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Question about new Multiband behavior.

What should be done when you change the number of bands? All the settings (freq, steepness, but also attack, release, ratio, threshold etc.) depend on the frequency content of a band. So, what should happen if you change the number of bands?

1 - Completely separate set of settings for each number of bands. Disadvantage: If you want to add an extra band, you need to build all the settings from scratch.
2 - Keep the available data. Disadvantage: If you change the number of bands and don't do anything else you may get a really weird and bad sound.
3 - Any other ideas?

Option '1' makes sense for Simple mode behavior - you choose more bands, and you automatically get the behavior that matches that number of bands. But: That also means that each preset needs to support any number of bands, OR that the number of bands can not be changed in Simple mode.

Option '2' seems easiest for when you're editing: You discover that you need an extra band for the high frequencies, so you just add one, and you keep the settings for all the other bands.

Maybe I say something wrong, but I think 6 bands is enough. At the big processors you can choose sometimes 2 bands in stead of the maximum bands. Nothing between that (as far as I have seen). I think put it to 6 and no errors any more of using less... Also better for the presets to have the same amount of bands.

You're the second person saying this so it needs to be changed. But lower and upper... I wanted to change it, but then I thought - for me it would make sense that 'lower' is where the signal gets lowered, so the right side. So I find this term confusing as well. Any other ideas? Rising and Falling comes to mind but my logic might differ from other people's logic.