DAW Plugin to help with audio recorded without a metronome! - Part 2

Got some the audio-plugin behaving nicely! It's still looks pretty horrendous, but it's logic is functioning properly, efficiently and reliably. Pretty important facets! I'm finding it fun to use too. :)

The workflow is:

1. Record your audio directly into the plugin
2. Set your loop start and end points, fine tuning if necessary
3. Set your number of bars (if the estimate isn't what you want), and set your time signature (if it's not the default 4/4)
4. Click the bpm to copy, and in Reaper you can Ctrl/Cmd V to paste it.
5. Set the DAW Time signature to match also
6. Drag the audio clip to your main daw timeline.

DAW Plugin to help with audio recorded without a metronome!

Well this is happening then! I'm somewhat feature complete on a plugin that allows you record audio and curate it to make a timed loop that you can then use to build up your DAW session. Does that make sense? No, right? It's ok I'll try and release a video soon :)

Reaper DAW - community spirit

I'm still mulling over a really nice experience on the Reaper DAW Users Facebook group. I asked about peoples workflow in the DAW for capturing freewheeling audio to then loop/construct later. I got a dozen thoughtful/thoughtprovoking responses discussing and sharing their advice and approaches. Very inspiring. I'm pretty new to looking at Reaper in any serious sense so this was a nice welcome.

Metronome-free music making

For a long time I've had secret disdain for playing along to metronomes and clicks when exploring musical ideas. Idk, something about the inspiration kind of dies when you're exploring whilst also trying match a grid - which more often than not is a little too fast or a little too slow.

This was one of the pushes behind Muser Audio for iOS.

Even so, there's still plenty of room for improving the process of ideating music. I think this is the time to explore some more solutions (pun somewhat intended).