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de la Mancha Moot - Audio mute plugin

de la Mancha Moot is a flexible audio mute plugin with a number of special features. The aim of this plugin is to have a mute switch (Hit Me button) that can be assigned to a single midi keyboard key and act in 3 ways:

as a latch (one press mute, release stays muted, next press unmute, release stays unmuted)
in default mode (hold down to mute, release to play audio)
in invert mode (hold down to play audio, release to mute)

The minimum and maximum volume can be set so that as well as muting, moot can act as a switch between a high and low volume In addition there is an audio gate to chop the audio and a smooth control to add a small attack/decay between changes

Free Download (Zip Archive):

Download de la Mancha Moot (1.3 Mb, VSTi for WinXP)

Moot Controls

Hit Me - this button is designed to be assigned to a midi keyboard key or a controller button.
Hit the ’set up’ button to see additional menus;
hot key - this is the key reference number (0-127) that will trigger the ‘hit me’ button from your midi keyboard. select using the drop down arrow. To find out the ref number of any midi key on your keyboard, press it and the ref number will show next to the ‘playing..’ text area.
midi learn - this works for all controls, not just the ‘hit me’ button. press the ‘learn’ toggle, (learning.. will appear on the GUI) then tweak any VST GUI control, then tweak any controller knob/slider/button. ‘learning…’ will disappear and the midi controller will now operate the VST control.
latch (on / off) - If latch is on, pressing Hit Me will toggle Audio Hi and Audio Lo. Press once to change the state, even when the key is released the state remains latched. It will not change until the key is hit a second time

- If latch is off, Hit Me function will depend on the ‘invert’ setting;
- default: audio will play by default and holding the key down will mute until released;
- invert: audio will be muted by default and holding the key down will play audio until released

min / max volume - sets the Hi and Lo volume for both the Hit Me and the gate
gate (on / off) - switch off to get continuous audio, switch on to chop the audio.
on beat / off beat - moves the chopped note on or off the beat.
chops / beat - this sets a pulse rate that will pulse x times per beat. The pulse determines the rate that the gate will chop the audio.
note length - minimum is half a beat, increase to make the chopped note play longer and reduce the gap to the next chop, maximum fills the gap.
smooth (ms) if you hear clicks when moot changes from Hi to Lo or gates, then this will add an attack/decay envelope to the change. Increase to soften the change and remove the click.
midi learn - this works for all controls, not just the ‘hit me’ button. press the ‘learn’ toggle, (learning.. will appear on the GUI) then tweak any VST GUI control, then tweak any controller knob/slider/button. ‘learning…’ will disappear and the midi controller will now operate the VST control

Moot - Version release history:
2.3 adds ‘hot key’ and midi CC support & midi learn for all controls
2.2 adds min/max volume and smooth, also now in stereo (was mono). removed pingpong
2.1 smaller, cleaner GUI
2.0 adds everything except Hit Me button
1.0 released as a simple on/off mute

More info and demos: de la Mancha