Announcing SooperLooper -- SooperLooper is a looping sampler very much like the Gibson/Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro. In fact, it is a downright emulation of an EDP, with some additional features and a silly name. I figured that the EDP feature-set is powerful, proven, and popular -- so why not implement it as a LADSPA plugin we can all use?
Get it here: http://dexterssandbox.com/sooperlooper/ I have never used an actual EDP, but all the features are described in the EDP user's manual, which was an invaluable resource. Take a look at http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/echoplex/echoplex.html to get the manual and other tips. It all applies. FEATURES of SooperLooper shared with the EDP: Record Overdub Multiply Insert Replace Reverse Mute Undo Tap tempo Delay mode Feedback and Mix parameters QuantizeMode and RoundMode toggles Additional features of SooperLooper: Redo One Shot Scratch Mode (DJ-like scratching of the current loop) w/ arbitrary playback rate I developed SooperLooper using Ecasound as the LADSPA host and a MIDI footcontroller (RFX MidiWizard MP1288). I've patched Ecasound's MIDI code to allow program changes to act like control changes along with a few other hacks to support the unusual control interface for this plugin. In short, to get it working best for live performance, get a nice MIDI footpedal and my patches to Ecasound (which I will post shortly). BUT, if you just want to try it out without investing the time and effort to do it with your feet..... :) I included a sample curses-based console program to let you try it out with the keyboard. It also has some nice feedback from the control outputs to let you know the state of the plugin and time info about the looping. Please try it out and let me know what you think, bug reports, feature requests, etc. Jesse Chappell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
