# Sampling within Tidal

**URL:** <https://uzu.lurk.org/t/sampling-within-tidal/508>\
**Category:** TidalCycles\
**Tags:** questions\
**Created:** [28 April 2020 01:50 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/sampling-within-tidal/508 "2020-04-28T01:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/mrreason/32/3203_2.png) [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)\
**Post date:** [31 August 2020 19:03 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/sampling-within-tidal/508/12 "2020-08-31T19:03:21Z")

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Finally I came up with a first basic version of a new looper in TidalCycles!

I uploaded the code on my [Github page](https://github.com/thgrund/tidal-looper/)

What I did so far:

1. Record a buffer with a dynamic size based on the length of a pattern (controllable with the mini-notation)
2. Choose a specific buffer (from 0 to 7)
3. Change the input port (I use Blackhole - the input and output ports are equal so I can record my channel results)
4. Resetting the buffer
5. Sending OSC message with the record status

You can find a demo video where I demonstrate all of these here:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6s6Y7m8GrJQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Demo of a basic looper in TidalCycles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s6Y7m8GrJQ)

What I am still loosely planning to implement are more complex looper variants with the following features:

1. Quantizing
2. Customizable buffer names
3. Pitch correction
4. Smooth transition between buffers
5. Multiple Inputs
6. Appending multiple buffers (so you can use the function "n")
7. [Optional] Treshold based recording (maybe this is not practical?)

I would be very happy to receive feedback and ideas!

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