Clean, steady audio on every device, and a new low latency mode for hearing yourself while you talk.
About this version
1.7.3 is a patch version: an update to 1.7 that you can install straight over the version you
have. Your pages, presets, cables and options carry over exactly as they are, and nothing needs
setting up again. It is recommended for everyone.
Clean audio on any sound card, headset or interface
- Every output now keeps its own time. LoopIt7 tops each device up on a steady 1 ms beat,
measured against what the device has actually played, and keeps only as much audio waiting as
that particular device needs. Audio interfaces, USB headsets and onboard sound cards all get a
smooth, continuous signal, whatever rhythm their driver works in. - Devices with different clocks stay in step. Every cable measures how fast each side really
runs and follows it with smooth, inaudible resampling. Two devices can disagree by a few
percent and the audio still flows without a break, and without a delay building up over time. - Tight, stable queues. Each cable holds just a few milliseconds of audio and keeps it
there, so what you hear stays close to what is being played.
Low latency mode
A new Low latency switch sits next to Buffer. It talks to your microphone, headset or audio
interface directly, past the Windows mixer, at the buffer size you choose: 144 samples (3 ms) on
a typical USB headset. That is fast enough to monitor your own voice while you talk or sing.
Each box shows exactly what it got, for example "exclusive · 144 samples (3.0 ms)". Devices
used in this mode belong to LoopIt7 while routing runs, so send your voice on to Discord, OBS or
a DAW through the LoopIt7 Cable, which is read at 3 ms in this mode. Switch it off for the
everyday shared mode, where every program can use every device.
Easier to find your way around
- Add input (formerly Add source) and Add output now list every real device on the PC,
from sound card jacks to headsets and speakers, including ones with nothing plugged in yet,
which wait and start the moment they are connected. - Cables and virtual devices such as VoiceMeeter or Wave Link live under Add cable, where
each one is listed once per direction: In to hear what a program plays into it, Out to
send to a program that records from it. - A new ⇄ button on a cable box turns it from an input into an output for the same cable,
and back, right where it sits on the canvas.
Protection for your ears
Every output now keeps an ear on its own level. If the sound keeps building up by itself, the
way it does when another program sends it back round, LoopIt7 dips it for a moment to clear it,
the same as pulling a fader down and up. If it keeps coming back, the output mutes and a notice
explains what to look for.
For the curious
While routing runs, LoopIt7 writes %AppData%\LoopIt7\audio-log.txt every two seconds: what
each device stream got, its timing and the state of every cable. Handy if you ever want to see
exactly how your setup is running.