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RE: VST Host & Effects on PDA



How much memory can those little suckers take? What kind of clock rates do
they run? Do they have USB ports? 

Best wishes,
Warren Sirota


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mech [mailto:mech@m3ch.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 3:08 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: VST Host & Effects on PDA
> 
> 
> At 2:06 PM +0200 7/4/06, Buzap Buzap wrote:
> >  > I remember seeing a blurb on a mini-Ableton clone in one
> >>  of my synth magazines last year.
> >
> >Actually, if there is a "mini-looper" for PocketPC - it would be
> >really awesome!!
> >Not for anything series for me, but I'd like to jam with myself or 
> >work on some ideas while travelling.
> >
> >So, is there a simple "pocket looper" you know of?
> 
> Well, I found the back issue to which I was referring (Dec. 2005 
> issue of Keyboard.  I should have just done a search online for the 
> article in the first place: 
> http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=30&storycode=12175 ).
> 
> The software is Bhajis Loops ( http://www.chocopoolp.com ). 
> Unfortunately, it's not as cool as I remember it (but then again, 
> what ever is?).  It does seem to be an homage to Ableton Live, but on 
> Palm OS.  There are two serious shortcomings, however.  First and 
> foremost, it does not seem to accept live input.  You have to either 
> record or input .WAV's separately before working with them.  Second, 
> and contrary to my first impression, it will *not* act as a VST host. 
> However, it includes almost 20 native effects on its own, so you can 
> already do a lot with what's there.  And of course it's pretty fully 
> functional otherwise, especially with the pattern and wave editors.
> 
> Otherwise, I spent a nice chunk of time looking around for something 
> on Win CE or Palm that would work with VST's.  No luck yet.  I did 
> find a few neat things for tweezing backing tracks (i.e. drum and 
> bass accompaniments).  For instance, at the aforementioned Chocopoolp 
> site, there's a little widget called Microbe that allows you to 
> manipulate 8 drum tracks and 2 synths.  There are quite a few 
> Trackers ported over to either Palm or Win CE too.
> 
> And if you are indeed interested in dropping your rhythm section in 
> your pocket, this would also be a good time to throw in a plug for 
> PSP Rhythm ( http://www.psprhythm.com ) and PSP Kick ( 
> http://www.pspkick.com ) -- both for the Sony PSP.  PSP Rhythm is 
> particularly nice, IMNSHO, because it attempts to model some of its 
> functions from the Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1.  Both are pretty neat, 
> however, and the PSP platform is excellent for these sorts of 
> homebrew music apps.  I'm waiting for someone to finally work out the 
> kinks for live input, then the PSP would really be a viable 
> alternative for music softs.  Oh, and it's a really, really kewl game 
> and movie machine too, for when you're stuck in the bus/plane 
> travelling to the next gig.  :D
> 
>       --m.
> -- 
> _______
> "Somewhere between anticipation and nostalgia we should have 
> been happy."
>