Loopster 1.1.1
Device: Mac OS
Category: Music
Price: $7.99, Version: 1.0.1 -> 1.1.1 (iTunes)
Description:Loopster plays back audio files and lets you change the playback speed indepently from pitch and vice versa.
And what makes Loopster so different from other tempo change and pitch transpose Apps?
While you practice your songs or transcribe them, you operate Loopster easily with single key touches on your keyboard. No mouse, scrolling sliders, you do everything with the touch of one finger.
The author himself is musician and created this app for his own and all practicing musician's needs. Its great looking and easy to understand interface is the difference and this is what gives you more practicing fun.
Transpose songs in up to 12 halftone steps up or down without affecting the playback speed.
Tune Songs in steps of one hundreth of a halftone to match your instruments pitch.
Change playback speed without affecting the pitch.
Of course, you can also change both tempo and pitch simutaneously.
Manage you songs in playlists.
Store and easily recall up to 10 loops and locators per song using the number buttons of your keyboard.
Intuitively use the keyboard keys indicated on buttons and get easy and fast access to all functions.
Modify any value (e.g. speed, pitch, loop in and loop out position) with the arrow keys of your keyboard. This will make your practicing, rehearsing or transcribing experience much more comfortable.
Manage songs of different bands or projects in playlists.
Your Loops, Locators, Songs and Playlists are stored automatically when you create them.
What's New
Gain many new Loopster features to make your practicing and playing experience more convenient and funny.
Place and modify the current playback position by clicking with the mouse onto the waveform.
Switch or modify locator positions with the mouse.
Modify loop start and loop end positions with the mouse.
Drag and drop multiple files from iTunes (e.g. all files of an iTunes playlist) or from a directory in Finder to the current Loopster playlist. Now you can also add multiple files directly in Loopster via the open file dialog.
Export audio files with the current tempo and pitch settings and play them on any device without time and pitch modification capability.
Change Loopster volume with the new volume slider or via MIDI controller and match volume to other apps (e.g. virtual amps in Garage Band).
Settings and Hardware Control
MIDI Automation of all important playback features. Comfortable and intuitive MIDI configuration.
Airplay support. Playback your retuned or tempo modified audio on any Airplay device.
Now you can configure or switch off completely the preroll at the beginning of a song.
You can choose to continue playback after pausefrom the current position or from the last active locator or loop start position.
Stability improvements.
Solved a problem with non 44100 Hz sample rate songs that differed in length between display and playback.
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