Idea for a new SmartElectronix plugin

[scam_artist]

How bout a plugin that loads two separate samples (or has two input streams), and plays the second sample (or stream) based on the amplitude/pattern of the first sample (or stream)

So you could load a guitar sample, and make it play with the amplitude/pattern of a 4x4 drum loop for example

Or load one drum loop and play it with the pattern of another

Or load a vocal line, and make it play like an synthy arp loop

Would involve analysing both samples in segments I guess, set by user possibly, for example 16ths

Not sure if it's possible, just an idea for ya Thought it would fit into the SmartElectronix school of thought nicely. Let me know if this exists somewhere already (therefore wasting your time)

Edit: I guess you'd call it a sample spawned pattern gate (maybe) ?

[scam_artist]

If for some strange reason someone decides to develop this, I can make a skin

[whyterabbyt]

Do you mean live, or on the basis of pre-recorded loops?

Because if you've got access to something modular (QFX, Reaktor, SynthEdit) you could possibly do something like this in one of them quite easily...

All you're talking about really is an envelope follower driven by a 'modulator' channel, controlling a VCA on the 'carrier' channel... Limit the carrier first to normalise it as much as possible and bob yer carbuncle...

[dunk]

you could do this dead easily in FL Studio

- just whack an FL Peak Detector effect over the channel for the sample you want to analyse and then link it to the volume control of the channel you want it to affect.
- Not just restricted to volume tho - you can link it to any parameter of any plugin - e.g. make you're own wah-wah by have it altering a filter's cutoff.


regards,
dunk

[KiloWatts]

You could pretty much do this with any sample-based vocoder, and you'd get spectral-following to boot.