PaulXstretch VST and AU is awesome!

[ManFromGlass]

This has been out for awhile. I just came across it. I was used to using the stand-alone version.
It is fantastic for making amazing pad like sounds from your audio files.
It’s free. It doesn’t really have a manual so I had to find a YouTube to help me understand some of the subtleties. Go for the YouTube that has been up there the shortest period of time.
I’m no expert but I have it working in Logic if anyone needs a tip or two.

[Martin Walker]

Thanks for reminding me - I've also used the wonderful standalone version in the past, but duly downloaded and installed the VST version (just had a look, and the file is dated March 2019), then promptly forgot about it.

Must have a go with it!

[Folderol]

For anyone who doesn't know, the parent of this was designed from the ground up by the same person as Yoshimi's parent

[Forum Admin]

This has been out for awhile. I just came across it. I was used to using the stand-alone version.
It is fantastic for making amazing pad like sounds from your audio files.
It’s free. It doesn’t really have a manual so I had to find a YouTube to help me understand some of the subtleties. Go for the YouTube that has been up there the shortest period of time.
I’m no expert but I have it working in Logic if anyone needs a tip or two.

Feel free to post a YouTube link to your suggested video. Helpful to everyone.

[ManFromGlass]

This video is pretty good for demonstrating the plugin -
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oLvAbLEremk

[Forum Admin]

Wow! A video tutorial that includes a Mankini!

[Martin Walker]

And that's not just clickbait - the mankini is a genuine addition to this video

Thanks for posting it ManFromGlass, as this really is a great introduction to the PaulXstretch plug-in version, and armed with all this extra info I will now of course be featuring this effect myself within a future project in the near future

[resistorman]

Thanks!

[ManFromGlass]

I’d thank that coffee guy who figured the plug out and then put it together in an understandable way. I’ve always admired you synth nerds who can follow a rats nest of patchcords or sliders to a great sounding end. This plug I can now follow with happy results.
I was curious though, what his voice would sound like if he used a mic with some serious proximity effect!

[Tomás Mulcahy]

Yea great voice!

[essej]

I have recently taken over maintenance of Xenakios’ PaulXStretch, made some updates and released it for modern platforms… it was too great of a thing to get left behind.

Check it out at:
https://sonosaurus.com/paulxstretch

[Folderol]

Very pleased to see this still being maintained, and especially happy to see it's most emphatically open source and Paul is fully acknowledged.

[Martin Walker]

I have recently taken over maintenance of Xenakios’ PaulXStretch, made some updates and released it for modern platforms… it was too great of a thing to get left behind.

Check it out at:
https://sonosaurus.com/paulxstretch

Hi essej, and welcome to the SOS Forums!

And I'm sure you've just made a lot of SOS forum user happy by your taking over coding maintenance of the famous Paulstretch. Thank you!

N.B. I can confirm your download compatibility statement 'Windows 8 (7 in progress) and above' - I just installed both standalone and vst3 versions on my Windows 7 PC and neither worked yet, so I've returned to my previous standalone and vst2 versions of Paulstretch3

Will update as soon as W7 is declared compatible.

Martin

[ManFromGlass]

Thanks for keeping this plugin alive!

[essej]

(OK, I fixed the windows crashing issues on some older systems!)

Grab the latest 1.5.2 for all platforms at https://sonosaurus.com/paulxstretch

- Increased maximum number of channels to 32
- Optimized FFTW build to use available hardware
- Fixed crash issue some people were seeing on older windows systems
- Added option (now default) to end recording automatically when chosen buffer size is reached
- More extremely small window size tweaks

[Eddy Deegan]

Thank you for this essej. I've always found paulstretch to be a valuable tool and it's pleasing to see someone take it forwards. Well done

[Martin Walker]

OK, I fixed the windows crashing issues on some older systems!

Grab the latest 1.5.2 at https://sonosaurus.com/paulxstretch

Excellent - thanks essej!

I've just installed both the standalone and VST3 versions on my Windows 7 PC, and can confirm that they now launch and run perfectly

Now to investigate all your improvements

Martin

[Eddy Deegan]

I just had a quick play with it in VST form on my DAW and it's brilliant. To date I've only used the standalone version but although I've definitely got a few things to figure out with the controls I'm loving it.

Essej, this is fantastic work and I've never been happier to contribute something towards a free software project for the benefit of using it

[essej]

Heads up, it appears the mac AudioUnit is not passing validation with v1.5.2… I’m looking into it.

[essej]

OK, new v1.5.3 is up!
https://sonosaurus.com/paulxstretch

v1.5.3
- Fixed Mac AudioUnit validation error and potentional crash risk for all when using more than 8 channels.

[ManFromGlass]

time for a good s t r e t c h or two!

[essej]

OK, a new version 1.6.0 is ready, please download it and test it out:
https://sonosaurus.com/paulxstretch/

Changes for PaulXStretch v1.6.0

- Added live output recording feature
- Added selection of directory for recording/capture audio files, and some format options, now defaulting to FLAC
- Added offline render feature to plugin version
- Added Binaural Beats feature (from original paulstretch)
- Added CLAP plugin support (https://github.com/free-audio/clap for info)
- Fixed an initialization bug
- Compile fix for gcc12

[Eddy Deegan]

[ManFromGlass]

iOS too? This is so wonderful.
Can’t wait to check it out.
I was Paul Stretching on my Mac just last night. I got lost in the magic of it for I don’t know how long.
Thanks again!!!