Synths node
Looper
A live audio looper. Wire in the sound, press Rec, and the take ends on its own after the take length and then loops. Play restarts it, Dub layers new sound over it, and Clear empties it. Take length can be a musical division, or free. Every take is shifted by your audio interface's measured latency, so a loop played in time sits on the grid. The loop is kept in memory (up to 60 seconds) and is not saved with the patch.
What it does
Looper is a synth: it turns notes into sound. It takes audio in and gives audio out.
Try it
Record a one-bar drum pattern, then Dub a bassline on top of it.
Inputs and outputs
Inputs
- audio audio
Outputs
- audio out
Controls
Every control with a range can be driven by a modulator, a note, an audio level or a sketch.
| Control | Range or options | Default |
|---|---|---|
| take | free, 4 bars, 2 bars, 1 bar, 1/2, 1/2., 1/2T, 1/4 … | 3 |
| sync | on or off | on |
| thru | on or off | on |
| finetune | -50 to 50 | 0 |
| pitch | -24 to 24 | 0 |
| speed | -2 to 2 | 1 |
| volume | 0 to 1 | 1 |
| fade in | 0 to 250 | 3 |
| fade out | 0 to 250 | 3 |
Example patch
This patch wires Looper to what it needs and shows the result. Download it, then use File, Open in Infinite, or read it here: it is plain text.
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# Looper: a starting patch for the Looper node
node 1 Synths Looper
id node
pos 520 300
end
node 2 Synths Oscillator
id in0
pos 0 300
end
node 3 Utility Audio Out
id speakers
pos 1080 300
end
aud node 0 in0
aud speakers 0 node