New website launched at looperlative.com which as of today also has support chats. LPPad is still on the way. 50 sets of electronics have been delivered.

Phew! Finished up some new software upgrades. The goal was to expose functionality already in the LP1 software but currently only available on the LP1. LooperlativeConfigure has been updated to enable various things including a basic drum machine. Much testing still to be done.

New hardware arrived. Will try it out this weekend and hopefully will be reaching out to beta testers during next week.

That is a first. I added a new tab to support displaying the configuration of the looper, and the Mac version compiled without any complaints. Usually the Windows compiler is less picky about certain code patterns. As a result, I usually clean things up when I move back to the Mac.

Gradually making my way through my testing. Slight changes to the circuits today to give software more control. Refining the box design for cleaner look. Next week will be built-in configuration to make the pad easier to use from the start.

Beginnings of the UI working. Lower right button is a bank select allowing pad to generate any of 120 different MIDI notes to the LP1. Track status appear in the left two columns. More status to come in the remaining LEDs, but not there, yet. Also, rotation of keypad possible.

Getting closer. This runs the LP1 software with the standard 8 stereo tracks. It weighs only 318g (11.2oz). Buttons are lighted to show status and functions are programmable. Have a little more software to do and then I'll create a video.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, prototyping a new looping device.

Learning how to design my own boxes. Using the 3D printer to bring my designs to life.

New features in 3.11: MIDI clock out follows clock source track, ability to select wet-only output, audio upload to LP1, control pad in the configure applica... Looperlative version 3.11

Verion 3.11 available. MIDI clock out follows clock source track, wet-only output configurable, audio upload, control pad in the LooperlativeConfigure app. Download from support page www.looperlative.com/support See video for demonstration.

This is a short description of the new features in version 3.10. Looperlative software version 3.10

Looperlative version 3.10 released. New features include setting main output gain, mono/stereo input, MIDI beats per measure for MIDI sync recording, and user define beat patterns. More can be learned from the video:

How mature is Looperlative? The joint code base for all the Looperlative LP1 and LP2 products is now at 70,000 lines of code.

I'm busily writing a new feature to allow user created patterns to enhance the ostinato feature. It will allow creation of up to 8 remembered user-defined patterns of between 4 and 64 segments. Want a pattern in 13ths? No problem. Audio can be scrambled or not.

Trying out AI-assisted programming to see if it makes me faster. Instead of typing everything, I now let the computer type and then I spend my time fixing all its mistakes. 😞

Trying out a new manufacturer for the LP2. Will stuff the parts that they didn't have in stock by hand and then try the new board this weekend. If all goes well, we could see a price drop on the LP2 in the near future.

Good progress over the last week. AFAICT, my rewrite to support low-latency audio on the RPi is completely working. I'm using it daily and will be version 4.xx when I release it. Also, submitted a build to a new PCB supplier. This should make it easier for me to make future new designs.

Been a while since my last post because I've been busy working on sub-1ms latency for the Raspberry Pi looper. I'm now in a testing phase, but preliminary results are good using a latency from in to out of less than 400 microseconds.

Ah well, spent 2 weeks trying a possible mod for the LP2 that didn't pan out the way I wanted. Next release will be smaller than I thought it would be, but I'll get it done and get some videos out possibly next weekend.

Sorry for the delays. 3.08 firmware and Windows application are online, but the Mac version is delayed. After a recent update on my Mac, my builds no longer worked because I was building on an iCloud-backed directory. I will get a release and video out within a day or two.

Going through the process of preparing the next software release. I'm hoping to have the release and a new video ready at the beginning of the new year. 2025 is the 20th anniversary of the release of the LP1. Hoping to have some more new releases in 2025.

Uneasy Peace Of Christmas No new training video at this time because I'm coding some new features. In the meantime, I wanted to wish everybody a happy holidays. This music is create...

I want to wish everybody a happy holidays. This music is created with my Looperlative on Pi looper, an Eventide H90, an MXR carbon copy, and a Neunaber immerse. Enjoy! #livelooping #looperlative #raspberrypi #pisound

Programming and using the scramble and ostinato features Demonstrating how to program buttons. Also, showing what the scramble and ostinato features do and sound like.

A demonstration video for programming MIDI buttons, the scramble features, and the ostinato features. Enjoy!

Recording Synchronized Tracks Another video in the series demonstrating Looperlative features using the Raspberry Pi running the Looperlative software. This time we focus on creating a s...

I had somebody asking about hearing audio from the Raspberry PI + Pisound running Looperlative software. I've recorded a short training video about synchronized tracks using the Pi device:

PlayStation 3 Emulator Adds Support for Raspberry Pi 5 RPCS3 is an open-source emulator (and debugger) for the Sony PlayStation 3, making it possible for users to play and debug PlayStation 3 games on non-PS3

Popular #opensource PS3 emulator RPCS3 now offers native ARM64 support, meaning it's possible to run PlayStation 3 games on the Raspberry Pi 5 – albeit with a catch.

More on power usage: here is a photo of the USB power meter that I've had attached for the last day. The thing to note is that maximum current during that period was 1.116A.

I was asked how much power the Raspberry Pi looper uses. While it does vary with use, I found that the Pi 4 + Pisound + Morningstar MC6 + Novation Launchpad Mini uses around 1A @ 5V. Given that, I would probably use a power supply that delivers around 2A.

Looperlative Raspberry Pi MIDI control Using MIDI (USB or 5-pin) to display Looperlative status and to control functions.

New video to demonstrate programming and using MIDI devices to display loop status and to control loops.

Looperlative install on a Raspberry Pi + Pisound Demonstration of installing the Looperlative looper on a Raspberry Pi + Pisound.

First new video in series: Installing Looperlative looping software on a Raspberry Pi + Pisound.

Looperlative LP2 Mini Looper ~ Firmware 3.07 & Ostinato Functions Tutorial Part 17 Finally a new firmware 3.07 is available for the LP2 and LP1 loopers! In this video I cover in detail the new Ostinato effects.New features as per 3.07:- Lon...

Thank you to Joel Gilardini for the absolutely wonderful demonstration of the new ostinato feature:

Another key milestone reached on the next generation Looperlative loopers. The beginnings of a user space audio driver shows promise allowing a return to Linux and off-the-shelf single-board computers. This opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities while maintaining latency < 1ms.