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Menu and Dialog Reference

Getting Started

THE APPLE MENU

About ReCycle

When ReCycle is running, the Apple menu contains an item called “About

ReCycle!...”. Selecting this brings up a window showing you the version of

the program and a list of the people involved in creating it.

To close the About ReCycle window, click anywhere in it.

System Information

When ReCycle is running, you will find an additional item on the Apple menu,

called “System Information”. If you select this item, a dialog will open, dis-

playing information about your computer and the SCSI and OMS configura-

tions:

General

This section contains info about your computer’s processor type, operating

system, physical memory and virtual memory. You cannot change these set-

tings.

THE APPLE MENU

Audio

This section contains a list of the available Audio Card Drivers. If you select

one of the drivers from the pop-up menu, the version and type (ASIO/Sound

Manager) of the driver are displayed below.

OMS

This section contains information about the installed OMS version. By using

the pop-up menu, you can check which MIDI interfaces are available.

➜

It doesn’t matter which interface is “selected” on the pop-up menu.

The pop-up is only there for you to view the available interfaces.

SCSI

This section indicates whether SCSI Manager 4.3 is installed (required for

SCSI communication in ReCycle), and contains a pop-up menu where you

can view the available SCSI buses.

➜

It doesn’t matter which SCSI bus is “selected” on the pop-up menu.

The pop-up is only there for you to view the available SCSI buses.

Copy to Clipboard

Clicking this button copies the contents of the System Information dialog

onto the Macintosh clipboard. You can then paste this into a text file or an e-

mail, e.g. when contacting tech support.

THE FILE MENU

Open...

This dialog is used to load audio files from the hard disk. The dialog is a stan-

dard file dialog with some additions.

By default, this dialog will appear automatically when you launch

ReCycle. If you don’t want this, open the Preferences dialog on the

Edit menu, and deactivate the “Show Open Dialog on Startup” op-

tion.

File Info

When you select a file in the list, information about file type, length, etc is

shown in the lower part of the Open dialog.

For all recognized audio file formats, the following information is displayed:

• File Type (see next page).

• Number of channels.

• File Length.

• Bit depth.

• Sample Frequency.

• File Size, in Bytes (For REX2 files the data compression ratio is dis-

played in parentheses. For example, 2.4:1 means that the file was

2.4 times larger before it was compressed).

If the file is a ReCycle file, the following additional information is displayed:

• Tempo.

• Time signature.

• Length in bars and beats.

• Usage, which tells you the size of the loop (i.e the audio between the

locators) in relation to the total file size in percent.

• The number of slices in the file (only available if a REX2 file is se-

lected).

• Export Size tells you the size of the file if transmitted/exported (only

available if a REX2 file is selected).

Play and Stop buttons

When you click the Play button, the selected file will be played back. If you

wish to stop playback before the file ends, click Stop.

Auto Play

If this option is on (ticked), playback will start automatically as soon as a new

file is selected from the dialog. If a new file is selected during playback, the

previous selection will stop and playback of the new selection will start di-

rectly.

You will not be able to play a file under the following conditions:

• If the file is in a format ReCycle doesn’t support.

• If there isn’t enough memory (RAM) left to load the sample.

• If the sample is longer than 30 seconds it won’t play automatically

(but you can audition it with the Play button).

About The Different File Formats

ReCycle can load mono or stereo files that meet the following criteria:

• The bit depth can be 8, 16 or 24 bits.

• Sample rates between 11.025 kHz to 1.0 MHz are supported.

• The file is not longer than 5 minutes (regardless of sample rate and

mono/stereo status).

The table below shows the supported file formats.

This Closes the active document. If there are unsaved changes, you will get

the option to save the changes or to cancel the operation.

Name

Extension

Comment

ReCycle RX2/RCY/

REX REX2 is the native file format created when you

save in ReCycle. RCY/REX are ReCycle files

that were created with previous versions of Re-

Cycle.

Wave WAV The standard Microsoft file format for audio. May

be in formats other than 16-bits.

Audio IFF

(AIFF) AIF Audio Interchange File Format; Apple’s standard

audio file format. May be in formats other than

16-bits.

THE FILE MENU

Save

This saves any changes made to the file since you last saved. If the file

hasn't been saved before, the Save dialog comes up asking you to specify a

name and location for the file. Files are saved as REX2 files, the native Re-

Cycle file format.

Save As...

This dialog box allows you to Save as a REX2 file to disk and specify the

name and location for the file.

Save All

Save All saves all open documents. For new documents, that have not previ-

ously been saved as REX2 files, the Save As dialog is used. If Cancel is se-

lected the entire Save All operation is cancelled. Save All is disabled on the

menu if no open documents need to be saved.

Export Sound

The Export Sound dialog is used if you want to save your files for internal

samplers and in other formats (see the online Sampler and File Format Ref-

erence document) for which the program saves audio files on your com-

puter’s hard disk.

File Formats

The File Format pop-up is where you select the file format you wish to export

the file as. The following file formats are supported:

Name

Ext.

