GainPrep

by warf

A one-shot gain stager that measures your signal and sets th...

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

couchtrax · February 03 2026
is this back compatible with older versions of ableton?
warf · February 04 2026
@couchtrax
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!