Audio Processing Plug-in ยท VST3 & AU

Loop Breaker

Every few bars, Loop Breaker presents a modifier and lets you choose which loops it affects. If you make no choice, Loop Breaker will assign modifiers to pads for you. The only constant is change.

Available as a free download.

Loop Breaker plugin interface showing 8 sample pads, modifier engine, and waveform display
8
loops in one playable kit
24
ways the music can shift
8
recallable performance scenes
9
stereo channels to mix your way

How Loop Breaker works

Load your loops, press play, and decide how they change as the track develops.

Load your loops

Drop up to eight loops into the pad grid: drums, vocals, textures, or a whole idea in pieces.

A modifier appears

Every few bars, a new modifier enters the queue: an effect, a slice, a reversal, a stretch, or something stranger.

Choose a target

Pick the loops it should affect. Make no choice, and Loop Breaker selects pads for you.

Let the stacks build

Modifiers stack. Within minutes, each loop will head down its own path before the pieces recombine into something new.

Tools for changing your loops

Effects, playback changes, and structural edits can be applied as you play, with as much manual or automatic control as you want.

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A modifier system

Set how many bars - or how much time - should pass between modifiers.

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Set the odds

Control how likely each modifier is to appear and how likely each loop is to be chosen when you cede the decision.

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Playback controls

Reverse, re-pitch, stretch, change speed, ping-pong, move between parts, or slice loops into shuffled, arpeggiated, and repeated fragments.

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Effects with changing settings

Reverb, delay, chorus, filters, granular delay, auto-pan, and tremolo receive changing settings and onset times on the fly.

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Probability responds to MIDI

Use MIDI CC or DAW automation lanes to change the odds while the loops are running.

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Save modifier stacks

Store a state as a preset, take your exploration further, then recall it when you need it.

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Bring a controller

Map pads and presets to MIDI notes, put probabilities on faders, and make decisions with your hands instead of the mouse.

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Eight separate outputs

Send each loop to its own stereo channel in your DAW, then keep editing, processing, and mixing after the fact.

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Reset when you need to

Reset returns a loops to its original state, ready for the next set of surprises.

Available modifiers

A modifier comes up every few bars. Assign it to a loop or leave the decision to Loop Breaker. Either way, the changes stack.

Buffer Transforms

  • Reverse
  • Speed
  • Stretch
  • Pitch Up Octave
  • Pitch Down Octave
  • Beat Slice
  • Arp Slice
  • Slice Repeater
  • Ping Pong

Channel Effects

  • Delay
  • Delay Dub Burst
  • Reverb
  • Low-Pass Filter
  • High-Pass Filter
  • Volume Ramp
  • Tremolo
  • Chorus
  • Auto-Pan

Master Effects

  • Master High-Pass
  • Master Low-Pass

Special

  • Switch Part
  • Quarter-Note Burst
  • Reset All

Works with your DAW

Loop Breaker follows your DAW's tempo and transport. Its probability sliders respond to MIDI CC, DAW automation lanes, and modulation sources, so you can keep changing the rules midstream or build meta-compositions using pre-mapped probability changes.

Save and recall modifier stacks as presets. Your loops, mappings, timing, and probability settings also return with the DAW session.

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Property Value
Format VST3 AU
Category Instrument (Synth)
MIDI Input Yes
Outputs 9 stereo buses (18 ch)
Sample Formats WAV AIFF FLAC MP3
Platform macOS 10.13+ (Intel & Apple Silicon)
Manufacturer Glow Machine Audio

MIDI control

Pads, presets, and probability settings can all be mapped to MIDI. Pull a fader to make granular delay more likely, switch a preset, or leave the next choice to the plugin.

Download Loop Breaker

Use your existing loops as a starting point, then reshape them as you play.

Download Loop Breaker (Free) Read the Manual (PDF)

Requires macOS 10.13 or later. Compatible with VST3 and AU hosts.