Re: feature request: wave osc looping

[Stefan Westerfeld <stefan space twc de>]

   Hi!

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:57:12PM +0100, Hanno wrote:
> The feature I'd like would be a loop for wave osc like on amiga wave osc. 
> 
> Even better than a simple "loop" flag as an parameter would be a loop start 
> and loop end. So a sample will be played up from the start and then begin 
> looping a part. 
> 
> It would be good to have a sync out and a sync in for the loop part too, so 
> that its just working like an ordanary osc. 
> 
> The start and stop for looping could also be fetched from bsewavetool instead 
> of manually parameter input. I think this even could be better. 

Beast already supports configuring loops via bsewavetool, which are then
honored by the wave osc. Its done with xinfo strings:

http://beast.gtk.org/architecture.html#section-extra-information-(xinfo-strings)-for-wave-files

They can be added using

bsewavetool xinfo ...

   Cu... Stefan
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