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Woah! That seems super sweet! Maybe now is the time to upgrade my G4 500 TiBook with something that already has Tiger on it. I wonder if the dev pack would come with it... Also, reading the features doesn't seem to mention if these loops sync to the tempo of the host application. When you do a real test I'd love to hear your findings. I'm doing the next Sunday loop show with Rick Walker and I'd love to be able to go down with a guitar, laptop, ampmodler and midi controller. Mark --- Per Boysen <per@boysen.se> wrote: > Hi List, > > Today I found out that you get a looping AU plug-in > when upgrading a > Mac to 10.4. You have to install the Developers kit > to get at it. > This looper's feature set makes seems a bit inspired > by the Repeater. > I still have to give it the real-world hands-on > test. For you that > might be interested but not yet have upgraded to > Tiger I'm pasting in > the ReadMe file for AULooper. I've been reading and > drooling here for > the last five minutes. Indeed very nice! > > The AU-Lab is a AU host application that also comes > free with Tiger > (Developer pack, is on the CD) > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > --- > www.looproom.com (international) > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > --> iTunes Music Store / / / > www.cdbaby.com/perboysen > > > > > Introduction > > The AULooper Audio Unit is an audio looper for live > performance and > was developed for use by musicians and DJs. > It's able to take live audio input (mono or stereo) > and record audio > loops > for immediate and seamless playback in an > interactive fashion. So, > for example, a drummer > could play a beat for several bars, mark the > recording start and end > points with a MIDI > foot controller, then immediately hear the looped > section of audio > seamlessly in time with their > playing. The drummer, could then play a different > rhythm on top of > the loop and continue > recording more layers of loops, either by > overdubbing on top of the > original loop, or recording > into a separately controllable loop. Currently, > AULooper supports > up to four stereo loops. > At any given time, one of the four loops will be > selected. Any of > the four loops may be > selected at any time by clicking on the loop itself. > > > Recording > > To record a loop, simply click on the "Record" > button to mark the > loop start > time. Whatever audio is currently being played and > input will be > recorded > starting at this exact time. When the "Record" > button is clicked a > second time, > the loop end time will be marked, recording will > stop, and the newly > recorded > loop will begin playback. Clearly, it's very > important to time the > start and end record > operations in perfect time with the rhythm you're > trying to capture. > Once an initial loop has been recorded, the "Retro > Record" > command may be used to capture audio which has just > been played. > Instead of requiring > the musician to click on the "Record" button twice, > once to indicate > the start time, > and once to indicate the end time. The "Retro > Record" button simply > indicates the > end time of the loop, and the start time will be > automatically > assumed to be one loop > time in the past. The "Retro Record" command is > very handy for a > musician when > he is playing along with an already recorded loop > and realizes he has > just played > something interesting. Clicking on "Retro Record" > will take what he > has just played > and record that as a loop synchronized with the > first. > > > Global Controls > > * Play (retriggers playback at the start of all > loops) > (may be used for "stutter" effects if used > repeatedly in a > rhythmic fashion) > * Stop (stops all playback, playback will re-start > with "Play") > * Global Reverse (toggles back and forth between > forward and > backwards playback for the global audio mix) > * Undo (undo/redo for the last edit or record > operation) > (undoable operations are: record, copy, paste, > clear, divide, > and multiply) > * Clear All (erases all the loops and prepares for a > fresh loop > recording) > * Set Start (at the moment this command is received, > re-defines the > starting point for all loops) > (The "Play" command will then retrigger > playback from this new > point in the loop) > * Slip Start Time Ahead "<" (Similar to "Set > Start", but > incrementally nudges start time ahead for all loops) > * Slip Start Time Behind ">" (Similar to "Set > Start", but > incrementally nudges start time behind for all > loops) > * Resync (Sometimes when playing with the "Reverse" > commands it's > possible for the playback lines in the loops > to get out of synchronization. "Resync" will > selectively > change the loop's start times to match the current > mix. > Subsequent "Play" commands will then retrigger > playback at this > rhythmic relationship) > * Mixdown (records the current mix, excluding the > live input, into > the currently selected loop) > * Pitch (global pitch control, additive with the > individual loop > pitch controls) > * Input Blend (allows adjustment of the live input > versus the looped > playback mix) > (all the way left is input only; all the way > to the right is > only the loop playback) > * Master Volume > > Loop Controls > > * volume, including mute, solo, and cue > * pitch > * playback direction (forward / reverse) > > * loop start point > - Set Start (at the moment this command is > received, re-defines > the starting point of the selected loop) > (The "Play" command will then retrigger > playback from this > new point in the loop) > - Slip Start Time Ahead "<" (Similar to "Set > Start", but > incrementally nudges start time ahead in the loop) > - Slip Start Time Behind ">" (Similar to "Set > Start", but > incrementally nudges start time behind in the loop) > - "Scan Slip" slider (allows the loop start > point to be > continuously adjusted; this can be interesting if > moved > rhythmically with the timing of the loop) > > * loop beat length (determines tempo along with loop > length in > seconds - default is 4 beats - one measure of 4/4 ) > > There are also commands for editing the currently > selected loop: > * Divide (divides the length of the loop by two, > discarding the > second half) > === message truncated ===