Jade Starr Music

MolliLooper

by Molli Labs

Always-on stereo looper that freezes what just played, with ladder filter

May 25, 202361 minWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. 11:32The interface, and how it records the input continuously whether or not a loop is running
  2. 14:57Loop length buttons from 32 beats down to one, freezing a slice of what just passed through
  3. 16:47Dragging and stretching the captured section with snap to grid on, then off
  4. 17:21Loop against live signal on the dry wet mix, building polyrhythms over a drum part
  5. 21:06Limiter and release on the loop output
  6. 22:15Filter pad, held to latch in position or flicked so it springs back

What it does

A stereo looping effect that records whatever passes through it all the time, so nothing needs arming. Tapping one of the length buttons freezes the last 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 or 1 beats into a loop, which can then be dragged and stretched along the bar with snap to grid on or off. Loop timing follows the host clock. A dry wet mix sets loop against live signal, there are separate gains for each plus a limiter, and an XY pad runs the output through a low pass, neutral or high pass resonant ladder filter that latches when held.

In the demo

Jade puts it on drums in Logic, freezes short slices and slides them off the grid to build polyrhythms over the live part, then repeats the trick on piano, guitar and vocal loops before moving the setup into AUM.

Worth knowing

It captures rather than layers, so it is a performance and glitch tool more than a song looper. Jade hits sync errors in Logic that need the plugin removed and reloaded.

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