foreverloops BEATS

foreverloops BEATS is a playful and easy-to-use rhythm tool.

Experiment with all kinds of audio–visual material for beat-making and performances. Freely arrange loops of sound, videos and images on virtual gears to stack and connect them.
Evolve simple arrangements to awe-inspiring media machineries that can be tweaked and customized in real-time.

foreverloops BEATS is the core version of foreverloops, focusing on rhythms.

Versions:

foreverloops BEATS foreverloops LONGPLAY foreverloops STUDIO not upgradeable upgradable to STUDIO DLC for LONGPLAY unlimited tracks • • • import audio, video, images • • • drive gears • • • sequencer gears • • • scratch gears • • MIDI gears • • FX gears • • included samples 270 339 386 on-screen keyboard • • Leibniz drives • • ASIO support • MIDI out • Spout sender • VST3 support • included effects 18 18+13

Features:

Powerful sequencer

• almost unlimited tracks

• individually adjustable sequencer segments

• two gear types:

  • drive gears to power gear trains with customizable speeds
  • sequencer gears to play audio, image and video samples

• 11 different gear sizes

• adjustable track offset

• different concurrent playback speeds

• combine different bar measures

• exchange samples on-the-fly

• supports audio, video and images

  • multiple audio file formats, both compressed and uncompressed

    • mp3, wav, flac, ogg, aiff, aif, wma, aac, m4a

  • multiple image file formats

    • bmp, exif, gif, png, jpg, bpm

  • multiple video file formats (that are imported as mjpeg files for fast frame-to-frame access)

    • mp4, flv, avi, mov, wmv, mpeg, mpg, 3gp, ogv, mkv, webm

  • import your own library / recordings / …

Beginner-friendly and playful

• being able to read music is no requirement

• real-time simulation

• rewarding and fun

• manifold performance capabilities

  • mute / unmute individual tracks, stacks and trains
  • set tracks, stacks and trains to solo mode
  • alter playback directions and speeds
  • enable / disable entire gear trains

Intuitive interface
Descriptive UI for audio-visual programming, based on gear mechanics

• group and relate tracks by forming gear trains

• adjust volumes with a circular editor

• automatic track synchronization

• superb for

  • combining different bar measures
  • relating track playback speeds (transmission)
  • structuring
  • performing
  • synchronization of sounds and visuals

System

• export your results (audio-/video session recording, save as a bundle for sharing)
• ships with a neat sample library
• many customizable shortcut keys

foreverloops is promoted by aws impulse XL of BMWFW processed by aws.