Comment

Standard MIDI File MID Allows you to export a Standard MIDI file. This

can be used if you

only

want to create a MIDI

File (for example when using ReCycle to cre-

ate “groove maps”).

Wave WAV The standard Microsoft file format for audio.

Exports one or several files, with one slice in

each file, depending on the “Transmit as One

Sample” setting on the Process menu.

Audio IFF

(AIFF) AIF Audio Interchange File Format; Apple’s stan-

dard audio file format. Exports one or several

files, with one slice in each file, depending on

the “Transmit as One Sample” setting on the

Process menu.

Sound Designer II SD2 The current Digidesign file format. Exports one

or several files, with one slice in each file, de-

pending on the “Transmit as One Sample” set-

ting on the Process menu.

Mixman Track File TRK Mixman TRK (for “Track”) files are the building

blocks in the Mixman Studio and Mixman Stu-

dio Pro applications. To facilitate tempo-

matching, the Mixman TRK files contain

“slices” internally (somewhat like ReCycle

files). A single file is created. If the exported

document is based on a stereo file, an alert

box will appear informing you that the file will

be mixed to mono, since Mixman files are al-

ways mono.

SampleCell Instru-

ment File INS Digidesign’s SampleCell is a PCI based sam-

pler card/software editor for both the MacOS

and PC platforms. ReCycle exports an Instru-

ment file plus one or several sound files, with

one slice in each file, depending on the

“Transmit as One Sample” setting on the Pro-

cess menu. ReCycle’s Export settings for

SampleCell supports templates. Creates AIF

or SD2 files.

SoundFonts 2 Banks SF2 SoundFont is a file format for storing wavet-

able synthesized sounds. Effectively, this

turns an ordinary sound card into a sampler.

Creates a single SF2 file when exported, with

the option to export a MIDI file with the same

name.

Akai S5000/S6000

Program Files AKP Exports a program file together with one or

several audio files, with one slice in each file,

depending on the “Transmit as One Sample”

setting on the Process menu.

Name

Ext.

Comment

THE FILE MENU

Export Settings

Before exporting a file in one of the supported formats, the Export Settings

dialog is shown. The following items may be present, depending on the se-

lected export format:

➜

A Sample Rate pop-up allows you to change the sample rate when

Exporting.

Supported sample rates depend on the File Format selected.

➜

An “Export MIDI File with Same Name” tickbox.

When checked, a MIDI file with the specified name will be generated to-

gether with the exported file.

➜

A “Templates” checkbox.

Currently only SampleCell supports templates. See the on-line Sampler

Supplements document or the documentation that came with SampleCell

for details.

File Quick Selection List

The most recently loaded files are listed on the File menu. Selecting one

Opens it.

Quit

This simply Quits the program. If you have any unsaved changes you will be

asked whether yo want to save them before quitting.

THE EDIT MENU

Undo/Redo

You may be able to Undo your last action by selecting this menu item or by

pressing [Command]-[Z] (the default key command for Undo). The menu

item also gives you a clue about what will be undone. For example: If it says

“Undo Delete Slice(s)” the last thing you did was deleting a slice.

If you wish to “Undo the Undo”, this is possible since after an Undo, this

menu command changes to “Redo”.

The following actions can be undone:

• Move slice

• Delete slice(s)

• Hide slice(s)

• Lock slice(s)

• Insert slice (pen tool)

• Move left/right locator

• Convert to mono

• Normalize

• Crop Loop

• Convert sample rate

• Re-Analyze

• Preset selection (effects)

Copy Loop

You can use “Copy Loop” to copy the entire loop (i.e. all waveform data be-

tween the left and right locators) to the Clipboard. You can also use the key

command [Command]-[C] for this item.

Paste as New Document

If the Clipboard contains data, this can be pasted into a new (automatically

created) document window by using the “Paste as New Document” menu

item.You can also use the key command [Command]-[V] for this item.

Delete

“Delete” will delete all selected slice markers. You can also use the [Delete]

button on your computer keyboard for this.

Select All

The “Select All” menu item will select all slice markers in the active docu-

ment. You can also use the key command [Command]-[A] for this.

Invert Selection

If you have a selection of markers, you can invert the selection by using “In-

vert Selection”. After this operation, the markers that were previously se-

lected are now deselected, and vice versa. This is mainly useful together

with Silence Selected, to extract individual sounds from a loop.

Preferences

The Preferences dialog is used to make audio settings, to set some general

options for how the program operates, and to customize the look of the

waveform display.

Preferences - Audio

Selecting an Audio Card Driver

All available drivers are listed on the Audio Card Driver pop-up menu.

➜

If you are using audio hardware for which there is a specific ASIO

driver, you should select this.

With an ASIO driver written specifically for the audio hardware, ReCycle

can communicate more or less directly with the audio hardware.

➜

If you plan to use the internal audio outputs on your computer,

please select “SM (Built In)”.

This is the Apple Sound Manager default output.

THE EDIT MENU

➜

If you have some additional audio hardware (such as USB-speak-

ers) installed, please select “SM Device Name”, where “Device

Name” is the name of your audio hardware.

