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That sounds like really interesting creation, however from your description what you are creating is a "phrase sampler" as opposed to a looper. Calling it "Looper" is a bit of a misnomer. The distinction is that a looper not only allows you to continuously play back the loop, but also continuously record into the loop while it is playing back at the same time. It really does loop all the time, whether it is overdubbing or just playing back, or doing any function at all really. Phrase samplers record the audio as a sample, but then mainly focus on ways to trigger the sample or mix it with other samples. Phrase Samplers don't have the capability to continuously record new material into a loop as layers on top of the existing material, all in real time while the loop is playing. Looping is achieved by retriggering the sample each time it plays through to the end, which may not be a noticeable difference to the listener, but is a huge architectural difference that has a big affect on what types of features are easy to implement or not. I'm not trying to knock what you are doing, because I do think it is interesting. But I think it is important to get the terminology right if you want to have credibility for what you are creating. It also helps for setting expectations right among users. If you call it a "looper" then a whole bunch of people will expect it to do a certain set of functions and come away disappointed, meanwhile completely ignoring the main things it actually does do. kim At 02:18 AM 12/9/2002, Paul Weissman wrote: >:What it does: > >"Looper" is a loop sampling VST plug-in. It allows you to capture tempo >sync'd audio samples in real time from any VST host. Once the sample has >been captured you can manipulate playback in a few different ways. The >most >basic thing you can do is to let the sample loop in place, instantaneously >from when recording ends, in sync with tempo. Alternatives are to trigger >playback from various positions within the sample, allowing you manipulate >the playback position of the sample in real time. > >"Looper" can also be used as a studio tool. Once a sample has been >captured >you can trigger playback via midi with or without looping on, to use the >tool as a traditional sampler is used. Sample playback can be started >from >a variety of start points, which allows for very fast 'editing' of your >captured sample. ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com