// Diopser: a phase rotation plugin // Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Robbert van der Helm // // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program. If not, see . #[macro_use] extern crate nih_plug; use nih_plug::{ formatters, Buffer, BufferConfig, BusConfig, Plugin, ProcessContext, ProcessStatus, Vst3Plugin, }; use nih_plug::{BoolParam, FloatParam, IntParam, Params, Range, SmoothingStyle}; use nih_plug::{Enum, EnumParam}; use std::pin::Pin; use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering}; use std::sync::Arc; mod filter; /// How many all-pass filters we can have in series at most. The filter stages parameter determines /// how many filters are actually active. const MAX_NUM_FILTERS: usize = 512; /// The minimum step size for smoothing the filter parmaeters. const MIN_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE: u32 = 1; /// The maximum step size for smoothing the filter parameters. Updating these parameters can be /// expensive, so updating them in larger steps can be useful. const MAX_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE: u32 = 512; // All features from the original Diopser have been implemented (and the spread control has been // improved). Other features I want to implement are: // - Briefly muting the output when changing the number of filters to get rid of the clicks // - A GUI struct Diopser { params: Pin>, /// Needed for computing the filter coefficients. sample_rate: f32, /// All of the all-pass filters, with one array of serial filters per channelq. /// [DiopserParams::num_stages] controls how many filters are actually active. filters: Vec<[filter::Biquad; MAX_NUM_FILTERS]>, /// If this is set at the start of the processing cycle, then the filter coefficients should be /// updated. For the regular filter parameters we can look at the smoothers, but this is needed /// when changing the number of active filters. should_update_filters: Arc, /// If this is 1 and any of the filter parameters are still smoothing, thenn the filter /// coefficients should be recalculated on the next sample. After that, this gets reset to /// `unnormalize_automation_precision(self.params.automation_precision.value)`. This is to /// reduce the DSP load of automation parameters. It can also cause some fun sounding glitchy /// effects when the precision is low. next_filter_smoothing_in: i32, } // TODO: Some combinations of parameters can cause really loud resonance. We should limit the // resonance and filter stages parameter ranges in the GUI until the user unlocks. #[derive(Params)] struct DiopserParams { /// The number of all-pass filters applied in series. #[id = "stages"] filter_stages: IntParam, /// The filter's center frequqency. When this is applied, the filters are spread around this /// frequency. #[id = "cutoff"] filter_frequency: FloatParam, /// The Q parameter for the filters. #[id = "res"] filter_resonance: FloatParam, /// Controls a frequency spread between the filter stages in octaves. When this value is 0, the /// same coefficients are used for every filter. Otherwise, the earliest stage's frequency will /// be offset by `-filter_spread_octave_amount`, while the latest stage will be offset by /// `filter_spread_octave_amount`. If the filter spread style is set to linear then the negative /// range will cover the same frequency range as the positive range. #[id = "spread"] filter_spread_octaves: FloatParam, /// How the spread range should be distributed. The octaves mode will sound more musical while /// the linear mode can be useful for sound design purposes. #[id = "spstyl"] filter_spread_style: EnumParam, /// The precision of the automation, determines the step size. This is presented to the userq as /// a percentage, and it's stored here as `[0, 1]` float because smaller step sizes are more /// precise so having this be an integer would result in odd situations. #[id = "autopr"] automation_precision: FloatParam, /// Very important. #[id = "ignore"] very_important: BoolParam, } impl Default for Diopser { fn default() -> Self { let should_update_filters = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)); Self { params: Box::pin(DiopserParams::new(should_update_filters.clone())), sample_rate: 1.0, filters: Vec::new(), should_update_filters, next_filter_smoothing_in: 1, } } } impl DiopserParams { pub fn new(should_update_filters: Arc) -> Self { Self { filter_stages: IntParam::new( "Filter Stages", 0, Range::Linear { min: 0, max: MAX_NUM_FILTERS as i32, }, ) .with_callback({ let should_update_filters = should_update_filters.clone(); Arc::new(move |_| should_update_filters.store(true, Ordering::Release)) }), // Smoothed parameters don't need the callback as we can just look at whether the // smoother is still smoothing filter_frequency: FloatParam::new( "Filter Frequency", 200.0, Range::Skewed { min: 5.0, // This must never reach 0 max: 20_000.0, factor: Range::skew_factor(-2.5), }, ) // This needs quite a bit of smoothing to avoid artifacts .with_smoother(SmoothingStyle::Logarithmic(100.0)) .with_unit(" Hz") .with_value_to_string(formatters::f32_rounded(0)), filter_resonance: FloatParam::new( "Filter Resonance", // The actual default neutral Q-value would be `sqrt(2) / 2`, but this value // produces slightly less ringing. 