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To summarize why ShoopDaLoop exists and what the goals and plans are, a short comparison table with similar open-source software gives a good picture. Of course, the devil is in the details: the other listed software is great and in many ways different and better. The aim here is not to take away from them in any way.

| | ShoopDaLoop | SooperLooper | Luppp | Ardour |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| OS | Linux <sup>(2)</sup> | Linux, Mac | Linux | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| MIDI looping | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Audio+MIDI co-recording | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ? |
| Audio dry+wet co-recording | ✅ | manual setup | ✅ | ? |
| Loop Organization | Grid | Separate loopers | Grid | Grid |
| Scenes support | ✅ (5) | ❌ | ✅ (grid row = scene) | ? |
| Designed for live use | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Plugin Host | ✅ <sup>(1)</sup> | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Song/performance sequencing | ✅ <sup>(4)</sup> | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (not sure of details) |
| | ShoopDaLoop | SooperLooper | Luppp | Ardour |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| OS | Linux, Mac, Windows <sup>(2)</sup> | Linux, Mac | Linux | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| MIDI looping | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Audio+MIDI co-recording | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ? |
| Audio dry+wet co-recording | ✅ | manual setup | ✅ | ? |
| Loop Organization | Grid | Separate loopers | Grid | Grid |
| Scenes support | ✅ (5) | ❌ | ✅ (grid row = scene) | ? |
| Designed for live use | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Plugin Host | ✅ <sup>(1)</sup> | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Song/performance sequencing | ✅ <sup>(4)</sup> | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (not sure of details) |
| MIDI controller support | ✅ (learn / script) <sup>(6)</sup> | ✅ (MIDI learn) | ✅ (not sure of method) | ✅ (not sure of method) |
| NSM Session Management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Overdubbing | ❌ (planned) | ✅ | ✅ | ? |
| Plugin scripts | ✅ <sup>(3)</sup> | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Transport/tempo system | None (trigger on sync loop) | None | JACK transport / MIDI beats | ? |
| NSM Session Management | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Overdubbing | ❌ (planned) | ✅ | ✅ | ? |
| Plugin scripts | ✅ <sup>(3)</sup> | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Transport/tempo system | None (trigger on sync loop) | None | JACK transport / MIDI beats | ? |

(1): ShoopDaLoop has built-in support to host Carla through LV2, relying on Carla as a proxy to support other plugin types such as VST(3).<br>
(2): Focus is on Linux for now until it is reasonably feature-complete. Windows and Mac builds already available, but not useful yet due to lacking audio and plugin support.<br>
(2): Windows and Mac work, although the only supported back-end is JACK audio, which is non-standard on Windows / Mac. <br>
(3): ShoopDaLoop plug-in scripts are written in LUA. Currently the main goal is to support deep MIDI controller integrations and custom keyboard control scripts and opening/managing additional MIDI control ports. Future goals could be integration with the future song/performance sequencer or integration with the outside world by e.g. network.<br>
(4): ShooDaLoop supports "composite loops", allowing you to combine sequences of loops into other loops hierarchically. Through this method, complex sequences and simple songs can be constructed.<br>
(5): See (4): composite loops can be used as scenes.<br>
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