Ultraloop Expansions

Ultraloop Expansions feature expertly designed presets and genre bending sample content, designed to expand the sonic palette of Twisted Tools Ultraloop Reaktor Ensemble.

Prerequisites

Before beginning, you will need the following software installed on your Mac or PC:

1. Latest version of Native Access (Free)

2. Full version of Reaktor​ (authorized via Native Access)

3. An installation of Ultraloop (see Reaktor Ensembles Quickstart)

Installation

In order to properly install an Ultraloop Expansion to the correct location, you will need an existing installation of the Ultraloop Reaktor Ensemble. If you haven't yet installed Ultraloop, please download it and install it following the Reaktor Ensemble installation guide. To install Ultraloop

1. Locate your previous installation of the Ultraloop Reaktor Ensemble.

2. Unzip the Ultraloop Expansion(s) and place the contents into the folder called Expansions The path should look like this: Ultraloop > Expansions > (Expansion Pack Folder)

Getting Started

In this section, we will teach you how to load Expansions into Ultraloop and get them up and running. Please refer to the Ultraloop product manual for more information about Ultralooop or the individual Ultraloop Expansion manuals.

What's inside each Ultraloop Expansion

Each Ultraloop Expansion comes with 128 loops and presets, which can be used to expand the sound palette of Ultraloop.

• The 128 loops are referenced in a single Sample Map file (.map), which can be loaded into Ultraloop.

• The presets are stored in a single Snapshot Bank (.ssf), which should be loaded and then saved into the instrument itself.

IMPORTANT: When using Ultraloop in your host (Ableton, Logic, etc.), saving your host project will remember which .map file was used, but saving your host project will not remember which Snapshot Banks were loaded. Therefore, snapshot files must be embedded into Ultraloop and a special instance of Ultraloop must be saved for the .ssf file(s) you'd like to be permanently available in Ultraloop and recallable with your host project. In other words, you can load only one sample map at a time into Ultraloop, but the map you load will not require re-saving a special copy of Ultraloop. You can however load many Snapshot Banks into one instance of Ultraloop, but you will need to save the Ultraloop file itself after doing so.

The .map and .ssf files are the only two files relevant for setting up Ultraloop Expansion, however the .WAV files included in the zips can be used with nearly any audio software and will work great on their own with any host software or sampler.

Adding an Ultraloop Expansion to Ultraloop

In order to load an Expansion into Ultraloop, you will first need to load the associated Snapshot Bank. Then, you will need to save Ultraloop with the Snapshot bank applied. And lastly, you will need to load the Sample Map file with the loops that the Snapshots are designed for.

To load a Snapshot Bank into Ultraloop

1. Open Ultraloop by double-cliking the Ultraloop.ens file

2. Enter EDIT Mode

3. Navigate to Preset Browser and double-click the "Embedded" folder to reveal the Snapshot Banks

4. Right-click the "Embedded" folder and choose New Bank

5. Right-click your new Bank and choose Load Bank.

6. Navigate to Twisted Tools > Reaktor Ensembles > Ultraloop > Expansions folder and load the .SSF file.

Your Expansion Bank now should be loaded into the Preset Browser. Repeat the process starting from step 4 if you want to load another Bank, and then save your instance of Ultraloop.

Many people prefer to keep separate instances of Ultraloop saved for each Ultraloop Expansion. If you prefer to load all the Snapshots Banks (.ssf) into one instance and save them all together, you can do that as well. Please be aware that the file size can get quite large this way and loading times and RAM usage will be significantly increased. The benefit to having many Snapshot Banks pre-loaded in Ultraloop is that you only need to add a Sample Map inside your host project when you want new sounds. Furthermore, while the Snapshots are designed to be used with the specific loops, you can use them with any content, and mix-and match banks and maps. This can result in unlimited and unique loops.

Loading a Sample Map into Ultraloop

To load a sample map into Ultraloop, you will first have to navigate to the Ultraloop > Expansions folder. You can do so from your OS Finder/Explorer or you can do so using Reaktor's sidepane browser. In this example, we will show you how to use the Reaktor sidepane browser.

1. Open the Reaktor Sidepane browser and click on the Player tab

2. Select the User icon and navigate to Twisted Tools > Reaktor Ensembles > Ultraloop > Expansions > [Ultraloop Exapnsion Product Name]

3. Click on the Wave Icon on the main Reaktor header to open the Sample Map Editor. The Sample Map Editor window should appear on the bottom part of Reaktor's screen.

   

4. Select the .map file from the Sidepane area and drag the it to the Sample Map Editor

   

5. Save your host session and the samples loaded in Ultraloop for that project will be

   recalled automatically when you open up that project again.

Please be aware that while Reaktor will remember which .map file was saved with your host project, it will not remember which .ssf Snapshot Bank was loaded. If you have added a .ssf file, you will need to save an instance of Ultraloop with the .ssf file loaded.