KVR Audio

droopy6 · Post by **droopy6** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:47 pm

thanks for your support guys !

indeed, I should display a proper message telling .NET 4 full runtime is not installed
(most of the time windows update install .NET 4 client profile only)

the next release is on its way. you can take a look here:
http://hypercube-softwares.dyndns.org/b ... er-1.6.exe

here comes the ....audio spectrums

first, forget the red "1.5 is available", this is because 1.6 is not released.

make sure SampleTagger is enabled, you can edit its conf with the button"Edit"
here you can change some stuff:

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/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * This plugin will never reanalyze audio content if the spectrum PNG file already exist
 * you can disable this with AlwaysRebuildSpectrums set to True
 *
 * Default spectrum colors are 4 threshold in dB: -108dB,-72dB,-50dB,-30dB
 * format color is: #RRGGBB
 *
 * SpectrumColors=#000000:-108,#6D005F:-72,#FF0000:-50,#FFE900:-30
 *
 * meaning:
 *           -108dB and below => #000000
 *            -72dB           => #6D005F
 *            -50dB           => #FF0000
 *            -90dB and over  => #FFE900
 *
 *
*/
[Settings]
NeverBuildSpectrums=False
AlwaysRebuildSpectrums=False
SpectrumColors=#000000:-108,#6D005F:-72,#FF0000:-50,#FFE900:-30
EnableLog=False

other new stuff: a remaining time for long operations, and a working cancellation.

my concern is about SampleTagger, I'm looking for audio file making it fail (bad or no spectrum, crash)

I tested it a lot but may be if you have a lot of audio files to scan...

WARNING:
sampletagger will generate a PNG file for every audio patches (WAV,REX,AIFF), I don't know
if it can be a bad thing (for thoses who don't want to touch their library folder ?)

for example if you have a file:
c:\Libraries\MyLib\MyLoop.wav
this file will be created:
c:\Libraries\MyLib\MyLoop.spectrum.png

vlab · Post by **vlab** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:59 am

Hi !!

Thanks for the 1.6 update ! spectrum view seems quite nice !

I downloaded and installed 1.6 beta over my 1.5 version, and it seems there is something wrong,

First, it says that REX shared library DLL is missing, I don't recall 1.5 doing this!

Also, the program opens in a very small window, where we can only see the header bar, not much else, (sorry I don't know how to send screenshots on this forum!)

and in Sonar X2 as VST, it does the same, but it display the "1.5 version available) and the top of the tabs.

Stretching down the windows does not display the GUI, (it's simply impossible to stretch the window on the standalone version)

So I guess my installation is good, 1.5 was working pretty well. and there are no error popup else than the REX shared DLL.

Do not hesitate to get in touch if I can help you find the source of the issue,

Cheers !

V

droopy6 · Post by **droopy6** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:23 am

First, it says that REX shared library DLL is missing, I don't recall 1.5 doing this!

thanks, I didn't see this bug on my side. it's certainly the plugin SampleTagger, in 1.6beta it use REX library, in 1.5 it does not.

Stretching down the windows does not display the GUI, (it's simply impossible to stretch the window on the standalone version)

ok, it seems I broke how the height is saved in the .INI when you quit UPF.
quit UPF
edit the .INI
GridLibsHeight=271
WindowHeight=500
restart UPF, it should be ok
but as soon as you quit, I think wrong values are saved.
so when you restart, the window is too small again.

when the window is correct, there is an little anchor in bottom right to
resize it vertically.

droopy6 · Post by **droopy6** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 5:01 pm

The beta 2 is out:
http://hypercube-softwares.dyndns.org/b ... 6beta2.exe

I fixed all resizing issues (I hope, because it was a nightmare !)

First, it says that REX shared library DLL is missing, I don't recall 1.5 doing this!

there is no issue here.
SampleTagger won't generate spectrums for REX if you don't install this. He silently skip the REX files.
UPF on the other hand, will warn you with this message.

I fixed the setup to display clearly that 2 runtimes are required:
.NET 4 runtime
REX runtime
with two buttons to open the download url.

squooshbug · Post by **squooshbug** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:17 am

Thanks for all your work droopy6 - this is almost exactly what I've been looking for to manage my sample collection. I'm still getting used to it, but I love the look and feel and flow of this plugin. Audio auditioning is also a great feature.

I have a few requests for future versions (perhaps more geared towards samples):

1) Advanced tab: Could you add a "Clear all filters" button? I know you can double-click in the space below each filter title to clear that filter, but one button would be nice.

2) Advanced tab: When I select a sample in my library, could the tagged values it already has be highlighted in some way? Rectangles around the value, for example?

3) Advanced tab: Any chance of more than 4 filters?

