ReCycle is a creative tool that helps you make the most of your grooves. In simple terms, ReCycle lets you do with sampled loops what you can do with beats programmed from individual drum sounds – like alter the tempo, or replace sounds and process them individually. A tool for quickly editing sampled parts, chopping up riffs, remixing and doing mash ups. This is a download only version. After purchase you will receive an email with link to download the software.
How it’s done
Slice
ReCycle finds all the transients in your sampled material and slices your loop up, while also keeping the timing information so you can play it back at any tempo without losing its feel or with the artifacts that come from time stretch.
Tweak
Sculpt your sound with ReCycle’s built-in effects: Transient Shaper, EQ, Envelope and a stretch feature that stretches the tail end of your each slice in the loop.
Create
Save your loops as REX files and let the creative part begin. With ReCycled audio, your loops can be arranged, rearranged have their timing altered or even be used as a groove template for your song.
ReCycle tricks
1. Like the sounds of your loop, but the feel isn’t right for your song? ReCycled loops can be quantised in your sequencer to fit with any groove.
2. Or maybe you feel of your loop, but the snare isn’t right? Simply replace the snare while keeping the tempo.
3. Create a more living performance by rearranging the loop’s slices in your sequencer to create fills and variations.
4. Use your sequencer’s groove quantise to set the ReCycled loop as your groove template and have the whole track swinging to your loop.
REX is the native file format of ReCycle. A REX file contains the original audio of the loop, the slices you have applied in ReCycle, and any effects or processing you have added in ReCycle. REX files are also compressed, using a non-lossy compression technique to save some precious hard drive space. The REX technology is available for third parties and has become the de facto standard for loop handing in just about every DAW.
REX - the industry standard
These are the apps that support the REX technology today:
- Ableton Live
- Steinberg Cubase
- MOTU Digital Performer
- Image-Line FL Studio
- Apple Logic
- Steinberg Nuendo
- Avid Pro Tools
- Cockos Reaper
- Propellerhead Reason
- Renoise
- Cakewalk Sonar
- Presonus Studio One
- Native Instruments Kontakt
- Native Instruments Maschine
- MOTU MachFive
- Steinberg HALion
- Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
- SonomaWireWorks RiffWorks
- SonomaWireWorks DrumCore
- Toontrack Beatstation
- Avid Transfuser
- fxpansion Geist
- …and more
System Requirements (Mac)
- Intel processor (or better)
- 512 MB of RAM or more
- Mac OS X 10.5 or later
- 800×600 display (or better)
System Requirements (Windows)
- PC with 300 MHz or faster Pentium compatible processor
- 512 MB of RAM or more
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (or later)
- 800×600 display (or better)
- 16-bit Windows compatible audio card, preferably with an ASIO or DirectX driver