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title = "Looptober 2024"
description = "Yet another tiny beat a day for all of October"
date = 2024-10-01

[taxonomies]
categories = ["Electronic", "Loops", "Work in Progress"]

[extra]
content_class = "looptober looptober-2024"
+++

I decided to do looptober AGAIN! This year I will be using the [Woovebox](https://www.woovebox.com/). I bought it awhile back but I haven’t really given it a good try yet.

My prediction for this year is even more stuff in the same key, scale and BPM, because of how the Woovebox works. Or really because of how lazy I am. I really don’t like using bluetooth for transfer, so I won’t be backing up and resetting the Woovebox very often. That gives me at most 16 different sets of key/scale/BPM/instrumentation. I will be reusing those I’m most happy with.

Another consequence of my dislike of bluetooth is I won’t be bouncing and exporting tracks off the Woovebox. I will record them straight to Reaper from the line out through a Rode AI-Micro. Hopefully this won’t effect the sound quality negatively.

<mark class="arrow">NB</mark> These are made to be played in a loop, but if you only want a quick peek they are still playable using the `:play` command.

<mark class="arrow">NB2</mark> Loops marked with X was not finished on time, but created and added later.

### 01 - Lo-fi Wafers (86 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=3) }}
> I feel like I’ve heard this before.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/01-lo-fi-wafers.mp3") }}

### 02 - Creepazoids (72 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=6) }}
> Oh no, I forgot to change key!

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/02-creepazoids.mp3") }}

### 03 - Xpace Xploration (78 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=10) }}
> Do you say Zavier or Exavier?

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/03-xpace-xploration.mp3") }}

### 04 - Noodletop (106 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=13) }}
> Hey! Friday! Time to move into triple digit BPMs.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/04-noodletop.mp3") }}

### 05 - Centipedes (83 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=16) }}
> Which sounds cooler, forcipules or toxicognaths? I think it’s a tie for me.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/05-centipedes.mp3") }}

### 06 - Seven and One (80 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=19) }}
> Sundays are perfect for watching old Millennium episodes!

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/06-seven-and-one.mp3") }}

### 07 - Metasyntactic Variables (69 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=23) }}
> I guess I could have just named it "Foo Bar".

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/07-metasyntactic-variables.mp3") }}

### 08 - Last Day of Summer (113 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=26) }}
> More like the first day of autumn, actually.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/08-last-day-of-summer.mp3") }}

### 09 - Flaky Bones (111 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=29) }}
> I don’t even know what flaky bones are, but according to Reddit you should try Paraloid B72 if/when it happens.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/09-flaky-bones.mp3") }}

### 10 - Paraloid (72 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=32) }}
> Apparently, this is the remedy for the mess yesterday.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/10-paraloid.mp3") }}

### 11 - Southward Equinox (86 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=35) }}
> I know it was several weeks ago, but we’re still feeling the effect, right?

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/11-southward-equinox.mp3") }}

### 12 - Daytime Travel (100 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=39) }}
> If I close my eyes, the sun shining through my window feels almost tropical.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/12-daytime-travel.mp3") }}

### 13 - Where Cruise Ships Go To Die (75 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=42) }}
> R.I.P Inspiration, Imagination and Fantasy. You gentle giants.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/13-where-cruise-ships-go-to-die.mp3") }}

### 14 - Klondyke Days (110 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=45) }}
> Do you remember them?

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/14-klondyke-days.mp3") }}

### 15 - Orichalcum (70 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=48) }}
> The "reggae" tune came later this year.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/15-orichalcum.mp3") }}

### 16 - Slow Realization (89 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=52) }}
> I really meant to do something other than 4/4 today, but then I forgot.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/16-slow-realization.mp3") }}

### 17 - Jedi Rat (100 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="7", denominator="8") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=55) }}
> Last year’s beat for October 17 was "Needy Bat" which is perhaps the exact opposite of a Jedi rat.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/17-jedi-rat.mp3") }}

### 18 - Choices (119 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=58) }}
> It’s Friday, folks! Three digit beat coming up!

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/18-choices.mp3") }}

### 19 - Holography Dept. (91 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=61) }}
> This sounds like how riding a bike feels.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/19-holography-dept.mp3") }}

### 20 - Here Come the Probes (46 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=65) }}
> Slowly but surely.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/20-here-come-the-probes.mp3") }}

### 21 - The Donzerly Light (83 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=68) }}
> Only ten days left! 

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/21-the-donzerly-light.mp3") }}

### 22 - Câblage Défectueux (123 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=71) }}
> A quarter to midnight I gave up on looking for more USB cables and went to bed.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/22-cablage-defectueux.mp3") }}

### 23 - A Predawn Walk (62 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=74) }}
> Perhaps a stroll through Paris in the Sixties?

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/23-a-predawn-walk.mp3") }}

### 24 - Day of Departure (98 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=77) }}
> All aboard!

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/24-day-of-departure.mp3") }}

### 25 - Fatigue (80 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=80) }}
> I can’t even be bothered to fix the clicky loop. 

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/25-fatigue.mp3") }}

### 26 - Patat Oorlog (78 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=84) }}
> Extra onion, please.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/26-patat-oorlog.mp3") }}

### 27 - BATT.LO (58 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=87) }}
> I just spent eight minutes making this loop and 43 minutes trying to figure out what to write here. 

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/27-batt.lo.mp3") }}

### 28 - Bosan dan Kesepian (105 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=90) }}
> Sometimes you go for the clicky loop, sometimes you go for the sucky loop.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/28-bosan-dan-kesepian.mp3") }}

### 29 - The Toupée Fallacy (81 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=94) }}
> Remember, you only spot the bad ones!

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/29-the-toupee-fallacy.mp3") }}

### 30 - At the Arcades (72 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=97) }}
> Woop, woop! One day left! I really hate that last chord.

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/30-at-the-arcades.mp3") }}

### 31 - Finale: Toad-Boy Wins (73 BPM) {{ timesig(numerator="4", denominator="4") }}

> {{ progress(type="circular", percentage=100) }}
> That’s it for this year, folks. Go, Toad-Boy!

{{ looper(filepath="/audio/looptober/2024/31-finale-toad-boy-wins.mp3") }}