Loopcloud vs. ADSR Sample Manager vs. Sounds.com
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6980 posts since 28 Dec, 2015 from Atlantis Island
I‘m confused, what shall I use?
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- KVRian
- 620 posts since 4 Feb, 2017
Loopcloud can also solely be used to manage samples on your own drives. I like it better then ADSR's sample manager.
If you want to manage and buy online samples there's Noiiz.com + Plugin too.
But first tell us what you want to do.
If you want to manage and buy online samples there's Noiiz.com + Plugin too.
But first tell us what you want to do.
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- KVRAF
- 1684 posts since 29 Sep, 2013
- KVRAF
- 2185 posts since 10 Jul, 2006 from Tampa
I tried ADSR's over the weekend, as I was downloading Loopcloud's. I found ADSR's to be quite limited in the types of files it recognizes, and the amount of info it gives you about the loop. For example, it doesn't recognize .REX, .FLAC, .OGG or other audio file formats, and it doesn't show you the path to the loop, in case you want to get to the file itself. Other than that, it's pretty quick at the initial indexing (in my case, anyway), and quick to use.
I suspect Loopcloud's will be even more limited, since it's primarily a tool for the loops they sell. There's nothing wrong with that, of course. I'm just a bit surprised that it's 2019 and we still don't have a full-featured, platform (and loop producer)-agnostic sample librarian/manager.
Steve
I suspect Loopcloud's will be even more limited, since it's primarily a tool for the loops they sell. There's nothing wrong with that, of course. I'm just a bit surprised that it's 2019 and we still don't have a full-featured, platform (and loop producer)-agnostic sample librarian/manager.
Steve
Here's some of my stuff: https://soundcloud.com/shadowsoflife. If you hear something you like, I'm looking for collaborators.
- KVRAF
- 2338 posts since 28 Feb, 2015
You downloaded Loopcloud but didn't test it?
Besides WAV it supports REX/RX2 and MP3, possibly also FLAC and OGG (but I cannot confirm that now).
It has support for finding the key of you samples, not only by reading the file name (as far as I know).
And I think that you in v4 can chop up samples and play it on your keyboard (not 100% sure since I haven't tested this version yet).
Anyway, Loopcloud is lightyears ahead of ADSR's counterpart.
Besides WAV it supports REX/RX2 and MP3, possibly also FLAC and OGG (but I cannot confirm that now).
It has support for finding the key of you samples, not only by reading the file name (as far as I know).
And I think that you in v4 can chop up samples and play it on your keyboard (not 100% sure since I haven't tested this version yet).
Anyway, Loopcloud is lightyears ahead of ADSR's counterpart.
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- KVRAF
- 2185 posts since 10 Jul, 2006 from Tampa
Yeah, I haven't had time to test it. May get to tonight, but honestly, after the disappointment with ADSR's "manager", I'm not in any real hurry.starflakeprj wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:42 pm You downloaded Loopcloud but didn't test it?
Besides WAV it supports REX/RX2 and MP3, possibly also FLAC and OGG (but I cannot confirm that now).
It has support for finding the key of you samples, not only by reading the file name (as far as I know).
And I think that you in v4 can chop up samples and play it on your keyboard (not 100% sure since I haven't tested this version yet).
Anyway, Loopcloud is lightyears ahead of ADSR's counterpart.
The video for LoopCloud says you can chop up samples and play them on they keyboard, and that's all well and good--especially for the "DJ/Producer" in the video. And this may be great for most of LoopCloud's/Loopmaster's target market: DJs and self-titled "producers". But for anyone else trying to manage or categorize older samples (not necessarily loops) collected over the years, being tied to Loopmasters and/or ADSR may not help much.
A couple of months ago, I thought I saw a plug-in available for freesound.org, or some similar site. Does anyone remember anything like this? I think it let you search and download samples from within your DAW--or without using a web browser, at any rate. I could certainly use that right now, since freesound.org has a lot of spoken-word, SFX and otherwise bizarre sounds that Loopmasters, Sounds.com and ADSR just won't have.
Steve
Here's some of my stuff: https://soundcloud.com/shadowsoflife. If you hear something you like, I'm looking for collaborators.
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- KVRist
- 228 posts since 28 Jun, 2004
You can categorize all samples on your hard drive. It's not limited to loops. It also has a pretty robust tagging system (genre, instrument, manufacturer, etc.). You can also create your own tags if you want. I tested ADSR over the weekend and just started testing Loopcloud 4.0 today. Needless to say, I'm about to uninstall ADSR. What sucks about Loopcloud is that it takes awhile to analyze all your samples if you have a lot. In my case that's over 100k. So it's been analyzing samples all day.planetearth wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:27 pmYeah, I haven't had time to test it. May get to tonight, but honestly, after the disappointment with ADSR's "manager", I'm not in any real hurry.starflakeprj wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:42 pm You downloaded Loopcloud but didn't test it?
