So I've cobbled together a very simple AU plugin using Sonic Birth.
For a while I had looked around for a 'record stop' insert plugin for OSX, something that I could add to a signal path, which would recreate the effect of a record slowing to a stop when the turntable platter loses power. Bizarrely, Ableton Live (version 7 and lower) offers no way to recreate this effect. Although you can automate transpose of an audio clip, it doesn't allow you to do so if the clip's warp mode is set to Re-pitch, which it would need to be to emulate the slowing platter.
If you'd like to use the plugin, do the following:
1. If you don't already have it, install sonic birth (provides the framework necessary for the plug to work).
2. Install the Record Stop SB component
3. If you want to tinker with the circuit, download the source file
14 January 2008
Record stop: Turntable pitch drop audiounit plugin for OS X
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this seems great, but i have no idea how to hook it into live. can you point me in the direction of a good starting point for getting sonic birth to work with live?
Hi quinn. I'm assuming you're running OS X.
Did you already download sonic birth and the record stop component?
The component should be placed in your usual audio units component folder.
Do a 'rescan plugins' in live. Hopefully it should show up. In Live think it will show up in a folder named 'sonic birth' or something similar.
Good luck.
Hey, this is superb, thanks so much for making it. I totally agree - leaving the function out of ableton live (without fiddling with clip/warp properties etc etc) was a strange omission.
I think the same could be said about a plug-in pitch shift/transpose (without going into clip transpose)
I haven't had any sonic birth experience until loading it up to run your plug, but would really like to have a longer 'duration' for a more obvious 'spindown' effect - ideally about twice the length of how you've set-up the duration in your plug. any chance you could give me a pointer of if/how I could achieve this, or would you consider posting up a tweaked version?
Adam
hi a-bam.
In the schematic, select the 'duration' slider. In its properties window you should see 4 in the 'range max' field. Change this to a higher value.
Also you'll probably need to increase the 'Range max' Values for the fade out point and perhaps the LPF filter too. Set these max values high, export the plug and experiment with it, repeat that process until you get the kind of range you're after.
Hi, Thanks , Sorry though - I'm going to sound extremely stupid here, but I'm not sure how/where to get to the schematic. opening sonicbirth gives me the option to 'import' but I cant import the component file & your circuit is just displaying as a webpage?
Its ok, found it - missed the file menu - am fiddling now... thanks :)
Ah! sorry. I think i see the problem. To adjust the plugin you need to download the source file. There's a link in the main post, but that hosting space no longer exists, which means you can't download the source file. Mail your email address to rs.10.cbit@spamgourmet.com (and put record stop source request as the subject, or something similar), and I'll send you the file so you can make adjustments.
oh! i spoke too soon. Well I hope it works out :)
All good - just needed duration range max set to 12 to get exactly what I was after, didnt need to tweak the other parameters. Have already saved the plug at the end of the master channel of my ableton template :)
I did find it created a tiny sound level/sound difference when not engaged (ie when the 'stop' wasn't glowing) so I've left it active in your GUI & just mapped my midi controller to abletons 'on' button. works great!
Thanks again
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