Every few bars, Loop Breaker presents a new modifier and asks which loops should change. You can decide—or do nothing and let Loop Breaker decide for you.
Free and open source under the GNU GPL-3.0 license.
Load some loops, press play, and wait for the next prompt. Change is the only constant.
Drop up to eight loops into the pad grid: drums, vocals, textures, or a whole idea in pieces.
Every few bars, a new modifier enters the queue: an effect, a slice, a reversal, a stretch, or something stranger.
Pick the loops it should affect. Make no choice, and Loop Breaker selects one to four pads for you.
Modifiers stack. Within minutes, each loop can head down its own path before the pieces recombine into something new.
Effects, playback changes, and structural moves arrive on the fly; you decide how much control to keep.
Set how many bars pass between prompts, then let modifiers arrive one at a time in the queue.
Control how likely each modifier is to appear and how likely each loop is to be chosen when you cede the decision.
Reverse, re-pitch, stretch, change speed, move between parts, or slice loops into shuffled, arpeggiated, and repeated fragments.
Reverb, delay, chorus, filters, granular delay, auto-pan, and tremolo receive changing settings and onset times on the fly.
Use MIDI CC, DAW automation lanes, or modulation sources to change the odds while the loops are running.
Store a state as a preset, take your exploration further, then recall it when you need it.
Map pads and presets to MIDI notes, put probabilities on faders, and make decisions with your hands instead of the mouse.
Send each loop to its own stereo channel in your DAW, then keep editing, processing, and mixing after the fact.
Reset All returns the loops to their defaults, ready for the next route through the same material.
A modifier comes up every few bars. Assign it to a loop or leave the decision to Loop Breaker. Either way, the changes stack.
Loop Breaker follows your DAW's tempo and transport. Its probability sliders respond to MIDI CC, automation lanes, and modulation sources, so you can keep changing the rules midstream.
Save and recall modifier stacks as presets. Your loops, mappings, timing, and probability settings also return with the DAW session.
| 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 |
Pads, presets, the modifier switch, 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.