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Recycle! must be one of the main tools of choice for the loop maker. I couldn’t imagine making loops without the use of it. Recycle! 2.0 let’s you make stereo files while the former versions only allow mono files to be sliced and processed.

If you want to make files for the Dr.Rex loop player. You need to use Recycle!

Recycle! is a very cool and super handy loopslice tool with wich you can do amazing things. There are several ways of getting a loop to be sliced in the right way. In this tutorial i’ll explain you how to slice up a loop and make it ready for the Dr.Rex loop player.

Recycle! must be one of the main tools of choice for the loop maker. I couldn’t imagine making loops without the use of it. Recycle! 2.0 let’s you make stereo files while the former versions only allow mono files to be sliced and processed. Also a new addition to 2.0 are the effects. There’s a transient shaper (compressor), the envelope and the equalizer. These tools are very handy to tailer your loop right to perfection. The compressor is very handy to make your loops sound louder while maintaining the level. You can also get really over the top effect processing out of it suitable for creative shaping of your loops.

Slicing a loop
When you have a loop that you want to use in the Dr.Rex (or cubase etc, etc) you need to have it sliced to take full advantage of the effect of the REX format (Rx2 when using Recycle! 2.0).

Almost any loop can be sliced by Recycle! As long as it has some sort of rhytmic element in it. When you want to REX a loop exsisting out of legato played strings or something you will find it very hard to slice the different notes. Read the rest of this entry »