foreverloops BEATS is a playful and easy-to-use rhythm tool.

Experiment with all kinds of audio–visual material for beat-making and performances. Freely arrange loops of sound, videos and images on virtual gears to stack and connect them.
Evolve simple arrangements to awe-inspiring media machineries that can be tweaked and customized in real-time.

foreverloops BEATS is the core version of foreverloops, focusing on rhythms.

Versions:

	foreverloops BEATS	foreverloops LONGPLAY	foreverloops STUDIO
	not upgradeable	upgradable to STUDIO	DLC for LONGPLAY
unlimited tracks	•	•	•
import audio, video, images	•	•	•
drive gears	•	•	•
sequencer gears	•	•	•
scratch gears		•	•
MIDI gears		•	•
FX gears		•	•
included samples	270	339	386
on-screen keyboard		•	•
Leibniz drives		•	•
ASIO support			•
MIDI out			•
Spout sender			•
VST3 support			•
included effects		18	18+13

Features:

Powerful sequencer

• almost unlimited tracks
  
• individually adjustable sequencer segments
  
• two gear types:
  
  • drive gears to power gear trains with customizable speeds
    
  • sequencer gears to play audio, image and video samples
    
• 11 different gear sizes
  
• adjustable track offset
  
• different concurrent playback speeds
  
• combine different bar measures
  
• exchange samples on-the-fly
  
• supports audio, video and images
  
  • multiple audio file formats, both compressed and uncompressed
    
    • mp3, wav, flac, ogg, aiff, aif, wma, aac, m4a
      
  • multiple image file formats
    
    • bmp, exif, gif, png, jpg, bpm
      
  • multiple video file formats (that are imported as mjpeg files for fast frame-to-frame access)
    
    • mp4, flv, avi, mov, wmv, mpeg, mpg, 3gp, ogv, mkv, webm
      
  • import your own library / recordings / …

Beginner-friendly and playful

• being able to read music is no requirement
  
• real-time simulation
  
• rewarding and fun
  
• manifold performance capabilities
  
  • mute / unmute individual tracks, stacks and trains
    
  • set tracks, stacks and trains to solo mode
    
  • alter playback directions and speeds
    
  • enable / disable entire gear trains

Intuitive interface
Descriptive UI for audio-visual programming, based on gear mechanics

• group and relate tracks by forming gear trains
  
• adjust volumes with a circular editor
  
• automatic track synchronization
  
• superb for
  
  • combining different bar measures
    
  • relating track playback speeds (transmission)
    
  • structuring
    
  • performing
    
  • synchronization of sounds and visuals

System

• export your results (audio-/video session recording, save as a bundle for sharing)
  
• ships with a neat sample library
  
• many customizable shortcut keys

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