Here five drum samples are mapped onto the five notes from 48 up. Note we've also here specified
“-fixedPitch=1.0” so that the drums are always played at their natural speed.
J-7 Mono Audio Recorder
This algorithm is identical to 'J-5 Audio Recorder' except that the files recorded are in mono, using
the left (X) input, and the files are placed in a folder named '!RECORD1'.
This can be useful when intending to use the recorded audio in the disting's own playback modes,
since mono samples place less stress on the SD card throughput, and can be re-pitched higher.
J-8 Audio Playback with Crossfade
X is gate/clock CV
Y is V/octave pitch CV
Z selects the sample
A is left audio output
B is right audio output
Parameter Min Max Default Description
0
0
99
0
Folder.
1
-8
8
0
Octave shift.
2
0
99
50
Crossfade time.
3
0
2
1
Gate mode.
The
raison d'être
of this algorithm is creating smooth textural loops out of any source material
. It
is particularly useful for material captured by the disting's own Audio Recorder modes, which won't
have carefully edited loop points. It can also take a clock and adjust the loop time to fit.
In this algorithm, the playlist settings 'loop', 'fadeIn', 'fadeOut', and 'gap' are ignored.
X is a gate or clock input, depending on the parameter 3, 'Gate mode':
Parameter value
Gate mode
0
X is a gate CV, starting and stopping sample playback.
1
The sample plays continuously.
2
The sample plays continuously. X is a clock CV. The loop length is
adjusted to be related to the time between clocks by a power of two
e.g. 2, 4, 8 but also ½, ¼, etc. if the clocks are slower than the
longest possible loop.
Note that with nothing plugged in to X, switching between modes 0 & 1 gives you a means to start
and stop playback manually.
Input Y is a pitch CV input following the 1V/octave standard. Note that pitching up a crossfaded
sample places great demands on the SD card throughput, and there is a limit to how high you can
raise the pitch. In our tests, stereo files can only be raised by about a fourth. Mono files can be
16 Expert Sleepers have long had a love affair with crossfade sample looping. Our plug-in Crossfade Loop Synth dates
back to 2004 (
http://expert-sleepers.co.uk/xfadelooper_1_3.html
) and is itself inspired by the Roland S-330
hardware sampler (
http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/s330.php
), with which we made a lot of music in the early
'90s.
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