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Re: Another feature for my ideal EDP wishlist



This sounds great.  And what is the software written in?  Max/MSP?  Other?


On 10/28/03 12:47 PM, "geoff smith2" <geoff.smith15@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Ahhhhh yes the EDP wish list
> I recieved this from a french programmer looper who has been working on a
> piece of software (and finished it) to address some of the edp's
> limitations. 
> This is what he said.
> ..............
> We used it for a show 2 weeks ago with no problem.
> 
> It can work on a G4 800 mhz with something like 1go ram.
> 
> It run on os X.
> 
> The user can record, overdub, multiply, copy current loop in other
> loop, mute and this with three different loops.
> 
> there's also an auto-fade function for long fade in or long fade out
> (one loop length max...).
> 
> You can access to the different loops with next-loop, one clic for
> next-loop at the end of the loop and two clics for an immediate change
> of loop.
> 
> It is possible to use two loops in row and then if you do next-loop,
> you go from A to B and B to A, or you can use it with the three loops
> in row, at each next-loop you go to the next loop : A B C A B C, etc...
> 
> You can also access directly from A to C for example with the C key :
> One clic to change at the end of the current loop and two clics to
> change immediately...
> 
> In the preferences, it is possible to choose the number of buffers per
> loop, ten max and the loop length with no limit (except your ram's
> limit !!-)...).
> 
> As every overdub is recorded  in a different buffer, you can undo step
> by step... You can route the outputs with a matrix to each of you
> soundcard outputs.
> You can also mute one or more voice or solo it...
> 
> And lot of other features...
> .......................
> He has basically created this to bypass the performance limitations of 
>the
> edp. It sounds very cool, I am hoping he lets me have a look at it 
>soon....
> Hopefull
> Geoff
> 
> p.s. my biggest personal wish is that the edp gets a new front panel as 
>its
> existing one is outdated for the amount of parameters u need to access
> regularly. Ahh well midi control it is.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 28/10/03 7:33 am, Travis at tiktok@sprintmail.com wrote:
> 
>> I wish the EDP could dynamically add loops, so that instead of having
>> to define the number of loops beforehand with MoreLoops, you could
>> start with just 1, and then hit Next Loop and have it behave the way it
>> does now (copying the time or audio or whatever) and so on.  I like to
>> have pieces with two or three or four loops, but I don't know before
>> hand, and I want to be able to switch between loop 1 and 2 easily,
>> without having to step through as-yet unused loops 3,4, etc.  And if I
>> decide I want five loops, and I've got the free memory (which I always
>> do), I wish I could move to loop 5 (for example) without having to
>> clear everything out and reset the MoreLoops parameter.
>> 
>> I suspect this isn't possible with the current architecture, but maybe
>> someday...
>> 
>> TravisH
>> 
> 

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