GainPrep
A one-shot gain stager that measures your signal and sets th...
- Type
- Audio Effect
- Author
- warf
- Version
- 1.4.2
- License
- None
- Live version
- 12.0.5
- Max version
- 8.6.2
- Downloads
- 1
- Updated
- 2026-06-19
GainPrep is an Audio Effect for Ableton Live by warf, distributed as freeware, with no license specified by the author. It targets Live 12.0.5 and Max 8.6.2. On maxforlive.com it has 1 downloads. First published 2026-01-29, last updated 2026-06-19. 2 user comments below.
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Description
A one-shot gain stager that measures your signal and sets the right gain.
Key Features
- Triggered analysis — no continuous processing
- Fixed-duration (5s) measurement for consistent results
- Intelligently switches between RMS and peak evaluation for safe, reliable level correction
- After measurement, functions as a standard gain trim with analysis stopped and minimal CPU usage
- Applies the calculated gain to the passing audio
- Minimal device width to save screen space
Release notes
- v1.3.1 First Release
- v1.3.2 Reluctantly set width to 110px (Live adds padding with Push active)
- v1.4.0 Push control support
- v1.4.1 Improved performance and stability
- v1.4.2 Reduced CPU usage
Comments (2)
It should be backward compatible as the core logic is built entirely within gen~.
I don’t have an older environment to verify this myself, so if you could test it and report back here, it would be a huge help!