1.3 beta thread

[R.A.W.]

DO you also have the issue with the MIdi configuration settings where parameters which do not utilize a pull down menu are limited with value settings (ie: Arr. Param can only be set to "all" or "arr. 1")?

can you guide us what you did exactly? tbh i don't know what you mean.

I'm wondering what exactly the "effect" button is for? It seems like some kind of overdub recording mode but one cannot save the loop if desired???

this is meant to make ls continuosly recording the input. try to load a loop into ls, arrange something in the arranger and then click the effect button while recording into the slot of the loop you had loaded.

[Maniah]

try to load a loop into ls, arrange something in the arranger and then click the effect button while recording into the slot of the loop you had loaded.

It just erases my loop and replaces it with what i recorded. Is that what it should be doing or??
Sorry if i am seeming a bit naive on this one

can you guide us what you did exactly? tbh i don't know what you mean.

Go to the settings page and under the MIDI configurations, select any parameter that requires the LMB to adjust values (disregarding those that have pull down menus ala: "Param Type").
For example, go to the "note" parameter and adjust with the LMB. It doesn't work. However, if you use the RMB, it adjusts but limited to only "C" notes (can't select D-E-F-G-A-B).


Another thing is, man...I hope i am not loosing it, but i could've sworn that when an arrangment loop has "Lock to loop" disengaged, any "slices" settings made to the loop within the Slicer does not affect said arrangement track. Or has it always been that regardless if "Lock to Loop" is engaged or not, the arrangement track will always be affected by any "slices" adjustments made in the Slicer?

[R.A.W.]

It just erases my loop and replaces it with what i recorded. Is that what it should be doing or??
Sorry if i am seeming a bit naive on this one

it's supposed to work like that, coz the arrangement is used as an effect on the audio which is fed into LS.

For example, go to the "note" parameter and adjust with the LMB. It doesn't work. However, if you use the RMB, it adjusts but limited to only "C" notes (can't select D-E-F-G-A-B).

does work for me.. i can hold lmb and drag up and down and the values get changed. or do you mean that the settings aren't in effect?

Or has it always been that regardless if "Lock to Loop" is engaged or not, the arrangement track will always be affected by any "slices" adjustments made in the Slicer?

that topic was once raised by darkstar and it was like that ever since.
the slices are always counted incremental from left to right and not in the order of inserting, so when you set a new mark and splitting one slice to 2 slices, the arrangement gets "shifted".

[JamminFool]

sorry i'm late to the party, been away.

i'm trying to catch up with all the cool features.

one FR: now that we can record our own loops, shouldn't there be a way to specify a location for where to save the new loop? right now it's using the location specified for loading/searching for samples, but i don't necessarily want to save my new loops there. i keep my samples/loops organized in subfolders according to content, etc. and i would want to be able to manage that while i'm saving...

also, you probably already know this but: the latest manual (i believe was included in the 1.27 beta) still shows a screenshot of the 1.00 GUI in the GUI Overview section. I think that things have changed enough (sav, zoom, rec and the clear button) to warrant a new picture...

[ohm]

the preview should be disabled when envs are active so we can use rmb for the reset.

Thought of that, but then I realized I used the preview a lot while setting for instance the pitch parameter - to get the sound right. I implemented it so that if you hold the left mouse button while clicking the right the parameter is reset. It's pretty obscure, and not in the manual, so I admit you had no chance of knowing - at least I guess I should make it work if you hold the right mouse button while clicking the left too, unless I hear better ideas.

I'm wondering what exactly the "effect" button is for

It's in the latest manual (sent with beta 1.28). What it does is to record constantly, and save the recording at every loop. The idea is to create for instance a granular arrangement and feed it with the output of a padsound or your voice or whatever - use LiveSlice as an audio effect basically.

For example, go to the "note" parameter and adjust with the LMB. It doesn't work.

cannot reproduce - what host are you using? I'm sure it's a bug, but energy xt doesn't seem to be affected.

shouldn't there be a way to specify a location for where to save the new loop?

Recordings are saved to the directory selected in the browser. One thing is different about the way liveslice saves files though: if the file exists it cannot be saved to a different location. Perhaps I should change that. Yep, I will definately change that, so every time you hit save, the file is saved to the selected directory. Oh, and there's a bug: I forgot to update the filebrowser when a file is added so you have to go up a level and down again to be able to see the new file.

[JamminFool]

shouldn't there be a way to specify a location for where to save the new loop?

Recordings are saved to the directory selected in the browser. One thing is different about the way liveslice saves files though: if the file exists it cannot be saved to a different location. Perhaps I should change that. Yep, I will definately change that, so every time you hit save, the file is saved to the selected directory. Oh, and there's a bug: I forgot to update the filebrowser when a file is added so you have to go up a level and down again to be able to see the new file.

yup, i just figured out that it was using the browser (not the sample path in settings )and was coming to update my post, but you beat me to it.

thanks.

[kejkz]

I adore new features, just one quick idea: refresh for filebrowser. Although I don't mind exiting and entering folder again, but... or some kind of autorefresh

[Maniah]

cannot reproduce - what host are you using? I'm sure it's a bug, but energy xt doesn't seem to be affected.

I'm using Energy XT and Bidule for the testing. Really don't know what to tell you except it's all working fine now. I was having major problems, as stated, with the Midi configuration settings and both hosts were crashing when previewing certain .wav files in the LS browser. I deleted those files and now no more issues.
Strrrrange shite indeed..........


Also, i just noticed that i couldn't delete a single loop in the loop section unless i am missing something. Is there a way to delete only certain loops as opposed to all loops?

[kejkz]

Is there a way to delete only certain loops as opposed to all loops?

ctrl+RMB

[R.A.W.]

the preview should be disabled when envs are active so we can use rmb for the reset.

Thought of that, but then I realized I used the preview a lot while setting for instance the pitch parameter - to get the sound right. (...] at least I guess I should make it work if you hold the right mouse button while clicking the left too, unless I hear better ideas.

how about using mmb and ctrl+rmb when envs are active? it would work for resetting values instead of deleting/clearing events, which can then only be done when no envs are active. any comments from other users?

[ohm]

both hosts were crashing when previewing certain .wav files

Did you delete those files completely? If not, could you send me one of them? If some files crash the system when previewed it has to be fixed.

how about using mmb and ctrl+rmb when envs are active? it would work for resetting values instead of deleting/clearing events, which can then only be done when no envs are active. any comments from other users?

I would be a bit confused with different mouse actions depending on whether envelopes are active or not. I'd much rather use CTRL+LMB - that makes sense because you use LMB to set the values.

[Maniah]

ctrl+RMB

Thanks Kejkz

Did you delete those files completely? If not, could you send me one of them?

It's on its way.

[R.A.W.]

I would be a bit confused with different mouse actions depending on whether envelopes are active or not. I'd much rather use CTRL+LMB - that makes sense because you use LMB to set the values.

for me resetting the values is similar to clearing events as this also is some kind of "resetting" the track to a default.
but ctrl+lmb would do it, though i'd prefer to have at least one option to reset with only 1 click (that's why i suggested mmb).

[ohm]

i'd prefer to have at least one option to reset with only 1 click

use the reset feature a lot I guess very natural I guess since all new events start with a copy of the neighbors parameters.
How about I keep the current "double mouse" to reset?

[R.A.W.]

How about I keep the current "double mouse" to reset?

that wouldn't give me my 1 click
well, when i'm the only one thinking about that, do whatever is best for you to implement as other users don't seem to care. leave it like it's now, it's fine by me.