If you select an ASIO driver, some additional items will be available in the

Audio Preferences:

➜

If the card and its driver supports it, the “Clock Source” pop-up al-

lows you to set an external source to which the audio playback can

synchronize its sample rate.

Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.

➜

The ASIO Control Panel may contain settings specific to your audio

card.

Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.

➜

If you have an audio card with multiple outputs, you can select

which output pair you wish ReCycle to use by clicking the “Chan-

nels...” button.

This item will not be selectable if you use a card with only a regular stereo

output.

Setting the Audio Card Buffer

ASIO

You cannot change audio buffer size If you are running ReCycle using the

Sound Manager Default Output driver.

➜

If you are using an ASIO driver specifically written for the audio

hardware, you can in some cases make settings for the hardware by

clicking the ASIO Control Panel button.

This opens the hardware’s ASIO Device Control Panel, which may or

may not contain parameters for adjusting the number and/or size of the

audio buffers. Please consult the documentation of your audio hardware

and its ASIO drivers for details!

Preferences - General

➜

The “Don’t show Open Dialog on Startup” item determines whether

or not the Open dialog should automatically open when ReCycle is

launched.

➜

When “Always Move Left Locator to First Slice Point” is activated,

ReCycle will automatically place the Left Locator on the first slice

point when you Open or Receive a sample.

If this is not activated when you Open or Receive a sample with no loop

setting, or the loop start is just at the beginning of the sample, a dialog

appears suggesting you should let the program move the Left Locator to

the first slice point. This is to avoid very short slices at the beginning of

the sample, It is recommended that you do this, unless you have a good

reason not to.

➜

If “Set Bars to 1 in New Documents” is ticked, any new audio file will

open up with Preview mode activated, and the Tempo calculated to

the length being one bar.

Note that this will lead to files playing back at the wrong tempo if the loop

isn’t exactly one bar! You can always change the number of bars later of

course, and the tempo will be recalculated according to the bars setting.

➜

The “Units on Horizontal Ruler” allows you to set whether Time (in

seconds) or number of Samples should be displayed on the hori-

zontal ruler.

Preferences - Waveform

You can customize the look of the Waveform window by using the settings at

the bottom of the Preferences dialog:

The “View stereo files as sum of L+R” Option

If this item is ticked, the left and right channels of stereo files will be summed

to one channel, instead of being stacked on top of each other. Note that this

is a display option only, the actual audio material is not affected.

Waveform Color

Click this button to select a new color for the waveform. This brings up the

standard Apple Color Picker. The color field to the right shows you the cur-

rent color selection.

Waveform Look

Use this pop-up menu to select one of three different waveform "looks";

Plain, 3D or Shaded. Plain displays the waveform with normal graphics, 3D

adds a depth effect to the graphics and Shaded adds a progressive shade to

the lower part of the waveform.

THE EDIT MENU

Contrast Slider

This slider sets the amount of contrast between the background display and

the waveform. For maximum contrast, position the slider all the way to the

right. Moving the slider to the left progressively adds more of the chosen

waveform color to the background display.

Sampler Settings

The Sampler Settings dialog is where you set up and edit the Sampler List.

The samplers you have included on this list will be available on the Sampler

menu in the main ReCycle window, for transmit and receive operations.

Even if a sampler is on the list, this doesn’t mean it’s set up cor-

rectly or even connected to the computer! ReCycle doesn’t auto-

matically remove samplers from the list if they are not connected.

You may temporarily disconnect your sampler between sessions,

without having to set it up in ReCycle again.

Finding all Connected Samplers

There are special considerations regarding the following sampler models or

setups:

➜

Ensoniq samplers (all models).

These cannot be automatically found by ReCycle.

➜

Generic SDS and SMDI (Generic and Extended).

These cannot be automatically found by ReCycle.

➜

Multiple instances of the same model samplers that require a MIDI

connection for SCSI transfers (i.e. Kurzweil K2000/Yamaha A3000/

Roland S-760).

There may be problems if you have two or more of the above mentioned

sampler models (that is, two or more instances

of the same model)

con-

nected via MIDI, and one of these is also connected via SCSI.

In all the above mentioned cases, you should instead add the samplers man-

ually, see “Add Sampler Dialog”.

THE EDIT MENU

ReCycle can scan the SCSI and MIDI connections and automatically add all

properly connected samplers to the Sampler List:

1. Open the Sampler Settings dialog.

You should have turned on and booted all connected samplers before

you turned on the computer and launched ReCycle.

2. Click the “Find All...” button at the bottom of the dialog.

ReCycle scans for samplers.

3. When a properly connected sampler is found (that isn’t already on

the Sampler List), you will be asked if you want to add it to the list.

Click “Yes” to add the sampler to the list.

4. If a sampler is found, that is already included on the Sampler List,

ReCycle will tell you this.

Click “Skip” to continue the search.

ReCycle will only find one sampler of each model - if you have more

than one sampler of the same model connected, you need to add

these manually (see Add Sampler Dialog).

➜

If a sampler is found, that isn’t properly connected, ReCycle will in-

form you of this and tell you what you need to do.

