Super-Looper

This project is a Max/MSP patch that uses eight buffers for loading a sound file in it or record sound live, and process it, as described above.

Christoph Schnyder's icon

Hi Christoper

Nice tool!! I'm a bassclarinetist from Switzerland and sometimes into looping. I would love to try your Super-Looper. Is it possible to post it??
Thanks!
Christoph

thelonelymastodronus's icon

Hi Christopher,

This patch looks wonderful. I too would like to try out this patch. Could you share it?

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Hi, I am currently abroad for a course until sunday. When I return, I want to improve the patch, as there are some aspects that I am not very satisfied with. If you want, I can send you a „beta-version“ in advance to test it. Once the patch is finished and the documentation is complete, I will also post it here. But this will take some time.
@Christoph: Funny coincidence is, that I am at Switzerland (Basel) and just talked yesterday with a bassclainetist about using this patch in a performance together.

Christopher Jakobi's icon

This is an example of a drone created with the Super-Looper and then processed by the Drone-Creator (https://cycling74.com/tools/drone-creator):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P97EpLMrPwk

deespace's icon

Hi Christopher,

happy new year 2016 :)

very nice looper! when you have time, could you send me a bata-version too, i love it!

cheers!
dd

deespace@gmail.com

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Hi, happy new year! Yes I can definitely do that. Unfortunately I had little time to work on the patch recently, but now it’s almost done. I’ll hopefully be able to send it to you tomorrow.

Best regards, Chris

drorfeiler's icon

This looks great. I would love to try it out.
all the best for the new year - Dror Feiler
dror.feiler@gmail.com

Christopher Jakobi's icon

The patch is finished now. Here is a link, where you can listen to a recent performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEkfSngFsxc

So anybody, who wants to test the patch, just leave a comment with your Email address or contact me directly!

hdenolly@wanadoo.fr's icon

The patch looks amazing.I would like to try
Happy new year
cheers
hdenolly@wanadoo.fr

Marco Accardi's icon

hi, i'd like to test the patch :)

email me at marcoaccardi89 [at] gmail [dot] com

greetings

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Please also check out the newly founded studio for experimental music in Berlin! (https://www.facebook.com/ExperimentalstudioMitteNord/?ref=hl)
@hdenolly, @MarcoAccardi: You should have just received an Email with the patch and further information on how to use it.

André Rangel's icon

Uahau!! Great Christopher! Than you so much for you kindness. It will be a pleasure and fun to test your work.

a@3kta.net

seanzshow's icon

Hi, looks great. Id like to test the patch :)

seanzshow[at]hotmail[dot]com

Cheers

Christopher Jakobi's icon

@AndréRangel, @Seanzshow: I sent you the patch, have fun with it!

Christophe Tostain's icon

hello christopher ! i would like to test the patch please : c.tostain@free.fr
thanks a lot for your work
Christophe

calroy's icon

Hi Christopher,

I'd like to give the Super Looper a spin!

Thx!
Calroy

calroy@earthlink.net

Christopher Jakobi's icon

@Christophe, @Calroy: You should have just received an Email with the patch.

Barry Mulligan's icon

Hi Christopher, good work!
I would like to give your patch a try, please.
Thank you !
Barry
barrmull[at]gmail[dot]com

Christopher Jakobi's icon

@Barry: You‘re welcome, have fun with it!

Tractor Beam's icon

Christopher! Thanks for the hard work - I'd like to try it please.

tractor (at) nashwebdesign.com - thanks again!

andrejkobal's icon

Hi Christopher, It looks intresting.
I would also like to try the patch.
Thank You.

andrejkobal81(at)gmail.com

ptrk's icon

hi christopher,

I'd love to take a peek as well: atrickp8 (@) gmail

thanks so much for sharing this amazing work!

ADSX_27's icon

love to give it a try

weigand12059 at gmail.com

Eugen Linde's icon

Hello Christopher!

I would love to see your patch.
eugen.linde95 at gmail.com

Keep it up!

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Thanks a lot for all your nice words! Everybody who left his Email address should have now received the patch.

- Chris

ptrk's icon

Has anyone tried to make a version for the nanoKontrol? I'm chipping away at it but its pretty slow going...

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Hey atrickp, I’m not sure if I got your question right, but I hope, this description will help you.
This patch uses 8 loopers at a time, so you will need to be able to switch between 8 banks, sending midi data on channel 1 to 8 respectively. I use a Behringer BCF2000, but I think the Korg Nano Kontrol is similar. Please note, that all global messages like main volume of each looper are sent on midi channel 16. This might seem complicated, but is because I also use a Novation Nocturn controller to have the most important functions like main volume or monitor volume of each looper directly accessible.
I will now describe the settings (the way I use it) for channel 1, the other 7 are analog to that.
Bank 1: fader 1 would be the volume for looper one, midi channel 16 CC 17 range 0-127.
Fader 2 center position of the sample for looper one, channel 1 CC 10 range 0-127.
Fader 3 playback speed, channel 1 CC 11 range 0-127.
(You can get all details from the midi CC list I sent you, it would be too long to write everything here, so I will just explain how my controller is set up.)
Fader 4 would be playback range, fader 5 volume delay, fader 6 feedback delay, fader 7 sample and hold frequency, fader 8 sample and hold volume (channel 16 CC 26).
With the 8 encoders it would be encoder 1 for panning left-right, encoder 2 windowing value, encoder 3 windowing fade in, encoder 4 windowing fade out, encoder 5 delay time, encoder 6 eq frequency, encoder 7 eq resonance (q), encoder 8 eq gain.
Button 1 start/stop recording, button 2 activate/deactivate reverb, button 3 activate/deactivate eq.

