Why we tag by ear, not by filename
Every sample library ends up named by whoever was in a hurry. Here is what the analyser listens for instead — and the three places it still gets things wrong.
A groovebox has no search field
Hardware gave us tactile everything and took away find. What that costs over ten years of one-shots.
Mono, stereo, and what your sampler actually wants
Dual mono is not stereo width. A short guide to folding files down without losing what you liked.
Reading BPM from a two-second one-shot
Tempo detection assumes a loop. Most of a sample library is not loops. Here is the workaround.
Interview: building a live set on an EP-133
Four minutes of pads, 24 slots, and no laptop on stage. How one producer packs a set.
Pack drop: 120 dusty tape hits
Recorded to a four-track, bounced back at 12-bit, and tagged on arrival. Free on every plan.
Welcome to the blog
A short note on why Loopbox is keeping a blog, and what to expect when new entries arrive.
Cover art is generated from each sample's own spectrogram — a placeholder treatment until real artwork exists.