Add On Content

There are a number of sources for content you can use in Mixtikl:

Working with your own Loops and Samples

It can take time to create a Pak, 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.

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. If you are working with a collection of samples or loops all at the same pitch and tempo - say 140bpm and root of D - then all you need to do is select Menu > Open > "_new", set the tempo and root, and then browse in Mixtikl to add those loops.
  2. If you are working with a number of collections of samples or loops, not all at the same pitch and tempo, that you want to mix together, then you need a simple mixtikl.xml file for each collection. You in effect create the simplest of Paks, but you don't take the step of zipping it up (this means the content will not be portable, however, but you could create a Pak later).
    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 (we are working on a way to avoid having to do this, if you dont want to copy your files here: this would be simply a case of using the Path variable in the mixtikl.xml file to point to the directory your loops were in).
    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 > Open > _new).
    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 when you add it!
    7. When you save your mix file, it will be saved to the "_new" folder under My Documents/intermorphic/mixtikl/paks/
  3. 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 may need to create a *_mixtikl.xml file for each sample/loop, so you may just be better getting hold of some Paks instead!