Besides WAV it supports REX/RX2 and MP3, possibly also FLAC and OGG (but I cannot confirm that now).
It has support for finding the key of you samples, not only by reading the file name (as far as I know).
And I think that you in v4 can chop up samples and play it on your keyboard (not 100% sure since I haven't tested this version yet).
Anyway, Loopcloud is lightyears ahead of ADSR's counterpart.
The video for LoopCloud says you can chop up samples and play them on they keyboard, and that's all well and good--especially for the "DJ/Producer" in the video. And this may be great for most of LoopCloud's/Loopmaster's target market: DJs and self-titled "producers". But for anyone else trying to manage or categorize older samples (not necessarily loops) collected over the years, being tied to Loopmasters and/or ADSR may not help much.
A couple of months ago, I thought I saw a plug-in available for freesound.org, or some similar site. Does anyone remember anything like this? I think it let you search and download samples from within your DAW--or without using a web browser, at any rate. I could certainly use that right now, since freesound.org has a lot of spoken-word, SFX and otherwise bizarre sounds that Loopmasters, Sounds.com and ADSR just won't have.
Steve
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- KVRist
- 42 posts since 16 Jul, 2010
Steve -
Loopcloud should work with your library. We support REX, and I just had to check, but also OGG, FLAC and M4A.
You don't have to use the Loopmasters store unless you want to.
And the analysis takes a long time with big libraries. It does a lot of work figuring out the key and bpm of everything. We have a plan to optimise it, but that won't happen for a few months as we a couple of other things to do first.
cheers, Jim.
Loopcloud should work with your library. We support REX, and I just had to check, but also OGG, FLAC and M4A.
You don't have to use the Loopmasters store unless you want to.
And the analysis takes a long time with big libraries. It does a lot of work figuring out the key and bpm of everything. We have a plan to optimise it, but that won't happen for a few months as we a couple of other things to do first.
cheers, Jim.
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- KVRAF
- 8496 posts since 5 Aug, 2009
Dont want to hijack the topic but can both check themselves the root/keynote and adjust it processed?
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- KVRAF
- 4618 posts since 15 Jul, 2001 from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, U.K
Loopcloud, extremely powerful, great editing, fast and stable. In fact I stopped using the very expensive audio finder.
And of course it’s free. Job done.
And of course it’s free. Job done.
- KVRAF
- 4618 posts since 15 Jul, 2001 from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, U.K
Cool feature request, randomise/reorder loops
Basil Rush wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:24 am Steve -
Loopcloud should work with your library. We support REX, and I just had to check, but also OGG, FLAC and M4A.
You don't have to use the Loopmasters store unless you want to.
And the analysis takes a long time with big libraries. It does a lot of work figuring out the key and bpm of everything. We have a plan to optimise it, but that won't happen for a few months as we a couple of other things to do first.
cheers, Jim.
- KVRAF
- 2185 posts since 10 Jul, 2006 from Tampa
Thanks for the follow-up, Jim! I was pleasantly surprised to see that LoopCloud handled all the loops and samples I threw at it, and I did see where I could choose to reference my own samples and/or the ones online. So far, I'm quite impressed.Basil Rush wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:24 am Steve -
Loopcloud should work with your library. We support REX, and I just had to check, but also OGG, FLAC and M4A.
You don't have to use the Loopmasters store unless you want to.
And the analysis takes a long time with big libraries. It does a lot of work figuring out the key and bpm of everything. We have a plan to optimise it, but that won't happen for a few months as we a couple of other things to do first.
cheers, Jim.
Now I'm going to see how it handles old Fairlight CMI and Emulator samples.
Steve
Here's some of my stuff: https://soundcloud.com/shadowsoflife. If you hear something you like, I'm looking for collaborators.
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- KVRian
- 1090 posts since 24 Jul, 2018
Loopcloud imo is incredible at detecting the key of a sample and has a transpose option which can be auto set to a root note like say D, so every sample you preview is transposed to D, and at the same time you can sync the loops to a BPM too
- KVRAF
- 2185 posts since 10 Jul, 2006 from Tampa
Jim, do you happen to work with (or for) Loopcloud? If so, do you know what the licensing restrictions are (if any) on the free content? Are users able to use the free content (including what's given away in the "Welcome Pack") in commercial projects for free? There's nothing in the .ZIP file or on the site about licensing or royalty issues.Basil Rush wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:24 am Steve -
Loopcloud should work with your library. We support REX, and I just had to check, but also OGG, FLAC and M4A.
You don't have to use the Loopmasters store unless you want to.
And the analysis takes a long time with big libraries. It does a lot of work figuring out the key and bpm of everything. We have a plan to optimise it, but that won't happen for a few months as we a couple of other things to do first.
cheers, Jim.
Steve
Here's some of my stuff: https://soundcloud.com/shadowsoflife. If you hear something you like, I'm looking for collaborators.