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Included VST Instruments
LoopMash
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Setting the Similarity
With the similarity gain slider (to the left of each track), you determine how important
a particular track is for the mashing up of the master loop. By moving the slider, you
specify that a track is more/less similar to the master track, thus overruling the result
of the LoopMash analysis. As a result, more/less slices from this track are included
in the current mash.
PROCEDURE
1. 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.
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.
2. 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 this threshold are not played.
NOTE
On the Slice Selection page at the bottom of the LoopMash panel, you can make
further settings for influencing which slices are played.
RELATED LINKS
Slice Selection on page 209
Creating Composite Tracks
LoopMash allows you to build composite tracks.
PROCEDURE
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.
RESULT
The destination track of the dragged slice becomes composite, indicated by a C to
the left of the track.