Cycling '74 Ships radiaL 1.0 Loop Sequencer

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 www.cycling74.com.