Re-enable a specific stage after a global bypass¶
After using BYPASS to silence every stage in the TX or RX chain, you can bring back individual stages one at a time without lifting the global bypass or restoring all stages at once.
Before you start¶
- The Aetherial Audio Chain applet must be visible. If it is not, click the PUDU tray button in the right sidebar to show the container.
- BYPASS must currently be active (the BYPASS button will appear checked, with an amber border and fill) on the chain side you want to edit.
- Confirm you are viewing the correct chain side — click TX or RX to switch if needed.
Steps¶
- In the Aetherial Audio Chain header row, confirm BYPASS is checked. While BYPASS is active, all stages are visually disabled.
- Click TX or RX to ensure the chain side you want to edit is shown.
- Locate the stage tile you want to re-enable in the horizontal strip (for TX: EQ, COMP, GATE, DESS, TUBE, PUDU, VERB; for RX: EQ, AGC-G, AGC-C, DESS, TUBE, EVO).
- Single-click that stage tile. This toggles bypass off for that stage alone, re-enabling it while all other stages remain bypassed.
- Repeat step 4 for any additional stages you want to bring back individually.
What each control does¶
| Control | Kind | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| TX | Toggle button | Shows and edits the TX DSP chain (ClientChainWidget) — fully interactive: click-bypass, double-click-edit, drag-reorder. Part of an exclusive pair with RX; amber 'VUDU' colour when selected. Last-active tab persists via PooDooAudioActiveTab='TX' / 'RX'. |
| RX | Toggle button | Switches the chain view to the RX DSP chain. Also fully interactive with click-bypass, double-click-edit, drag-reorder; bookended by RADIO / ADSP / SPEAK status tiles. |
| BYPASS | Toggle button | When checked, snapshots the currently-enabled stages on the active side (TX or RX) and disables all of them. When unchecked, re-enables just the stages that were on before. Also disables RN2 when active. Stages toggled manually while BYPASS is active are preserved outside the snapshot. TX and RX maintain separate snapshots — the visual checked state tracks the side currently shown. Bypass state is owned by the audio engine for both modes, not per-profile — the button stays pressed across Channel Strip profile switches. |
| Record (circle glyph) | Toggle button | Captures up to 30 s of post-PUDU TX audio; click again to stop (playback starts automatically). Tooltip: 'Record up to 30 s of post-PooDoo™ TX audio (MIC must be set to PC and DAX off).' Hidden in RX mode (TX-only feature). Only enabled when the mic input is ready and playback is not running. Pulses red while recording. |
| Play (triangle glyph) | Toggle button | Plays back the captured PUDU audio; click again to cancel. Hidden in RX mode. Only enabled once a recording exists and recording is not active. Pulses green while playing. |
| TX chain stage (EQ / COMP / GATE / DESS / TUBE / PUDU / VERB) | Drag handle | Single-click toggles bypass for the stage; double-click opens its frameless floating editor; drag reorders the TX chain. Hint text below reads 'Click to bypass · Double click to edit · Drag to reorder'. |
| RX chain stage (EQ / AGC-G / AGC-C / DESS / TUBE / EVO) | Drag handle | Single-click toggles bypass for the RX stage; double-click opens its frameless floating editor in RX mode; drag reorders the RX chain. All six RX stages (EQ, AGC-G/Gate, AGC-C/Comp, DESS/DeEss, TUBE, EVO/Pudu) are fully implemented. Order is independent of the TX chain. Distinct mime type 'application/x-aethersdr-rx-chain-stage' prevents stray drops between the two strips. |
| RADIO status tile | Indicator | Non-interactive RX-side bookend. Greens when PC Audio (the standard SSB stream) is enabled. Only visible in RX mode. |
| ADSP status / bypass tile | Toggle button | Interactive RX-side tile that mirrors which client-side noise reducer is currently active. Label rotates to the active module's short name (e.g. 'NR2', 'NR4', 'BNR'); falls back to 'ADSP' when none is on. Single-click bypasses the entire NR cluster with an in-memory snapshot; single-click again restores the prior NR state. Double-click opens the AetherDSP Settings dialog. Only visible in RX mode. |
| SPEAK status tile | Indicator | Non-interactive RX-side bookend. Greens when AetherSDR's audio output is unmuted. Only visible in RX mode. |
Tips¶
- Manually re-enabling a stage while BYPASS is checked places that stage outside the bypass snapshot. If you later uncheck BYPASS to do a full restore, that stage's pre-bypass state (not its current state) is what gets applied. Re-enable only the stages you deliberately want active during bypass.
- TX and RX maintain separate BYPASS snapshots. Enabling specific stages on the TX side does not affect the RX side's snapshot, and vice versa.
- The BYPASS button reflects engine-owned state for both TX and RX modes. If you toggle bypass from the Aetherial Audio Channel Strip (TX) or from the audio engine programmatically (RX), the BYPASS button in the chain applet updates automatically to match the current chain side.
- BYPASS is global (per audio engine), not per-profile — the button stays pressed across Channel Strip profile switches.
- Double-clicking any TX stage tile opens a frameless floating editor for that specific stage. The Aetherial Audio Channel Strip is the universal TX DSP window, accessible separately.
- The hint below the chain strip reads "Click to bypass · Double click to edit · Drag to reorder" and applies to both chain sides.
- The click discrimination interval is configurable via the Interaction Settings dialog. This affects how quickly a double-click must follow a single click to be recognized as a double-click rather than two single clicks. Adjust this interval in
Settings > Interactionif you find the default timing too short or too long.