For example, you may have a Yamaha A3000 sampler connected via

SCSI only. The program will find it, but since this sampler requires a MIDI

connection, it will not be added to the Sampler List. Instead you will be

asked to check your MIDI connection and MIDI interface.

Once the Find All process is complete, all properly connected samplers have

been added to the Sampler List (provided that you clicked “Yes” for each one

of them in step 3 above). You can check this by pulling down the Sampler

pop-up menu at the top of the dialog.

You can now rename and edit the settings for samplers on the list, as de-

scribed in the section “Making Settings for a Sampler”.

Add Sampler Dialog

You can manually add a sampler to the Sampler List at any time, regardless

of whether the sampler is connected or not. This is useful if you want to set

up your system before you connect your samplers, or if you have several

samplers of the same model connected (since ReCycle only “finds” one sam-

pler of each model):

1. Click the “Add...” button at the bottom of the Sampler Settings dia-

log.

The Add Sampler dialog appears.

2. Use the Model pop-up menu to select the sampler model you want

to add.

Note that each actual sampler model may have more than one entry on

the pop-up menu, if there are different ways to connect the sampler (e.g.

via MIDI or via SCSI).

There are special considerations for some E-mu samplers - please

read the E-mu chapter in the Sampler and File Format Reference on-

line document!

3. If you know that the sampler is connected and booted, click the

“Find...” button.

ReCycle scans the MIDI and/or SCSI connections for a sampler of the

selected model. If it finds one, you are asked whether you want to add it

to the Sampler List. If you click “Yes”, the sampler is added to the list with

the correct SCSI ID and/or MIDI SysEx ID settings.

Please note that ReCycle will only find one sampler each model - if

you have more than one sampler of the same model connected, you

need to add these by clicking “OK” instead, and adjust the MIDI/

SCSI settings manually, see Making Settings for a Sampler.

4. To add a sampler without “finding” it, click OK.

A sampler of the specified model is added to the Sampler List, with de-

fault values for SCSI and/or MIDI settings. You will probably have to

change the SCSI and/or MIDI settings manually later.

THE EDIT MENU

About the Generic SDS and SMDI Samplers

Samplers that may be compatible with the Generic SDS/SMDI and

Extended SMDI formats cannot be automatically “found” by ReCy-

cle, nor can the connection be verified! To check if these protocols

for transferring samples works with your sampler is a matter of trial

and error (see the Sampler and File Format Reference documenta-

tion for details).

These are not samplers as such, but rather protocols for transferring sam-

ples between two devices. If your sampler model isn’t supported by ReCycle

you may still be able to transfer audiofiles using one of the generic sampler

formats.

• SDS stands for “Sample Dump Standard”, and is a protocol for

transfer of sound sample data between devices via MIDI.

• SMDI stands for “SCSI Musical Data Interchange” and could be de-

scribed as “SCSI SDS”, i.e.the purpose of the SMDI protocol is to

use the superior data transfer ability of SCSI to serve the same pur-

pose as SDS.

Common to both protocols is the ability to send samples between any two

devices in a commonly recognized format.

Adding an Ensoniq Sampler

For technical reasons, Ensoniq samplers cannot be automatically “found” by

ReCycle. This means you have to add these samplers manually, without

“finding” them (by clicking OK in the Add Sampler dialog as described

above), and then adjust the MIDI settings in the Sampler Settings dialog.

To make sure your settings are correct, use the Verify function in

the Sampler Settings dialog, as described below.

Note: Make sure the Ensoniq sampler isn’t in “Load Mode”, as this

will disable MIDI communication!

Verifying the Connection with a Sampler

Verifying the connection does not work with any of the Generic or

Extended SMDI formats! Please refer to the Sampler and File For-

mat Reference documentation for more details.

Near the lower left corner of the Sampler Settings dialog, you will find a small

icon next to a “Verify” button. The icon indicates whether the currently se-

lected sampler on the Sampler pop-up menu is properly connected (on-line)

or not.

For example, if you add a sampler manually without using the “Find” func-

tion, the icon will be a red cross, indicating that the sampler isn’t on-line. If

the selected sampler is found automatically by ReCycle, the icon will be a

green check mark, indicating that the sampler is on-line.

➜

To update the status of the icon and check the connection to the

currently selected sampler, click the “Verify” button.

For example, you may want to do this after having changed SCSI or MIDI

settings, as described below.

➜

Each time you launch ReCycle, the program automatically Verifies

the connection with all samplers on the Sampler list.

If a sampler isn’t on-line, it will not be available on the Sampler menu.

Sampler on-line. Sampler not on-line.

THE EDIT MENU

Making Settings for a Sampler

In the area to the left in the Sampler Settings dialog, you can adjust the set-

tings of the currently selected sampler. There are three sections:

➜

Name.

This shows the name of the sampler as it will appear on the Sampler

menu in the main ReCycle window. If you wish to rename it, click the “Re-

name...” button and enter a new name.

➜

MIDI settings.

If the selected sampler uses a MIDI connection, you will find settings for

MIDI In/Out ports and SysEx ID. To change these settings, use the re-

spective pop-up menu.

