[Mike Enable]

Hey guys,
The effect I am after is one where an audio clip is taken, and a tiny portion of it is looped very quickly, and the loop start and end points sweep across the clip from the beginning to end together. It's a bit hard to explain, but a perfect example of this effect in action is in "Faithless - Not Going Home (AVB remix)" at around the 3:38 mark. Does anyone know how to reproduce this? I'm on Ableton, and I'm betting the Sampler instrument is capable of doing it by automating the loop points, but I don't want to drop >$100 for this. Are there any plugins out there that are capable of this certain effect? Or is there a manual way of doing it? (besides chopping the audio file into pieces and sequencing it that way)?
Any help appreciated. Thanks!

[innerlyte]

If I'm listening to the correct part (using a youtube video as reference), you might be able to accomplish this type of effect with the Glitch plug-in. It's a free VST tool that contains 9 different audio warping effects.

You can download here:
http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/

Here is a video demo of the plug:

[Mike Enable]

Thanks innerlyte, Glitch would be an awesome option, but I'm on a Mac... Just my luck right?

For a direct reference, the effect can be heard at the 3:04 mark:



Any Mac-friendly options?

[Kyle.]

could have sworn this was posted earlier, :S I can't find it ATM, but try looking, it was recent, (within the last week). It might be that im just tired now and can't find it.

[mathieutilli]

I think there something like this for mac called effetrix if i remember correctly.

Sugar bytes Effetrix

[mattlange]

it's granular synthesis. most likely done with reaktor. the audio time stretching is automated to a point of where it's frozen, and then the pitch of the grains is automated up.

[Mike Enable]

I've found a workaround to achieving this effect now!
Playing around with the demo version of sampler, I realized the loop start and end points cannot be automated (which would make life a whooole lot easier), but instead I was able to replicate the effect using simpler, arpeggiator, and some creative automation. If anyone wants to know how to do it, I can post a video how-to.

I'll try granular synthesis out, although I'm not too familiar with its general parameters. Thanks for the tip mattlange.

[innerlyte]

This Reaktor effect is actually being released within the next few weeks through Twisted Tools. It looks a lot like Glitch, right? They have a bunch of interesting products, but of course, you need the $500 Reaktor first..



Other synths capable of granular synthesis -- that I can think off of the top of my head -- are Camel Audio's Alchemy and the TI Virus line. You might be able to find a free plug-in kickin around out there, but I am not aware of any, myself.

[Mike Enable]

Thanks innerlyte, that looks like a fantastic tool for audio mangling And fortunately I do own Reaktor (which hardly gets used by me) as a part of Komplete 5. I'll keep an eye out for that one.

[CortiOrgan]

Mike Enable, on 05 September 2010 - 11:26 PM, said:

I've found a workaround to achieving this effect now!
Playing around with the demo version of sampler, I realized the loop start and end points cannot be automated (which would make life a whooole lot easier), but instead I was able to replicate the effect using simpler, arpeggiator, and some creative automation. If anyone wants to know how to do it, I can post a video how-to.

I'll try granular synthesis out, although I'm not too familiar with its general parameters. Thanks for the tip mattlange.

i would be interested !