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AUM - File player question.
Does anyone have any advice for playing a newly chosen file to start at the same time that the current one finishes within the same channel in order that there is a seamless transition? I always wanted to do this but have just assumed it is not possible .... I hope I was wrong 😛
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As far as I know you can't cue audio-files in the AUM file-player.
It would be nice if it could play thru a bunch of files in a folder just like AudioShare can
Hiya... if I am interpreting this correctly you can cue audio files in AUM. Tap on the file player mode and set the Beat Offset to a suitable value. It appears to take up to 9999. Negative values are also allowed. I use it to sync audio from Piano Motifs which I think often starts half a beat too late (for me)
Hi thx - I can’t get that to work though. I want the file playing to complete, then be followed by the next one without hesitation. The beat offset still leaves a gap as far as my experiments go.
The AUM File Player is the wrong tool for this. The trick you mention could work if the files were created at the tempo being used and end on precise beat boundaries.
If the beat offset is leaving a gap, have you checked that the files are the correct length? Keep in mind that if you aren’t playing back at the original tempo that AUM will play the files back faster or slower than the original.
@robosardine , surprised it is not working. If you set the offset of the second file to Start of First + Duration of First (in the appropriate units) then I can’t see why it wouldn’t work The offset can also have fractions as per attached screen shot of something I am working on
Ah... I can see where the confusion is here. I was wanting to do it on the same channel. You know - the file plays .... the little arrow is coming around, and the circle is about to complete....
you press to select another file... it then waits and starts playing on completion of the first file, then you can do it all again with any other file.
I thought I might have been missing something, wouldn’t it be good?
AUM’s file player isn’t intended for real-time swapping like that. Doesn’t seem like something likely to be added, either.
Understood @robosardine , I agree with @espiegel123 . Good luck.
OK thanks folks. For me this would make a huge difference were it possible. Maybe one day.
What is it intended for? I’ve never really understood. I just use segments usually to host and trigger an audio file in AUM.
Only time I’ve used file player is to play a reference track when mixing/mastering.
Presumably you can trigger it to play with midi but does it not always start on time? Is that the problem?
I guess the idea is to not have to worry about the length of the audio clip, just queue it up and have it automatically start after the other one ends?
Otherwise, I'd just use two channels, and link one midi control to toggle them both, maybe with a crossfade thrown in.
I think most people use it to playback audi tracks they have recorded (often recorded in AUM itself). Sometimes, one does that to free up CPU when using cpu-intensive synths. I use it to play back rhythm and bass tracks I record in AUM.
Yeh thanks @wim you’ve got it. I had thought along the lines of your suggestion. It gets a bit cluttered for me if you are doing it with several tracks. I was living in hope I guess.
I have an alternative that I use which seems to work quite well, though it does take up more cpu. You can use an Audio Unit instance of BeatHawk in each channel and use one file/track per pattern - then you can have 16 patterns (each with a file/ loop/ clip - whatever you want to call it) to tee up - all with a one measure window. It’s a bit like having an Audio Unit clip launcher.