foreverloops BEATS is a playful and easy-to-use rhythm tool.

Experiment with all kinds of audio–visual material for beat-making and performances. Freely arrange loops of sound, videos and images on virtual gears to stack and connect them.
Evolve simple arrangements to awe-inspiring media machineries that can be tweaked and customized in real-time.

foreverloops BEATS is the core version of foreverloops, focusing on rhythms.

Versions:

| |     foreverloops BEATS     |    foreverloops LONGPLAY   |     foreverloops STUDIO    | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | |       not upgradeable |     upgradable to STUDIO |      DLC for LONGPLAY | | unlimited tracks |                 • |                 • |                 • | | import audio, video, images |                 • |                 • |                 • | | drive gears |                 • |                 • |                 • | | sequencer gears |                 • |                 • |                 • | | scratch gears | |                 • |                 • | | MIDI gears | |                 • |                 • | | FX gears | |                 • |                 • | | included samples |                 270 |                 339 |                 386 | | on-screen keyboard | |                 • |                 • | | Leibniz drives | |                 • |                 • | | ASIO support | | |                 • | | MIDI out | | |                 • | | Spout sender | | |                 • | | VST3 support | | |                 • | | included effects | |                 18 |                 18+13 |

Features:

Powerful sequencer

• almost unlimited tracks
  
• individual ly adjustable sequencer segments
  

• two gear types:

  • drive gears to power gear trains with customizable speeds
    
  • sequencer gears to play audio, image and video samples
    

• 11 different gear sizes

• adjustable track offset

• different concurrent playback speeds

• combine different bar measures

• exchange samples on-the-fly

• supports audio, video and images

  • multiple audio file formats , both compressed and uncompressed
    
  • mp3, wav, flac, ogg, aiff, aif, wma, aac, m4a
    
  • multiple image file formats
    
  • bmp, exif, gif, png, jpg, bpm
    
  • multiple video file formats (that are imported as mjpeg files for fast frame-to-frame access)
    
  • mp4, flv, avi, mov, wmv, mpeg, mpg, 3gp, ogv, mkv, webm
    
  • import your own library / recordings / …

Beginner-friendly and playful

• being able to read music is no requirement
  
• real-time simulation
  
• rewarding and fun
  

• manifold performance capabilities

  • mute / unmute individual tracks, stacks and trains
    
  • set tracks, stacks and trains to solo mode
    
  • alter playback directions and speeds
    
  • enable / disable entire gear trains

Intuitive interface
Descriptive UI for audio-visual programming, based on gear mechanics

• group and relate tracks by forming gear trains
  
• adjust volumes with a circular editor
  
• automatic track synchronization
  

• superb for

  • combining different bar measures
    
  • relating track playback speeds (transmission)
    
  • structuring
    
  • performing
    
  • synchronization of sounds and visuals

System

• export your results (audio-/video session recording, save as a bundle for sharing)
  
• ships with a neat sample library
  
• many customizable shortcut keys

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