0.5, Range::Skewed { min: 0.01, // This must also never reach 0 max: 30.0, factor: Range::skew_factor(-2.5), }, ) .with_smoother(SmoothingStyle::Logarithmic(100.0)) .with_value_to_string(formatters::f32_rounded(2)), filter_spread_octaves: FloatParam::new( "Filter Spread Octaves", 0.0, Range::SymmetricalSkewed { min: -5.0, max: 5.0, factor: Range::skew_factor(-1.0), center: 0.0, }, ) .with_step_size(0.01) .with_smoother(SmoothingStyle::Linear(100.0)), filter_spread_style: EnumParam::new("Filter Spread Style", SpreadStyle::Octaves) .with_callback(Arc::new(move |_| { should_update_filters.store(true, Ordering::Release) })), very_important: BoolParam::new("Don't touch this", true).with_value_to_string( Arc::new(|value| String::from(if value { "please don't" } else { "stop it" })), ), automation_precision: FloatParam::new( "Automation precision", normalize_automation_precision(128), Range::Linear { min: 0.0, max: 1.0 }, ) .with_unit("%") .with_value_to_string(Arc::new(|value| format!("{:.0}", value * 100.0))), } } } #[derive(Enum, Debug)] enum SpreadStyle { Octaves, Linear, } impl Plugin for Diopser { const NAME: &'static str = "Diopser"; const VENDOR: &'static str = "Robbert van der Helm"; const URL: &'static str = "https://github.com/robbert-vdh/nih-plug"; const EMAIL: &'static str = "mail@robbertvanderhelm.nl"; const VERSION: &'static str = "0.2.0"; const DEFAULT_NUM_INPUTS: u32 = 2; const DEFAULT_NUM_OUTPUTS: u32 = 2; fn params(&self) -> Pin<&dyn Params> { self.params.as_ref() } fn accepts_bus_config(&self, config: &BusConfig) -> bool { // This works with any symmetrical IO layout config.num_input_channels == config.num_output_channels && config.num_input_channels > 0 } fn initialize( &mut self, bus_config: &BusConfig, buffer_config: &BufferConfig, _context: &mut impl ProcessContext, ) -> bool { self.filters = vec![[Default::default(); MAX_NUM_FILTERS]; bus_config.num_input_channels as usize]; // Initialize the filters on the first process call self.sample_rate = buffer_config.sample_rate; self.should_update_filters.store(true, Ordering::Release); true } fn process( &mut self, buffer: &mut Buffer, _context: &mut impl ProcessContext, ) -> ProcessStatus { // Since this is an expensive operation, only update the filters when it's actually // necessary, and allow smoothing only every n samples using the automation precision // parameter let smoothing_interval = unnormalize_automation_precision(self.params.automation_precision.value); for mut channel_samples in buffer.iter_mut() { self.maybe_update_filters(smoothing_interval); // We get better cache locality by iterating over the filters and then over the channels for filter_idx in 0..self.params.filter_stages.value as usize { // Because of this filter_idx outer loop we can't directly iterate over // `channel_samples` as the iterator would be empty after the first loop for (sample, filters) in channel_samples.iter_mut().zip(self.filters.iter_mut()) { *sample = filters[filter_idx].process(*sample); } } } ProcessStatus::Normal } } impl Diopser { /// Check if the filters need to be updated beased on [Self::should_update_filters] and the /// smoothing interval, and update them as needed. fn maybe_update_filters(&mut self, smoothing_interval: u32) { let should_update_filters = self .should_update_filters .compare_exchange(true, false, Ordering::Acquire, Ordering::Relaxed) .is_ok() || ((self.params.filter_frequency.smoothed.is_smoothing() || self.params.filter_resonance.smoothed.is_smoothing() || self.params.filter_spread_octaves.smoothed.is_smoothing()) && self.next_filter_smoothing_in <= 1); if should_update_filters { self.update_filters(smoothing_interval); self.next_filter_smoothing_in = smoothing_interval as i32; } else { self.next_filter_smoothing_in -= 1; } } /// Recompute the filter coefficients based on the smoothed paraetersm. We can skip forwardq in /// larger steps to reduce the DSP load. fn update_filters(&mut self, smoothing_interval: u32) { if self.filters.is_empty() { return; } let frequency = self .params .filter_frequency .smoothed .next_step(smoothing_interval); let resonance = self .params .filter_resonance .smoothed .next_step(smoothing_interval); let spread_octaves = self .params .filter_spread_octaves .smoothed .next_step(smoothing_interval); let spread_style = self.params.filter_spread_style.value(); const MIN_FREQUENCY: f32 = 5.0; let max_frequency = self.sample_rate / 2.05; for filter_idx in 0..self.params.filter_stages.value as usize { // The index of the filter normalized to range [-1, 1] let filter_proportion = (filter_idx as f32 / self.params.filter_stages.value as f32) * 2.0 - 1.0; // The spread parameter adds an offset to the frequency depending on the number of the // filter let filter_frequency = match spread_style { SpreadStyle::Octaves => frequency * 2.0f32.powf(spread_octaves * filter_proportion), SpreadStyle::Linear => frequency * 2.0f32.powf(spread_octaves) * filter_proportion, } .clamp(MIN_FREQUENCY, max_frequency); let coefficients = filter::BiquadCoefficients::allpass(self.sample_rate, filter_frequency, resonance); for channel in self.filters.iter_mut() { channel[filter_idx].coefficients = coefficients; } } } } fn normalize_automation_precision(step_size: u32) -> f32 { (MAX_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE - step_size) as f32 / (MAX_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE - MIN_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE) as f32 } fn unnormalize_automation_precision(normalized: f32) -> u32 { MAX_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE - (normalized * (MAX_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE - MIN_AUTOMATION_STEP_SIZE) as f32).round() as u32 } impl Vst3Plugin for Diopser { const VST3_CLASS_ID: [u8; 16] = *b"DiopserPlugRvdH."; const VST3_CATEGORIES: &'static str = "Fx|Filter"; } nih_export_vst3!(Diopser);