Kaleidoloop OS and modes
Firmware for Kaleidoloop (Critter & Guitari)
Kaleidoloop system software and its six Pure Data playback modes, written to the microSD card as a disk image, with the Pd patches, controller code and hardware test in an open repository.
- Distribution
- Prebuilt image you flash yourself
- License notes
- LICENSE.txt grants BSD 3-Clause terms to files copyright Critter & Guitari; imported files carry their own authors and licenses in their comments.
- Source
- github.com https://github.com/critterandguitari/Kaleidoloop
- Homepage
- critterandguitari.github.io https://critterandguitari.github.io/cg-docs/Other%20Instruments/kloop/
- os
- modes
- pure-data
- platform
- looper
Description
The Kaleidoloop repository has a pd folder with the mother patch and the playback modes, and an hw folder with the code for the unit's controller and a hardware test. Its history includes a "pure playback" mode and a knob that speeds playback up and down, added in 2025, and a community pull request merged in December 2025. The user manual links the v1.0 disk image for a factory reset.
Install notes
Individual modes go into the unit's modes folder through USB-C Disk Mode. For the full OS, write the kaleidoloop-v1.0 image linked in the manual to the microSD card with balenaEtcher; this erases the card and its recordings.
Version history
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| v1.0 | undated | Disk image named in the user manual. |