NEW | SyncPlay, a New Way to Live Perform with Loops
by RastSound   15th October 2021

'In Action' video below showing how to get started developing musical ideas with the instrument.



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Interesting idea. Good job!

Thank you!

New video demo jamming with various presets,



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Hello @ RastSound

What is the minimum OSX requirement?

And on how computers, that I own, can I install the plugin?

If you can run 64 bit AU or VST3 formats (Mac, Win), you should be able to install it without issues (tested with minimum 10.12.x).

You can install up to 3 computers, we will be happy to further help through support anytime!

Is there a demo download somewhere?

Thanks for the reply. I am stuck on 10.11 unfortunately.

One more question : The loops that you drag drop can they be tempo synced (inside the plugin) even if they are at different tempi originally?

We are working on a demo version but you can write us through support and the team is happy to help and offer a test version.

Yes, one of the key features of SyncPlay is the world class tempo matching it comes with (without manipulating pitch). You can drop loops and it will match the DAW bpm immediately. If you wish, afterwards, you can adjust the speed up to 4x faster or slower.
We haven't tested with 10.11.x but feel free to reach us through support to further question this.

Thanks for the info.

On how many computers, that I own myself, is it possible to use one license?

Would be cool if you can check if the plugin works on 10.11, if possible.
Because with no demo, it is a complicated "beta testing" process.

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For me it is like a 6 step process, every time when I test a new plugin, that borderlines 10.11.

1) The installer work, so that the plugin can be copied to the component folder on my Mac + other needed files. Sometimes it works to install the plugin on my Mac Mini with Mojave and copy the AU to my DAW Mac Pro.

2) The plugin validates okay in Logic 10.3.3

3) The plugin GUI can be opened without it crashing/freezing Logic.

4) The plugin can connect to the server (if there is online activation).
Lately a lot of "No internet connection" errors that has no work around has happened.

5) The plugin actually does what it is suppose to do.

6) Future updates might not work, so the installed version has to be good enough (cause there might be no support in the future).

We are happy to get you a test version to try because you use 10.11.x which is not tested in house. Please get in touch with us through support and team will be happy to help.

As a side note, there is another user who managed to work with SyncPlay with 10.11.x without issues but it is hard to say this will 100% replicate.

Are you considering develop an iPad version?

Yes, we have plans for releasing an iPad version in future but no timelines for this yet.

New Video : Making Drum n Bass with SyncPlay & Random Arpeggiator
(SyncPlay intro offer ends in 2 days)



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Given there is no demo version, is there perhaps a way to hear the original loops used in any of the examples?

I ask, as I think I am hearing an overall 'phasiness' in all the 'demos'...which if I were to give the benefit of the doubt...could be just the encoding of the videos or something about original samples, OR, my concern...is an artifact of the 'tempo matching' dsp being implemented (which would probable not be to my taste if that were the case'?

Thanks in advance

Our support received your request and will provide a test copy soon so you can test with your own sounds +

Bought.

Got it working, with some work around.

Been waiting for this kind of tool and it will speed up the workflow when I use loops and don't want to do a lot of Flextime. Using the ChordPlayer midi plugin in multi mode (Inside Logic) seems to be a useful way to play all loops at the same time or individual loops or combinations of loops.

Last day today with intro price.

Got the demo and I like this but not sure what limitations of demo is or if there’s bugs. Got it working fine and then certain loops just stopped working for random reasons. Reopening session and I can’t get it to work at all? Also had some crashes in win10, reaper. Hopefully it will go on sale again on Black Friday as need to test it more before purchasing

Thanks, got it this morning. Can you verify what time zone you are using to end the introduction offer today? (I am PST here)

Thanks in advance

Yeah, I had a few crashes on Mac 10.14 trying some different, and perhaps more 'borderline' settings and automation concerning pitch and time....so am pulling back now...running with more conservative settings for a bit while I try and identify what the issue(s) were (I see the 'Juce Timer' popped up in one of the crash reports...which I have seen with some other plug-ins).

And all the while, watching the clock! Hopefully, the intro cutoff is PST, which should allow me to decide how stable it will be here ;-)

Thank you, enjoy and reach us anytime for ideas to improve or bugs +

PST Timezone +

Improvement idea : Being able to drag drop the apple loop files inside Logic directly to SyncPlay would be really cool feature. I think eg Serato Sample and UVI work station plugins can handle that. Now I need to bip the apple loop and drag drop bip audio from within the projects audio folder (from the finder) to SyncPlay. Did not work to direct drag drop from the audio file viewer list of the project.

Might be the files with extension.caf need to be handled like .wav, .aif. Have not tried .mp3 files yet.

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Found a bug also (probably only related to Logic audio file viewer and drag drop from it to SyncPlay).

1) Drag drop an apple loop into Logic arrange window
2) Inside the Project Audio file window, right click on the copy/convert files and select .aif file.
3) Drag drop the aif file into SyncPlay and that SyncPlay instance automatically plays only that aif file for eternity.
4) When you delete the aif file on that "track" inside SyncPlay (the auto playing stops) but the previous drag droped audio "tracks" are silent if you play them again (trigger them via midi).

--- Little more investigating.

Seems like .aif files drag droped from inside Logic (audio viewer) makes the SyncPlay unresponsive to midi trigger if they are on the first "track", also. But works fine if drag drop is made from finder. mp3 also work fine from Finder.

--- even more investigation.

Managed to convert to wav that showed up inside Logic audio file viewer. When drag rdrop that into SyncPLay the eternal playing that "track" started. So it is not just .aif related.

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Drag drop a wav file into Logic and then drag drop it from the Audio viewer, makes SyncPlay unresponsive and silent. That feels like a generic bug. Don't know if it is related to that I am running an older version of Logic, but
it might be solved if the improvement is implemented above. Something fishy with drag drop from audio viewer direct into SyncPlay anyway. I am dropping this now and will focus on finding some smooth way of handling this via the finder instead.

I was able to properly evaluate for my own and 'beat' the deadline to pick up a license at intro pricing (though support had offered an option for that so wasn't t really feeling any pressure to isolate those one or two issues I did come experience, at least concerning the 'evaluation' version) ;-)).

Thanks again to you (here) and your support line staff...everyone was very accommodating, timely, friendly, and helpful ;-)

Overall, there are a couple of unique features that, even with my extensive plug-in collection and more 'experimental' usage, makes 'SyncPlay' unique and useful to have in my toolbox, well done

Improvement 2 : Pan knob for each loop or separate output feature.

Thanks for all the feedback, all will be considered.
Pan is already on our list +

Thank you!

Now available with same offer through End of Year deals. Feel free to reach us anytime for questions through our support.