Earl Grey's Hand Apps
EasyLoop 1.0
With this loop station you can improviseoveryour audio recording in a simple manner. Through theheadsetconnector of your Android device you can connect it withyour musicequipment and grind it in as an effects device. EasyLoopistherefore suitable for the amateur musician jamming to yourownsequence. Or you can experiment with it in the rehearsal roomandset the pace for the drummer...To try out, during a spontaneous session or as a creative gameideafor your children EasyLoop can also use the built-in microphoneandspeakers without any other equipment.EasyLoop consists of the two units, mixer and tape recorder.Withthe mixer the signal paths are connected and set up the level.Thesingle-channel tape recorder can record or play back with asingleclick. The tape recorder remains active, even if theapplicationlost focus.Mixer unit- Audio input on/off , VU meters- Live output on/mute , VU meter , volume control- Tape recorder output on/mute , VU meter, volume control- Total volume touch controlsTape recorder- Count down on/off, for recording (0.5 - 4secondsadjustable)- Recording start/stop, visualization by 4 -second clock- Loop playback start/stop, visualization by loop clock- Additional stop buttonSettings- Count down time in seconds- Keep screen on- Screen orientation- Increase audio buffer: The tape recorder works with thesmallestpossible buffer of your device – to keep latency low. Whenplaybackshould stutter on your device, try it with a largerbuffer.Possible setups:To integrate the device into your existing equipment, aheadsetadapter is required, such as Lindy 35523 (Attention, thereare twodifferent pin assignments; usually it's mass at three andAux Micat four).A) If you only have a one channel amplifier, EasyLoop canbeswitched between microphone and amplifier. Live signal andtapeplayback go together to the amplifier. Since the live signalcomesto Android -related delayed by the buffer, you have to liveherewith the latency of the live signal.B) The microphone signal is connected to the amp and the EasyLoopisconnected via the effect out of the amp. The EasyLoop outputisconnected with the second channel of the amp. In EasyLoop thelivesignal should be muted. With this setup you have no latency ofthelive signal.The app is free of advertising, the source code is storedonGithub .
