you misspelled 'switch', or meant to call 'synth' on another receiver?
RECEIVER:
Instance of GlobalDirtEffect { (0x55b223135458, gc=08, fmt=00, flg=00, set=03)
instance variables [7]
name : Symbol 'dirt_global_eq'
paramNames : instance of Array (0x55b2257c0218, size=1, set=2)
numChannels : Integer 2
state : instance of Event (0x55b224cb7218, size=5, set=3)
alwaysRun : false
synth : instance of Synth (0x55b22313e608, size=6, set=3)
defName : nil
}
ARGS:
CALL STACK:
DoesNotUnderstandError:reportError
arg this =
Nil:handleError
arg this = nil
arg error =
Thread:handleError
arg this =
arg error =
Object:throw
arg this =
Object:doesNotUnderstand
arg this =
arg selector = 'synth'
arg args = [*0]
Interpreter:interpretPrintCmdLine
arg this =
var res = nil
var func =
var code = "~dirt.orbits[0].globalEffect..."
var doc =
var ideClass = nil
Process:interpretPrintCmdLine
arg this =
^^ ERROR: Message 'synth' not understood.
Perhaps you misspelled 'switch', or meant to call 'synth' on another receiver?
RECEIVER: GlobalDirtEffect('dirt_global_eq', ['reverbWet'])
```
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 13:34 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/13 "2023-09-15T13:34:22Z")
And what do you receive when you evaluate this @loopier :
```haskell
~dirt.orbits[0].globalEffects
```
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [15 September 2023 19:55 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/14 "2023-09-15T19:55:43Z")
@loopier stupid me...I added one minor change to SuperDirt and then forgot it. The mixer ui is not usable without doing this change in SuperDirt:
>
>
> To use the equalizer in the SuperDirtMixer, it's needed to access the \`synth\` va…riable of the \`GlobalDirtEffect\` from outside.
I created a pull request, but you can change this in your SuperDirt quark files on your computer.
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### Author:  [@loopier](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/loopier)
#### Post date: [16 September 2023 07:33 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/15 "2023-09-16T07:33:57Z")
Ah, that worked. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [16 September 2023 07:43 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/16 "2023-09-16T07:43:14Z")
Glad to hear that! Happy mixing 🙂
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### Author:  [@julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/julian)
#### Post date: [16 September 2023 15:59 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/17 "2023-09-16T15:59:38Z")
This is very nice.
As you have asked for comments:
- there is a convenient library for JSON that allows you to ave and load dictionaries, maybe that is useful for saving presets? [GitHub - musikinformatik/JSONlib: A JSON de- and encoder for SuperCollider](https://github.com/musikinformatik/JSONlib)
- the EQui is in the dependency list, but I think it isn't automatically installed – you may give it a try by replacing it with the full URL (I've never tried it, but could work).
- you are iterating over all orbits to set the default environment – there is a convenient method to do this: `~dirt.set(name, value, name, value ...)`. Or, if you have a list of key value pairs: `~dirt.set(*pairs)`.
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### Author:  [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)
#### Post date: [17 September 2023 10:07 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/18 "2023-09-17T10:07:33Z")
Thank you very much for your post!
And thanks for the comments! I was not aware of the `JSONlib` quark and it looks really promising. This would make it a lot easier to create presets and make them scalable. And it would help me to fix the `defaultParentEvent` related DRY pattern issues that I have. I mean in the end I could just save the complete `defaultParentEvent` as a preset in JSON for each orbit. And the decoding of this would be really simple and straight forward.
For EQui it is not in my dependency list:
But I will give it a try with the git url. This is provided by the SuperCollider documentation so I assume this should work (as you mentioned): [Using Quarks | SuperCollider 3.12.2 Help](https://doc.sccode.org/Guides/UsingQuarks.html)
And I love the set shorthand! Something that I will definitely checkout.
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### Author:  [@julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/julian)
#### Post date: [17 September 2023 11:40 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/19 "2023-09-17T11:40:30Z")
> [@mrreason](#):
>
> I mean in the end I could just save the complete `defaultParentEvent` as a preset in JSON for each orbit.
You may run into troubles because there are functions and Buses in the `defaultParentEvent` that can't be written to json. One could separate these out using a dictionary with a parent (with all "private" stuff in the parent).
---
### Author:  [@julian](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/julian)
#### Post date: [17 September 2023 11:41 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/the-supedirtmixer-v1-0-is-out-now/4861/20 "2023-09-17T11:41:47Z")
> [@mrreason](#):
>
> For EQui it is not in my dependency list:
It is in the quark's dependency list:
>
Actually, there is also `TidalVST`, which may not be necessary?
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