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dazarz Installed Sonar X2 32 bit. Have random crashes. Tried the same with Kirnu - no crashes yet. Investigating...

On Sonar X2 issue...
I spent a lot of time experimenting with both 64bit and 32 bit versions.
Result:
- If I use 1 instance of bluearp, it works fine
- If I use 2 instances, it crashes after 5-10 seconds
- I tried Kirnu, the same problem (1 instance - fine, 2 instances - crash)

Looks like it's Sonar X2 bug with MIDI plugins.
Found some confirmation here (2nd message from top):
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/printview ... 62&start=0

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I regretfully have to report the crash of EnergyXT with that dreadful message that blah referenced to the memory 0x0xxx blah couldn't read from memory blah. It could be Charlatan VSTi, though. Will test further.
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DuX wrote:I regretfully have to report the crash of EnergyXT with that dreadful message that blah referenced to the memory 0x0xxx blah couldn't read from memory blah. It could be Charlatan VSTi, though. Will test further.
I usually test bluearp with Synth1 (it's free, lightweight and reliable).
How many instances of bluearp did you have in this case?

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DuX wrote:I regretfully have to report the crash of EnergyXT with that dreadful message that blah referenced to the memory 0x0xxx blah couldn't read from memory blah. It could be Charlatan VSTi, though. Will test further.
I use EnergXT 2.7 beta with v1.2rc5 beta no problems so far. :shrug:

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graywolf2004 wrote:
DuX wrote:I regretfully have to report the crash of EnergyXT with that dreadful message that blah referenced to the memory 0x0xxx blah couldn't read from memory blah. It could be Charlatan VSTi, though. Will test further.
I usually test bluearp with Synth1 (it's free, lightweight and reliable).
How many instances of bluearp did you have in this case?
I use bluearp mainly with Charlatan, synth1 and Tyrell N6 at the same time. (in fls) No problems, but rc4 seems to me that there was something with charlatan. i cant explain exactly. i think it was due to the hanging note problem (notoff was not sended by ba) i think tyrell had no hanging notes
in rc5 all running well
The good old 80s never come back
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Well, I played with the BlueArp today, and Charlatan, and there were no problems whatsoever. However, I didn't try it with more instances of BlueArp, sorry.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. - Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Hi all. Some info on my progress:
- This weekend I played with chord recognition. Now I have a basic algorithm that detects chord and root key with ~70% accuracy (needs improvement). I used Cthulhu VST as a reference (too bad I sold my korg pa500).
Then I added new order algorithm - root key goes 1st, other keys - ordered by pitch.
But I played with it and was a bit disappointed - looks quite inpredictable to me. The only use case I see - detect root key for bass line when you play inverted chords.
I'll upload beta with this feature in few days. Also I'm keeping 1.12rc5 as a potential stable release.

Next items in todo list:
1. Polyphonic steps
2. Pattern chaining

Both of them require patch format change, but I'll try to keep it forward compatible.

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Hi greywolf, possible bug report: BlueArp will revert to init state when a project is closed and reopened in Tracktion 3.4.0.8 win XP. When I am paying attention I will render the output and create a preset file so as not to lose the settings.
Any ideas what might be causing this?

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graywolf2004 wrote:Hi all. Some info on my progress:
- This weekend I played with chord recognition. Now I have a basic algorithm that detects chord and root key with ~70% accuracy (needs improvement). I used Cthulhu VST as a reference (too bad I sold my korg pa500).
Then I added new order algorithm - root key goes 1st, other keys - ordered by pitch.
But I played with it and was a bit disappointed - looks quite inpredictable to me. The only use case I see - detect root key for bass line when you play inverted chords.
I'll upload beta with this feature in few days. Also I'm keeping 1.12rc5 as a potential stable release.

Next items in todo list:
1. Polyphonic steps
2. Pattern chaining

Both of them require patch format change, but I'll try to keep it forward compatible.
Congratulations for the bold attempt to make the "chord recognition", it is not an easy thing surely...
Let us know how can we help you please, it is very important project, actually the BlueArp is my dream plug-in honestly... :love:

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Update: bluearp v1.13b1
http://www.graywolf2004.net/files/BlueARP_v1.13b1.zip

Changes:
1. Basic chord recognition (more like a root key recognition)
2. Added new other algorithm - 'root 1st, by pitch'

Included FL10 project - to demonstrate how it works. Uses T-Force Aplha plus synth (freeware). Chord recognition is quite basic yet. As a 1st prototype, I designed it for 2 keys, bit it works well at least with minor \ major triads with all possible inversions.

Give me ideas and suggestions on this new feature, I have no clear vision what to do with it.

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would it be possible to add the possibility to make polyphonic arpeggios with pitchbend between certain wanted notes from the chord in a future version

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graywolf2004 wrote:Included FL10 project - to demonstrate how it works. Uses T-Force Aplha plus synth (freeware). Chord recognition is quite basic yet. As a 1st prototype, I designed it for 2 keys, bit it works well at least with minor \ major triads with all possible inversions.

Give me ideas and suggestions on this new feature, I have no clear vision what to do with it.
at the moment i have no idea about what the Chord recognition should do.
the infopart shows a rootnote, thats good. is the aim that the algotithm should replace or fill in notes in a played chord? or will it sort the played notes to the right chord. thats difficult, because a chord could have many variations

by the way, the new order algorithm is a nice idea. its interesting where the trip goes on.
The good old 80s never come back
a old FLStudio nerd

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I am not sure if this will be considered a good feature or not, maybe useful just for some users, anyhow it is:

* CV: Chord Variation, as found on Korg Pa series. Which allows to trigger specific note arrangement (arp module, note sequence) by choosing certain chords

* NTT: Note Transpotion Table.. Just like regular arranger keyboad, that will allow to load or make specific Midi clip (bunch of notes) and an algorithm handles the Midi notes and changes the details based on what keys are pressed.

In that case it could be possible to call up complex arrangement when pressing 7th chord, or building up melody line if a certain chord is pressed.
That will add very interesting live performing abilities.

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Sorry for long silence, I had a tight scedule on my dayjob.

ocmtime Poly steps is a next thing in my ToDo list. But I don't think it's a good idea to implement 'glide' for particular notes in a chord. It changes the idea of interface, should be more like in Catanya, which is not bluearp way )

ZXOxo67 Currently I tested only one musical use-case:
- you have 2 instances of bluearp, bass and chords
- bass has order algorithm 'root note 1st'
So, when you play inverted chords, bass is still the root key of a chord
Another raw ideas I have in mind
- add 'chord, normalized' order algo.
- add something like 'min\maj scale' order algo. Increase mas number of keys from 5 to 7. Keys 1-7 will represent scale steps.

phreaque I know korg pa series quite well (had pa80 and pa500). NTT is another deep area, and the musical idea of it is quite different. My current opinion is - maybe later in a separate plugin, but not in bluearp.
CV is a good idea, but I think maybe it's better to tie variations to keys, not to chord types. It may be a good addition to pattern chaining.

njon6 Didn't test in Tracktion yet. Doest the same happen with Kirnu?

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graywolf2004 wrote:dazarz Installed Sonar X2 32 bit. Have random crashes.

Looks like it's Sonar X2 bug with MIDI plugins.
Found some confirmation here (2nd message from top):
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/printview ... 62&start=0
Thanks for help. Yes, it may be Sonar problem. (BTW: I use 32-bit version to exclude any bridge library from 64-bit version). So let's wait for their turn.

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