Comments for ThatchSpace http://www.thatchspace.com "Still Moving The Text Around" Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:18:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on HammerHead Rhythm Station by Jim http://www.thatchspace.com/2006/05/02/hammerhead-rhythm-station/comment-page-1/#comment-46016 Jim Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:18:43 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=668#comment-46016 I too found Hammerhead good for quickly knocking out short loops and patterns, but it is limited in so many ways: it doesn't let you easily use whatever .wav files you want (it ought to be as easy as plonking them in a folder and they should automatically become selectable in the channels), you can't chain patterns into a complete song, it provides no synthesis and EQ options, it only offers two or three effects, it doesn't go to 32nd notes, only has 6 channels, can't be driven from midi beat clock from a DAW or external sequencer etc. That's why I developed: FlexibeatzII at http://flexibeatz.weebly.com Hammerhead was the inspiration for this, and like Hammerhead, it is free. You can hear complete productions done with it at www.myspace.com/flexibeatz Features: * TR909/TB303/X0X style sequencing interface *Plays any wav files in its 10 channels *Note resolution to 32nds *Chain patterns up to 999 measures *Dynamically vary pan, pitch and level of each sound in each channel, as well as each sample's play start and end point while the sequence is playing *Set swing and accent *Mute and solo per channel *Lock BPMs of sounds in channels to master tempo *Auto stretch samples to fit a specified fraction of a measure, or to multiple measures *Dynamically specify which sounds can cutoff (mute) which other sounds, if they are still playing *Randomize sample selection per channel and notes per pattern per channel *Auto-generate arpeggiator patterns *Ability to process and add effects to the samples in each channel: reverse, 3 types of distortion, master LP filter, freely draw and apply pitch envelope to a sound, freely draw and apply LP, HP or BP filter envelope to a sound, freely draw and apply a volume envelope to a sound, chorus, delay, compression, change amplitude of positive and negative halves of the waveform independently, reverb, lo-fi (bit and sample rate reduction), 3-band parametric EQ (featuring LP, HP, BP, Lo Shelf, Hi Shelf, Notch, Peak), stutter effect, auto chop up waveform and randomly re-assemble, apply waveshaping by manipulating individual harmonics, change pitch without affecting duration, change duration without affecting pitch, vocoder, ring modulator, auto-wah *Ability to synthesize sounds from scratch, and use these in the channels as instruments, or combine them with samples in various ways (such as FM'ing one with the other) *Record sequence to a .wav file while its playing *Record level slider movements *Export patterns to .wav files without playing them *Automatically isolate the 'hits' in a drum loop and export each slice as a separate .wav file, and import each slice into a separate channel *Graphical time and frequency spectrum display of each sound in each channel *Slave playback via midi sync to another sequencer (eg a DAW, hardware sequencer etc) I too found Hammerhead good for quickly knocking out short loops and patterns, but it is limited in so many ways: it doesn’t let you easily use whatever .wav files you want (it ought to be as easy as plonking them in a folder and they should automatically become selectable in the channels), you can’t chain patterns into a complete song, it provides no synthesis and EQ options, it only offers two or three effects, it doesn’t go to 32nd notes, only has 6 channels, can’t be driven from midi beat clock from a DAW or external sequencer etc.

That’s why I developed:

FlexibeatzII at http://flexibeatz.weebly.com

Hammerhead was the inspiration for this, and like Hammerhead, it is free. You can hear complete productions done with it at http://www.myspace.com/flexibeatz

Features:

