Plug-in Reference

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The Included VST Instruments
LoopMash
• Move the slider to the right to select more slices from the corresponding track for
playback, and to the left to reduce the number of slices for playback (set to middle
position by default).
The brightness of the slices changes when moving the similarity gain slider. The
further to the right, the lighter the color, and the higher the playback priority for
these slices.
The vertical lines on the similarity gain slider correspond to the slices in this loop. The
changing pattern of slices indicates similarity of each slice, on all tracks, to the current
master track slice. The further to the right a line is, the greater the similarity of this slice
to the master slice.
• Drag the similarity threshold control (the thin line with handles at the top and
bottom intersecting all similarity gain sliders) to the left or right to determine a
minimum similarity that slices must match to be considered for playback.
Slices with a similarity below (to the left of) this threshold are not played.
On the Slice Selection page at the bottom of the LoopMash panel, you can make
further settings for influencing which slices are played (see
“Slice Selection” on page
169).
Creating Composite Tracks
LoopMash allows you to build composite tracks, that is, as soon as you drag a slice to
a different position on the same track or another track, you are asked if you want to
create a composite track.
To build a composite track, proceed as follows:
1. Import the loop that you want to extract sounds from.
2. Audition the slices and drag the slices that you want to use onto an empty track.
A dialog opens asking you to confirm that you want to create a composite track,
and to determine the number of slices that the track contains. If you enter a higher
number of slices than the track actually contains, the track is filled up with empty
slices.
3. Click OK.
The destination track of the dragged slice becomes composite, indicated by a “C”
to the left of the track.
You can use this feature in a very versatile way:
• You can assemble a combination of sounds that you like most on one track.
• You can define a certain rhythmic pattern by combining slices from different loops
on a composite track and making this track the master loop.
Move this slider to specify the number of slices that
the track includes.
Composite
track