Great responses, all very encouraging and exciting! So I installed chuck on
my Windows desktop in the form of MiniAudicle and have been running the
examples.
All seems good apart from one issue which I had a feeling would crop up,
latency. The lowest I can set the buffer size to with it still working is
64. I have a Saffire LE sound card which should be pretty good but the
latency in Chuck is too great for it to be useful in a live context.
So I have a few more questions:
- Should I be using Linux? Is the latency better in Linux then in
Windows? If so what flavour of Linux would people recommend.
- Should I be trying to build chuck for ASIO, I have seen some builds for
this in the forums, but not for the latest version.
- Are there any other tips or tricks for reducing the latency?
Thanks again for all your help.
Jacob
On 18 May 2010 09:19, Jacob Doran
Hey Chuck Users,
I'm a computer programmer, guitarist and singer who lives in London. Recently I have moved away from pure acoustic performances and have been using boss loop pedal and effects in gigs which has been fantastic but I'm already finding limitations.
Then I had the idea that I might be able merge my programming skills with my music and program my own loop pedal rig using ChuCK software and a midi foot controller. It would be able to loop my guitar and voice multiple times live (like traditional loop pedals), turn loops on and off, and also apply real time manipulation, ping pong delays, pitch shifting, algorithmic harmonizations and who knows what else. I would control this all with a midi foot controller and a laptop while I play and sing.
I was wondering if anyone has tried doing this type of thing before? A lot of what I have read seams to be more about virtual synthesis rather than real time audio manipulation/looping in a live performance? Is this something ChuCK could do well? What about performance, stability, or latency?
I'm going to download ChuCK and play around to try and find these answers myself soon but any useful pointers and suggestions would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help, Jacob http://myspace.com/jacobdoran/