➜

SCSI settings.

If the selected sampler uses a SCSI connection, you will find settings for

SCSI Bus and SCSI ID. To change these settings, use the respective

pop-up menu.

If you change the MIDI or SCSI settings manually this way, you

should always use the Verify function to check that the sampler is

on-line.

THE EDIT MENU

Read the Sampler Information!

When a sampler is selected (on the Sampler pop-up menu), you will see an

image of its front panel displayed to the right in the Sampler Settings dialog,

along with model and connection information. Below the image, you will also

find the following information:

➜

Required OS.

This is the operating system required for the sampler to work with ReCy-

cle.

➜

Found OS.

This is the operating system currently used by the sampler. If this is an

older OS version than the “Required OS”, you need to upgrade the sam-

pler.

➜

Stereo Support

This tells you whether the sampler supports stereo audio files or not.

➜

Notes.

Under this heading you may find additional important information. There

may for example be certain settings you need to make in the sampler be-

fore using it with ReCycle. Make sure that you follow the instructions un-

der this heading carefully!

Deleting a Sampler from the List

If you wish to remove a sampler from the Sampler List, proceed as follows:

1. Pull down the Sampler pop-up menu and select the sampler you

want to remove.

A picture of the sampler is displayed, together with information about the

required Operating System and additional notes.

2. Click the “Delete...” button at the bottom of the dialog.

3. Click “Yes” to confirm that you want to remove the sampler.

THE VIEW MENU

The Effects

The Envelope, Equalizer and Transient Shaper items opens the effect pan-

els for the respective effect. These menu items do not activate or deactivate

the effects, they only bring the effect panels into view.

ReCycle features three effect processors, Envelope, Equalizer, and Tran-

sient Shaper, that can be used to further manipulate audio loops.

➜

All effects are applied globally, i.e. they will affect all slices equally

in a loop.

➜

To be able to apply the effects, Preview mode must be activated.

To activate Preview mode for an audio file (as opposed to a ReCycle file)

you must first have set up the left and right locators, specified the length

and time signature of the loop and created a sufficient number of slices

(see the previous chapter). You could also load ReCycle files for further

processing, in which case these settings have already been made and

you can apply effects in Preview mode directly.

➜

When using effects, the principle “what you hear is what you get”

applies to the end result, whether you save the file or transfer the

file to a sampler.

Open the Effect Panels

The three Effect buttons (from left to right); Envelope, Transient Shaper and

Equalizer.

The three effects each has its own panel, containing the parameters. By

clicking on one of the effect buttons located to the left of the transport con-

trols, the corresponding panel is shown below the toolbar. You can also open

the effect panels from the View menu.

➜

The left to right order of the buttons also reflects the internal signal

path of the effects.

If all are activated, Envelope is always the first effect in the signal path,

the Transient Shaper is the second, and Equalizer is the last.

The three effect panels.

Activating Effects

Effects can be active regardless of whether the panel is visible or not. There

are two ways you can activate effects:

➜

By clicking on the Effect On/Off button for an open panel.

When an effect is on (activated), the On/Off button becomes dark, and a

green dot is shown in the effect button for the corresponding effect.

Effect On/Off button.

➜

By holding down [Option] (Mac) / [Alt] (Win) and clicking on an ef-

fect button you can toggle the effect on and off.

The green dot in the corresponding Effect button is greyed out if the ef-

fect is deactivated.

About the Presets

For each Effect there are a number of preset settings available.

➜

To select a Preset, click on the Preset button beside the Effect On/

Off button.

A pop-up menu appears with the available Presets listed.

The Effect Presets button.

It is not possible to store user presets.

THE VIEW MENU

Effect Parameters

Envelope

To open the Envelope processor, click on the Envelope button, or select En-

velope from the View menu.

The Envelope Attack and Decay parameters govern how the volume of a

slice should change over time, from the time it is triggered (the slice note

starts) until the slice note ends. This can be used to make a loop more dis-

tinct (by having a snappy attack and a short decay time) or more spaced-out

(by raising the attack time).

The Envelope panel also features a third parameter; “Stretch”, which is de-

scribed separately below.

➜

The Attack parameter determines the attack length (in milliseconds)

for each slice.

The higher the setting, the slower the attack. Parameter range is 0 - 430

ms.

➜

The Decay parameter controls the length of the end portion (tail) of

each slice.

The more the knob is turned anti-clockwise, the shorter the decay.

Range is 27ms - Infinite (=full decay).

Stretch

This feature is used when you know you might want to lower the tempo of the

loop in your sequencer.

How Stretch works

When you slice up a loop and play it back from your sequencer, each sample

will play in succession. At the original tempo, one slice will end exactly where

another starts.

As you understand, when you then lower the tempo, there will be small gaps

between the slices, which disrupts the flow of the audio.

Stretch is used to add an extra tail of audio to each slice, to lengthen it. This

is derived from the natural decay of the sound. This extra tail of sound then

fills out the gap between the slices when the tempo is lowered.

!Please note that the attack of the sound is not affected in any way.

