Sitala drum sampler, new release with multi-out and MIDI mapping

[matamoris]

I love Sitala, but I can't use it until it supports modifying sample start position. I have a lot of poorly edited drum samples that need sample start adjustment.

[SeanTypedThis]

I really love the simplicity of this drum sampler, it keeps me from excessive tweaking that wares me out before I actually get to the music. I was just wondering if there were any plans for an ARM build, particularly standalone or as a LinuxVST, that could work on a raspberry pi.

I could imagine this being a nice lightweight piece of software that could turn a raspberry pi into an ultra portable stand alone drum sampler. Thanks again for such a clean useful piece of software!

[scotchi]

I love Sitala, but I can't use it until it supports modifying sample start position. I have a lot of poorly edited drum samples that need sample start adjustment.

 

Yep, pasting from my comment in the other thread:

Our plan for the next release are to add that, and basically only that (so that we don't end up in another long release cycle). We're hoping this one will be more like 3 months from now, rather than the year long cycle that we got sucked into this go around.

A few weeks back we already talked through how we imagine the UI for such working (with a few niceties like automatic removal of silence, snapping to transients), so once the dust settles from this release, that's the direction we'll push.

[scotchi]

I really love the simplicity of this drum sampler, it keeps me from excessive tweaking that wares me out before I actually get to the music. I was just wondering if there were any plans for an ARM build, particularly standalone or as a LinuxVST, that could work on a raspberry pi.

I could imagine this being a nice lightweight piece of software that could turn a raspberry pi into an ultra portable stand alone drum sampler. Thanks again for such a clean useful piece of software!

I have a couple Pis sitting around, so I try it every once in a while. At the moment, the compilers shipped in Raspbian are too old / buggy to properly compile Sitala. (For the nerds: I've tried with both GCC, where the compiler itself crashes, and Clang, where the version in Raspian is so old that it doesn't support C++14.)

Honestly though, I was mostly trying for shits and giggles -- I'm sure working around the old packages could be done, but at the moment isn't high enough priority to sink multiple days into debugging.

[Andywanders]

Windows users if you don't want this running as a process:

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You can stop the process in Task Manager and then delete the .exe file found in the Sitala folder.

I have over 400 plugins. Imagine if they all had check for update.exes running as processes.

Thanks for this info Teksonik. I discovered the Sitala installer also discretely installs an update service so I removed the whole thing last night.

Bye bye Sitala.

[luzifer]

The latest version (1.0.0 beta 2) that was released last week doesn't require an update service anymore.

[Teksonik]

Just downloaded again today and the SitalaUpdateHelper.exe is still dropped into the Sitala folder. I don't see it as a running service now but that may be because I had stopped it manually before. Check your Task Manager to see if it's still a running process.

But even if it is a running process you can stop it and delete the update.exe.

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[luzifer]

SitalaUpdateHelper.exe is still there and is required to perform updates but it will only run the moment you choose to perform an update. I.e. no background service anymore!

[mgiambro]

Just stopped by to say thanks to the devs of this gem. I've been looking for a lightweight drum plugin with good UX design which isn't bloated with features duplicating those you already have in your daw. I think this will be my go-to drum sampler. Thanks again.

[scotchi]

Hi folks --

As we've said in a bunch of places, the focus of our upcoming release is on trimming samples. We're trying to basically stick only to that so that we get this release out in a more timely fashion. We already have the basics working, as well as the ability for the trim to snap to transients.

One of the things we're trying to make a decision on in the next couple of weeks is whether or not to make the trim points automatable. We get a decent number of requests for such, but I'd like to better understand the use cases that people are shooting for so that we can consider how to integrate that into our interface (and if that'll fit complexity-wise into the next release or be better held off until some later one).

If you're one of the folks that's hoping for automatable start and end points, can you describe your use case to us? i.e. what are you trying to do musically?

I've reached out to a couple of folks that have sent us feedback via email, but I'd like to cast a wider net to get a better understanding of what folks are hoping for here.

[Halonmusic]

[Milford]

I personally wouldn’t have a huge need to automate the start and end points, but one use case I could imagine is that it would let you extend past 16 pads. If you loaded a pad with audio containing three hi-hat samples end-to-end, you could move the start/end points to pick between the three.
I would probably just add another instance of Sitala.

[trancema]

Hi folks --

As we've said in a bunch of places, the focus of our upcoming release is on trimming samples. We're trying to basically stick only to that so that we get this release out in a more timely fashion. We already have the basics working, as well as the ability for the trim to snap to transients.

One of the things we're trying to make a decision on in the next couple of weeks is whether or not to make the trim points automatable. We get a decent number of requests for such, but I'd like to better understand the use cases that people are shooting for so that we can consider how to integrate that into our interface (and if that'll fit complexity-wise into the next release or be better held off until some later one).

If you're one of the folks that's hoping for automatable start and end points, can you describe your use case to us? i.e. what are you trying to do musically?

I've reached out to a couple of folks that have sent us feedback via email, but I'd like to cast a wider net to get a better understanding of what folks are hoping for here.

Hello, are there any updates or ETA on this wonderful feature ?
I would love to start using Sitala in Logic, as I love it's simplicity and straightforward approach, similar to Ableton's Simpler.
Lack of trimming ability, unfortunately drags me towards alternative solutions (which are in most cases unnecessary more complex) while Sitala is sitting on my HDD waiting for better times .

Thanks for this wonderful tool.

[scotchi]

Hello, are there any updates or ETA on this wonderful feature ?
I would love to start using Sitala in Logic, as I love it's simplicity and straightforward approach, similar to Ableton's Simpler.
Lack of trimming ability, unfortunately drags me towards alternative solutions (which are in most cases unnecessary more complex) while Sitala is sitting on my HDD waiting for better times .

Trimming works now in our development version, but there are still a number of things we need to clean up before it'll be release-ready. Right now we're finishing up transient detection so that trimming can snap to transients.

Unfortunately, like with a lot of folks at the moment, things are moving a bit slower for us than we'd hoped because of the whole global health situation.

[trancema]

Understandable. Thank you for update on this matter. I consider these as good news.