Modul4r Series - Liqu1d 1.0.1

This device is a spin off from my work on Isotonik 7, it's a fully functional Looping and Follow Action device....

You can set a one, two or four bar loop....Halve or Double it's length by moving the loop start or loop end point, and you can also move the loop forwards or backwards by a bar or by it's length...

Once you've finished looping the Follow Action functionality ensures the next clip you have chosen is triggered, you can set and forget the action chosen or create different actions for each clip using the clip envelopes...

It's also possible, again globally or by clip, to trigger the next, previous, same or a numbered scene when the clip ends or is stopped....

Available for download for the Modul4r Series subscribers now!!

Cheers
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Isotonik 7 - B3ta Update - Mid1

I bought an APC40 from DV247 when they had their first shipment in, actually taking the demo unit from the store rather than waiting... Less than 24 hours later i was hacking into it with the excellent bome midi translator (my templates are now part of the bome's package when purchasing the product but can also be downloaded from www.darren.bome.com) and using a combination of Reaktor and Lucifer to do various effects...

Since my adventure with M4L began i've barely looked back and when it came to the final scene of my Octop4d device that gave the user 8 pages of midi assignable pads i remembered how useful it was to be able to simply midi map things on the fly without having to get into code...

Octop4d works by giving the user 64 pads that send midi cc's from 0 to 63 with a fixed velocity of 127 when on and 0 when off, i've helped a few users with custom jobs who wanted to reprogram the pads to specific midi messages and custom lighting so i realise that one size does not fit all, in fact when i was creating my original Bomes template it was only possible as i had a nanokontrol to the side of me that i could quickly edit it's midi output to allow simple mapping that i'd replicate with the APC40....

So...



The latest scene i'm building (which'll be scene 5 perversely so i've missed three and four) is called Mid1 and will be a user configurable bank of midi pads, when in Isotonik mode (the master select button lit) selecting the fifth scene with the scene launch buttons will give over the right hand half of the APC40 to your own assignments. Using the Clip Stop and Track Select buttons on tracks 5 to 8 will move between 8 banks of messages, each can be uniquely configured.

I've made it a simple affair for programming and you creations will be saved within the set as you'd expect. You can choose whether a button (limited to the clip launch buttons for now) acts as a momentary or toggle, if you move banks or change scenes and return the lighting will indicate which pads are still on (unlike the nanokontrol!). You then choose what lighting you'd like when the midi message is being sent or not, the midi channel, the midi cc and finally the velocity of the message when pushed and released...

More seasoned Max4Live programmers will appreciate the clear layout of the device which will enable them to further customise the design to include things such as group buttons whereby the press of one turns others off etc.

Those of you that have followed the development of my devices will be able to predict what comes next, following completion of Isotonik 7 the spin off will be the editing function integrated to the Octop4d and a Modul4r device that hands over the whole of the clip launch grid of the APC40 to your own midi assignments, switchable as with Isotonik so that the main functionality remains....

As ever the B3ta is being tested by a crack team without a manual so that i can write one from the users point of view rather than the developers! This device will when released be available to all members of the Isotonik M4ster Template....

Two scenes to go, i wonder....

Cheers
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Isotonik 7 - B3ta Update

Ok so now two scenes are nearing completion...

Loop3r:
1, Set a 1, 2 or 4 bar on a clip
2, Move it forwards or backwards by a bar or by it's length
3, Double or halve it by moving the start or end loop point
4, Using the fader reduce it in size by moving the end point, quantized to a movement per 1/8th of a beat and will always move the end point to an 1/8th of a bar resolution....
5, Visual indication of the looping status of the playing clip on the APC40 Green = Clip set to loop but not yet in loop brace, Orange = Set to Loop and currently in loop brace, Red = Set to Loop but playing position has past loop end point and so clip will just end!

Eff3cts:
1, A 2 bar Slicer allowing you to capture slices in 1/8ths and playing them back Glitch style reducing the size of the slice using a fader
2, A G8ter effect synced to the size of the Slice
3, Turntable Reverse, the speed controlled by a fader
4, Turntable Brake, lenght of slow down controlled by the fader
5, Hold button, which turns the Slic3r buttons into toggles rather than the standard momentary...

In addition added to the encoders:

1, Reset Quantize, the ability for the user to set the reset functionality to only hit the dials it controls on a quantized basis...

Obviously more to come, the finished version will ba available to all subscribers of the Isotonik M4ster Template....

Any questions fire away!

Cheers
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