foreverloops LONGPLAY
- November 27, 2017
- foreverloops
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Get on itch.io Storeforeverloops LONGPLAY is a beginner-friendly audio/video authoring tool that offers easy experimentation with various media types. It boasts real-time customization and tweaking of simple arrangements that can evolve into complex, awe-inspiring media machineries. This version supports importing audio, video, and images, as well as drive, sequencer, scratch, MIDI, and FX gears, alongside an array of included samples. Note that it is not upgradeable and is a separate entity from the STUDIO version.
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Reviews
- The gear design is unique and allows for easy creation of odd time signatures and polyrhythms, making it an interesting tool for musicians.
- The application is user-friendly and allows beginners to create music and multimedia projects quickly, providing instant results.
- The developers are active in providing support and updates, showing potential for future improvements and features.
- The application often crashes, leading to loss of progress, and lacks essential features like overall volume control and intuitive UI design.
- The user interface is cluttered and unintuitive, requiring excessive menu navigation for basic functions, which can be frustrating.
- Many users report that the software feels incomplete and more like a 'creative toy' rather than a fully functional music creation tool.
- music26 mentions
- 15 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The music aspect of "foreverloops" is praised for its innovative gear-based system that deviates from traditional linear music creation, offering a unique and creative approach for musicians and visual artists. However, users note that the interface can be overwhelming and lacks accessibility for beginners, and while it shows great potential, it is still in a barebones state and not yet a fully functional tool for music production. Overall, it is seen as a promising but incomplete platform that could benefit from simplification and improved display options.
“As a musician with a focus on looping and complex rhythms, I was quite interested in the idea of using gears for connecting sequences rather than a typical grid view.”
“Increased creativity through a low barrier interface that is completely 'new' will allow musicians and visual artists to create a 'new' kind of composition.”
“This is so different from the linear approach in a video workstation that I believe one day its true value could be in rendering images and video more malleable to accompany music; think performance, advertisements, and interactive experiences that could respond to user input.”
“If you find yourself lost in the process of creating music without much end product to come of it and that fact doesn't bother you -- foreverloops is for you.”
“I would like to see it simplified for better access to budding musicians as well as have display options; there's so much white on white now that everything turns into a blur after a while.”
“A stable and creative tool in its most barebones beta state with massive potential, but not yet useful for musicians.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The optimization of the software has been criticized for poor performance, particularly when interacting with the user interface, which detracts from the overall experience. Users express frustration with the cluttered sample browser and hope for improvements that would enhance real-time video rendering capabilities to better complement music and interactive experiences.
“This is so different than the linear approach in a video workstation. I believe one day its true value could be in rendering images and video more malleable to accompany music; think performance, advertisements, and interactive experiences that could respond to user input.”
“There's also a lot of other bits to nitpick over, like the sample browser containing a ton of built-in stuff until you get to your own samples, and the horrible performance when hovering over the UI. It's all fine if the basic experience were to work in the first place.”
“This is so different from the linear approach in a video workstation that I believe one day its true value could be in rendering images and video more malleable to accompany music; think performance, advertisements, and interactive experiences that could respond to user input.”
“Wish list: composing a video in real time to accompany a speech, a performance, or to sit down and 'paint' a video for fun.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Reviewers praise the gameplay for its innovative and well-designed mechanics, highlighting the creativity and thoughtfulness behind the game's systems.
“What a marvelously mechanical idea!”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization aspect of the game is viewed as innovative, with potential for future applications in rendering dynamic images and videos that enhance user interaction, particularly in performance and advertising contexts. Users believe this approach could significantly differentiate it from traditional linear video workstations.
