Does the sequencer and the editing window all work ok on linux? Still umming and ahhing because I’m only really interested in the sequencer (although I’m sure I can make use of the drums with layering I suppose).
Also, how big is it with the samples? Are they just wavs so you can use them in other ways? Is that even allowed, say I want to use the samples in renoise?
The samples are not present as simple wavs. I hired a drummer and sound engineer to create them - they are significant intellectual property. I’d be reluctant to make them available in a form other than as they are, in a form that only the plugin can use.
(That said, if you buy a license for the plugin, you’re buying a license to use the samples in your music. If you do that by playing them into a recorder to create wavs and then playing the resulting wavs in some other music software, you’re not breaking any licenses, either in letter or in spirit. Sharing them as plain recordings, rather than as part of a piece of music, would be a problem, but that’s not what you’re suggesting.)
Great, yeah that’s the question I was really posing and the answer seems more than reasonable to me. Appreciate the answer and I will certainly put this on my list of module to buy (there are so many though!).
It’s incredible that it’s only 17mb, can I ask what format they are stored in? I’m guessing they must be compressed somehow?
Yes, they’re compressed using Opus Codec (http://opus-codec.org/). It does a fantastic job of dramatically reducing the file size while remaining transparent.
@Richie, I’m currently working on a piece with two phrases. The CV inputs on the sequencer say to use C4-C6, but C4 gives me Phrase 13. I’ve had to use C3 to get Phrase 1 and C#4 to get Phrase 2. Something weird is going on.
Oops! Yes, it’s not C4-C6 as advertised on the panel and in the documentation, it’s C3-C5. Good spot.
I’m tempted to fix the panel and the docs rather than the module - C3-C5 seems like a more sensible range, partly because it’s centred around middle C, and partly because it’s the default range of the MIDI-CV “QUERTY Keyboard” device…
@Richie I’d like to request the addition of a cabasa/shaker/maracas. All three sound a bit different, but with the tuning, distance and velocity controls, I could probably make due with one of them.
On a different note, I was trying to use the toms the other day. I could only get two to work at a time. I was trying to make a big tom fill. I don’t have more empirical data for you, but it seemed like if you used more than two, they either were not triggering or sounded the same.
I had a similar idea as a midi app which runs inside Rack a good while ago but no expertise to implement the idea. A bit late after the announcement but very nice work!