HziLooper by HZI Tools

[ThomasHelzle]

Hi,

was actually testing on Linux and noticed some annoying bad UI Performance when morphing between presets. @ThomasHelzle can you confirm this?
Found a bottleneck and think i have fixed the UI rendering logic. The plugin now pre-caches all visual elements and only repaints the exact pixels that actually change. What was cool on Win, not so cool on Linux and macOS i guess.
I'm currently compiling the updated versions and will upload the new builds shortly.

BR Helmut

Yes, I see the extreme lag on CachyOS too when morphing.
Otherwise it's fine, although not supersnappy UI wise.

Any specific settings you would recommend?

Thank you so much!

[kraster]

Is there a way of syncing the loop start to DAW start. I'm trying to record a 1 bar loop from a DAW sequence but I can't get the start to line up.

Is there a way of quantizing the record to a musical division?

yes. more ways to get there. you can feed the synced (sync on, quantisation on 1bar fe) looper and retro grab the recording, think thats the most immediate one, because you see whats going on.
Classical approach via Arming and input treshold, set the knob in the upper right (TRS) to desired treshold amount, then once a little treshold is dialed in, you can 'arm' the looper track with click and it will record when treshold auf audio is reached (when audio is incoming..). The Record will be as long as you set the division of the quantizer (1/4 atm is min, think i should may expand this).

Great stuff.

I didn't realise that the waveform display was clickable. Super simple.

Going well on Mac here. The only issue I've encountered so far is that the Stutter (drill) row segments don't go back to zero when you pull them all the way down.

Apart from that it's been plain sailing. All other functions work perfectly and performance has been solid.

It's a fantastic plugin and probably the best VST looper I've come across. I bought it after about 5 minutes of use.

A few minor additions would be great. I'd love a synced time option for the delay and maybe a bit more control over the reverb but neither are deal breakers in any way.

Also the documentation could be a little more detailed for dumbos like me!

Overall, I'm hugely impressed with it. Fantastic work.

[herzihelmut]

Is there a way of syncing the loop start to DAW start. I'm trying to record a 1 bar loop from a DAW sequence but I can't get the start to line up.

Is there a way of quantizing the record to a musical division?

yes. more ways to get there. you can feed the synced (sync on, quantisation on 1bar fe) looper and retro grab the recording, think thats the most immediate one, because you see whats going on.
Classical approach via Arming and input treshold, set the knob in the upper right (TRS) to desired treshold amount, then once a little treshold is dialed in, you can 'arm' the looper track with click and it will record when treshold auf audio is reached (when audio is incoming..). The Record will be as long as you set the division of the quantizer (1/4 atm is min, think i should may expand this).

Great stuff.

I didn't realise that the waveform display was clickable. Super simple.

Going well on Mac here. The only issue I've encountered so far is that the Stutter (drill) row segments don't go back to zero when you pull them all the way down.

Apart from that it's been plain sailing. All other functions work perfectly and performance has been solid.

It's a fantastic plugin and probably the best VST looper I've come across. I bought it after about 5 minutes of use.

A few minor additions would be great. I'd love a synced time option for the delay and maybe a bit more control over the reverb but neither are deal breakers in any way.

Also the documentation could be a little more detailed for dumbos like me!

Overall, I'm hugely impressed with it. Fantastic work.

Thank you so much kraster, great it works out for you
You can also dial in the Input volume in Upper Right to mute it if it already plays in DAW. This is suited for direct DAW Capturing.

The Documentation will be updated soon or migrated to a better Plattform, have a clickable UI in Mind or something more convenient. And a How To Video that covers all important aspects will com up soon.

BR Helmut

[herzihelmut]

Hi,

was actually testing on Linux and noticed some annoying bad UI Performance when morphing between presets. @ThomasHelzle can you confirm this?
Found a bottleneck and think i have fixed the UI rendering logic. The plugin now pre-caches all visual elements and only repaints the exact pixels that actually change. What was cool on Win, not so cool on Linux and macOS i guess.
I'm currently compiling the updated versions and will upload the new builds shortly.

BR Helmut

Yes, I see the extreme lag on CachyOS too when morphing.
Otherwise it's fine, although not supersnappy UI wise.

Any specific settings you would recommend?

Thank you so much!

already PMed you, hopefully solved or at least much better now

[kraster]

I have encountered another issue with the Mac version.

The pitch control always seems to jump in octaves/doubling or having the pitch. This is true for the track pitch control and global pitch control.

This is happening regardless of the "HA" and "Semi" settings being engaged.

[herzihelmut]

I have encountered another issue with the Mac version.

The pitch control always seems to jump in octaves/doubling or having the pitch. This is true for the track pitch control and global pitch control.

This is happening regardless of the "HA" and "Semi" settings being engaged.

That's intended. Because:
If you have synced enabled, the Pitch and Stretch jump because they have to stay in "SYNC" speedwise. That's what they do when SYNC is enabled.
BUT: you can disable this behavoir for Pitch/Stretch Syncing when you right-klick on SYNC and disable it in the little context menu.

To the Buttons HA/SEMI:
- HA on means, this channel is armed for the HARM Function (lower right). This function only changes the Pitch for quick "Chord" making.
- SEMI is exactly what it seems to be, jumps in semi tones when activated and drifts Pitch when off.

[kraster]

I have encountered another issue with the Mac version.

The pitch control always seems to jump in octaves/doubling or having the pitch. This is true for the track pitch control and global pitch control.

This is happening regardless of the "HA" and "Semi" settings being engaged.

That's intended. Because:
If you have synced enabled, the Pitch and Stretch jump because they have to stay in "SYNC" speedwise. That's what they do when SYNC is enabled.
BUT: you can disable this behavoir for Pitch/Stretch Syncing when you right-klick on SYNC and disable it in the little context menu.

To the Buttons HA/SEMI:
- HA on means, this channel is armed for the HARM Function (lower right). This function only changes the Pitch for quick "Chord" making.
- SEMI is exactly what it seems to be, jumps in semi tones when activated and drifts Pitch when off.

Gotcha. That's even better!

Please excuse all the questions.

Another thing is that the reverb send and delay send don't seem to affect what's being sent to the global reverb. (I'm assuming that's the reverb and delay in the strip at the bottom)