wavesurgeon

NEWS : Version 2.7 now available

WaveSurgeon wins best buy in  'Computer Music' magazine AND earns a 93% rating / PLATINUM Award in Future Music November 1999 - see the news page for more information

Square Circle are designers of WaveSurgeon, a breakbeat (drum loop) tool, designed to automate the process of editing samples. WaveSurgeon automatically detects segments and loop points within a sample, and will:

• Save a midi timing template of the sample to a standard midi file.
• Save segments into a SoundFont, DLS, Gigasampler, or Pinnacle bank file, and also transmit via SDS and SMIDI (full support for the Yamaha A3000 / EX, Akai S2000 series, and E-Mu ESI samplers included).
• Slow down and speed up a loop without changing its pitch,and transpose / pitch bend a loop without changing its speed in real time (with sequencer);

Two versions of WaveSurgeon are now available - the Basic Registration, and the Advanced Registration. SMIDI and SCSI sampler support, as well as DirectX plugin capablility, are only present in the Advanced Registration; however, the Basic Registration is identical in all other respects. Future upgrades for the Advanced Registration include support for additional samplers, and new beat mangling features; however, upgrades to the Basic version are continually developed.

Uses for WaveSurgeon include:

• Automatically picking out drum samples (segments) from loops;
• Replacing single drum sounds with others;
• Using the midi timing template to replace the original sounds in a loop with others;
• Reprogramming loops, creating new loops or fills.
• Speedily editing not just drum beats, but also vocals + other types of sample;
• Precisely editing loops with WaveSurgeon's editing tools.
• Filtering with soundcard / sampler on-board filters, and adding effects (reverb,etc.) in real time.
• Overlaying loops which would otherwise be at a different tempo;
• Creating SoundFonts for use with the Koan regenerative music program;
• Creative editing with DirectX plugins.

New to version 2.7

• Now extends samples, using new 'smoothing' feature, allowing you to slow the beats right down without gaps;
• Now supports GigaSampler files;
• New bug fixes + features;
• DirectX plugin support - Advanced registration only;
• Can now map files across the keyboard using the improved batch send feature - Advanced registration only;
• Support for Akai S2000 / S3000XL / S3200XL - Advanced registration only;

WaveSurgeon features a full range of editing tools. These include the ability to add, move, disable / enable and lock / unlock points, and silence/ reverse segments. There is also full windows clipboard support, allowing the user to copy and paste segments around within the sample. Export of a sample via the clipboard to a dedicated sample editing program is also possible, allowing external processing before being pasted back into WaveSurgeon.

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