Recognising that the algorithm might not always restructure the groove in the way you want when changing time signatures, there's also a Variations feature that lets you choose from eight slightly different versions of the groove in its existing or new time signature. Time‑signature adjustment is accessed from a comprehensive list of choices in the Pattern Modify area, ranging from 4/4 to 13/8.
Within the Groove Lock section you can choose which RMX loop should be the 'master' from a pull‑down menu (which also includes basic beats‑per‑bar sync options - see screen shot, right), and change the swing and rigidity of the feel. Time Shift can push, drag or offset the groove in milliseconds or rhythmic values.
Times Are ChangingĪll the time‑travel cleverness I've alluded to is accessed using the newly added Time button, which brings up the Time Designer page with its own dedicated controls, divided into Time Shift, Groove Lock and Pattern Modify areas. Version 1.7 of Stylus RMX is also the first 64‑bit native Windows software release from Spectrasonics - and we're told that the Mac 64‑bit version is expected later in the year. The designers have developed new algorithms for this task, based on musical rules, so that slices are progressively and seamlessly removed from the RMX grooves in a manner that makes rhythmic sense. Another key feature of Time Designer is that it lets the user simplify patterns that might be too 'fussy' for the intended purpose, or even to change their time signatures. Put simply, this allows any RMX groove (or any imported REX groove) to slot into the time signature and feel of any other, and is adjustable in real time. Though the update includes evolutionary enhancements such as Suite Editing, Host Transport Sync, better favourites management and extra effects plug‑ins taken from Spectrasonics' own Omnisphere software, the big news is the Time Designer feature. It's quite rare that we find the space to look at updates to plug‑ins, but Spectrasonics' Stylus RMX v1.7 includes new features that I don't believe anything else duplicates, and which could really enhance the way MIDI-triggered 'slice' patterns are used. This major new update adds innovative loop‑matching features to Spectrasonics' groove-based instrument - and the update is completely free.
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