Hardware samplers

[Matt Seil]

Thanks for that Ibi Sum. 

I'm going through Loopop's intro and just stumbled across that
auto-timestretching feature and am picking my jaw off the floor.  Even
eliminating the problem of varying BPMs on loops by itself is a
time-saving feature that I always wanted, figured impossible.  He does
discuss the other synth-gripe I had in regards to finding loop points. 
(no X-fade.)  I'm going to set that aside and try it as it was intended
to be played. 

I'm going to be spending some time with the manual, I maybe
underestimated exactly how much hardware has changed from the late
90s/early naughties.  So far... I'm actually thinking I might be able to
ditch my K2661.  Unless I need particular audio effects I'm not sure
what it can give me. 


On 9/19/2021 2:00 PM, Jay Vaughan wrote:
>>
>> So on the synth side (and keep in mind, I'm new as in 1 week new) I
>> seem to be missing the ability to create basic PCM synthesis with
>> ranges across the keyboard.  I'm rusty so I don't remember the term
>> for sample mapping like that.  For a one-man show, I have nothing
>> negative to say.  The forums have been responsive too. 
>>
> I might be misunderstanding your needs, but maybe you are trying to,
> say, sample a piano  at each octave and 3rd/5th notes, and get a more
> ‘realistic’ sound rather than relying on onboard pitch-shifting to do
> the job, creating multiple samples of the same instrument for mapping
> across the keyboard range .. from page 31 of the 1.7c Blackbox manual,
> Multi-Sample Pads:
>
> "Multi-Sample Pads
>
> When you pitch shift a single sample across the entire range of the
> keyboard you may get less than stellar results. A better approach is
> to record multiple samples across the range of the keyboard and let
> the sampler interpolate the sounds between the available notes. The
> more samples you use, the less stretching the sampler has to do, and
> the better the resulting sound. Multi-sample pads are mapped to
> multiple WAV files. If the WAV files contain root notes embedded in
> them, blackbox will play the corresponding WAV file when that note is
> played, and use pitch shifting to create the notes in between. If
> there are no root notes defined, blackbox will load the files in
> alphabetical order and map one file to each successive note, starting
> at C2. You can also use this approach to map a list of different
> sounds across the keys of the keyboard, for example if you want to map
> different drum sounds to different notes. "
>
>
> You can also do this by RECORD’ing samples, in a session with the
> Blackbox, playing instruments into it .. and it will map the samples
> as you play them.  I don’t do much of that with mine, so ymmv...
>
>> I forgot Jay that you were a software engineer.  Do you have any
>> suggestions to break into audio programming? 
>>
> There are so many great ways to get into audio programming, from CHUCK
> to Pd, to Max and beyond, or even just raw C++ with things like the
> VCV Rack Developer kit, or  JUCE and so on.  I’m always  exploring
> these different things, its an interest of mine that spans decades, as
> well as a professional need as a systems software developer working in
> the audio industry - but I still don’t have an ultimate answer to this.. 
>
> It really depends on how much you personally can invest in the
> subject, and how much fuss you’re willing to make to dive in.  I tend
> to err on the ‘out of box experience’ angle for new audio programming
> systems/frameworks - I have a *lot* of these tools on my lab
> workbench, so the ease of use of the development environment is key.
>  I would encourage you to find something easy to start with - even
> just if its an Arduino with a PCM shield, and coding things function
> by function.
>
> But in the ‘flavour of the month’ type of thinking, I’d be very happy
> to hear you get yourself a MONOME NORNS
> (https://monome.org/docs/norns/shield/
> <https://monome.org/docs/norns/shield/>), read the docs at
> (https://monome.org/docs/norns/ <https://monome.org/docs/norns/>)  and
> have hacked/tweaked/bashed a new audio program into existence at [?]
> .. if that is your thing, that is.  (I just got a NORNS to hack with,
> and an hour with it so far over the last week, in total, has been
> quite intriguing.)
>
> I mean from the perspective of a new hacker getting into audio for the
> fun and intellectual pursuit of it, this is, frankly, a
> paradise: https://norns.community <https://norns.community>  — I
> expect you would learn a heck of a lot, if you got into it, too.
>
> Or if you don’t want to go the ‘cute hardware with its own dev
> environment onboard’ route, get VCVRack.  Get VCVRack Plugins.  Get
> VCVRack Developer kit.  Get VCVRack Plugin SOURCES.  Read the source.
>  So many great things have happened because of that particular
> workflow, it is a vibrant and extraordinary scene, and some of the
> code is BONKERS.
>
> And then, there’s JUCE.  One of my favourite apps ever is made out of
> JUCE:  http://endlesss.fm/ <http://endlesss.fm/> 
>
>> I have 12yrs experience but all mostly web and exploit development. 
>> Not exactly a 1:1 transfer.  
>>
>>
>
> .. there are some pretty decent web-style (.JS) frameworks out there,
> one that comes to mind is Tone.js:  https://tonejs.github.io
> <https://tonejs.github.io>
>
> You don’t have to go straight to hardcore code although - as an
> exploit dev - you more than likely are not afraid to do so.  In which
> case, some of the special-purpose languages like Chuck
> (https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu <https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu>)  
> and Sonic Pi might be of interest:
>  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Pi
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Pi>)
>
> Or, just get a copy of BasicSynth, buy the book, and keep it in the
> loo for some great and easy reading:  http://basicsynth.com
> <http://basicsynth.com> 
>
> Either way be sure to keep us updated on music-bar when you’ve got
> something to test.  ;)
>
> (BTW, there are really great audio devs on music-bar .. speak up
> people, you know who you are ..)
>
>
> j.
> —
> Jay Vaughan
> ibisum at gmail.com <mailto:ibisum at gmail.com>
>
>
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