Category: Tool plug-ins

Mar 30

eSamplerAnalyserSettings

By EboStudio Tool plug-ins

Use the eSamplerAnalyserSettings (eSAS) plug-in to adjust the settings of the audio analysis used to slice samples in the eSampler.

Adding the eSAS plug-in to your Live Set

To add the eSAS plug-in to your Live Set just drag the plug-in from the EboSuite plug-ins folder to a MIDI track containing an eSampler.

Changing the settings

The analyser has two modes:

Normal mode
Alternative mode

The normal mode uses two envelope followers (trackers) with a different speed. A slice is made whenever the fast tracker exceeds the slow tracker with a certain percentage (defined by the bias). Additionally the minimum distance between slices can be set to discard slices that are too close to each other.

The alternative mode uses two low pass filter stages over the absolute value of the signal where the slice is set when the output of the first stage exceeds the second with a certain amount (Alt Value).

Mar 30

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eConvert

By EboStudio Tool plug-ins

EboSuite works with most video codecs, but works best with Hap or ProRes encoded videos. With the eConvert plug-in you can easily convert video files to the Hap or ProRes codec within Ableton Live. You can drag the newly created video file directly from eConvert’s interface to an audio track or to an eSampler/eSimpler or Simpler for further use.

Adding the eConvert plug-in to your Live set

To add the eConvert plug-in to your Live set just drag the plug-in from the EboSuite plug-ins folder to a any track. For the eConvert plug-in to work the EboSuite application needs to be active. Add any EboSuite video source plug-in to the Live Set to launch the EboSuite application

Select a video to convert

There are three ways to select a video file that you want to convert to Hap/ProRes:

You can select a (portion of a) video on an audio track in Arrangement View or Session View and press the ‘Convert selected clip’ button in the eConvert’s interface.

You can drag a video from an audio track in Arrangement View or Session View into the drop zone in the eConvert’s interface.

You can drop a video file from the Finder into the dropzone in the eConvert’s interface.

Crop to clip start/end

When ‘Crop to clip start/end’ is enabled, the eConvert plug-in will use the video clip’s start en end point markers to crop the converted video file. Use this feature to save on render time and file size. When preparing video samples for the eSampler this feature is very useful, because you will typically need short samples.

Support alpha channel

Make sure to enable ‘Support alpha channel’ when you are converting video files that contain an alpha channel. The resulting video will be encoded with the Hap/ProRes Alpha codec.

Batch conversion

The eConvert plug-in currently does not support batch conversion. To convert multiple files at once use the AVF Batch Converter application. You can read more about the AVF Batch Converter application here.

Supported codecs

Both the eConvert plug-in and the AVF Batch Convertor make use of apple’s current video framework, AVFoundation. This framework does not support older video codecs. Currently both convertors support a.o.

Apple ProRes 422 and ProRes 4444, H264 and Photo-JPEG. If you want to convert another codec you first need to convert it to one of these codecs, this can be done automatically using Quicktime Player 10. If you open a file in Quicktime Player 10 that is not supported by AVFoundation it will automatically encode it to H264 (if the codec is not too exotic). It will automatically create a copy next to the original file and add ‘(Converted)’ to the file name. You can can then drag this file to eConvert to convert it to HAP.

Quicktime Player 7 Pro is a great alternative for Quicktime Player 10, because it offers more export options and reads more older codecs. Unfortunately, Quicktime Player Pro 7 doesn’t work on the most recent versions of Mac OS.

Note that there is a difference between the term ‘file format’ and ‘codec’. The file format denoted by the extension (such as .mov, mp4, m4v and .mpg) does not tell you how the video is compressed internally (codec). Read more about video codecs in the section about video codecs of this manual.

Mar 30

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eOutput

By EboStudio Tool plug-ins

Use the eOutput plug-in to control the output window. The output window settings are saved within the Live Set.

Adding the eOutput plug-in to your Live set

To add the eOutput plug-in to your Live set just drag the plug-in from the EboSuite plug-ins folder to any track.

Full Screen dropdown menu

Use the Full Screen dropdown menu to set the output window to full screen. The available output screens will be listed in the menu.

Window Position number boxes

Use the X and Y number boxes to position the output window. When dragging the output window with the mouse to another location, these settings will be updated automatically.

Window Size dropdown menu

Use the Window Size dropdown menu to select a window size preset. When a preset is selected the Window Size number boxes will be disabled.

Window Size number boxes

Select ‘custom’ in the Window Size dropdown menu to enable the Window Size number boxes. Use these number boxes to set the output window to any size. When changing the output window size with the mouse, these settings will be updated automatically.

Render Resolution dropdown menu

You can set the render resolution independent from the output window size. This is very useful when using Syphon to send the master video output in high resolution to another application for example. Use the Render Resolution dropdown menu to select a render resolution preset. When a preset is selected the render resolution number boxes will be disabled.

Render Resolution number boxes

Select ‘custom’ in the Render Resolution dropdown menu to enable the Render Resolution number boxes. Use these number boxes to set the render resolution to any size.

Set to % of render resolution

Press these button to set the window size relative to the render resolution.

Always on top

This will force the output window to always stay on top of other windows (the Ableton Live window for example). When Ableton Live is in full screen mode EboSuite’s output window can not be on top of the Ableton window.

Title bar / Status bar

Turn the title bar and/or status bar on/off.

Preview window

Enable the Preview Window toggle to open a preview window. This window will always stay on top of any other window. Resize and position this window manually by dragging the lower right corner of the window. Use the Reset button to resize and position the window to its default size and position.