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RE: VST Host & Effects on PDA
How much memory can those little suckers take? What kind of clock rates do
they run? Do they have USB ports?
Best wishes,
Warren Sirota
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mech [mailto:mech@m3ch.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 3:08 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: VST Host & Effects on PDA
>
>
> At 2:06 PM +0200 7/4/06, Buzap Buzap wrote:
> > > I remember seeing a blurb on a mini-Ableton clone in one
> >> of my synth magazines last year.
> >
> >Actually, if there is a "mini-looper" for PocketPC - it would be
> >really awesome!!
> >Not for anything series for me, but I'd like to jam with myself or
> >work on some ideas while travelling.
> >
> >So, is there a simple "pocket looper" you know of?
>
> Well, I found the back issue to which I was referring (Dec. 2005
> issue of Keyboard. I should have just done a search online for the
> article in the first place:
> http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=30&storycode=12175 ).
>
> The software is Bhajis Loops ( http://www.chocopoolp.com ).
> Unfortunately, it's not as cool as I remember it (but then again,
> what ever is?). It does seem to be an homage to Ableton Live, but on
> Palm OS. There are two serious shortcomings, however. First and
> foremost, it does not seem to accept live input. You have to either
> record or input .WAV's separately before working with them. Second,
> and contrary to my first impression, it will *not* act as a VST host.
> However, it includes almost 20 native effects on its own, so you can
> already do a lot with what's there. And of course it's pretty fully
> functional otherwise, especially with the pattern and wave editors.
>
> Otherwise, I spent a nice chunk of time looking around for something
> on Win CE or Palm that would work with VST's. No luck yet. I did
> find a few neat things for tweezing backing tracks (i.e. drum and
> bass accompaniments). For instance, at the aforementioned Chocopoolp
> site, there's a little widget called Microbe that allows you to
> manipulate 8 drum tracks and 2 synths. There are quite a few
> Trackers ported over to either Palm or Win CE too.
>
> And if you are indeed interested in dropping your rhythm section in
> your pocket, this would also be a good time to throw in a plug for
> PSP Rhythm ( http://www.psprhythm.com ) and PSP Kick (
> http://www.pspkick.com ) -- both for the Sony PSP. PSP Rhythm is
> particularly nice, IMNSHO, because it attempts to model some of its
> functions from the Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1. Both are pretty neat,
> however, and the PSP platform is excellent for these sorts of
> homebrew music apps. I'm waiting for someone to finally work out the
> kinks for live input, then the PSP would really be a viable
> alternative for music softs. Oh, and it's a really, really kewl game
> and movie machine too, for when you're stuck in the bus/plane
> travelling to the next gig. :D
>
> --m.
> --
> _______
> "Somewhere between anticipation and nostalgia we should have
> been happy."
>