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MK Shaper/Stutter is a script for quick envelope operations based on transients or rhythm grid.
Features:
- The script is based on the time-tested MK Slicer.
- Completely non-destructive audio processing based on envelopes manipulations. Realtime envelope operations.
- Basic operations: Transient or Grid shaping (Ableton Sampler like), emphasizing or suppressing attacks, shortening the tails of sounds, gating percussion, steady rhythmic pulsation (stutter), sidechain pulsation based on transients or grid. Working with the grid also includes triplets and swing.
- Ability to work with multitracks. Ability to work with many items. Ability to work with MIDI items (only in Grid mode).
- The Attack parameter depends on the Velocity of the transients. Several modes are available.
System requirements:
Current version of REAPER and SWS. Not tested (but may well work) with older versions.
Video: https://youtu.be/wmGxJgXA7sI
Instructions for use:
1. Select one track and select the area with the item. Or: just select the item(s) on the same track without selecting an area. The script will not start, several tracks are selected.
2. Run the script.
3. Done! You can work. To form envelopes click "Shape".
To cancel an actions, use "Reset" button. Reset sliders to default: Ctrl + Click. Fine tune: Shift + Drag(or MouseWheel). Exit the script: Esc, Space - Play.
Also, after running the script, you can select the track on which you want to form an envelope and click "Shape".
In a waveform window:
Mouswheel or Left / Right keys - Horizontal Zoom,
Ctrl (Shift) + Mouswheel or Up / Down keys - Vertical Zoom,
Middle Drag or Left Drag - Move View (Scroll),
Left Click - Set Edit Cursor,
Shift + Left Drag - Move Marker,
Ctrl + Left Drag - Change Velocity,
Shift + Ctrl + Left Drag - Move Marker and Change Velocity,
Right Click on Marker - Delete Marker,
Alternative launch option:
1. Do not select items/area before running the script. Run the script.
2. Select the desired item(s)/area and click the "Get Selection" button.
3.etc.
Working with multitrack:
1. Select one track and select the area with the item. Or: just select the item(s) on the same track without selecting an area. The script will not start, several tracks are selected.
2. Run the script.
3. Select the rest tracks in the multitrack. Your workspace will be set equal to the length of an item selected at the moment you start the script.
4. Done! You can work. To form envelopes click "Shape".
Important!
For the script to work correctly, it is OBLIGATORY for the items to start from the beginning of the bar.
If there are already envelope points in the script area, the script will delete them. If necessary, you can return them with UNDO after closing the script.
Also, do not forget to save before work. Just in case.
What does the Reset button do?
"Reset" resets the envelope to its original state, but only within the scope of the script (items or selection border). If there were already envelope points in the workspace before starting the script, Reset will not restore them. To do this, you can use UNDO after closing the script.
Tips to improve performance.
The script is quite well optimized and will work quickly even on slow systems, but there are things that are important to know.
If the item Rate is changed, this will noticeably slow down the script. On large projects, you can pre-make glue for items with a changed Rate to increase the speed of script work.
The speed of the script also depends on the amount of processed material. Long parts and a large number of tracks in a multitrack can significantly slow down an old computer. If you work with large trackings, I recommend to process them in parts - blocks of 30-60sec.
Additional tip:
how to decrease script start time.
Recommendations for setup and use:
Detector:
Most of the default settings are set to be suitable for a large amount of material so that you could successfully detect transients immediately out of the box.
For percussions and plucked string instruments, the Low Cut boost to 2500Hz+ often works well.
For multitrack live drums (Kick and Snare guide track), Low Cut 200Hz and Hi Cut 4500Hz settings are well suited.
For the lowest tones, such as SubBass, SubKick or 808 bass, I recommend to lower the value of Low Cut to 20-60Hz.
The colours of the
original waveform and
filtered are different, this allows you to see what part of the signal you want to send to the detector.
Please note: the settings of the filters and levels do not affect the sound in any way, this is just what comes to the detector!
Sensitivity,
Retrig and
Reduce are not the most important settings but they may be handy in your work when the
Threshold and
Filters controls are not enough.
If you need more sensitivity, you can reduce the value of
Sensitivity parameter. Sometimes reduction by one dB can help to detect additional transients. And on the opposite - when the parameter is increased, it helps to reduce sensitivity.
Retrig is similar to the previous parameter, it is also resolution but working "horizontally". If you have many transients you don't want next to the main ones, you can increase the value of this parameter to fix this.
Reduce - reduces the number of transients, from the quietest sounds (when the slider is on the right) to the loudest (the slider is on the left). In trigger mode, when the Velocity circles are displayed, its operation is clearly visible.
Note: the Range slider does not affect the Reduce action, despite the fact that it visually displaces the Velocity levels.
Operations with envelopes:
Floor - controls the strength of the effect on the sound, similar to dry/wet. Modes:
Flat (default),
Rise (raising Floor from beginning to end) and
Fall (lowering Floor from beginning to end).
Attack - attack time after transient. Modes:
Fixed (default),
By Vel - increasing the velocity increases the attack time.
By Vel Inv. - increasing velocity decreases attack time.
Shape - the shape of the Release envelope. Settings:
Bias - shift of release division points. By default, each release is split exactly in the middle.
Bias Threshold - turn off the dividing points below a certain time threshold.
Invert - invert all points vertically (sidechain mode).
Shift - shift all points by half the grid step (off-beat) in Grid mode.
Some menu items ">":
Track Envelope - if active, the envelope is formed on the track. If disabled, the envelope is formed on the item.
Pre-FX Track Volume - Pre-FX envelope, if active. Post-FX envelope if disabled.
Both of these settings do not affect MIDI items. For MIDI, only the standard Volume envelope is available.
High Precision (Slow, Restart required) - precise, but slower script performance. Recommended when working with multiple items: it helps to remove artifacts and false transients between items.
The script is available in ReaPack.
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[Update] MK Shaper/Stutter 1.30 - lua script for quick envelope operations.
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