The Amount of Stretch

The Stretch knob is used to set the amount of stretch as a percentage value.

The percentage values tell you how much longer the entire sample will be af-

ter stretching. If you select the largest value (100%), for example, the slice

will become twice its original length when transmitted to the sampler.

➜To decide how much stretch you need, lower the Preview tempo by

the same amount as you intend to use, and adjust the Stretch pa-

rameter as necessary.

If there is a discernible gap of silence between slices you should raise the

Stretch setting.

!Note that Stretch is not Time Stretch! The Stretch feature doesn't

lengthen the whole slice, it only adds a portion of sound to the end

of it.

Stretch and the old ReCycle Formats

You should be aware of the fact that REX (as opposed to REX2) files can

contain certain settings that are irreversible. For example, if stretch was ap-

plied when the file was saved, the stretching is part of the actual REX file and

cannot be removed. It is possible, however, to apply more stretch, which

may or may not be what you want.

➜For REX files it is therefore advisable to try lowering the tempo in

Preview mode first, to see if you actually need to apply Stretch.

REX2 files however, only contains the actual audio file and the slices, the

rest (effects, stretch setting etc.) is added when the file is loaded and can

be changed at any time.

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Transient Shaper

The Transient Shaper is a type of attack/release envelope control, which pro-

duces a result that could be likened to compression. Compressors level out

the audio, by making loud sounds softer and vice versa. The result is that the

levels become more even and individual sounds can get more power and

“punch”.

• “Normal” compressors are triggered by peaks and volume changes

in the actual audio. The Transient Shaper is instead triggered by the

individual slices in the loop.

Regardless of method, if you have ever used a compressor, you will find that

the Transient Shaper will affect the sound in a similar way. It is, however, im-

portant to be aware of this difference, as the Transient Shaper won’t work as

intended unless the file contains slices!

To compensate for the volume loss that can be caused by this effect, the

Transient Shaper has automatic gain compensation, that raises the overall

level by a suitable amount. The parameters are as follows:

Equalizer

The Equalizer allows you to cut or boost selected frequencies to shape the

overall sound quality. To open the Equalizer, click on the Equalizer button or

select it on the View menu. The parameters are as follows:

|Parameter |Description

Threshold This is the threshold level above which the effect sets in.

Signals with levels above the threshold will be affected, sig-

nals below it will not.

In practice, this means that the lower the Threshold setting,

the more the signal will be affected by the Transient Shaper.

The range is -6 to -40 dB.

Amount This lets you specify the amount of gain reduction applied to

the signals above the set threshold. The range is 0 to 99.

Attack This governs how quickly the envelope will apply its effect

when signals rise above the set threshold. If you raise this

value, the response will be slower, allowing more of the sig-

nal to pass through unaffected. Typically, this is used for

preserving the attacks of the sounds. The range is 0 to 91

ms.

Release When the signal level drops below the set threshold, this de-

termines how long it takes before the Transient Shaper lets

the sound through unaffected. Set this to short values for in-

tense, “pumping” compressor effects, or to longer values for

a smoother change of the dynamics. The range is 13 ms to

1.4 s.

Gain meter This shows the amount of gain reduction or increase (in dB),

caused by the combined compression and gain compensa-

tion.

|Parameter |Description

Lo Cut A highpass filter allowing you to set the lower

limit of the overall frequency range. You can pro-

gressively cut frequencies from 15 Hz up to 12

kHz.

Low Frequency The center frequency for the low-end parametric

equalization. Around this frequency, the sound

will be boosted or cut according to the Low Gain

setting. The available frequency range is 20 Hz

to 3 kHz.

Low Gain Governs the amount of boost or cut around the

set frequency. The range is ± 18dB.

Low Q Determines the width of the frequency band

around the center frequency to be affected. The

narrower the frequency band, the more drastic

effect of the boost or cut. Range is 0.5 to 10.

High Frequency The center frequency for the high-end paramet-

ric equalization. Around this frequency, the

sound will be boosted or cut according to the

High Gain setting. The available frequency range

is 1.5 kHz to 16 kHz.

High Gain Governs the amount of boost or cut around the

set frequency. The range is ± 18dB.

High Q Determines the width of the frequency band

around the center frequency to be affected. The

narrower the frequency band, the more drastic

effect of the boost or cut. Range is 0.5 to 10.

Hi Cut A lowpass filter allowing you to set the upper limit

of the overall frequency range. You can progres-

sively cut frequencies from 20 kHz down to 100

Hz.

THE VIEW MENU

Magnify to Fit/Magnify to

fit Loop

If you select Magnify to Fit, the display will zoom out so that the entire sample

fits the window. If Magnify to Fit Loop is selected, the display will zoom in (or

out) so that the area between the left and right locators will fit the window.

Jump to Cursor

If this is selected, the window will scroll to the current play position, maintain-

ing the current magnification factor.

Show Grid

You must have set a loop length for this item to be available. When enabled,

a grid showing Bars/Beats/16th notes is shown in the waveform display.

