Plug-in Reference

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The Included VST Instruments
LoopMash
Voices per Track This is the maximum number of slices that can be selected from a
single track. The range is from one to four. The less slices can be
picked from the same track, the more variety you get in the
LoopMash output.
Selection Offset Move this slider to the right to allow slices that are less similar to be
selected for playback. This setting affects all tracks of this scene
(see
“Storing Your Configuration as Scenes” on page 169).
Random Selection Move this slider to the right to allow more variation when selecting
slices for playback, adding a more random feel to the selection
process. This setting affects all tracks of this scene (see
“Storing
Your Configuration as Scenes” on page 169).
Selection Grid Here you can determine how often LoopMash looks for similar
slices during playback: always (left position), or only every 2nd, 4th,
or 8th (right position) step. For example, if you set the Selection
Grid to every 8th step (right position), LoopMash replaces similar
slices every 8th step. Between two replacement steps it plays back
the tracks of the slices that have been selected in the last
replacement step, resulting in longer playback sequences on one
track.
Similarity Method Here you can modify the criteria that LoopMash considers when
comparing the slices for similarity. There are three similarity
methods:
Standard – This is the standard method, where all slices on all
tracks are compared and various characteristics regarding rhythm,
tempo, spectrum, etc. are taken into account.
Relative – This method does not only consider the overall similarity
of all slices on all tracks, but also takes the relation to the other
slices on the same track into account, for example, LoopMash may
replace the loudest, lowest sound on one track with the loudest,
lowest sound on another track.
Harmonic – This method only takes the analyzed tonal information
into account, so that a slice is replaced by a harmonically similar
slice, rather than by a rhythmically similar slice. With this method,
also the track transposition value is considered, that is, a master
slice with a C
major chord is not replaced by a slice with a D major
chord. But it is indeed replaced if you set the transposition value of
the track of the slice with the D
major chord to -2. It is advisable to
keep the similarity gain sliders in a low position when you work with
this method, because otherwise you may produce disharmonies.
You can modify the transposition values to play back more slices of
a specific track.
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