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Tis a noble calling.
It's not forgotten, but unexpected difficulties with our current beta with important performance stability fixes bound much of our capacities. But it looks pretty good now and maybe the update goes out this weekend. Then the manual will find it's deserved attention.
I'm wrestling with "Auto Mapping" sample sets. It appears I'll need to rename most of the file collections to the text patterns AudioLayer responds to following this advice:
1) only note values (ARE ONLY UNDERSCORES ALLOWED?)
basename_c1.wav
basename_e1.wav
basename_g1.wav
...
Automap will will fill the gaps in between which you can see by the graphics animation during import.
2) note and velocity: (ARE ONLY UNDERSCORES ALLOWED?)
basename_c1_p.wav ( p for "piano" )
basename_c1_f.wav ( f for "forte" )
....
Automap looks for the following words for ascending velocities:
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
and then fill the gaps...
Standard Loudness Ranges from the musical literature:
pp pianissimo very soft
p piano Soft
mp mezzo piano medium soft
mf mezzo forte medium loud
f forte Loud
ff fortissimo very loud
Note sure what the numeric ranges get assigned yet. Stay Tuned on that.
3) note range ( and velocity ) (ARE ONLY UNDERSCORES ALLOWED?)
basename_c1_g1.wav lower key is c1 and upper key is g1
Most of the sample sets I find use conventions like "60-v30" implying MIDI Note Number and the upper range of the velocity range, I think or maybe v1, v2, v3 for layers of velocity.
To do this wholesale renaming of large sample sets takes a long time. I'm hoping the $5 "iFiles 2" App with "batch rename" can save enough time to justify the purchase. Ideally I'd like to map ranges of input to ranges of outputs but that might requiring custom scripting for a faster solution.
Any work or advice appreciated.
My best results so far have come from building Instruments manually using selected samples that cover large rectangles of use: 1 octave for note and 25-40 for velocity coverage. That gets me something I can play and then re-visit as I hear areas needing extra attention.
It appears I'm also going to have to manually adjust the sample's audio levels to get really refined velocity effects at the lower volumes.
Still working and learning a lot about creating sampled instruments.
The Lyra Sampler in Auria Pro is still the best out there for disk streaming performance on the largest sample sets in SF2, SFZ and ESX24 formats. I change then names on one of the bigger pianos and broke AudioLayer with too much complexity.
But getting a decent piano in a workable AUv3 App is still worth the effort for me. Most people don't want or need 16 layers of velocity mapping with 2 round robins per note, sustain and non-sustain recordings and audio for the pedal noises too. That's for the @LinearLineman and RC275 doesn't take it that far. But it works! There's always a premium value to be placed on Apps that work well.
It would be great if AL allowed the user to enter a pattern string at the time the samples were selected instead of requiring the pattern string to be used in an up-front (off-mobile) batch rename operation.
By all means keep working on AudioLayer and giving us status reports here.
I have traded instruments with another forum user and it would be nice to expand the base of users sharing instruments.
Having zip import/export of instruments might be a good first step towards having users share the work of making good AudioLayer custom instruments.
I was thinking having it accept a formatted text file with one row for each sample, and columns for sample names and mappings would be good. Something like:
fileName layer noteStart noteEnd velocityStart velocityEnd muteGroupIt would then batch import the files and place them. I’d prefer velocity ranges in numbers than the pp, p, mf, f, ff system in use now.
+1 on the naming system suggestion. The pp,p... system is indeed a bit unconventional. Personally, I associate that naming convention with attack rather than velocity.
Hoping for an update status from VirSyn: Is it close to shipping?
(Mostly I just want to keep this near the front page).
I'm really enjoying locating sample files and making new instruments.
I made this Improvisation with 4 AudioLayer AUv3 Instruments in AUM and the Holderness Echo FX hitting record and uploading:
https://soundcloud.com/user-403688328/ch-3-120-bpm-002
I was just riff'ing with the echo to create a BPM pulse.
Nothing earth shattering but I think sharing these custom instruments is the key to this App going viral. The FX in the App are also pretty good... I think I could have used the AudioLayer App for the echo as well.
I think this App is ideal for tinkering live keyboard players. Not so much for slicing 'n dice sequencers. The only thing I have that comes close is the Lyra Sampler inside Auria Pro which loads any SF2, SFZ or ESX24 and delivers low latency and disk streaming. AudioLayer has to work under the AUv3 limits so it
can't load the most complex SF2's and keep up (even with disk streaming). I'd love to wrong about that but so far it seems to require carefully crafted instruments that don't use hundreds of samples in a dozen layers like the Salamander Piano's in Auria Pro or the massive 5GB "Piano in 162" SFZ which Lyra can manage.
update is in and it's a big one
New "setlists" folder for instruments selectable by MIDI program change
Bugfixes:
AU: performance bug with huge instruments fixed
Oh Sample sharing that’s a shout out for a new AB forum thread who gonna go first.
