Agitation Not Working Options

[polimorfos]

I purchased the GRM 3 tools collection and agitation doesn't seem to be working at all in ANY of the GRM plugins (AU or VST) in the latest versions of Ableton Live or Logic.

Mac OS 10.6.7 Intel Core i5.

Any ideas why this may be happening? Can I be the only one experiencing this?

This post has been edited by polimorfos: Apr 18 2011, 04:22 PM

[Loopy C]

btw, here is what manual has to say about 'Agitator':


Agitation

This set of controllers is used to add random variations to the processing parameters. The left
hand turn button gives the amplitude (from 0% to 100%) of the random variation. The right
hand turn button gives the speed of the variations (from 0 to 60 s). The On/Off button
located below the two turn buttons activates the variations.

In addition, the magenta button located to the right of each alphanumeric value
enables control of the effect of the variation for each individual parameter. When the button
is light, the parameter is subjected to the variation, when it is dark, the variation has no
effect.

Caution : In the default configuration, agitation is de-activated for all parameters.


emphasis mine ;-)

This post has been edited by Loopy C: Apr 19 2011, 08:56 AM

[polimorfos]

btw, here is what manual has to say about 'Agitator':


Agitation

This set of controllers is used to add random variations to the processing parameters. The left
hand turn button gives the amplitude (from 0% to 100%) of the random variation. The right
hand turn button gives the speed of the variations (from 0 to 60 s). The On/Off button
located below the two turn buttons activates the variations.

In addition, the magenta button located to the right of each alphanumeric value
enables control of the effect of the variation for each individual parameter. When the button
is light, the parameter is subjected to the variation, when it is dark, the variation has no
effect.

Caution : In the default configuration, agitation is de-activated for all parameters.


emphasis mine ;-)

How did I miss this? I just searched for agitation in the manual but somehow this escaped me... oops . Thanks!

[polimorfos]

I got very confused because agitation worked in Pitch Accumulator.

I just checked now and agitation is modulating some parameter even though the magenta button is not illuminated for any function... curious.

OK - I checked again and discovered agitator was modulating the amplitude of the random modulation even though the agitation destination button was not illuminated. I turned the magenta button on and off and it is behaving normally now. Small bug...

Also, when agitation was modulating the amplitude (when the destination light was off), there was no visual feedback in the GUI of any agitation occurring in amplitude.

This post has been edited by polimorfos: Apr 19 2011, 02:25 PM

[Loopy C]

I got very confused because agitation worked in Pitch Accumulator.

I just checked now and agitation is modulating some parameter even though the magenta button is not illuminated for any function... curious.

OK - I checked again and discovered agitator was modulating the amplitude of the random modulation even though the agitation destination button was not illuminated. I turned the magenta button on and off and it is behaving normally now. Small bug...

Also, when agitation was modulating the amplitude (when the destination light was off), there was no visual feedback in the GUI of any agitation occurring in amplitude.

I have not necessarily seen what you describe but will keep an eye out for it in the future...if you are able to duplicate/experience it again be sure and get a report in. The key to these things is getting all the info to grm in a manner that allows them to duplicate and identify exact circumstance, conditions, and configuration so they can put on their list to address/fix ;-)

[polimorfos]

I have not necessarily seen what you describe but will keep an eye out for it in the future...if you are able to duplicate/experience it again be sure and get a report in. The key to these things is getting all the info to grm in a manner that allows them to duplicate and identify exact circumstance, conditions, and configuration so they can put on their list to address/fix ;-)

I am able to duplicate this. Open Pitch Accumulator. Raise random amplitude to 15% or so. Turn on agitation at 100%. Toggling agitation on and off clearly shows agitation is modulating "random amplitude" even though magenta button is off and there is no visual feedback in the GUI.

Turn magenta button on and off and occasionally things seem to function as normal though sometimes it continues to agitate even though magenta button is off.

I sent a report in though I never got a response from my report a few days ago...