dadda123/livecut-enhanced — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-05-18
Load LiveCut Enhanced as a VST3 plugin in a Windows digital audio workstation to slice audio rhythmically.
Loop short or off-beat audio sections without the plugin going silent, unlike the original Livecut.
Use the standalone app to test the beat slicer without a full music production setup.
Experiment with different cut styles like accelerating repeats or Squarepusher-inspired patterns.
| dadda123/livecut-enhanced | achanana/mavsdk | alange/llama.cpp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 0 | — | 0 |
| Language | C++ | C++ | C++ |
| Last pushed | — | 2024-05-20 | — |
| Maintenance | — | Dormant | — |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 3/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| Audience | general | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Building from source requires Visual Studio 2022 or 2026 with the C++ workload and CMake 3.22+.
LiveCut Enhanced is a modernized rebuild of Livecut, a beat slicing audio effect originally created in 2004. A beat slicer takes incoming audio and chops it into rhythmic pieces in real time, synced to the tempo of whatever music software it is plugged into. This version updates the old plugin to run as a proper 64 bit application on Windows, with a completely new user interface built using a modern audio framework called JUCE. The project's main improvement is fixing a specific bug in the original effect. The original Livecut only started a new rhythmic pattern when playback reached the start of a musical bar. This meant that if you looped a short section of audio that never lined up with a bar start, the plugin could get stuck and go silent until you manually stopped and restarted it. LiveCut Enhanced detects when the playback position suddenly jumps back at the end of a loop and uses that moment to restart the rhythmic pattern immediately, regardless of where the bar lines fall. It comes in two forms: a VST3 plugin that loads inside music production software, and a standalone application for testing on its own. The interface includes a built in help mode where clicking a question mark icon lets you hover over any control to see what it does. Under the hood it offers three different cutting styles, ranging from classic rhythmic slicing to more experimental, accelerating patterns. This project is built with C++ and the JUCE 8 framework, and it is aimed at musicians and audio producers using Windows who want a reliable, up to date version of this classic effect. It is licensed under GPL version 2 or later, matching the license of the original project it builds on.
A modernized 64-bit Windows rebuild of the classic Livecut beat-slicer plugin, with a bug fix so short loops keep cutting correctly.
Mainly C++. The stack also includes C++, JUCE, VST3.
You can use, modify, and share this freely, but any modified or shared version must also be released as open source under the same GPL license.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.
Mainly general.
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