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v0.998

• Choke/Mute groups are now supported for Speedrum, MPC, Ableton Drum Rack, Impact XT & TAL-Drum. 8 drum groups are supported which is the maximum Speedrum allows. TAL-Drum works differently as it has pre assigned voice groups, the groups are converted to this format but there is currently no conversion from TAL-Drum to choke group, whereas all other formats that use the standard method can be imported (with a maximum of 8 groups).
• MPC Previews are now generated, it is a simple chain of the samples in Ogg Vorbis format.
• Kit Creator now uses a User Words list which is stored in the ‘User’ Folder. If it doesn’t exist the default wordlist will be copied there. This means you can edit it without fear it will be replaced by program updates.
• Folder Panel now only shows the Folder name instead of the full path, the full path is still shown at the top when hovering and can be copied or opened from the right click menu.
• Added per folder option for whether it should scan recursively (scan sub folders).
• Added per Folder option for reversing the Samples in Formats that support it. Probability can also be used to decide based on chosen percentage.
• Added per Folder option for semitone tune offset for exports that support it. This can either be a fixed value per folder or one of a set of random modes for setting random semitone offsets.
• Added per Folder option for whether One Shot Mode should be used, this plays the entire sample & therefore Release will no longer do anything.
• Preset Estimates now reflect the number of Pads used & adjust accordingly.
• Wordlist is now alphabetically sorted & a few words have been removed.
• Fixed: a multiplier was making the volume quieter than it should have been when generating presets.
• Fixed Clear Pads didn’t always work & on rare occasions all Pads & folders would be removed.
• Fixed occasional crash if a pad doesn’t have folders assigned.
• Fixed issue with non existent Layers when converting from Speedrum.

0.997

• Kits of up to 128 samples can now be created, they use the 16 Pad template for each set of 16 as a basis for samples, pan, volume & release, basically treated as multiple presets in one. With formats that support less Pads than the selected amount, multiple Kits will be saved with A, B, C, D etc appended to the name.
• Preset Conversion now supports up to 128 single layer pads, with formats which have a smaller maximum Pad count multiple files will be created with A, B, C, D etc appended to the filename.
• Edit has also been updated but not fully tested yet. Please report any issues.
• KNOWN ISSUE – With Ableton, it’s a tricky format to work with due to only using having data for pads which have a sample assigned. At the moment conversion may not work correctly if there any gaps in the pads, ie; Kit Creator currently expects a sample assigned to consecutive pads. A conversion ‘from’ may also map samples to different pads if the 1^st pad isn’t set to C1. Improving this is on the todo list.
• Ableton Live code has been rewritten so that it now only needs a single Assigned pad in a template to use as a reference. If multiple layers are not found then this will be used as a basis. This format is tricky to deal with as it only creates instrument layers when they are assigned a sample. This new method allows using anything between a complex template preset or one with a simple single Pad layer.
• Speedrum Code has been switched into dealing with xml rather than ValueTree which brings it inline with all other formats.
• Changed Ableton Backup folders to more instructional ‘Copy to’ folder names.
• Fixed Divide by Zero error on.
• Numerous changes & improvements that wouldn’t mean anything to anyone.
• Fixed double percentage sign on TX16Wx exports.

0.996:

• Octatrack now has a menu to select the bit depth & mono/stereo WAV export options which includes ‘AUTO’ for grabbing the settings from the first Kit WAV. If the bit depth is less than 16, 16 will be used or if higher than 24, 24 will be used to maintain compatibility with the OT.
• Added estimated Counts to the Pads (on the Pads Panel) showing unique WAV amounts with the aim of helping to balance WAV usage.
• Overhauled the Sitala Factors Release code, the Release parameter is actually a Macro for 3 settings. For the purposes of Kit Creator it needs to behave like a release & so has been rescaled appropriately.
• Added more choices to the increase/decrease volume functions.
• Added ‘NO REPEAT’ Mode which stops creating as soon as one of the folders have been used completely.
• Improved the Speedrum Code.
• Tweaked the TAL-Drum Factors.
• Global Volume Percentage added to Factors.
• Factors added for SFZ, TX16Wx, Tal-Sampler & SampleOne.
• Factor text edit fields now respond to the return Key & give away focus.
• Sample Layers are now manually created for SpeedDrum
• Added ‘Assign All Sequentially’ which assigns each folder slot to the corresponding numbered pad. There is also a reversed version & a randomized version.
• Export now aborted if no folders are assigned to pads.
• Fixed: All Mode now creates the correct number of presets when not all 16 folder slots are used or a folder is unassigned.
• Fixed: STOP now works in Utilities Mode.
• Fixed: Parameter Enable settings are now ignored in convert & edit mode.
• Fixed: SFZ now using relative paths correctly
• Fixed: first Octatrack export wasn’t written if the folder didn’t exist.
• Fixed: Edit will now only operate on the first found type in a mixed preset folder.
• Fixed: Pads Panel now updates folder assignments on entering.
• Fixed: Right Click clear all assignments only worked the first time in the Apps lifetime.
• Fixed a crash converting to Octatrack when the export destination directory doesn’t exist.

