FXPansion Guru Loop Splicing Software at AmericanMusical.com

Product Description

FXPansion Guru Loop Splicing Software

fxpansion GURU makes building that perfect beat faster and easier than ever.
Your beatbox dream come true. Advanced step sequencing, groove manipulation, sample editing, and beat slicing - an inspirational, all-in-one workstation. Based on an enlightened approach to drum loop creation, GURU makes building that perfect beat faster and easier than ever.

GURU's architecture is perfect for anything from straight-up breaks and stomping floor-fillers to complex polyrhythmic, multi-layered grooves. The powerful built-in FX and graphical parameter automation allow you to mutate your beats into new, unheard forms, or create subtle variations. Mash up your sounds with pitch modulation, repeat triggers, start-point and timing manipulation, resonant filters and much more. Everything from precision funk to disturbing sonic mangling and glitch beatscapes is at your fingertips.

Breathe new life into your loops with GURU's unique intelligent loop slicer, which categorizes slices as kick, snare, hihat or percussion hits, letting you use any audio material effortlessly and in the context of your pattern, or extract individual hits and the timing feel from loops. The extensive editing and processing tools then allow you to tweak samples and slice points, or layer more sounds.

GURU gives you back the hands-on feel which you crave...
Record performances with the mouse or a MIDI controller, fire off sequences with a MIDI key, layer multiple engines, drop parts in and out and switch grooves on the fly. GURU is a complete sample workstation environment, ideally suited for live use or for intuitive composition in the studio.

FXPansion GURU Features

Advanced Step Sequencer

Automated sample slicing, classification and pad mapping (kick, snare, hat, percussion) with manual slice-tuning capability

Can load audio loops (WAV/AIFF/REX), MIDI loops, single-hits, complete kits, pattern banks..

8 Engines, each comprising:

16 MIDI-triggered Sample Pads
Powerful step-sequencer with up to 128 steps
24 MIDI-triggered Patterns
Three Aux effects units
Master effects unit
Intuitive mixer view offering a convenient overview of all 8 engines
Flexible groove/shuffle control for patterns – take the groove of one MIDI file and apply it in real-time to another
Comprehensive Pad Editor offering individual control of the following for each pad:
Gain, pan, coarse/fine tune
Resonant filter blend between LP/BP/HP
3 Aux sends and an Insert effect slot
Start/end point adjust
Amp/FX envelope
8 velocity cross-fade layers
Cut groups (choke groups)
Includes library of over 2GB of professional sample content, featuring material by Yellow Tools, Wizoo, Gearshift and others.
Eight stereo outputs, flexible routing.
Built in MIDI mapping allows you to quickly setup GURU to work with your hardware groove box / drum triggers.
Stand-alone application, ReWire device, and VST, DXi, AudioUnit, RTAS plug-in formats, available for Windows 2000/XP and Mac OS X.

* (Such as Akai MPC/MPD series, Alternate Mode DrumKat, Korg MicroKontrol, M-Audio Trigger Finger etc.)

FXPansion GURU FAQ

Who is behind GURU?

Since then, it has undergone major development at FXpansion and Devine Machine, incorporating advanced technologies from current and as-yet-unreleased FXpansion products, and best-in-class content from our friends and allies across the industry. We've turned our experience with BFD and DR-008 towards making GURU a truly killer drum machine suitable for all dance, urban and electronic styles, and any situation that demands the kind of speedy programmability often found in hardware drum machines yet so often missing in the software world.

DR-008, BFD, Devine Machine or GURU - how do I choose?
They're all about drums, of course.. yet all different and, in many ways, complementary.

GURU is the one for you if you're working with dance, urban or electronic styles of music, and want a tool that's fast, musical and has excellent sequencing and live jamming capabilities. Its sampling capabilities are broadly equivalent to those of DR-008, but it's the onboard sequencer that really takes it to the next level - we set out to make the best tool possible for building beats.

GURU is easy enough for almost anyone to grasp in minutes - Computer Science degree not required - yet powerful enough that few will feel limited or unsatisfied. GURU is for those who want the convenience of loops without the inflexibility.

