On-the-fly Loop and Cue point modifications
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A new version of Ms Pinky's M4L device is now ready for registered users to download. Main new features are on-the-fly loop and cue point creation and modification. We've basically just ported the new features of Maxi-Patch 3.7.6 to the M4L patch. See the quick_start guide included in the downloaded archive.
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Use "query sample_duration" to mptcfs_sa~ to get the duration of the file in units of samples (Ns). Then "query fsample" to get the file's sample rate (fs). Divide the file's sample duration by the sample rate to get the total number of seconds of file's duration (as a floating-point value).sec-def wrote:two things i would like to add to this but don't know how.
1. an auto 1.7999 second loop (that way i don't have any sticker drift)
(f_seconds = Ns/fs).
Now divide 1.8 by the file's total duration in seconds to get the fraction of file length which corresponds to a 1.8 second loop. (1.8/f_seconds = f_loop) Pick any fractional point for your loop to start (loop_begin) between 0.0 and 1.0 (0.0 is file start, 1.0 is file end), and add f_loop to loop_begin to get the end point.
Then use "loop_start_end_fraction loop_begin loop_end" to set a loop with arbitrary starting point and length = 1.8 seconds.
This you can already do by banging any cue point which happens to be outside the loop. That will force the loop to re-start at it's beginning.sec-def wrote: 2. a re-bang to all loops (so that i can re-lunch any loop with one button)
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I'm having some issues with the looping functionality. it's apparently
the sole reason for crashes in my system (windows 7 64 bit ableton 8.2 I think)
what got me worrying is the fact that on some projects the patch loads up with the last loop I played right away and in some projects it doesn't load up like that.
playing around with a few projects also showed me that in some projects just hitting the loop segment toggle will crash the system.
if someone told me how to get the compressed text file I would be more then happy to post it here.
the sole reason for crashes in my system (windows 7 64 bit ableton 8.2 I think)
what got me worrying is the fact that on some projects the patch loads up with the last loop I played right away and in some projects it doesn't load up like that.
playing around with a few projects also showed me that in some projects just hitting the loop segment toggle will crash the system.
if someone told me how to get the compressed text file I would be more then happy to post it here.