Recycle 's approach of 'find the peaks and chop the sample into bits' soon found favour with engineers and remixers of all styles. Rex loop player amongst its device arsenal, and Recycle is the package that generates the required loops.Īt the time of Recycle 's initial release, real-time pitch and tempo manipulation were a couple of generations away for most studio users, while many engineers used hardware samplers to extend the capabilities of their computer-based audio software.
Of course, Recycle 's chances of being marginalised are slim: Reason includes the Dr. Recycle has been around in one form or another for almost 10 years (version 1.1 was reviewed in SOS May 1995) and represents, as it always has, a lateral approach to tempo- and pitch-matching of unrelated sampled audio, typically of the 'loop' variety.
With the high profile of their Reason software studio, it's easy to forget that Propellerhead have another revolutionary piece of programming in their roster. Is it still an essential tool a decade after its original launch?
It's been a long wait, but the original slice-and-dice loop editing program has finally made it to Mac OS X. No further fine-tuning of slices was needed, though the Envelope, Transient Shaper and EQ have been manipulated. A typical two-bar drum loop is here easily sliced using the Sensitivity slider.
