Expert sleepers has released version 3.0.1 of Crossfade Loop
Synth for Mac OS X Universal Binary in VST and Audio Units formats.
From version 3, Crossfade Loop Synth is actually two
plug-ins: Crossfade Loop Synth and Crossfade Loop Synth
Effect. The effect version takes the power of Crossfade Loop Synth and
turns it into a live sampler, a looper and a very unusual and powerful delay
effect. Version 3 is a major upgrade from version 2, adding many powerful means
of shaping your sound, whilst maintaining the simplicity and CPU efficiency that
made version 2 so popular.
Crossfade Loop Synth
Crossfade Loop Synth is at heart a simple sample playback synth plug-in. It
plays samples in the classic sampler manner - by simply altering the playback
speed according to the desired note. No fancy time-stretching or
pitch-shifting is applied. You can control how the sample is looped as it is
played. An adjustable amount of crossfade can be applied to the loop endpoints
to smooth the transitions. This makes it extremely easy to produce glitch-free
pad sounds. The loops can also be played backwards and alternately forwards
and backwards (pendulum-style).
Further sound processing can be applied in the form of
overdrive/saturation, filtering, envelopes (for amplitude and filter),
pulse-width modulation, oscillator sync and LFOs (one each for filter, pitch,
PWM and sync).
The synth is 32 note polyphonic, and all parameters can be controlled by
MIDI controllers.
Crossfade Loop Synth Effect
Crossfade Loop Synth Effect is the same as Crossfade Loop Synth except you
can record live audio to use as the sample, rather than just loading it from
disk. You can record continuously, even while playing back. This allows you to
use the plugin as an unusual and creative delay effect. For example you can
have the delays played back at double the pitch/speed you played them. Or at
double the pitch and backwards. Or as a chord. Or repeat the first beat of
every bar, etc.
You can save the recorded sample to disk as an AIFF file for later
use.
Crossfade Loop Synth v3.0.1 costs $49 and is available now in VST and Audio
Units formats for Mac OS X Universal Binary. Users of version 2.x can upgrade
for $39.
Changes from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1:
- Fixed crash bug when using Effect version with small (<64 samples) host
buffer sizes.
- Fixed failure in MOTU's AU Examiner that prevented use in Digital
Performer.
