The Future of MIDI Generation
W. A. Production and Liminal Sphere proudly unveils LOOP ENGINE 2, the trailblazing successor in our lineup of multi-voice loop tools, now even more potent with cutting-edge enhancements.
LOOP ENGINE 2 continues the evolution of MIDI generation, building upon the esteemed legacy of the CHORDS plugins while breaking new ground. Discard the constraints of static chord shapes and divisible segments; Loop Engine 2 propels riffs, arps, and melodies into uncharted territories with its advanced tonal and rhythmic capabilities. This plugin goes beyond the norm, enabling you to craft MIDI loops with unprecedented intuitive controls to sculpt the algorithms, ensuring a constant stream of inspiration and innovation for your tracks.
What's new in Loop Engine 2?
Note Editor: Delve into the realm of complex polyphony. Create elaborate melodies, basslines, arpeggios, and rhythms that extend beyond conventional chord notes. The Note Editor offers seamless note placement, intuitive content transfer, and a scrollable piano roll for ultimate creative control.
Poly (Revised): Craft intricate polyrhythmic patterns with the updated POLY feature, allowing segments to weave together in mesmerizing syncopation, highlighted during playback for an immersive composition experience.
AUX Notes: The innovative 'AI wizard' enhances your melodies and harmonies with tasteful passing notes, automatically inserted to enrich chord transitions. This live function adds another layer of sophistication to your music, with more enhancements planned for future updates.
Listener Update: The revamped Listener now provides three modes to manage AUX Notes output, ensuring seamless integration into your tracks.
Core Features Retained from Loop Engine 1.1:
Enhanced Features for Loop Engine 2:
LOOP ENGINE 2, now with a more comprehensive preset manager and automation capabilities for essential controls, remains the ultimate tool for producers seeking innovation and quality. W. A. Production continues to empower creators with intuitive plugins that achieve studio-quality processing effortlessly.
Elevate your production with LOOP ENGINE 2 and let your creativity flow uninhibited.
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Reviewed By Milkman [all]
May 13th, 2024
Version reviewed: 2.02 on Windows
I've already left a bad review for Loop Engine 1 as well as Chords, Chords Pro + Notes, and all for similar reasons. One main reason, really.
EDIT: OMG They just released Loop Engine 3 lmao Loop Engine 18 will be out any day.
That being said, there was no way I would buy Loop Engine 2, based on my earlier experiences (timing issues with simple loops in all DAWs, crashing on MIDI export) with WA's other Loop Engine-based products. However today I was given a copy of Loop Engine 2 in a larger Pluginboutique bundle, so I figured why not? They couldnt POSSIBLY have left the DAW loop timing issue in ANOTHER version of this same plugin, could they have??
Yes. Yes they could, and yes they did. Is Loop Engine 2 just Loop Engine 1 with a new version number?? I cant even see any differences between version 1 and version 2. When I try to export MIDI from this, it freezes for a second and does nothing(Bitwig), just like all the other versions. In Cubase 13, this does export MIDI after a 5-6 second freeze.
The big issue -- in Cubase 12, 13 & Bitwig 5.1.9, Loop Engine 2 doubles up the first note in any loop(only Cubase), AND cuts the final note in the loop when the arranger loops around. (Bitwig AND Cubase).
Try it out - try any version of Loop Engine, from version 1 to Chords Pro + Notes to Loop Engine 2, and see what you can see.
Ive emailed the vendor about this. They act confused, they ask for videos of the issue, but they do not fix the issue. The only way to avoid this is to turn off cycle/loop mode in your DAW, which isnt something I should need to do to accommodate a looping plugin.
Its my fault for actually installing this, and thinking the issue would be gone. If its been there this long, they have no intention of fixing it.
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