Currently, the Audiofile Processor has three modes: normal, reverse and loop, the latter two activated with their specific toggle buttons. It would be awesome if a fourth mode (a third button) could be added that does "ping-pong" playback. People who used trackers in the past (or still do) know what this is. For those who don't: it's a mixture of normal, reverse and loop. The sample is played forwards and backwards in a loop between the starting and ending position; at the beginning, it's played forwards. When the end position is reached, it immediately (with no pause at all) plays backwards until the starting position, and when that is reached it plays forwards again until the ending, etc, etc, ad infinitum.
This constant "back and forth" was used heavily in trackers and, other than just give some interesting effects, it also makes it possible to create "instruments" that loop without clicks and pops (strings or choirs, for example, since they sound pretty much the same regardless of whether they're played backwards of forwards; ping-pong allows for long, looped notes without artifacts.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list LMMS-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
