lsdj-wave-cruncher

lsdj-wave-cruncher is a bundle of scripts allowing an LSDJ user to create wavetables instruments in LSDJ (a steel drum, or other instruments with complex waveforms).

WARNING ⚠️ : .snt files only contain the 16-frames long 4-bit waveform data. The synth parameters are not saved.

crunching

Crunching a sample is downsampling and bitcrushing the given sample into a .snt binary file ready to be patched to a LSDJ song.

To crunch a sample, use :

$ node crunch.js [SAMPLE.WAV] [NOTE|FREQUENCY|auto] [--linear|--exp] --normalize --channel=0

• [SAMPLE.WAV] is the file that'll be crunched.
• [NOTE|FREQUENCY|auto] is either the note at which the sample is (ex: C4, D4), its frequency (ex: 440 Hz), or auto to auto-detect the frequency.
• --linear or --exp, if present, will interpolate sample data either evenly or exponentially throughought the entire sample, instead of from only the beginning.
• --normalize, if present, will normalize the sample.
• --channel=0 specifies the channel where the sound data will be taken. If not present, it defaults to the 1st channel (0). This parameter is only relevant for stereo sound.

patching

Patching a synth is writing the binary .snt data into a LSDJ song.

To patch a synth, you can use both of these commands :

$ node patch.js [LSDJSAVE.SAV] [SONGNUMBER] [SYNTHFILE.SNT] [SYNTHNUMBER]
$ node patch.js [SONG.LSDSNG|.SRM] [SYNTHFILE.SNT] [SYNTHNUMBER]

• [LSDJSAVE.SAV] is the save that'll be patched. If you want to patch a .SAV file, you'll have to supply the number of the song [SONGNUMBER] you want to add the synth to.
• [SONG.LSDSNG|.SRM] is the song file that'll be patched. In that case, you don't have to supply a song number.
• [SYNTHFILE.SNT] is the synth data that'll be patched.
• [SYNTHNUMBER] is the ID of the synth where the data will be written.

crunch-patching

Crunch-patching is downsampling and bitcrushing a sample and writing it right away into a LSDJ save file/song.

To crunch-patch a sample, you can use both of these commands :

$ node crunch-patcher.js [SAMPLE.WAV] [NOTE|FREQUENCY|auto] [LSDJSAVE.SAV] [SONGNUMBER] [SYNTHNUMBER]
$ node crunch-patcher.js [SAMPLE.WAV] [NOTE|FREQUENCY|auto] [SONG.SRM|.LSDSNG] [SYNTHNUMBER]

• [SAMPLE.WAV] is the file that'll be crunched.
• [NOTE|FREQUENCY|auto] is either the note at which the sample is (ex: C4, D4), its frequency (ex: 440 Hz), or auto to auto-detect the frequency.
• [LSDJSAVE.SAV] is the save that'll be patched. If you want to patch a .SAV file, you'll have to supply the number of the song [SONGNUMBER] you want to add the synth to.
• [SONG.LSDSNG|.SRM] is the song file that'll be patched. In that case, you don't have to supply a song number.
• [SYNTHNUMBER] is the ID of the synth where the data will be written.

exporting

Exporting a synth is extracting synth data from an existing LSDJ save or song and exporting it as a .snt file.

To export a synth, you can use both of these commands :

$ node export.js [LSDJSAVE.SAV] [SONGNUMBER] [SYNTHFILE.SNT] [SYNTHNUMBER]
$ node export.js [SONG.LSDSNG|.SRM] [SYNTHFILE.SNT] [SYNTHNUMBER]

• [LSDJSAVE.SAV] is the save that'll be used as source. If you want to find a synth in a .SAV file, you have to supply the number of the song [SONGNUMBER] you'll want to get the synth from.
• [SONG.LSDSNG|.SRM] is the song file that'll be used as source. In that case, you don't have to supply a song number.
• [SYNTHFILE.SNT] is the path of the .snt file that'll be created.
• [SYNTHNUMBER] is the ID of the synth that'll be exported.