* TR909/TB303/X0X style sequencing interface
*Plays any wav files in its 10 channels
*Note resolution to 32nds
*Chain patterns up to 999 measures
*Dynamically vary pan, pitch and level of each sound in each channel, as well as each sample’s play start and end point while the sequence is playing
*Set swing and accent
*Mute and solo per channel
*Lock BPMs of sounds in channels to master tempo
*Auto stretch samples to fit a specified fraction of a measure, or to multiple measures
*Dynamically specify which sounds can cutoff (mute) which other sounds, if they are still playing
*Randomize sample selection per channel and notes per pattern per channel
*Auto-generate arpeggiator patterns
*Ability to process and add effects to the samples in each channel: reverse, 3 types of distortion, master LP filter, freely draw and apply pitch envelope to a sound, freely draw and apply LP, HP or BP filter envelope to a sound, freely draw and apply a volume envelope to a sound, chorus, delay, compression, change amplitude of positive and negative halves of the waveform independently, reverb, lo-fi (bit and sample rate reduction), 3-band parametric EQ (featuring LP, HP, BP, Lo Shelf, Hi Shelf, Notch, Peak), stutter effect, auto chop up waveform and randomly re-assemble, apply waveshaping by manipulating individual harmonics, change pitch without affecting duration, change duration without affecting pitch, vocoder, ring modulator, auto-wah
*Ability to synthesize sounds from scratch, and use these in the channels as instruments, or combine them with samples in various ways (such as FM’ing one with the other)
*Record sequence to a .wav file while its playing
*Record level slider movements
*Export patterns to .wav files without playing them
*Automatically isolate the ‘hits’ in a drum loop and export each slice as a separate .wav file, and import each slice into a separate channel
*Graphical time and frequency spectrum display of each sound in each channel
*Slave playback via midi sync to another sequencer (eg a DAW, hardware sequencer etc)

]]> Comment on Guitar Eye Candy by Danielle http://www.thatchspace.com/2006/01/11/guitar-eye-candy/comment-page-1/#comment-45852 Danielle Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:07:59 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=453#comment-45852 The baphomet is a grogeous guitar so is the keltic one? is it keltic? how much are they? and the baphomet has floyd rosE? The baphomet is a grogeous guitar so is the keltic one? is it keltic? how much are they? and the baphomet has floyd rosE?

]]> Comment on Guitar Eye Candy by loko http://www.thatchspace.com/2006/01/11/guitar-eye-candy/comment-page-1/#comment-45829 loko Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:23:00 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=453#comment-45829 Baphomet rules Baphomet rules

]]> Comment on Guitar Eye Candy by L http://www.thatchspace.com/2006/01/11/guitar-eye-candy/comment-page-1/#comment-45804 L Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:58:42 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=453#comment-45804 The Baphomet is sexy The Baphomet is sexy

]]> Comment on Titanic Newspaper Articles Archive by Tinkerbell http://www.thatchspace.com/2006/03/21/titanic-newspaper-articles-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-45801 Tinkerbell Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:47:18 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=605#comment-45801 I just want to hear the actual story on the titanic and to see what really happened I just want to hear the actual story on the titanic and to see what really happened

]]> Comment on Things to Do With a Flash Drive by clifton Robinson http://www.thatchspace.com/2006/01/28/things-to-do-with-a-flash-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-45797 clifton Robinson Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:00:40 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=475#comment-45797 who to down load movie an flash drive v 100w 2GB* who to down load movie an flash drive v 100w 2GB*

]]> Comment on Titanic Newspaper Articles Archive by andy http://www.thatchspace.com/2006/03/21/titanic-newspaper-articles-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-45790 andy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:43:06 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=605#comment-45790 yeah i need the real titanic newspaper because i am doing a report for ELA yeah i need the real titanic newspaper because i am doing a report for ELA

]]> Comment on Leave Our Gigs Alone by Jools http://www.thatchspace.com/2009/10/11/leave-our-gigs-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-45789 Jools Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:36:40 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/?p=1266#comment-45789 It was a real "you had to be there" moment that will remain in my memory for a very long time. Suffice to say, security at the Lomond has very little to do except listen to the music and get insulted. It was a real “you had to be there” moment that will remain in my memory for a very long time.
Suffice to say, security at the Lomond has very little to do except listen to the music and get insulted.

]]> Comment on PaperCut – Email Stripper by Gil brothers http://www.thatchspace.com/2005/09/30/papercut-email-stripper/comment-page-1/#comment-45782 Gil brothers Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:40:42 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/wordpress/?p=198#comment-45782 I'm downloading for the third time, It works!! I’m downloading for the third time, It works!!

]]> Comment on Zoom 20090531 – Doodle by Claire http://www.thatchspace.com/2009/05/31/zoom20090531-doodle/comment-page-1/#comment-45781 Claire Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:08:42 +0000 http://www.thatchspace.com/?p=1236#comment-45781 This one is great Thatch. Lovely and contemplative with a spurt of joy in the middle. This one is great Thatch. Lovely and contemplative with a spurt of joy in the middle.

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