Stagecraft Software

Just a sneak peak at one of the newest features being developed for FlyLoops. The screenshot below shows the prototype for a type of equalizer that lets you draw your own filter envelope. The filter variables are mappable to Midi commands, or controllable with the mouse, allowing users to change the way loops are EQ’ed in real time, using just one or multiple nodes so that you can choose to drop the middle tones but ramp up the high pitches and maybe just the lowest of the low notes – or grab a thin band of frequencies in the middle of the spectrum and let just those few notes bleed through each time the loop comes around. Special thanks to Gopal E for his help on this project.

Website traffic is up, and everyone is emailing. Thanks so much for the support and suggestions, keep em’ coming. Here is a quick summary of recent changes, and a look at some things to come:

New features

• new turntable visualization modes
• vastly improved visualizer
• better project wide bpm shifting and grain adjust
• full support for AU and VST plugins and effects
• better support for smaller screen sizes
• draggable widgets and tools

Coming Soon …

• saveable, configurable turntables
• saveable, configurable visualization
• equalizer
• ms pinky turntable support
• bundled 4Front VSTi/AU piano, electric paino and bass instruments
• Open Sound Control for syncing multiple computers together

I am also on the lookout for some VST/AU amplifiers and effects to include with FL as well, so send suggestions if you have some that you enjoy using.

FlyLoops v 3.0 is now available for Mac OSX. The new Mac OSX Release (v3.0) is now available (free, with all live functionality and no time restriction, but no file saving capability). FlyLoops is the simplest to use and most complete looper available, doing everything the classic hardware looper devices could (rec/stack/overdub/multiply/A->B side),  but allowing for greater live control of individual loops tracks (freq shift/tempo shift/effects/VST plugs/pan/vol), and giving the user new options (place loops on a virtual turntable console and start scratching, splice beats live using quantization to make electronica style beats, sync live to midi clocks).