Keeping different looped parts in sync

[widdly]

Hi, I'm wondering how people go about playing/editing different parts and keeping them synced. "Replace Shred" is no good because it just starts anywhere.

I've worked out a system using machine.add and different files. This way I can edit each file and when I save the next loop will play the new file. I don't think this is a good system because of all the disk file reading going on, especially for small loops.

Is there some way of using events to do this?

Here's an example of my method. Load the loop.ck and it will do the rest. You can edit the other files independently.

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loop.ck
Description:		Download
Filename:	loop.ck
Filesize:	110 Bytes
Downloaded:	198 Time(s)

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kick.ck
Description:		Download
Filename:	kick.ck
Filesize:	611 Bytes
Downloaded:	195 Time(s)

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hihi.ck
Description:		Download
Filename:	hihi.ck
Filesize:	555 Bytes
Downloaded:	164 Time(s)

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drum_mach.ck
Description:		Download
Filename:	drum_mach.ck
Filesize:	1.28 KB
Downloaded:	211 Time(s)

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snare.ck
Description:		Download
Filename:	snare.ck
Filesize:	694 Bytes
Downloaded:	195 Time(s)

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[widdly]

..oops forgot one

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cow.ck
Description:		Download
Filename:	cow.ck
Filesize:	814 Bytes
Downloaded:	181 Time(s)

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[Kassen]

[widdly]

ha!
Smart. thanks for that. Makes things much easier.

[widdly]

Any tricks for removing shreds in sync?

I'm thinking you could write a file that takes a shred id as an argument then removes the shred using the modulo time trick.

if ( me.args() == 1)
{
me.arg(0)=>string text;
Std.atoi(text) => int shred_id;

.5::second => dur beat;
8::beat => dur bar;
bar - (now % bar) => now;

Machine.remove( shred_id );
}

[radarsat1]

for keeping in sync i usually have a common clock based on broadcast events. each of my loops waits for a clock signal with a certain modulo before starting.

for removing i just try to time it by ear, or turn down the volume on that shred first.

[widdly]

How do you turn down the volume on an individual shred?

[Kassen]

[radarsat1]

exactly. in other words, you just program the shred so you can turn it down. i do a lot of my chuck control over OSC and MIDI, so "turning down the volume" amounts to turning a physical knob to the left.