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Hellbilly · Post by **Hellbilly** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:17 pm

I used to play around alot with Acid 4 at a friends studio arranging loops to get ideas. What i loved about Acid was it automatically played the loop i loaded at the song tempo.

Now i am using Cubase SX2 with my guitar setup and i would like to find a sampler/instrument that can play loops synced to the host tempo. Is there anything that can do this easily? I can probably get me a beatslicer and arrange it, but i would like to know if there is anything that does it the easy way so i can quickly access loops at the right tempo to play along with.

Thanks.

torhan · Post by **torhan** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:19 pm

Edit.

butter · Post by **butter** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:21 pm

SX2 will do that for you but it's a little hit and miss. The hitpoint editing is a little sketchy...

Otherwise, Phatmatic Pro is probably the way to go.

Hellbilly · Post by **Hellbilly** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:01 pm

Hmmm, just got done trying the phatmatik pro demo and unless i am missing something, it doesn't seem to sync the loop with the host tempo. Which is kinda strange since the description says:

"pHATmatik PRO is the first tool of its kind that can effortlessly play back any loop locked to tempo in your host environment."

But how?

I guess i have to settle for taking the time to beatslice.

jones-y · Post by **jones-y** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:23 pm

Slice the loop as desired, set the number of beats your loop comprises (4, 8, 16, etc) and export the MIDI info into your sequencer. Press play.

Both of these processes are described in the manual. Does the demo version come with a manual?

edited to fix instructions.

swivel · Post by **swivel** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:27 pm

you may want to look at ableton live 4

Hellbilly · Post by **Hellbilly** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:46 pm

Thanks mjones, i already figured it out.

I downloaded the manual from their site and found an easy way to export the slices to a channel, hold ALT and drag the export midi button to the arrange window.

That's about as easy as i would like so i'm happy with Phatmatik

Rock Hardbuns · Post by **Rock Hardbuns** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:06 pm

On a simmilar note, Ive noticed that theres good stuff out there in acidized wav format. (Beta monkey and session loops have nice things.)

Are there any free acidized wav players about? Anything cheaper than phatmatic pro?

tkay77 · Post by **tkay77** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:11 pm

...the cheapest loop-slicer ist microdicer, i think...

torkay

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:23 pm

Amother vote for MicroDicer here.
Previews REX files in song tempo (which is a godsend) and slices properly cut loops perfectly at the first attempt (straight after loading that is), so listening to them in song tempo is a matter of a few seconds too.

uncadave · Post by **uncadave** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:31 pm

is cubase sx2 a rewire host? if so, maybe acid4 inside cubase?

What sampler/instrument can do this?