Homegrown Sounds

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.

A simple program which soft monitors soundcard inputs on a MAC without having to open a DAW to enable monitoring. I made this for myself because the direct monitoring on a Steinberg UR22 mkII treats them as dual mono and so is no use for listening to stereo input sources. I thought other people might find it useful too.

I’m in the process of implementing code signing/notarization for the Mac versions of apps. On the last few versions of MacOS, it gives a warning and no option to open the file without shift-clicking/open. Code signing means the open option is available on the ‘downloaded from the internet’ warning & Apple verifies that the file was compiled on my registered development Mac.

I haven’t got notarization working yet which is when apple scans files for viruses and attaches their certificates. It’s complex and I haven’t worked out how to work this in to my workflow as yet. It will happen  though.

Kit Creator will also be updated soon.

Batch xFader is designed to accomplish the tedious work involved making sampler instruments out of samples. This process generally involves:

• Creating a sustain loop
• Cross fading the loop so it loops seamlessly
• Trimming any space at the start
• or trimming all/most space at the start
• Creating a short fade in at the start to avoid any non zero-crossing clicks
• Deleting all data after the loop section which is not usually used
• Converting Stereo to Mono
• Converting to multiple formats

Batch xFader can accomplish all of these tasks as a batch process on the selected folder of WAVs very quickly.