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trogluddite ·
Too much to eat and drink over the holiday period?
Visiting relatives, or irritating friends of your children/spouse, beginning to get on your nerves?
Or, just weary of the seasonal repetition of Shrek movies on the TV?
What you need is...
...Soopa Doopa Loopa 2!
Much more fun that sitting in front of the box, and it will also distract you from the fridge long enough to (perhaps) let that yuletide indigestion pass before you have another beer. And it is even capable of making sounds so disturbing that your visitors are sure not to overstay their welcome! And, of course, what better to distract a fidgety child, than a program that can turn their burps into Dr.Who monster noises!
So what is it?
This software is for making, playing and mangling loops that you make in real time from a live audio input. Imagine eight looping delay pedals, each one with filtering, distortion and effects. You can change loop speeds and pitches (with the obligatory backwards setting, of course!). Or chop the loops into little pieces, move them in time and randomise them.
Many controls have built in automation - you can loop your control moves, or pre-program target settings for automatic fades and changes. And there's easy MIDI learn for using your favourite control surface/keyboard/pedals.
If you need to know more, download this .pdf - yes, there's a complete user guide too.
So how do I get it?
...see the next post...
trogluddite ·
Due to the upload limits of the forum, I had to keep you in suspense and put the downloads in a seperate post.
The downloads are schematic files, partly to keep inside the upload limit, but also so you can have a poke around inside them - there are a couple of notes below about getting the exports right.
There are two versions, which are pretty much identical, apart from a couple of things mentioned below...
VST plugin version
For use as an insert or send effect. This one also supports VST tempo information so that you can synchronise the loops to your sequencer project.
Stand alone version
This one includes a separate audio routing and driver selection window to make it easy to route the sounds to and from your soundcard. These settings are saved to your Application Data folder, and re-called next time you load the program, so you don't need to set it up every time. When you first load the .osm, the driver setup window will appear (because you haven't made a setup yet) - to make a good export, do not change any driver settings in the schematic, and be sure to close the setup window before exporting.
Both versions have a built in help interface with lots of hints and tips, and the .pdf Help file in the previous post is up to date for both versions. If you place the .pdf in the same folder as your exported .exe or .dll, you are able to open it from within the plugin (using your standard Windows choice of .pdf reader).
The software is free to use, and you are allowed to copy and distribute it - the only conditions are...
- It may not be re-sold - you can share for free, but I don't want to see money changing hands!
- The software is clearly attributable to Trog Luddite
- You do not use the 'cave man' logo as part of, or to promote, any other product or service.
Hope you enjoy it - and feel free to post on this thread if you...
- Find any bugs (I have hidden them very well!)
- Need help to get the best out of it.
- Would like to use any of code/modules etc. and want some help understanding them.
cyto ·
Let me be the first to say that this is absolutely brilliant!!! I just spent the last hour or so hypnotizing myself with this thing and I know I have only scratched the surface of what this offers. Well done! I'll report back when I have explored it more (be ready for gushing compliments). I am particularly impressed at how musical the effects sound. The filtering on the delay is quite nice. The integrated "help" screens were perfectly done to get impatient people like me going (I promise to read the manual soon 😉 ). Excellent work!!!!!!!
-cyto
trogluddite ·
Wow - first feedback on my new plugin is all praise! 😮
I think it will be my favourite Xmas present this year! 😀
And you made me think - I missed out something very important from the previous post...
😍 THANKYOU ALL 😇
I would have never been capable of making Loopa without the generous help of the other users of this forum. Not just people who contributed directly with modules/algorithms - but also the "University of SM"; the brilliant teachers of coding, maths, graphic design etc., and the people who dream up those crazy ideas that give my brain a kick when I find myself devoid of inspiration.
I was going to put the credits into the plugin as part of the 'help window', but there were so many people to thank that I ran out of space! Instead, all of the credits can be found in the .pdf help file.
P.S.) If a certain Mr. Infuzion should be reading this, I'm guessing that he might be thinking; "Now that Trog has finished his plugin, maybe he'll finally get around to doing the rest of that Triggers Tutorial".
Rest assured, once I have had a little break over the holidays to relieve the 'screen burn', I have scheduled it to be my next job.
(Just keep your fingers crossed that I don't get lots of bug reports!) 😉
lesobrod ·
Dear Trog!
Uprightly, I thought that you are kinda expert of encyclopaedic learning of SM (awful English, sorry).
Didn't see previous editions of SooDooLoo (Voo Doo ? 😈 )
Now it's clear that you are really hard cool developer.
Well I self-sufficient enough )))) for just to be very glad for you without any envy.
And what is really significant for me - it's a great manual.
Looking at many projects, programs, ideas I see that its efficiency factor decreasing in 3-5 times
at lack of help, good examples and manual.
OK and first question. I'd like to use SooDooLoo for music learning, with microphone and pan flute.
Is it possible to re-record part of loop, like this: 25% old_record_from_memory + 75% new_from_mic
and than play it, and then re-record again?
Anyway many thanx!! Hope from now you could give more attention for our school handicrafts 🙂
trogluddite ·
lesobrod wrote: I'd like to use SooDooLoo for music learning
That's very flattering! 😀
lesobrod wrote: Is it possible to re-record part of loop?
Like a 'punch in' kind of method to replace, for example, wrong notes?
Sadly not - it was something I experimented with, but it would have lost the ability for easy tempo changes. When the tempo is changed, the loop pointer is using fractional positions, and I found this too tricky to manage for recording.
However, there is a method by making use of the automation...
Once you have a loop recorded, you can automate the gate control (top row, far right) to clip out the parts that you don't want - so long as your automation loop is the same length as the audio loop, it will mute out the same parts every time. Then you can record new sections to fill the spaces on another loop slot, again using the same loop length (set the length manually on the bar to make matching the lengths easier).
Once you have all of the sections sounding good together, you could then use the bounce recording to 'assemble' them all into one loop.
In fact, possibly this method is more useful for education, because the original recording will not be written over - it is only muted by the gate control, and can be easily restored, for example to compare 'before' and 'after'.
lesobrod ·
trogluddite wrote: In fact, possibly this method is more useful for education, because the original recording will not be written over - it is only muted by the gate control, and can be easily restored, for example to compare 'before' and 'after'.
Yeah this method is good!
How about 2-3 video tutorials - illustrations of possibilities? (^__^)
trogluddite ·
lesobrod wrote: How about 2-3 video tutorials
Yes, you're right - one of the hardest parts of writing the user guide is the problem of describing sounds using only the written word.
While I'm off work for the holidays, I'm going to try and make some audio examples - I don't really have any stuff recorded yet, because my best sessions always seem to be while I'm in the SM workspace trying to fix stuff!
Video would be even better, to show the control interaction - but the whole 'screen recorded' and video editing side of things is a bit new to me, so I'll need a bit of practice to make stuff that is a worthwhile standard.
Soopa Doopa Loopa limited edition TranzPort version
I've just about finished a special customisation of Loopa that incorporates an interface for the TranzPort wireless DAW remote - including full visual feedback on its little LCD screen. If there are any interested TranzPort out there, then let me know, and I'll be happy to post up the custom Loopa, or the TranzPort modules for use in your own designs.
tektoog ·
trogluddite wrote: but the whole 'screen recorded' and video editing side of things is a bit new to me
Try to use "screen recorder by riverpast" for video screenshot..I found it to work better than all the others with my soundcard...it lets you do window-screenshot as well (capturing just the plugin window)... and it is quite easy to use...
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