So you have to set up about 20 messages for 8 channels to make everything work. It took me hours to do that on my controller, but for me it was worth the pain. I’m currently working on a preset file for the BCF2000. If you want to, you can add more banks to have for example one bank with all 8 main volumes on the 8 faders or to have a separated monitor volume for each channel, if you want to listen to a certain looper via headphones (monitor out would be output 13 and 14 on your sound card unless you change it at the bottom of the patch).

I hope, my short manual helped you set up the patch and feel free to ask, if you have any more questions. All the best, Chris

Setup-for-using-the-BCF2000-as-controller.pdf
pdf
ptrk's icon

Hey Chris, I might be being a bit lazy, but rather than try to set up 'scenes' on the NanoKontrol (which seems possible) I have been using the really handy Midi Learner and Midi Presets from the 264 class:

takes a bit of time, but I think it might end up being a bit more flexible - basically it is easier to switch control assignments on the fly.

There is probably an easier way... you know how it goes...

Thanks for your help and doing all the hard work that it took to make this thing!

Christopher Jakobi's icon

I didn’t know about the midi learn function and I also don’t really know how the Nano Kontrol works in detail. Working with the Super-Looper patch, i would definitely suggest using a controller with motorized faders for total recall of the settings. This is really useful, when switching between the 8 banks for the 8 loopers. I really hope you get the Nano Kontrol working with the patch and I would be interested to know, what you can do with the patch.

Best regards, Chris

Paul 's icon

hi chris,

can i please get a copy of the patch?

cheers
Paul

penfolder.fm@gmail.com

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Hi Paul,

no problem. You should have just received an Email with the patch. Have fun!

- Chris

Christopher Jakobi's icon

New performance online! All sounds are created live with a Sequential Circuits Pro One and a Roland JP-8000 synthesizer fed into the Super-Looper patch.

Simon Martinez's icon

Hi Christopher,

I'd like to try your looper with my trumpet.

Thanks!

Simon

simonbarrios at hotmail.es

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Hi Simon, no problem! You should have just received an email with the patch.

Alberto Moreno's icon

Hi Christopher,
your patch is great. It would be nice to have a copy to test it.

a@fluxkuanta.com

Thanks!

Christopher Jakobi's icon

Hi Alberto, thanks a lot! I just sent you the patch via email.
- Chris

Mario De Rose's icon

Hi Chris
Thanks for your work. Can I get a copy of the patch?
Thanks
Mario

James Dean's icon

Hi Chris,

This looks like great work. Could i get a copy of the patch to play with.

Best,

JD

jamespauldean@gmail.com

Mario De Rose's icon

Hi Chris
Thanks for your work. Can I get a copy of the patch?
Thanks

Sorry, forgot the mail
mario-derose@hotmail.com
Mario

Christopher Jakobi's icon

@JD, @Mario. Sure, no problem. Have fun with it!

benjamindauer's icon

Great work. Would love to kick the tires on this. Sounds incredible. Cheers!

benjamin.dauer (at) gmail.com

Mellon's icon

Hello! We would like to try this out. pmellon42(at) gmail

thanks!

Christopher Jakobi's icon

I hope, I sent the patch at all email addresses. If not, please let me know! And for everybody, who hasn’t seen it yet, an interview on the Super-Looper has recently been published on cycling74.

Robert Van Den Berg's icon

Hey I would really love to try out your looper !

robertvan@iinet.net.au

Elizabeth Kanaan's icon

Hi Christopher ! I would love to test the patch out please : zizikanaan@gmail.com
Thanks so much for sharing it!
Zizi

theodore's icon

Hi Christopher , i would love to try the patch please : oefischer@gmail.com
The sounds are amazing . thanks so much for sharing .