v0.995

• Advanced Mode has been removed, the new mode is much simpler to understand & makes all of the Advanced options unnecessary. As a result of removing Advanced Mode the backend is now also more refined & much less prone to potential errors creeping in.
• The sub directory option is no longer an option & now standard behaviour.
• Export support for Presonus Sample One.
• Export support for TX16Wx has been added.
• Import/Export support for Elektron Octatrack Sample Chains has been added. Samples are always re-sampled to 44.1 khz which is the samplerate of the Octatrack, the samples will be exported in 16-bit however 24-bit is an option. By default the export will be stereo but Mono is available. Sample Chains are a WAV and a corresponding ‘ot’ file which contains the split information. Sample chains can also be imported to convert to any other format.
• Export for CUE Marker based WAVs has been added.
• TAL-Sampler is now a distinct Export type & no longer requires exporting TAL-Drum at the same time.
• All formats that can use relative paths to samples are now stored in a sub folder Called ‘Multi-Format’ which also contains a ‘Samples’ sub folder which they link to. This entire folder is therefore portable.
• Fixed: converting from TAL-Drum didn’t get the correct sample length.
• Fixed: Utilities Pan menu out of sync with the options.
• Fixed: Speedrum exports now set to ‘Note On’ mode & enables the volume envelope.
• Lots of other improvements.

v1.1.5

• Fixed loop end marker errors in re-sampled exports.

v1.1.4

• Export types would only export if original was also selected, now you can just select any you want.

v1.1.3

• If Midi Note isn’t found in the header or filename, it will now look to the very end of the filename to see if there is note information ie; ‘C3’ or ‘Gb2’
• The download is also Notarized which means it’s been scanned & certified to be safe by Apple.

This update sees various fixes and some improvements to the Single Cycle & Phase alignment.

• Added Frequency/Midi Note detection. Use with caution as it will not detect all material correctly, it’s still a preferable option to add midi note information to the file header or name when they were created.
• Reworked & Improved the phase align code.
• FIXED: crash when using Phase Align and files that have no Midi Note assignment.
• FIXED: fade % is now visible at startup.
• Removed single cycle scan range, now just uses the single cycle sample size instead

The single cycle code has been reworked to be more reliable with as wider range of source material.

v1.1.1

• Improved the single cycle loop zero crossing search for the end point, it now scans for nearest in both direction.
  Added controls to enable/disable Zero-X Start which then gives the option for zero-X end and a maximum scan time in percentage of loop size.
• Resample added for the single cycle loop, this will resample loops that are larger/smaller due to the zero X scan which effectively tunes them to perfect pitch. It should only be used as a last resort as it does change the character of the sound. It’s better to ensure that the source is already the correct pitch before it reaches batch xFader.
• Added option to enable/disable the zero X scan phase alignment on ‘CREATE LOOP’ mode, although it’s recommended to leave this on usually.

This is quite a major update, single cycle mode really expands the program’s usefulness!

• Single Cycle Export Mode Added – locates a positive zero crossing in the centre of the file, sets the end to the correct number of samples for the given midi note & then scans for the next negative zero crossing. For the midi note, it can either be embedded or in the filename.
• Loops now quantise to the nearest multiples of frequency if the filename has a midi Note number or embedded note number in the smpl header.
• Loop section now looks for positive zero crossing at the start & negative at the end which can help with phase issues & also setting xFade amount to zero will now bypass the xFade altogether. If you have constant material this can perhaps create seamless loops if single cycle mode is not sufficient.
• Added xFade Mode menu with a choice between Equal Power, Linear, & 3 S Curve modes.
• Fixed: Trim Start ‘All’ ignored the Trim Start enable.
• Fixed: occasional small click on some loops.
• Fixed: The Fade in sample amount was left when using ‘Delete All’ even though ‘Fade In’ was disabled.