In designing GURU, we looked at all the world's great hardware beatboxes, and built something that would work in an equivalent way in the software domain - the best of all beatboxes.

Will GURU import DR-008 or BFD kits?
To some extent. GURU has only 16 pads and lacks VA synthesis capabilities - as such, DR-008 kits cannot be fully imported. However, we will be making a conversion tool available allowing you to convert your sample-based DR-008 kits to GURU format a whole folder at a time.

GURU cannot import BFD's huge multi channel kits - however, it does ship with a variety of stereo acoustic kits based on the BFD library.

What plug-in formats does GURU come in?
GURU comes as standalone, Audio Units, VST, RTAS, DXi and as a ReWire device. It's compatible with all major sound cards and host applications.

What are the system requirements?

WIN:- 800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon cpu, or any Pentium 4, Pentium M, Athlon64, Opteron etc.
MAC:- 733 MHz minimum CPU speed, PowerMac G4 or G5, iMac G4 or G5, Powerbook G4, iBook G4, eMac, Mac Mini
384M RAM (512M or more recommended)
DVD-ROM, DVD-R or DVD-RW drive (for installation)
Windows 2000 or XP, or Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" or 10.4 "Tiger".
500MB free hard disk space
What file formats can GURU read?
WAV, AIFF, REX, MIDI (type 0 or 1, BFD or GM mapping).
How does GURU compare to...?
Drum Samplers: GURU is a drum sampler, and its voice architecture and kit browsing capabilities are equivalent to the best available.

While it has 128 multisample slots in total, these are allocated across the eight engines - unlike conventional drum samplers which offer 40+ on a single page.
Loop Slicers: GURU is a loop slicer, with slicing accuracy equivalent to the best in the market and convenience second-to-none. It has a unique automatic beatslicing tool called autodetect, which will do all leg-work for you in a second, it will detect the bass drums, the snares the hi hats and others and put them on the right pads!
However, the slicing capabilities are very much intended as a tool for bringing audio in to GURU itself.. it's not optimized for exporting individual sliced to your host or hardware sampler.
Beat Boxes: GURU is a beat box, its pattern sequencer is as fast, powerful and easy to use as any out there. Its sophisticated quick-preview options, slicing, powerful voice architecture, great-sounding built-in effects and intelligent loop-to-score and timing-extraction take it further than any other.
Loop Library Players: GURU is a loop library player, it comes with a huge library of excellent-quality, ready-to-use audio loops covering a huge amount of musical ground, and a fast, integrated browser to give you quick and convenient access to the factory library and any other loops you might have; its system of Engines allows you to quickly build your own compositions by layering parts together. But there's more:- the intelligent hit-classification system means that you can, with just a couple of clicks, extract the sounds from one loop and apply them to the score of another, with the timing feel of a third. Plus, the matrix-based editing system makes it just as easy to customize imported loops and make them your own, without ever leaving the speed, convenience and cross-host compatibility of the GURU environment.
Will there be a demo version?
A downloadable demo version is planned, so you can experience the power of GURU for yourself.
What kind of copy protection does GURU use?
A simple serial number, and the knowledge that every time you use warez, God kills a kitten. For all our sakes, please, THINK OF THE KITTENS!
Pirated serial numbers and cracked copies will be denied registration, updates, tech support and bonus content downloads. Use of pirated software may lead to system instability and leaves you liable to legal action being taken against you. Don't say we didn't warn you.
What else does GURU come with?
GURU comes with over 2 Gigabytes of ready-to-use content -- drum kits, audio loops and pattern banks covering a wide variety of musical styles.
GURU's content has been developed by some of the best in the business: 8 Bit Audio, Gearshift, G-Force, Groove Criminals, Nu Skool Breakz, Q Up Arts, Set Creative, Wizoo, Yellow Tools.
GURU also comes with a printed reference manual, and extensive tutorial videos will be made available.

FXPansion Guru Loop Splicing Software Item #: FXP GURU