4) Toolbox tab: Could you make an "Add value" button?

5) Transport section (sorry, not sure what to call this...the area with the playback controls): Right now the sample plays back at the tempo set in the tempo box. Is there a way to make them disregard this and play at their original speed?

I'm excited to try the beta to see if it solved the resizing thing for me - i could resize the window frame, but the application didn't follow it, so I still couldn't see the lowest inch or so of UPF real estate.

Is there a way to ask Sampletagger to not create the .png files, or to turn off the spectrum analysis (despite how lovely it looks!)? I've got several thousand samples...or is the .png file size negligible?

Thanks for your time, and for directing me here - let me know if I can help! I love this thing!

squoosh

squooshbug · Post by **squooshbug** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:21 am

droopy6 wrote:The beta 2 is out:
http://hypercube-softwares.dyndns.org/b ... 6beta2.exe

I fixed all resizing issues (I hope, because it was a nightmare !)

Link is not working? Guess I'll have to wait

planetearth · Post by **planetearth** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:51 am

droopy6 wrote:thanks for your support guys !
the next release is on its way. you can take a look here:
http://hypercube-softwares.dyndns.org/b ... er-1.6.exe

That's a dead link.

Steve

Ben H · Post by **Ben H** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:29 am

Hi squoosh and Steve,

A butt-load of changes and improvements have been made to UPF since the 1.6 beta 1.
We're actually up to beta 13 atm.

A new 1.6 final should be released shortly, with all the remaining bugs ironed out.
I know droopy is anxious to pull the trigger on this before we start on the next round of ideas/features.

If you *are* interested in trying the latest the beta, then you can always him a PM for a link.
As long as you promise not to get mad about it being in an unfinished state.

Kind regards,

Ben H

planetearth · Post by **planetearth** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:24 am

Ben H wrote:Hi squoosh and Steve,

A butt-load of changes and improvements have been made to UPF since the 1.6 beta 1.
We're actually up to beta 13 atm.

A new 1.6 final should be released shortly, with all the remaining bugs ironed out.
I know droopy is anxious to pull the trigger on this before we start on the next round of ideas/features.

If you *are* interested in trying the latest the beta, then you can always him a PM for a link.
As long as you promise not to get mad about it being in an unfinished state.

Kind regards,

Ben H

Any beta-tester who gets upset when something is "unfinished" shouldn't be a beta-tester in the first place!

Steve

Ben H · Post by **Ben H** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:55 am

planetearth wrote:Any beta-tester who gets upset when something is "unfinished" shouldn't be a beta-tester in the first place!

Steve

That's true...
But it still doesn't stop people, of course.

droopy6 · Post by **droopy6** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:08 am

all available beta are here:
http://hypercube-softwares.dyndns.org/beta/

sometimes, I remove old ones. this is why you didn't found the beta1.

I don't know when the release will be available. I have to update the manual,
post a bunch of stuff about the Plugin SDK on CodeProject (http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/555 ... tch-Finder)

actually I'm stabilizing the code. If you want to test it, have fun ! But beware of this:
this release update the database (after making a backup) with new fields
I strongly encourage you to backup your db and INI file.

what's new:
there is two type of plugins now
- Database plugins: they can import VST database into UPF.
- Parser plugins: they analyze files (WAV,AIFF, REX)

Rules:
the INI is no longer used for ignoring/renaming attribute values. It is in the database now.
UPF will ask you some stuff everytime he found a new attribute.
I found this attribute, with 10 values, would you like to ignore it always, or
use it always, and would you like to rename it to make you db consistent ?
You will see a datagrid to display this kind of stuff.

droopy6 · Post by **droopy6** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:42 pm

the beta14 is out.

drag&drop STEAM and Alchemy patches are OK Now. drop on browsers, where you
are supposed to type the name of the patch you looking for. (note: this won't
autoload the patch)
I reactivated the Kontakt Drag&Drop (it was disabled in beta13)

now you can rename a patch with an existing one. the values of the old one will be merged into the new one.

rescan a tag in the result, refresh the note (MediaBay, STEAM and Alchemy)

I have to work on the case where the patch no longer exists in the plugin db.
UPF should remove it also.

squooshbug · Post by **squooshbug** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:11 am

Thanks for the link - trying the beta now!

Sorry - this is my first time being a beta-tester. Do you want feedback about anything specific or just in general?

droopy6 · Post by **droopy6** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:01 am

I'm open for any comments. There is only one thing: I can't add more features to UPF right now because I will never able to produce a stable release !

if you have new ideas, I will keep them for the next iteration.
if you find bugs, that's great, I will try to fix them before the release

squooshbug · Post by **squooshbug** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:32 pm

Sweet - will do.

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