A downloadable looper

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Tape Looper is a mini audio recorder for Playdate that lets you load samples recorded from the built-in microphone. You can change the playback speed, reverse direction, set loop points and add a delay effect. Recorded samples can be saved to the device and imported back later, or saved to computer via USB cable.


Controls

B to start and stop a recording. A to start and stop playback. While playing left and right set loop cue points, up jumps playback to the start cue point, and down resets playback rate to 1.0. During playback the crank changes the playback speed and can reverse the audio, B toggles the input mode between live looping and effect controls.
When in effects mode the directional pad moves between controls and the crank changes values.

StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorOrllewin
TagsPlaydate

Purchase

Buy Now$4.50 USD or more

In order to download this looper you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.50 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Tape_Looper_1_0_0.pdx.zip 2 MB
Tape_Looper_1_1_0.pdx.zip 2 MB
Tape_Looper_1_1_1.pdx.zip 2 MB
Tape_Looper_2_0_0_alpha.pdx.zip 2 MB
Tape Looper_3_0_0.pdx.zip 2 MB

Development log

Comments

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love this app but is there a way to trim the loop or save the loop points when they are set?

One of my favorite apps! Already made some tracks with it.

Thank you for version 3 - very good !  

Feature request - Would be really really nice to be able to play the sample 100 % with the crank (and not just control the speed).  Also, would be nice to be able to drop mp3 samples via usb. 

Thank you :) 

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I did try implementing a scrub control with the crank but it’s just not possible with the way the Lua audio API works in Playdate. TapeLooper would need to be rewritten in C to do that I think, not an easy task.

I know there’s a music box app for Playdate that does work with the crank, but that’s triggering samples as you turn - much simpler than dealing with sample frames in a file/buffer.

understood - and you are at the forefront of music creation on the playdate. I was asking because I saw a pedal that could play a sequence with a rotary dial on a cassette and I realized that the play date could do same thing !  Thanks for your reply - appreciated :)