← experimentsnanophage researchSOUND STUDIES / INSTRUMENT 001

NANOPHAGE RESEARCH / CIRCULAR SOUND

looper02

Two wheels. Infinite returns.

SAVED ON THIS DEVICE
READY01 : 01
BPM
70%
angle = time · radius = pitch

Tap a ring to place a note. Move outward for higher pitches.

16 steps / 1 bar
precision editor notes, velocity & keyboard controls ↗

Ready. Press play to hear the starting pattern.

FIELD GUIDE / LOOPER

A little repetition.
A different place.

Each wheel is a voice. Time moves clockwise from the top. The distance from the center sets the pitch, snapped to your chosen scale.

Write a phrase
Tap an empty slice to add a note. Tap a note to remove it. Drag through slices to draw a phrase, or choose Erase to clear them. Use the precision editor to change a note without removing it.
Let it drift
Set different wheel lengths for repeating patterns that meet again. One step is a sixteenth note. Double repeats your phrase; halve keeps its first half. Undo restores any edit.
Shape the sound
Choose from 30 sounds: keys, strings, bells, basses, pads, percussion and classic oscillators. These are synthesized voices. Tap ♫ to hear a dry preview, then adjust octave and level. Mute and solo isolate voices.
Push it further
Every slider reaches 100% of its range. Swing delays every second step while keeping the rhythm moving. Echo stays synchronized to the tempo; 100% feedback gives the longest fading repeats. Reverb decay shows seconds too: 100% is 5 seconds.
Keep what you make
Your session saves on this device. Save session downloads a portable JSON file. MIDI includes both tracks, tempo, swing and velocity; the app opening it supplies the instruments. WAV captures your selected sounds and effects. Seamless WAV warms up the effects before capturing one complete cycle.
Use the keyboard
Space plays or pauses; Escape stops. Ctrl/⌘ Z undoes; Ctrl/⌘ Shift Z redoes. On a wheel, ←/→ select a step, ↑/↓ change pitch, Enter toggles a note and Delete removes it. The precision editor provides the same controls as labeled inputs.

Playback pauses when you leave this tab. Headphones reveal the stereo echo.