[SOLVED, FINALLY!] Routing mistake. I broke something!

[SteveRiggs]

Hi guys,

I’ve been working on refining the functionality of this vocal production chain for the last 7 weeks or so around my other projects. I had it working great up until earlier when it was just 6 channels.

I added another 6 channels now and re-built a de-esser similar to @remarkablex's multi band splitter example from a while back (as I can’t get a thing out of scriptnode at the moment so I’m determined to make this way work)

Everything is in there and in theory should work altogether, but I have a routing problem now. The signal is doubling somewhere and I cant work out where.

Would somebody be so kind as to take a quick look at the snippet for me please and tell me where I’ve gone wrong with the routing so I can fix it? I’d love to get this one finished and onto the graphics and design for it. This is the only thing holding me up now.

I’ll put a quick rundown below the snippet of how I’ve set the project up and the main elements of the signal chains so that it makes more sense...

PS: Please excuse my absolute bodge jobs on the de-essers eq curves. I’ve been trying to get the steepest slope possible close to a 96db/oct slope as there is no option for those in the curve eq. It’s far from ideal how I’ve done it, but it works, in it’s own messy way

Actually, the whole thing is mega ugly at the moment while I'm just working on getting the fuctions right.

HiseSnippet 

1&2 (Main Output)

Noise Gate
EQ
Compressor 1
Compressor 2
Phone FX EQ
Stereo Imager
Saturation
Chorus

3&4 (Send FX 1)

Reverb
Reverb EQ

5&6 (Send FX 2)

Delay
Delay EQ

7&8 (De-Esser/Multiband Splitter Lows)

EQ

9&10 (De-Esser/Multiband Splitter Mids)

EQ
Compressor

11&12 (De-Esser/Multiband Splitter Highs)

EQ

**I also added a temporary audio loop player at the bottom with a test vocal in there to use as I build.

[SteveRiggs]

Still really struggling with this one guys. Can anyone please help?

[clumsybear]

@SteveRiggs Not 100% sure, could it be the fact that you're routing all of the sends to output 1/2 as well? Aren't the sends supposed to send only to the corresponding busses?

Sry I had only time to take a quick look at the snippet...

[SteveRiggs]

@clumsybear I'm not sure. I think I saw another couple of threads on this that said everything needed to be merged back to 1 and 2 at the end.

When it was just 6 channels (2 send fx being 3&4 and 5&6), both of those were merged back into 1&2 at the end and it worked fine. With those ones though, both of the reverb and delays were set to 100% mix, so that makes sense.

It's only since I added the last 6 channels which are all EQ's (7&8 through 11&12) that it doesn't work anymore. It's like the signal is doubled somewhere along the way in the last 6 channels routing somewhere.

For the life of me I can't work it out. Once this works it will be done as well. So annoying

[SteveRiggs]

Still not having any luck with this one...

[clumsybear]

So, what was the issue?

[SteveRiggs]

@clumsybear There were still dry signals coming through 3&4 and 5&6 even when the gain modules for each were switched off and it was stacking up the dry signal. So now I keep them turned on at all times and use the gain amount to turn the signal all the way off instead