Playback of audio files

[onesecondglance]

I would really like an audio playback block! Loading audio files onto the QC via Cortex Cloud or Control in a similar way to presets/captures/IRs seems like it should reuse some existing functionality, making this simpler to implement.

I think this type of block would work best with momentary activation as on the Freeze effect. A variety of playback modes would seem to meet a range of different needs:

1. One-shot mono - play entire audio file when triggered and stop at end of file. If you trigger the block again during playback, playback starts again from the beginning of the file.

2. One-shot poly - play entire audio file when triggered and stop at end of file. If you trigger the block again during playback, a new playback of the audio file begins again layered over the previous playback. For example, if your sample has a reverb tail - you want to trigger the sample again without cutting off the previous reverb tail. Suggest a maximum number of polyphonic layers is enforced to keep life simpler.

3. Phrase - as #1 but triggering the block during playback interrupts playback. Option for interrupt to pause/resume (first trigger pauses, second trigger resumes from paused position) or stop playback.

4. Loop - as #3 but continuously loops the audio file until deactivated.

Fade in / fade out options for modes #3 + #4 with adjustable time (up to say, 10 seconds) would be nice for the folks wanting full backing tracks.

I’ve spent my vote on this version of the topic, but there seem to be a number of different feature requests asking for similar things to this. With the votes added up it seems to be quite a popular idea.

Media Player for Backing Tracks

Hey, It would be awesome if I could play MP3 backing tracks from the Quad instead of having to run a line in from my phone. Even better, given the fancy screen, if we could play MP4 video files… (so you could do lyrics as well as backing tracks). If I could, I’d have a different gig view page for each song, with the bottom 4 buttons being for sounds to switch between and the top 4 buttons as play/pause, rewind to start, mark time and loop (back) to mark (toggle on/off). Cheers, ScifiSi

Launch a sound!

Sometimes we need to use a particular sound sample for introduce/close a song or during the song. Could it be possible to store it in the QC using the same way as the IRs (first add through the computer and then download in the QC) and add it in scene as an effect to launch this sound by pressing the switch assigned to the « effect » ? I hope the idea is clear… but I think this could useful !

Play audio block

A useful option would be the ability to play some audio files from the QC, perhaps using a dedicated utility block that can be linked to some files, possibly in a USB memory, with some options (play one time, loop, backward…). This way you can select different backing tracks and play along on them