Re: Reaktor

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

What you've described doesn't sound like overdubbing, but rather the
creation of simultaneous synchronized loops, each with one layer of
audio data.  What comes out of the speakers sounds like an
overdub, but it's still two tracks.  If I want sixteen layers of
recorded audio playing at the same time, do I have to pre-define
sixteen Tapedecks?

I loved Legos, but I remember it was hard to make something that wasn't Lego-component shaped.  Like, curves.

TravisH

On 11/9/05, mwsmart@insightbb.com <mwsmart@insightbb.com > wrote:

You can configure Reaktor to do pretty much anything, it's like audio LEGOs.

Overdub would be no problem. You have to build this stuff yourself out of
the modules, but almost anything is possible.

I haven't tried it, but I think I can do overdub even on that very basic looper
I posted, just by settings the buttons like this:

1. Record on Tapedeck 1
2. Play back Tapedeck 1 while recording on Tapedeck 2.
3. Play back Tapedecks 1 and 2. Solo over the top.
4. Stop playing Tapedeck 2 but leave Tapedeck 1 playing (like Undo).

This basic looper I built only has 3 loop capacity, but you
could expand that to any number by adding more Tapedecks and rows
to the sequencer.

Also, if you didn't like the sequencer idea that I have here,
you could rebuild it like an Echoplex where there are multiple
pedals controlling multiple functions. I did it with a sequencer
because I wanted to have three or four things happening at once
and to have the prerecorded drum loops and hits all synchronized.

Maybe you haven't used Reaktor, it is the most powerful sound generation
program I've ever seen other than Kyma and maybe Max/MSP.

Mark Smart
http://www.marksmart.net