openAVproductions / openAV-Luppp

Luppp is a live performance tool, created by OpenAV productions.
http://openavproductions.com/luppp
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Documentation? #105

Closed 9000-volts closed 8 years ago

9000-volts commented 8 years ago

I cannot find out how to do anything in luppp. In the wiki, nowhere does it specify how to open the options/config menu (which I have seen in one of the openav screencasts), or, really, accomplish anything.

It would be useful if there was a guide for how to actually use this tool practically, because I haven't found any.

I'm not saying that luppp is bad, I've seen the screencasts and it looks like it works well, I just think it needs better documentation, because I can't for the life of me figure out how to use it.

Also, in one of the manual pages, it says to right-click on a track to do something, but it instead brings up a rename dialog.

harryhaaren commented 8 years ago

Hi @htmlguy,

Its true there's little documentation for Luppp - personally I don't have a need for it, and its not something I like spending time on, because I could code up new stuff instead...

That said, here's a mini tutorial: Top left LUPPP text is the menu button!

Right clicking a track will rename, right-click a clip in a track and you'll see the context menu. "Load" means load a loop, or a .wav loop sample to be more specific.

Click a clip, and it'll start record/playing/stopping.

And you'll need to know how to work JACK for routing audio in / out of Luppp, but that's outside the scope of what Luppp does: see the libre music production tutorial.

Cheers, -Harry

9000-volts commented 8 years ago

Thanks! Okay, I think I've got it now.

harryhaaren commented 8 years ago

Theres some sample drum break loops here, they're tagged with how long they are (see the audio.cfg file) and so Luppp will time-stretch them properly automatically: https://github.com/harryhaaren/openAV-content