4 track live looper Doofer (prototype)

Hey all,

Here is a doofer I made inspired by a renoise student’s lesson. It is an LPC synced 4 track live looping doofer that allows for line input (microphone) or looping of any audio stream that you insert it into.

Macros are as follows:

Macro 1: input select “ø,1,2,3,4” determines which tap of the mtdelay unit is being used for audio buffering. ø is no input to the looper. This honestly isn’t super useful in this iteration of the looper, but in a future version I will allow for more creative control of individual inputs/“tracks”
But it does allow you to bypass looper recording when set to ø, so you can jam over your loops

Macro 2:“on>mute” This mutes the output of the looper without clearing the recording buffer

Macro 3: “clear/kill” this clears the recording buffer whenever this macro is moved. All recorded audio is deleted, never to return :skull:

Macro 4: “sync LPC” This controls the loop rate in multiples of 2 LPC. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, and 255 LPC are all available. 255 may not be that useful lol

Macro 5: “FB” controls the feedback level on all delay taps/buffers simultaneously. Allows for negative feedback values as well. Perhaps you don’t want a true looper, but only a long delay. Use this one. Otherwise set and forget at max value for 100% FB

Macro 6: “LP freq” The taps all have LP filtering enabled. this sets the cutoff frequency for all taps simultaneously. Offering further sound sculpting possibility if used as a long delay unit. Otherwise set and forget at max value.

Macro 7: “line input” This is a simple switch which enables a line input device for recording from external audio input into the looper. Of course, you will need to set up your recording preferences accordingly

Hope this is useful to some of you out there. Let me know if it gets some use, and I’d love to hear any live looping renoise jams you come up with.

I will probably make an improved version of this sometime. Or maybe not. Life is full :slight_smile:

4 track live looper proto.xrdp (44.9 KB)

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It prove the flexibility of Renoise and of their users

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Oof this has some serious potential, am just trying it out with the line in enabled! Have to be careful though with feedback, as with every loop iteration the amplitude doubles up! While my speakers are turned off so the audio isn’t run back through the mic, I have to figure out the mixer here :).

Vallhalla delay is perfect as a looper
I mostly set it to 8 bars ,hi-fi mod ( which is vhs ) play some drums , keys , synth , let it loop for a couple of bars so the hifi algo is apparent .
Let it loop so it slightly degrades …record into audio editor
Beauty off this all is that you’re printing , and there is no way back unless starting over again .

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Destructive workflows for the win :grin:

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