radial Loop Sequencer for Mac Released

March 24, 2003

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Cycling '74 has announced the release of radiaL 1.0, a loop-based composition and performance tool designed for Macintosh users looking to explode the boundaries between live performance, sound design, and composition.

radiaL is a loop-based performance software with a beautiful and unique interface thoughtfully optimized for playing live. The program is based on loop channels represented by circular displays, each with its own performable multi-filter and pitch shifting/time scaling. Almost every aspect of the system can configured for live performance, studio recording, or sound exploration, controlled from a variety of sources (control surfaces, MIDI, keyboard or mouse). radiaL features complete multi-channel audio I/O support, audio and effects routing, and support for VST plug-ins.

radiaL supports all major audio file formats and I/O standards. As a bonus, you get a dozen VST plug-in effects from the Pluggo collection, and a tempo-synchronized filter/delay.

radiaL includes:

Sample-accurate loops and syncing
Support for AIFF, WAV, and MP3 files
Dynamic interchange of loops and DSP effects
Built-in library of external MIDI controller templates and the ability to add your own
Insanely flexible audio routing and support for ASIO, ReWire, DirectConnect, and VST on OS 9.
Record direct to disk record on the fly
A free library of loops

The fully-functional radiaL demo can be downloaded and tried out for 15 days. At this time, radiaL is available for Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2. The OS X upgrade coming this summer will be free to owners of radiaL.

RadiaL is $249 (packaged) and $239 (downloadable). Package customers get over 400 MB in audio loops. Download customers can purchase a CD of those loops for $10. You can buy radiaL from your local retailer soon or directly from Cycling '74.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.cycling74.com/.

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