More Paks & Content

More Paks

There are a number of sources of add on content that you can use in the Mixtikl content cells:

• The pre-installed Intermorphic Tiklpaks that come with Mixtikl.
• Add-on Tiklpaks from Intermorphic.
• Add-on Paks you have made yourself, or sourced from some other vendor (noting that to copy these to iDevice, you will need to be using Mixtikl (Full).

More Content

• Samples or loops you have made yourself on your iDevice, such as microphone recordings or modular synth recordings, and that you copy into Mixtikl from the audio clipboard using Import in the Content Cell Menu.
• Other samples or loops you have made yourself.
• Partikl, Noatikl or MIDI files you have created yourself.
• Creative Commons licensed samples, e.g. One Laptop Per Child project.
• Loops and Samples you may already have handy:
  • You have purchased some loops
  • You have purchased an Music Magazine with cover DVD
  • You have a sequencer or other software tool that comes with some loops
  • You have downloaded some free online loops

Working with your own Loops and Samples

If you are using Mixtikl on iDevice, then by far the easiest way to do this is to create some loop or recording in another app that supports copying to the audio clipboard (see a list of these apps here), and then import the loop into Mixtikl.

Making Paks

Otherwise, although it can take time to create a Pak (noting that to copy these to iDevice, you will need to be using Mixtikl (Full)), and, although they are available for you to get or purchase, sometimes you just want to get on a try out some content you have available locally on your home computer (should you have one).

The good news is that this is easy in Mixtikl! As Mixtikl knows about pitch and tempo, it automatically pitch shifts and time stretches loops to work together - but this only works right is if knows what they are. So, you need to tell it.

PS: If you want your content to be portable, you will need to make it into a zipped up Pak.

1. EASIEST: If you have on your computer or device a collection of WAV or AU samples or loops all at the same pitch and tempo (perhaps you have a directory of pre-prepared same tempo/pitch loops from a Music Magazine or other sample disc) - say these are at 140bpm and root of D - and you are NOT wanting to use them in mixes with other Paks, then all you need to do in Mixtikl is select Menu > Mixes - New/Open > choose any pak > choose any mix and then from the Menu select Actions > Clear EVERYTHING. Then set the tempo and root to match that of your loops, and from a content cell browse your file system to add those loops.
2. EASY: If you have the same as above (maybe several collections each with different tempos/pitches), and DO want to mix the content together or with content from other Paks, or change the different tempo or pitch, then you first need to create a simple mixtikl.xml file for each collection. This is simply so that Mixtikl knows how to auto time-stretch or pitch shift the content as required. You in effect create the simplest of Paks, but you don't take the step of zipping it up, which saves time and is great for trialling out sample libraries in Mixtikl before you decide to go to the effort of creating portable zipped Paks (make sure you own sufficient rights to the samples before you do that).
   1. Create a unique folder name e.g. "My140BPMDrumLoops" somewhere under e.g. My Documents/intermorphic/mixtikl/paks/, e.g. My Documents/intermorphic/mixtikl/paks/_samples/My140BPMDrumLoops/ (we recommend using the '_samples' folder name as it helps keep your loops visibly separate from the other Paks you might have installed, and giving it the "_" prefix will mean it displays somewhere near of the content list).
   2. Copy your content into that folder.
   3. Create a mixtikl.xml file which has the same tempo and root as your samples/loops and save to this folder.
   4. Restart Mixtikl.
   5. Create a new mix (Menu > Mixes - New/Open > choose any pak > choose any mix. If you want to, you can also choose Menu > Actions > Clear EVERYTHING and set the tempo and root to one you want.
   6. Select one of the empty content cells and in the Content List, browse for your folder (use "..") and then select one of your samples to add it to the mix. It should all sound great as it will auto pitch shift and time stretch to suite your mix!
   7. When you save your mix file, it will be saved to the folder of the pak you created the mix for, e.g. My Documents/intermorphic/mixtikl/paks/IM_GenMix1_DMaj
3. FAIRLY EASY: If you don't have collections of samples and looops all at the same pitch and tempo, then you are going to have to do a bit more work before you can get mixing. You need to create a yourfile_mixtikl.xml file for each sample/loop. This is still easy to do, but just takes a bit more time and is not so immediate, so you may just be better getting hold of some Paks instead! Or, your might decide to create the meta files for the greater public good and publish them online for others to benefit from (they would still need the original loops, and placed in the right directory).