UPDATE: Our priority one bug, is that in some circumstances, it is wrongly labelling files as ableton 8 not 6/7 – we’re working on it
Wow. Thank you! We’ve had loads of RT’s on twitter and some really encouraging feedback so far.
Thought I’d write a quick post to respond to some of the questions we’ve had:
1) I’m on the alpha list but I can’t login with the email address
If you’re on the alpha list you will need to register your full details to use warpsauce – make sure you use the email address you signed up with.
2) Can I register as an alpha tester please?
No, sorry. Anyone who registers now, who is not already on the alpha list will not be able to use the site until we move into public beta.
3) Why a closed alpha?
We wanted to get the site to a certain level of stability / usability / content before we unleashed it on the general public – we’re also now finishing off the admin side of it, so we can cope with more users once it’s live.
4) (along the lines of…) what no mp3’s?
NO – this is purely for the .asd files – which are user created content and as such, not covered by copyright (for more details, please see our T+C+P on the main site)
5) “the .asd file doesn’t maintain the warping; in some circumstances it is overwritten. For this to *really* work, you should ask for the .alc (clip) file, which records the warping information (and lots of other goodies) reliably.”
Now this is an interesting one and I’d love more feedback on this – we’ve focussed the site on .asd files for whole tunes for a couple of reasons, my understanding – and I will be double checking in case I’m wrong, which does happen
– is that the clip file contains audio as well (and so is copyrighted), and also would be unique to the loop size you chose?
Rather than be a site hosting lots of (illegal) clips, we choose to focus on full tracks.
If I’ve got this wrong, please do tell me!
6) There’s not that many files on here yet?
We’ve provided a tool for YOU to swap warp files, we will be importing all of my personal warp files (400+) really soon, but for now we’re focussed on bugs + admin panel.
All feedback gratefully received, I really do hope that together we can create a great re-sauce
Luke
Hello! Just to bring our email discussion to the site:
- Clip files (.alc) DO NOT include audio! The audio stays in the .mp3 (or .wav, .flac, .aiff…) file. Clip files contain warping (yes, I’ve confirmed this), loop and envelope settings.
- Having just the .asd files won’t guarantee the persistence of the warping (this is from personal experience – I started collectind .alc files since Live 5 because of .asd unreliability).
- Allowing the upload of .als (set) files would be a plus, since they can contain several clips at once. This allows easy uploading of a group of clips with multiple cue points and loops settings for a same audio file. As with .alc files, .als don’t include any audio. If you want the whole package, you need the .alp (pack file) or a .zip with the whole Project folder.
In other words, you should allow your users to upload .asd (even if they’re mostly useless), .alc (warping, looping and envelope info) and .als (lots of clips at once) files. None of these infringe copyrights.
thanks Fabio – love to know anyone else’s thoughts on this?
I’m fairly certain that when you hit the “save” button in the clip view, it writes the warping information to the .asd file, so it gets loaded with the track every time.