Automate Loop Points

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@reodjectz

I think that it would be great to be able to attach either an automation or macro “knobs” to a sample loop’s start and/or end points.

It is easy to see that renoise is capable of doing something like this and you can listen to what it would sound like simply by dragging the endpoint / start-points around in the sample editor. I have made instruments where each key is the same sample, but with different loop points. This, however, doesn’t allow smooth transitions between loop points or sliding pitches when the loop is extremely small.

You might be able to get some taste testing this tool:

New Tool (3.0): Loop Control

Yo, Renoise crew, here’s a tool that lets you do sample loop point automation [image] 4939 [Screenshot 2014-04-21 20.27.59.png] It works by creating a doofer that is tied to the loop points of the selected sample. This can be done to multiple samples across multiple instruments. The loop control doofers are contained in a dedicated FX chain within each instrument and numbered according to the sample index. Usage: To create a loop control doofer, select ‘Add Loop Control’ from the sample list…

But as the author is already aware of it:tools don’t run in the realtime thread so the effects can be strange during automated transitions.