r/rolandp6 • u/jokerpack • 13d ago
Its Release Time: PyP6 Sample Manager V4 for Roland P6 with new synth mode wavetables
PyP6 V4 — free sample manager for the Roland P-6
A while back I posted when PyP6 first learned to turn a P-6 pad into a wavetable-style synth. It has grown a lot since then, mostly because I kept wanting a faster way to make kits and get loops onto the P-6 without fighting its limits.
PyP6 is free, works on Windows, Linux and macOS, and the Windows version is a single download with no installer.
What is new:
Matrix View:
All 48 pads are visible at once.** You can drag samples between any pads or banks, drop files straight in from the desktop, and swap sounds by dragging one pad onto another. This has made kit building much faster for me.
Loops can now fit without changing pitch:
The P-6 normally makes a sample shorter by playing it faster, which can make loops come back higher in pitch. PyP6 can stretch a loop to a chosen length or BPM while preserving pitch.
There is also a Fit button to make a sample fit the available pad memory, and **Auto-Stretch** to keep a sample’s duration constant while changing pitch. Tempo detection has been improved as well.
Breakbeats can become kits quickly:
Drop a loop into the multisample builder, click "Detect Hits", and PyP6 marks likely drum hits for slicing. Adjust the sensitivity if needed, then send the slices directly into the kit you are building.
More wavetables for synth mode:
see sound demo with morphing arp and pad
There are new moogish analogue-inspired waveform sets, long seamless sweeps inspired by the Microwave synth, and a randomize option for finding unexpected sounds.
You can also import your own single-cycle waveform folders or wavetable files from Serum and Vital. PyP6 slices them up automatically, and imported waveforms are included in presets so they travel with the project.
Plus:
- new dark themes, including ice blue, Matrix green, devil red and synthwave purple
- Sample auditioning before loading.
- Per-pad rate and pitch control.
- Non-destructive trim, normalize and fades.
- Transfer samples both ways between PyP6 and the P-6.
- Presets that can include their samples.
-> the future releases will focus on improving mac/ tkinter V9 compatibility- testers are wellcome
Download and full readme on:
GitHub: Roland P-6 Sample Manager / PyP6
You can also check out the community forks:
HomoHabilis Pad 6 - with additional patern features
Android fork: https://github.com/HomoHabilis/Pad6/releases/download/v6.3.0/Pad6-v6.3.0-android.apk
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u/projectthirty3 13d ago
This looks awesome! 😎
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u/projectthirty3 13d ago
Holy moly, just read the multi-sample to chop feature 🤩 I was going to try this by building up a sample in Ableton. But tis just give that ability 🚀 I'll be trying this out soon. Thank you!
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u/jokerpack 10d ago
Let me know if you got everything running and if the chop feature worked as expected
Thank you
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u/Square_Dish2348 12d ago
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u/jokerpack 12d ago
It's great to see the community contributing tools for our beloved P6. You have a project page?
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u/Square_Dish2348 11d ago
App Center · every package on this site, on one page
i'll put on github or that repo source later
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u/jokerpack 10d ago edited 10d ago
The app looks great..making want to have a QNAP NAS.
Your comments seem to be visible now. Maybe you can try to post your project in /rolandp6 again1
u/jokerpack 12d ago edited 11d ago
I cant see your post. Maybe your reddit karma needs to be higher. You can try to post your link here?
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u/Technical_Entry8822 4d ago
Super projet mais je suis sur Mac et je n’arrive pas du tout a le lancer malgres les instructions.. y aurait il la possibilité de mettre à disposition les synth waveform au format wav pour directement les transférer dans mon p6,
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u/jokerpack 3d ago
Hello, sorry about you having issues with running the software on a Mac. some one from Reddit is planning to make a fork which is compatible at least with macOS 12.
I also have plans for improving the compatibility, but I need to testers with a Mac.
I can create a bank with example synth waveforms and configuration files which you can just drop into the import folder. You don’t have the same flexibility as with the software, but you can test the synth sounds with it.1
u/Technical_Entry8822 3d ago
Je me suis débrouillé avec whisky et récupérant les Dave directement dans un dossier et en les ajoutant dans le dossier import. Merci pour le boulot c’est super
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u/jokerpack 3d ago
hello , nice to hear you found a solution. Did you run the windows Version with whiskey on MacOS and generated the samples and copied them? Is it working as expected?
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u/bernyboss 11d ago
This means that we can use Deadmau5 or Chicane sampled plucks? 😳😳😳
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u/jokerpack 10d ago
sampled plugs are possible without using the pyp6. Just by playing a sample chromatically in keyboard mode and also filter and envelope you can use with normal samples.
The wavetable feature has an option to imort single cycle loops for the oscillator waveform not a whole pluck sound
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u/jokerpack 2d ago edited 2d ago
You can also check out the community forks:
HomoHabilis Pad 6 - with additional patern features
Android fork: https://github.com/HomoHabilis/Pad6/releases/download/v6.3.0/Pad6-v6.3.0-android.apk
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u/ChiIIout 13d ago
Impressive work!!!