OE

Hannes Kerschbaumer's icon

Hi Christopher! I'd love to try your super-looper patch.
hhskk@hotmail.com
Thank you so much!

best regards,
H

sandro mussida's icon

hi Christopher,
interested into your super looper patch, thanks for sharing your work
sandro.mussida@gmail.com

all best
S

ion12's icon

Hi Christopher,
I would also love to try your patch if possible.
Looks like great work.
iondev12@gmail.com

Miguel Curado's icon

Hi Christopher,

I'd very much like to try your patch, I'll be needing a loop station for live record/loop/play of actor voices.
Unfortunately I won't have the time to research as much as I'd need to create my own from scratch so I'd be thrilled to give Super-Looper a try.
miguel.curado@gmail.com

Thank you and best regards!
Miguel Curado

walter caracca's icon

Ciao Chris
It would be nice to have a copy of the patch, to test it.
Thanks
Walter
wcaracca@gmail.com

pattyco's icon

hello could you share it with me? :) pattyco_222 hotmail com

ninosgr's icon

Hi Chris, if you don mind sending me a copy of the patch it would be much appreciated!
Thanks...

ninosgr@gmail.com

razzkazz's icon

Hi Chris

Nice work, I would like to try it out :) razzkazz1@gmail.com

Thanks
Alan

Korhan Erel's icon

Dear Christopher,

Thank you for this great patch. Could you please send me a copy of the patch to korhanerel@gmail.com

Best,
Korhan
korhanerel.com

Josep Garces's icon

Hi!
I´m a Saxophonist and Clarinetist studying a Master at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in Live Electronics, and I would really love to try your loop patch, could I have it?

My email is josep.v@hotmail.com

Thank you so much!

Josep

piva marcello's icon

Ciao Chris
Can I get a copy of the patch?
Thanks for your work.

piva.marcello@gmail.com

mario avallone's icon

Hi Chris, im a student of conservatory
Your work is very interesting. Can I get a copy of the patch?
mario.avallone@outlook.com

Thanks

M

Gabriel Gonzales's icon

Chris,

Could I please get a copy of your patch? Thank you!
g.ishmael.gonzales@gmail.com

-Gabe

elad bardes's icon

Hey Christopher,
can i try it?

best,
Elad

Muhammad Shafie Ahmad Sulaiman's icon

Hey christopher,

could i have a go at the super looper?

my email is 5hafire92@gmail.com

regards,

shafie

semanticerror's icon

Hi Chris,

your work is very interesting.

Can I get a copy of the patch?

Karl-Heinz

mauermann@semantic-error.de

Raphael's icon

Hello Chris,

Very interested by your patch, could you send it to me at raphael.lry@gmail.com when you have the time.

Regards

hs6327's icon

Hi Christopher,
This looks great. Id like to test the patch please.

hs6327[at]hotmail[dot]com

Thanks!

Jaime Belmonte's icon

Hi Christopher,

I would love to test the patch. Could I have a copy of it? My e-mail address is jbelmontec (at) gmail.com

Thanks!

Jaime

Giuseppe Salatino's icon

Dear Christopher, I'm really interested to your looper patch, I will be very glad if you can share it.
beppe[at]artcommunication[dot]it

thank you....

andremartins's icon

hi there Chris, I really would like to try your patch. Do you have a link where we can demo your looper? Thanks a lot, Cheers from Brazil,
AM

andremartins's icon

btw, this is my email: andremartins.br@gmail.com - thanks!

Alex Goldberg's icon

Hi Chris, I would also love to try the patch, if you are still sending it around – alexdgoldberg@gmail.com -- thanks!

dwerfelmann's icon

Hello Chris. Sounds great. Would love to use this patch, if you don't mind sending it. werfelmann@gmail.com

Thank you!
David

Hans De Wit's icon

Hi Chris, would love to test your patch out.
H.dewit@outlook.be

Thanks a lot

Hans

Jessica Lindsey's icon

Hello Christopher -- are you still sending out your Sooper-Looper (haha) ... I meanb... Super-Looper patch?
I would love to check it out!
Best,
Jessica
jlinds32 [at] uncc [dot] edu

Leah Blankendaal's icon

Hi Chris, amazing patch. Would love to grab a copy if you're still sending it around. leah [dot]blankendaal [at] gmail [dot] com. Thank you so much!

Compviga's icon

Hello Christopher,
Checked your Youtube videos too, they are fantastic. I am really interested with Super Looper patch (full version). Is it possible for you to share it? Thanks, my mail is: ege@gatech.edu

Kind Regards.
Aziz

trent mazur's icon

Chris! What a cool patch. Would love a copy if you're still keen on sharing it. tmazur32@gmail.com

Thanks and hope you're staying safe and creative during these wild times

Adi Imeri's icon

Hey Chris. I would love to give your patch a test run. Would you mind sending it to me at futureprooflabz@protonmail.com? Thanks a lot! Let's stay in touch.

all the best,
Adi

suitcasestudios@gmail.com's icon

Hello!

I would love to take this for a spin - suitcasestudios@gmail.com

Michael Bulmer's icon

Hi Chris, I would love to give your looper a go - youhavefoundeco@gmail.com

Peter Breitenbach's icon

Hi Chris, i also would love to try it with a bass clarinet. Thank you in advance - pebreite[at]gmail.com

Martina Sanjuan's icon

Hey Chris. I would love to give your patch a test run!

Thanks!

Elvis Homan's icon