LoopNest 2.0.0

What's new in 2.0.0

Version 2 is a rebuild. LoopNest now sits on a track as an audio effect, locks to your song's tempo and bar grid, and can run the track's own audio through the rack.

• Sync: follows your DAW's tempo with the pitch held. Drag the tempo for a tempo of its own.
• Bar-grid lock: with SYNC and LOOP on, the loop runs on the song's bar grid and follows the transport.
• Audition and Live: AUDITION plays the spun loop. LIVE runs the track's own audio through the rack.
• Drag in: drop audio from Finder, Splice or Live onto the tape rack to add it to your loop folder.
• Print bins, back and forward through your spins, and PLATE, HALL or SPRING reverb.

Install (macOS 13+, Apple Silicon)

• VST3 (Ableton, Reaper, Bitwig, Cubase, Studio One) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
• AU (Logic, GarageBand, MainStage) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

LoopNest isn't notarized, so macOS won't load it until you clear the download mark. After copying, run:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/LoopNest.vst3 ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/LoopNest.component

Then restart your DAW. Full steps, including Logic notes, are in the bundled INSTALL.txt.

Version 2 replaces version 1. Sets made with 1.x open with LoopNest missing; 1.0.2 stays here for those.

Source code is MIT. The plugin binaries are AGPLv3 (built with JUCE); third-party notices are in the zip.

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LoopNest 1.0.2

What's new in 1.0.2

• Runs on macOS 13 Ventura and later. 1.0.1 only loaded on macOS 27, and 1.0.0 only on macOS 26 Tahoe and later. Nothing else changed: same sound, same features as 1.0.1.

LoopNest is a loop-curation instrument. Curate a folder of loops, spin a random one, shape it through a six-stage lo-fi rack, and hatch a .wav you drag straight onto a track.

Install (macOS 13+, Apple Silicon)

• VST3 (Ableton, Reaper, Bitwig, Cubase, Studio One …) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
• AU (Logic, GarageBand, MainStage) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

Restart your DAW after copying. Bundles are ad-hoc signed (no Developer ID). If Gatekeeper blocks them, right-click → Open, or:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine LoopNest.vst3 LoopNest.component

Full install notes are in the bundled INSTALL.txt.

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LoopNest 1.0.1

What's new in 1.0.1

• Hatches keep their peaks: HATCH writes 32-bit float, so a hot loop no longer clips in the exported file.
• RE-HATCH: after any tweak, the DRAG key dims to RE-HATCH instead of handing over the old render.
• Clean loop seam: a 2 ms crossfade at the wrap removes the click on custom trims, in playback and in the hatched file.
• Extractor: progress and a cancel in the header strip, a result message when it finishes, a folder picker for the destination, and .mp3 loops are now spun too.
• Steadier set reopening: the sample, its name and your settings come back together.
• Render and load failures are handled cleanly instead of leaving a half-loaded file.

LoopNest — a loop-curation instrument. Curate a folder of loops, spin a random one, shape it through a six-stage lo-fi rack, and hatch a .wav you drag straight onto a track.

Install (macOS, Apple Silicon)

• VST3 (Ableton, Reaper, Bitwig, Cubase, Studio One …) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
• AU (Logic, GarageBand, MainStage) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

Restart your DAW after copying. Bundles are ad-hoc signed (no Developer ID) — if Gatekeeper blocks them, right-click → Open, or:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine LoopNest.vst3 LoopNest.component

Full install notes are in the bundled INSTALL.txt.

Highlights

• Curate → spin → shape → hatch workflow with an in-plugin drum-loop extractor
• Six-stage character rack: WARP · FLUTTER · DRIVE · ECHO · REVERB · WIDTH, plus master EQ + dry/wet
• 12 factory presets, varispeed pitch, trim, and A/B monitor with K-weighted loudness gain-match
• Monochrome engineering-blueprint UI

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

LoopNest 1.0.0

LoopNest — a loop-curation instrument. Curate a folder of loops, spin a random one, shape it through a six-stage lo-fi rack, and hatch a .wav you drag straight onto a track.

Install (macOS, Apple Silicon)

• VST3 (Ableton, Reaper, Bitwig, Cubase, Studio One …) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/
• AU (Logic, GarageBand, MainStage) → ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

Restart your DAW after copying. Bundles are ad-hoc signed (no Developer ID) — if Gatekeeper blocks them, right-click → Open, or:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine LoopNest.vst3 LoopNest.component

Full install notes are in the bundled INSTALL.txt.

Highlights

• Curate → spin → shape → hatch workflow with an in-plugin drum-loop extractor
• Six-stage character rack: WARP · FLUTTER · DRIVE · ECHO · REVERB · WIDTH, plus master EQ + dry/wet
• 12 factory presets, varispeed pitch, trim, and A/B monitor with K-weighted loudness gain-match
• Monochrome engineering-blueprint UI

🤖 Generated with Claude Code