Scroll during Playback

When you play back, the current position is indicated by a dotted line travel-

ling across the waveform. If the option "Scroll during Playback" is checked on

the View menu, the current position will always be displayed in the waveform

display. This option can also be toggled on or off by pressing [F] on your

computer keyboard.

THE PROCESS MENU

Transmit as One Sample

Deactivated

When Transmit As One Sample is turned off, the audio gets sliced into indi-

vidual samples when transmitted, and the MIDI files created will contain one

note for each of those slices.

This is the preferred mode if you want to use your MIDI sequencer to edit the

loop, change its tempo or use the MIDI file as a groove.

Activated

When Transmit As One Sample is turned on, the program will transmit the

part that stretches from the Left Locator to the Right as one sample. Also, in

this mode, the MIDI File will only consist of one event, with the length set us-

ing the Bars and Beats settings.

When should Transmit as one Sample be Activated?

One obvious application of transmitting as one sample (as opposed to sepa-

rate slices) is when you simply want to change the properties (like pitch and/

or tempo) of an audio file without otherwise changing it. Say you have an au-

dio file (Wave, Aiff etc.) that you wish to use in a song. The problem is that

the tempo and/or the pitch of the file is wrong for the song, and you wish to fix

this. The solution is to open the file in ReCycle, then slice it up and set the

length of the loop using the normal techniques. Enter Preview mode, set the

new tempo and/or pitch, and lastly export the file (with Transmit as one Sam-

ple activated) in it’s original format but with a new tempo and/or pitch etc.

Transmit as One Sample cam also be used in conjunction with Silence Se-

lected to separate sounds from a loop.

Silence Selected

When this function is activated, the slices that have selected markers will be

silenced when transmitted or Exported. Preview mode can be used to audi-

tion this function.

When Silence Selected is turned on, the slices which have selected markers...

...will be replaced by silence.

This feature is probably best used when Transmit As One Sample is turned

on, to silence individual sounds in a longer sample. It can also be used to

simply skip unwanted sounds, when slicing.

But, Silence Selected works even if Transmit As One Sample is turned off. In

this case, the selected slices will simply be skipped, both when transmitting

to the sampler and when creating MIDI Files. This will then create “gaps” in

the sampler's keyboard map and a corresponding “gap” in the MIDI File.

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Normalize

Normalize will change the gain to ensure maximum level.

➜When Normalize is selected, a dialog box appears asking if you

want to Normalize the whole file or each slice.

If you select the latter, and the selected file is a rhythmic loop, the nor-

malizing will disrupt the inherent dynamics of the loop, since the gain of

each slice will be changed to more or less equal level.

Therefore, normalizing the whole file is probably what you would nor-

mally select.

➜Normalizing each slice can be used when you use ReCycle to pro-

cess individual sounds that don’t belong to a loop.

!Normalize can’t do miracles. If your recording contains unwanted

noise, normalizing will increase the noise level together with the

other audio material.

Convert to Mono

This item will convert stereo files to mono. It is only selectable for stereo files.

➜The dialog lets you decide which channel(s) you wish to use as the

basis for the converted file.

The options are Left, Right or a Mix of both Left and Right channels.

Convert Sample Rate

This item allows you to convert the sample rate of a file. Lowering the sample

rate will reduce the file size, but it will also lower the fidelity of the recording

(less high frequency material will be present).

On the other hand, increasing the sample rate will not raise the fidelity of the

sample in any way. It is therefore not recommended to convert from a low

rate to a higher one, unless it is required by the sampler.

The dialog shows the files current sample rate, and the supported sample

rates you can convert to.

Crop Loop

➜Crop Loop allows you to trim files, by removing all audio data out-

side the left and right locators.

If you have set up a perfect loop with the locators, and the file contains

audio outside this locator range you can use Crop Loop to remove this

superfluous data.

Remove DC

This function will remove any DC offset in the audio. DC offset is when there

is too large a DC (direct current) component in the signal, sometimes visible

as the signal not being visually centered around the “zero level axis”. DC off-

set can introduce clicks and it also affects zero crossing detection and cer-

tain processing functions such as Re-Analyze and Normalize.

Re-Analyze

Re-Analyze re-runs the slice-detection algorithm on the waveform data. You

may have deleted slices that were detected when the file was first analyzed.

This command will ”re-discover” those slices.

➜All slices discovered by Re-Analyze that lies on a position in the file

not already occupied by a slice will be added.

Note that these may or may not be visible, as this depends on the Sensi-

tivity setting!

THE SAMPLER MENU

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Transmit

The top menu item on the Sampler menu changes name depending on

which sampler you have selected. Selecting “Transmit to...” opens the Trans-

mit dialog for the currently selected sampler.

Exactly how the dialog looks depends on the selected Sampler, but there are

a few standard items you will most often find there:

Sample Rate

Sample Rates between 11.025 to 1 MHz are supported.

Status Bar shows inherent rate

When you Open or Receive a sample, its inherent sample rate is displayed in

the Status Bar at the bottom of the ReCycle application window.

Available rates

In the transmit dialog, a number of sample rates can be selected from a pop-

up. Exactly what options are available depends on the sampler selected.

➜If possible, the sample’s inherent rate is suggested.

