Idea for some software for mpc1000

I have been thinking that maybe we should all pool our resources and write a free/open source "recycle" type app for the mpc1000. Maybe this can alleviate some of the problems with no zone/timestretch. Currently there is no free quality loop chopping software.

I have already written a command line prog that works like recycle (automatic beat detection) which wasn't too hard. It would be pretty easy to incorporate that into a GUI program...and build on it with timestretch as well. So you could just drag n drop or open samples...stretch, adjust loop, chop and export to an mpc program file.

Just floating the idea to see what you guys think about it.

heh - good luck i say! go for it all the coders and write us some tasty software... i'd be interested if it was easy to do! i can do html ok, but i'm much more of a designy person so i don't have a high tolerance for anything too full of mad symbols and maths

I was thinking of writing a program like that to add to MPC Pad 187. I've only gone as far as to check out Mac OS X's CoreAudio API.

If the core of the program can be written as a few C functions, leaving all the audio file type stuff up to another part of the code, the ReCycle-abilities could be added to standalone apps as well as apps like MPC Pad 187.

I'm away from programming right now, but I'm going to check out more CoreAudio stuff when I get back. I'm definitely interested in a project like this.

Sumedho, that sounds good. I have Recycle 2.1 and MpcPgmMaker and have the hardest time getting it all to work efficiently with the 1000. Since I transferred back to Akai from the Yamaha RS7000 one of the most lacking features on the MPC is the ability to "recycle" internally. I don't mind using the Mac to slice it up but it was so much easier with the RS (but the sound quality does not match up to the Akai stuff).

kevindetroit: i agree, the workflow with recycle is a pain. much easier with custom software for mpc

stephen: i agree with your ideas for coding. i'll try and clean up the code i have now and put something together. the actual algorithm for beat detection is really easy to implement and works well for beat based loops. the coreaudio api can also do midi....so writing a midi file (like recycle can do) would be pretty easy. i have always thought that recycle is a little bit expensive for what it does.

sumedho wrote:kevindetroit: i agree, the workflow with recycle is a pain. much easier with custom software for mpc

stephen: i agree with your ideas for coding. i'll try and clean up the code i have now and put something together. the actual algorithm for beat detection is really easy to implement and works well for beat based loops. the coreaudio api can also do midi....so writing a midi file (like recycle can do) would be pretty easy. i have always thought that recycle is a little bit expensive for what it does.

CHEERS to both u guys!!!

Sumedho: This would be great. It'd be easy to code this cross-platform using a GUI/command-line approach too (Win/Lin/OsX woula ll be good)...Java Swing is easy for the GUI, and built-in code or command line stuff can easily be called from that.

I started a thread on this type of thing recently(trying to grab samples from my gear into the MPC systematically). I'm absolutely in (Not a great programmer, but I can do what I will)...

Maybe i will try and finish off the command line program first and people can give it a go and see what they think...then anyone else can take it and make GUI on top or something. Might also give a full OSX gui a go. I program mainly in Linux/OSX so dont know much about the windows side of things.

Cheers

hey guys, thats a great idea! would love an app like this:)))