KLUPPE(1)

📦 version 0.6.21, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 KLUPPE 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about kluppe — a loop-player and recorder that was literally designed for live use. yes, on stage. in front of people. main character energy only. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

kluppe

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. she contains multitudes. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is gonna give you the brief lil rundown of the kluppe program — a graphical loop player and recorder. graphical as in there's a GUI, as in you get to click things, as in we're not doing everything in a terminal like it's the dark ages (no shade to the terminal girlies, ily). 🎀

here's the vibe check on getting started, step by step, no cap:

  1. start the jackd server first. yes, first. she's the foundation, the whole thing falls apart without her. 👑
  2. then start kluppe.
  3. then create a new looper.

once you've got your looper, you've got options, and both of them eat:

  • start recording a new sound (this one uses create a new buffer)
  • or load a sound file

and then — for each looper — you select the buffer you want to use. that's the whole ritual. simple, iconic, no notes. 🌈

now let's talk features, because the way that this list goes:

  • multiple files buffers, multiple 'loopers' tracks 💀 (yes, plural everything, go wild)
  • direct (gui) access to all loopers — no digging, no hunting, it's all right there, obsessed
  • combined and per loop output ports for jack — so much routing freedom fr fr
  • different playmodes including "granular" 🧚 (granular!! the fancy one!!)

✨ OPTIONS ✨

listen, there's literally one thing to know here:

  • if a projectfile is given as a startup argument, kluppe will try to open it.

that's the whole options section. short, sweet, slays. 🍓

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • jackd (1) — your girl from step one, go read her page
  • the program homepage lives at http://kluppe.klingt.org/ — go say hi 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Paul Brossier <piem@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). a real one. we love a generous king. 💖

okay so real talk: this is the kluppe page from the General Commands Manual, and it was last touched way back on May 3, 2004 — ancient in internet years but still absolutely serving. 🌸 mwah, go make some loops bestie, ily, bye!! 💅✨🎀🦋
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