Michal Macura has released sqsl Shuffler, available for $7.99.
Point it at a folder of sounds and let it play – random order, up to five overlapping playheads, varispeed pitch, reverse and chance,
sqsl Shuffler plays the audio files in a folder in random order. Choose a folder with audio samples, field recordings, or textures, and it keeps drawing from it. Each file plays to its end, then the next one starts.
It works as an AUv3 instrument in your host app (also as a standalone app)
How it plays
- Every file plays once before the folder is reshuffled.
- Up to five playheads play files in parallel and overlap freely.
- Lowering the playhead count lets the current files finish; raising it starts new ones right away.
- Playback follows the host’s transport: press play and new files start; stop and they stop.
Parameters
- PITCH: varispeed from two octaves down to oneoctave up (octave up is not available in “stream from disk” mode).
- DENSITY: the chance that a file is heard. Files that miss play silently for their full length, leaving gaps that follow the material.
- REPEAT: the chance that the same file plays again right away.
- HEADS: how many files play at the same time, from 1 to 5.
- REVERSE: the chance that a file plays backwards (memory mode only).
Load to.memory or steam to disk
- Memory mode decodes files for instant starts, reverse playback and the full pitch range. Set a maximum file length (1, 3 or 10 minutes) to leave long. files out.
- Stream mode plays long recordings straight from disk. Pitch then ranges from the original speed down to two octaves below.
Files and presets
- Reads WAV, AIFF, CAF, MP3, AAC/M4A, FLAC and more.
- Works with folders in Files, on external drives and in iCloud Drive
- Presets store the folder, controls and the loading settings.
Plays right away without a transport and keeps playing in the background. Its presets are separate from the plugin’s.
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