Nice list! Thanks, @VirSyn.
another thing not on the list but fixed is the au automation of effects parameters in cubasis..
. big thanks @VirSyn
a small niggle/bug seems to have been introduced though. once some automation is recorded in Cubasis then the main parameters window ( ie, filter, pitch, level ) won’t stay open.. whenever I touch it to , eg: change the filter freq, level etc, the window slides away ( lovely movement animation btw @VirSyn )
This only happens whilst the track is playing. when Cubasis is stopped the windows stay open.
Is there a way to convert SF2 to EXS24?
The simplest method i know is using MainStage, this has the real EXS24 sampler on board which can load sf2 files and automatically converts them to EXS24. And with all the synths and samples inside it's the biggest bargain i know off but few are aware.
@RockySmalls ...will have a look, didn't noticed this.
MainStage? What about us iPhone users who have Linux Desktops? 🙂
I’ve got the same issue, W10 laptop
Just wait and bug about proper SF2 import or something?!
Import is equally important as export so being able to export in SF2 and ESX24 formats would also be nice
@Virsyn after recording a sample the keyboard is on the screen but it can NOT be used to preview the recorded sample while trimming?! Hope this is a 'bug' and 'not by design' as previewing the recorded sample would make it easier to do a proper trim. (and well, being able to normalise it and and do quick fade ins/outs wouldn't hurt either).
PS. Please do add an option to do 'mono' recording with proper source-selection.
(With multi input devices 1,2,3,4(Mono) and 1&2, 3&4(stereo) for starters)
I do like the phase at which the app is improving though...
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Whoa. This is fabulous.
Cool update! I can’t figure out how to import EXS24 files.
ups, forgot that platform independance is not one of Apples biggest strengths...
@Virsyn I have slight tendency for OCD and 'missing samples' (or sub-sample rounding errors?) trigger these bad and AudioLayer is the only sample editor I've bumped into that exhibits this behaviour?!
(I like to cut/trim my samples cleanly).
First record a sample, trim 0-4000
The resulting sample is 0-4000
All fine so far...
Now trim another sample but start at 'non zero' location (6000-10000)
Voila the resulting sample is 0-3999 for some strange reason...
Oh well, guess I'll have to remember to add 1 sample when trimming with AudioLayer to keep things nice and tidy
I know this is nit-picking but enough to trigger my OCD...
no idea how this happens. The sample start and end are always exact positions anything else wouldn't make any sense or ?
BTW: ( please don't read if you currently fear an OCD attack...) The sub samples make only sense for the loop start/end and Ableton has them too but calls it "Loop detune"...
I need to 'harden' at some point...
But regarding the 0-3999 and loop-points etc here's a snap from Logic (and the same sample loaded in AudioLayer).
Sample
Loop
When imported to AudioLayer...
(Ableton Simpler reads the loop info from the *.wav without any issues).
Oh well, apart from minor niggles it works quite well
Definitely some big performance improvements. Great update so far.
Is the local storage option working now? I want to turn off icloud for presets because my storage is getting full, but when I tried before the presets disappeared from the app and I couldn't seem to see any files in the local folder when I created any presets/ or tried to copy them across.
in this case everything is fine: the sample file has 137500 samples, and they are indexed from sample 0 to sample 136499.
just copy the exs file and all samples to the "import" folder of AudioLayer. Then tap on the exs file and it should import it into the Instrument folder "EXS". After import you can remove the files in the import folder.
Thanx. Got it figured out now.
Is SF2 support still planned?
True! Still OCD in me likes it the way Logic and most other samplers and sample-editors show it...
But each to their own. Just add an option to hide the precise start and end sample-positions and do it like Ableton and stick to % or something as that seems be a far better fit for the sub-sample mumbo jumbo mindset better anyway ;-)
Love the evolution of this app but am getting some files issues...
How does the local storage option work with importing? @Virsyn
if you select local storage, there's no import folder in the documents folder and no files in the "on my ipad" folder of Files. Ideally I want to be able to use the Files app manager without having all the samples and presets synced with icloud.
I have 2 ipads one with icloud option checked in AudioLayer and the other with Local storage. Best way to transition over from icloud to local storage option is not obvious. it looks as though AL local storage keeps files in a hidden folder not visible from Files?
Not sure how this works, but will it be possible in the future to use "File in place" disk streaming so that samples could remain in their folders in the Files storage space, without having to copy across samples either to icloud folder or local storage folder of AL? maybe it's necessary for the AL engine.
There's much better performance now with larger instruments although I do get some freezing occasionally on my largest. Just tried to share/export some large instruments and it hangs/crashes.
but great work so far this really is a game changer for iOS instruments