[LAU] Simple WAV-based looper with MIDI control?

Eric Steinberg eric.steinberg at gmail.com
Wed May 27 00:00:51 EDT 2009


TerminatorX?

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org> wrote:

> Apologies if I've posted this before, or if it's been answered already, but
> I'm looking for a simple looper that:
>
> 1) Works with stereo WAV files
>
> 2) Is loop-oriented not sample-oriented (i.e. not like Jackbeat)
>
> 3) Lets you pre-load the loops and stores them with the file (i.e. this
> disqualifies SooperLooper, from last I played with it).
>
> 4) Is very CPU-stingy enough to run on a netbook.
>
> 5) Is very stable and won't die in the middle of a show (i.e. not
> Freewheeling, last I used it)
>
> 6) Has MIDI controls for the loops and levels/mixer/muting for them.
>
> 7) Can handle up to about 5 simultaneous loops (i.e. not like some of the
> DJ-oriented stuff that handles only two at a time).
>
> 8) Of course, is JACK-ified and RT capable.
>
> 9) Optionally has some way of picking/moving loop points, though that's not
> so critical since I can use Rezound for that off-line.
>
> Hmm, after writing all that, it occurred to me that ecasound might be able
> to do this, which I'd be perfectly willing to try. But I've had a rough time
> with ecasound and ALSA MIDI so I'm a bit concerned about item (5) above.
>
> -ken
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