Re: vst plugin - looper

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Ian Petersen wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk 
> <mailto:akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     Plogue Bidule,
>     the only host which freely allows you to sync any plugin to any 
>other.
> 
> 
> I'm pretty sure Sensomusic's Usine allows this too.

http://www.sensomusic.com/usine/

Not exactly, it looks like it only supports one master tempo.
Bidule lets you have as many tempos as you want, with sync
as desired.
That's a feature that was in the Steinberg vst spec for a while,
but was dropped in the latest edition ( but being deprecated 
won't stop it being kept going by developers who see it's worth). 

> 
> In fact I'm surprised Usine gets so little mention 'round these parts. 
> It has much the same 'patchability' as Bidule or Audiomulch but with an 
> interface specifically designed for live performance.


Well, why don't you suss it out and then tell us about it :-)
Bidule only gets mention because people like Per and myself spend
time with it and then report back.
It's hard to tell without downloading the program and spending some time 
with
it, for instance, looking at the web page I couldn't be 100% certain it 
even had
an audio input!


It looks like it's more sequencer based than Bidule,
but it does appear to have the same sort of patching layout.

I bet folks here will love the touch screen version, looks amazing :-)
(tho' from the vid, the response time is no where near fast
 enough for rhythmic accuracy)

There's no mention that you can re-patch fx while playing, which
is offered by Bidule ( with Bidule, you could search your hard
drive for interesting vst/vsti's while you let the music run).


> 
> At least Usine is another VST host well worth checking out.

Yep, thanks.
Maybe you started something ;-)

andy butler

> 
> Ian
>