Time for a complete rewrite...

If you're on a Mac upwards of 10.3 go get this.

Crossfade looper is a clever little vsti/AU that will let you load a single wav or aiff into its interface so you can play it like a pitched instrument.

While this doesn't sound like much but given it's the ONLY Mac synth I know of that handles samples in such a straightforward/simple manner makes it a gem if bloated, library playing juggernauts of samplers are not your thing.

Moreover it's equipped with a nifty loop point/sample start system with a customizable amount of crossfade (hence the name).
This works well for those "never-ending" pad or string sounds, but the fact that you can automate all parameters means that you can get all kinds of loop gimmicks out of it depending on how much effort you put into it. You can basically do everything from "chopping" drum loops to creating the most glitchy and scary effects by using extreme settings and automation.

it comes with a multimode filter, various envelope parametres and an overdrive function

8 out of ten stability points for the slightly sloppy timing. You can work around that by setting your buffer size to a low value though.


I love the GUI, it's elegant and smooth and you can change its size. How cool is that? (and it saves you some screen real estate). Every parametre you hover over pops up its name so no space is wasted, another screen real estate plus ;)


Very low cpu consumption on my puny 2000 build Mac G4.



Marco :)