soundlooper

Soundlooper

A real-time multi-layer audio looper built in Rust with a terminal UI. Record, mix, and loop up to 16 audio tracks with per-layer controls, WAV import/export, and low-latency playback. Cross-platform support for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Features

• Multi-layer Recording: Record up to 16 simultaneous audio layers
• Real-time Playback: Low-latency audio processing with looping
• Per-layer Controls: Individual volume, mute, and solo controls
• 5-Level Undo/Redo: Navigate through up to 5 previous states per layer
• Real-time Peak Meters: Color-coded dB level monitoring with peak hold
• SIMD-Accelerated Mixing: Fast multi-layer mixing performance
• Lock-Free Audio Buffers: Eliminates mutex contention for lower latency
• WAV Import/Export: Import WAV files into layers and export compositions
• Terminal UI: Clean, responsive TUI with device information display
• Options Panel: Choose input/output audio devices directly from the TUI
• Beat Sync & Count‑In Mode: Start/stop/record aligned to measures; optional 3‑2‑1 count‑in
• Tap Tempo & BPM: Tap to detect BPM or set BPM numerically
• Metronome: Click at each beat, synced to BPM
• Cross-platform: Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Debug Mode: Optional debug logging with --debug flag (logs written to debug.log)

Quick Start

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/Cod-e-Codes/soundlooper.git
cd soundlooper
cargo build --release

# Run the application
cargo run --release

# Show help
cargo run --release -- --help

# Run with debug logging
cargo run --release -- --debug

Controls

Key	Action
↑↓	Select layer
1-9, 0	Record/Stop/Play layer 1-10 (beat‑sync aware)
R	Record on selected layer
S	Stop selected layer
Space	Stop all layers
P	Play selected layer
A	Play all layers
+/-	Adjust volume
M	Mute/unmute selected layer
L	Solo/unsolo selected layer
C	Clear selected layer
X	Clear all layers
I	Import WAV file to selected layer
E	Export composition as WAV
Z	Undo on selected layer
Y	Redo on selected layer
O	Options (select input/output devices)
B	Tap tempo
T	Set BPM
G	Toggle beat sync
H	Toggle count‑in mode
N	Toggle metronome
Q	Quit

Architecture

The application is built with a modular architecture:

• Audio Engine (src/audio/): Core audio processing, mixing, and layer management
• Terminal UI (src/ui/): User interface built with ratatui
• Cross-platform Audio: Uses CPAL for audio I/O across platforms

Key Components

• AudioLayer: Individual audio layer with recording, playback, and control capabilities
• LooperEngine: Manages all layers and handles real-time mixing
• TempoEngine: BPM tracking, beat synchronization, and count-in functionality
• AudioStream: CPAL-based audio input/output handling with resampling
• LockFreeAudioBuffer: High-performance, non-blocking audio data transfer
• SimdMixer: SIMD-accelerated multi-layer audio mixing
• PeakMeter: Real-time audio level monitoring with color-coded display
• UndoHistory: 5-level circular buffer for layer state management
• TerminalUI: Terminal-based user interface

Building

# Debug build
cargo build

# Release build
cargo build --release

## Examples

See the [examples/README.md](examples/README.md) for detailed examples and usage instructions.

```bash
cargo run --example basic_api           # Basic API usage
cargo run --example record_playback     # Interactive recording workflow
cargo run --example feature_demo        # Automated feature demonstration
cargo run --example multi_layer_mix     # Advanced mixing workflow

Requirements

• Rust 1.89+
• Audio input/output device
• Terminal with UTF-8 support

Dependencies

• cpal - Cross-platform audio I/O
• hound - WAV file reading/writing
• rubato - Sample rate conversion
• ratatui - Terminal UI framework
• crossbeam - Thread-safe communication
• anyhow - Error handling
• crossterm - Terminal control
• ringbuf - Lock-free ring buffer
• serde - Serialization framework
• toml - TOML configuration parsing

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.