Lovely creative stuff here from the ever-reliable Critter & Guitari. Based on the idea of 'collecting' sounds, the Kaleidoloop allows you to record, loop and layer, manipulating in real time and saving to internal memory for later processing.

Supplier's Notes:
The Critter & Guitari Kaleidoloop is a compact yet powerful looper designed for musicians seeking unparalleled creative exploration.

With its intuitive interface, you'll find it easy to manipulate and layer loops, and craft intricate soundscapes on the fly. Featuring a variety of playback modes and effects, the Kaleidoloop offers endless sonic possibilities. Discover new textures, harmonies and rhythms in your favourite sounds.

Rugged construction ensures reliability - making it an essential tool for capturing and manipulating sounds on the go or in the studio.

Everything you record with the Kaleidoloop is saved to internal memory and is easily accessible from your computer.

Whether you're a seasoned performer or just starting your musical journey, the Critter & Guitari Kaleidoloop is your gateway to boundless musical adventures.

Key feature:

Let's (Inter-)face it... you can do a lot with a little!

The Kaleidoloop features six playback modes, a record button, and track navigation buttons. While compact in design, these controls offer extensive capabilities.

Start with a fresh recording - use the microphone to capture anything from drums to acoustic guitar, the radio, to random ambient sounds in your home. The sound will begin playing in a loop. Use the playback mode button and the two playback controls to manipulate the sound. The Kaleidoloop ships with six playback modes: three speed manipulation modes, and three effects.

The playback modes are coded in Pure Data. Users can create their own modes or upload modes shared with the community. Modes utilize two control knobs. Craft new edits by adjusting the control knobs and / or selecting different playback modes.

Evolving Sound

Sonic Journey

Playback continues during recording. With the microphone & speaker combo you can build on existing tracks in any or all of the following ways:

Select different playback Modes
Use Knobs to change mode parameters
Play different recordings
Adjust the volume of the playback

...so something as straightforward as a single guitar chord strum can get looped, stretched in time, reversed, have a melody recorded over it, effected, reversed again, sped up, and so forth. Along the way, each recording is saved so you can revisit that musical idea at any time and / or save it to your computer for further creation.

Microphone & Speaker

Capture the Room / Get in Close - Fill the Air / Whisper

The microphone is clear. The speaker gets loud. How to use them is up to you! The Kaleidoloop's hardware lets it flip between 'documenting the space' to being an instrument adding its sound to the world.

It is flexible in this regard: want to record everyone in the jam or focus on the drums?... position the Kaleidoloop mic accordingly. During playback - do you want its speaker to be a major feature or more of an accent in the mix? Dial up the volume and playback modes to suit!

Portability

Battery Power = Creative Power

Get out of the studio, off the couch, etc., and explore the wide world of sound!
With battery power, take the Kaleidloop anywhere and everywhere and collect any sound and every sound!

File Freedom

Disk Mode makes it easy to manage modes and tracks.

The USB-C port is used for both power and data transfer. Connect to your computer and copy your recordings for posterity and / or additional editing.

Playback modes can be swapped out for different ones. Maybe you want six effects or perhaps a variety of speed control modes - either is possible!

You can also copy existing audio files onto Kaleidoloop. Use these files as the beginnings of new tracks or use Kaleidloop's modes as a way to re-envision and remix your prior tracks!

Design / Specs
Audio input / output:
1 / 4" Monophonic Audio Input
1 / 4" Monophonic Audio Output
Omnidirectional Analog Electret Condenser Microphone
3W Output Speaker

Audio format:
Recording File Type: .wav
Recording Sample Rate: 48KHz
Recording Bit Depth: 16-bit
Recording Channel Count: 1 (monophonic)

Included storage:
An 8GB microSD card holds the operating system and audio storage.
There is ~7GB for available for audio storage.
This is about 20 hours total record time.

Physical characteristics:
Size: 6.06 x 4.71 x 2.13" / 15.4 x 12 x 5.4 cm. Height includes knobs.
Weight: 1.03 lb / 0.47kg
Microphone:
~7.125" x 0.5" / 18.1 cm x 1.27 cm
1oz. / 20g
Powder coated aluminum enclosure

Included items:
Microphone
Power Supply:
Input: 100-240VAC @ 50 / 60Hz.
Output: 5VDC
USB-A port
North American Plug
Power / Data Cable
USB-A to USB-C
Length: 40" / 101.6 cm

Battery power specs:
Requires 3x 'AA' batteries. (Not Included)