If, for example, the sample was recorded at 48 kHz, this will be the sug-

gested sample rate in the Transmit dialog.

➜If the sample’s inherent rate is not supported by the sampler, the

next higher rate is suggested.

➜In addition to the above, a number of other sample rates can be se-

lected from the pop-up in the Transmit dialog.

If the sampler only handles a few sample rates, they can all be selected.

If the sampler supports many rates, the most commonly used ones (or

the ones closest to these) are available. Those most common rates are

11.025kHz, 22.05kHz, 32kHz, 44.1kHz and 48kHz.

When is sample rate conversion performed?

If you transmit, and the sample rate set in the Transmit dialog is not the same

as shown on the Status Bar (the sample’s inherent rate), a sample rate con-

version will be performed during the transmission.

When should I change from the suggested sample rate?

Lowering the sample rate will make the samples occupy less memory in the

sampler, but it will also lower the fidelity of the recording (less high frequency

material will be present).

On the other hand, increasing the sample rate will not raise the fidelity of the

sample in any way. It is therefore not recommended to convert from a low

rate to a higher one, unless it is required by the sampler.

Templates

When ReCycle sends audio to your sampler it will put the samples it creates

in a “container” which holds all the samples and their mapping on the key-

board. This “container” may be called a Program, Instrument, Patch or simi-

lar, all dependent on the naming used by the sampler manufacturer. For

now, let’s call it a Program.

There are a number of settings in the Program which may or may not be of

importance to you.

• If the settings are not important to you, you don’t need to use tem-

plates, you should use the Default option in the Transmit dialog. Re-

Cycle will then simply create as simple a Program as possible. You

can then change this Program’s settings by using the controls on

the sampler itself.

• If you do need special settings, you use Templates. You might for

example want the first slice to appear on a certain key, you might

want to have all samples play to a certain output, you may want the

Program to receive on a certain MIDI Channel etc. Proceed as fol-

lows:

1. On the sampler, manually create a Program with the desired set-

tings.

Make sure the first sample in the Program’s keyboard map is positioned

where you want the first sample in the keyboard map created by ReCy-

cle.

2. Save this Program to disk (using the sampler’s regular file saving

functions), for later use, but make sure it still resides in the sam-

pler’s internal memory.

3. In the ReCycle Transmit dialog, select this program from the Tem-

plate pop-up.

Exactly how this is done depends on the sampler. If it is external you can

select the Program from a pop-up menu in the dialog. If ReCycle saves

the data on to your computer’s hard disk, then you select a disk file as

your template.

4. Transmit/Export the Program.

A new Program is created in the sampler. It will get all the settings of the

Template. The first slice will appear on the same key as where the first

sample in the Template was.

!If you use exactly the same name as the Template, the new Program

may replace the Template.

THE SAMPLER MENU

Program Name

Using this field you can specify a name for the Programs you are about to

create in the sampler.

• You can specify the name directly in the dialog. You will only be

able to type in characters supported by the sampler, and the name

will be truncated to fit the length of the names in the specific sam-

pler.

• The actual slices that the Program contains will get names derived

from the Program name, with a number added at the end. For exam-

ple BigDrums#01, BigDrums#02, etc.

Transmit

This button creates a Program and samples for it as described above, with-

out creating any MIDI File.

MIDI File + Transmit

This button will make two things happen:

➜Programs and samples are created as described above.

➜A file dialog appears, which allows you to create a MIDI File on your

computer’s disk.

This resulting file should used in your sequencer to play the slices in the

sampler.

Receive

If you have an external sampler connected to the computer, ReCycle can re-

ceive the audio directly from it.

1. Make sure the sampler you wish to receive from is selected on the

lower half of the ReCycle Sampler menu.

If the sampler cannot be found on the Sampler menu, you need to go into

the Sampler Settings dialog and add the sampler.

2. Select “Receive...” from the Sampler menu.

A dialog appears. Its exact appearance depends on which sampler you

have selected.

The Yamaha A3000 Receive dialog.

3. In the dialog box you will find a pop-up which allows you to select a

sample in the sampler.

4. Clicking Receive transfers the sample into the computer and opens

it in a new window.

THE WINDOWS MENU

Close All

Close All closes all open document windows.

Document List

The Document List shows all currently open ReCycle documents. Selecting

one will make it the active document.

THE CONTACTS MENU

Go to the Propellehead

Homepage...

This launches the Internet browser you have specified as your preferred

browser for your computer. The browser then takes you to the Propellerhead

web site. Note that you need an active Internet account for this to work.

Download Drum Loops

This takes you directly to a page on the Propellerhead site that contains au-

dio loops in either the Wave or Aiff format that are free to download.

ReCycle Tech Info and

Support

This menu item brings you directly to the ReCycle Support pages on the Pro-

pellerhead web site. Use this option if you are having trouble with ReCycle

and need help!

Order ReCycle Now

This takes you to the “Prop Shop” where you can place orders for all cool

Propellerhead products.

This is where you register your copy of ReCycle. Registering means that you

get access to product updates (when available), tech support and other

goodies.

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