🎯 Mark & Loop v3.2 — a live playhead and exact in/out times on the loop slider, plus snap loop points to the spot you're hearing with the I/O keys.
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Add LoopingTube to your home screen for an app-like practice session.
Release notes
What's new
Every release of LoopingTube, in reverse order. The most recent version is at the top — scroll down to trace the project from a simple A/B looper to a fully-featured practice studio.
v3.2May 2026latest
Mark & Loop
Setting precise loop points just got a lot faster. The loop slider now shows a live playhead and the exact in/out times as you drag, and you can snap either end to the spot you're listening to with a single key.
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Mark loop points on the fly
Found the exact spot? Press I to set the loop's start or O to set its end — or tap the IN/OUT buttons — and that edge snaps straight to the playhead. Only the boundary you mark moves; the other stays exactly where it was.
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Live playhead and loop-point times
The loop slider now draws a moving playhead that tracks playback in real time, and each end shows its exact timecode as you drag it. No more guessing where you are in the loop or what you just set a boundary to.
POLISH
A redesigned loop timeline
The slider got a studio makeover. The selected loop is now the brightest band on the rail so it always reads as the focus, with ember edit-blades on each end, mono time pills above and below, and a distinct downward playhead carved into a copper groove.
v3.1May 2026
Pocket Studio
LoopingTube goes mobile. Bigger tap targets across the Player, a small-screen layout that gets out of your way, and the option to install it to your home screen and launch it like a native app.
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Built for touch screens
Every Player control now has a comfortable tap target on phones and tablets — transport, looper, clip nudges, save and share, recording, even the loop-point slider thumbs. No more fat-fingering a tiny button mid-practice. The desktop layout stays pixel-identical.
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Install it like an app
Add LoopingTube to your home screen or dock and launch it full-screen, without browser chrome — it behaves like a native app and loads instantly. One tap on Chrome and Android; on iOS, a quick Add-to-Home-Screen walkthrough from the sidebar.
POLISH
A tidier small-screen layout
On small screens the Player sheds what it doesn't need — redundant labels are hidden, nudge controls group together, and clip timecodes wrap instead of colliding with the buttons beside them. Sub-12px text gets bumped up so it's actually readable.
v3.0April 2026
Practice Studio
A full design re-skin and a leaner Player. Warm studio surfaces, editorial type, tactile controls — the looper finally feels like an instrument.
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Speed control as a slider
The playback speed dropdown is now a 5%-step slider from 0.25× to 2×. Easier to nudge, easier to dial in the exact tempo you can keep up with.
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Gradual tempo ramp
Practice slow, end fast. Set a starting speed on the slider, then choose how much to bump, how often, and a target — the loop auto-steps the playback rate up every N completed loops until it hits the cap. Made for ramping a tricky phrase up to performance tempo without leaving the player.
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Practice Studio redesign
New design language across the app: warm dark surfaces, an ember + copper + flame accent palette, Fraunces for editorial titles, Geist for prose, JetBrains Mono for timecodes and labels. Tactile shadows on every pressable surface.
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Paste a YouTube URL into the address bar
Swap youtube.com for loopingtube.com in any video URL — or just append the bare video ID — and you land straight in the looper. loopingtube.com/<id>, /watch?v=<id>, /youtu.be/<id>, and full pasted URLs all work. Share links are shorter too: loopingtube.com/<id> instead of /video/<id>.
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Direct feedback channel
The feedback page now points to a real email address with a friendly note, so suggestions and bug reports get a real reply instead of disappearing into a form.
v2.5March 2026
Polish & Sharing
A round of UI polish ahead of the v3 redesign, plus a few user-facing additions to the home page.
POLISH
Typography & UI refresh
Cleaner type hierarchy, a friendlier URL input, refreshed thumbnails, and slider aesthetics that finally match the rest of the app. A warm-up before the v3 redesign.
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Social share & FAQ on the home page
Share the app with one click on X, Reddit, Hacker News, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, or email. A new collapsible FAQ answers the questions new users ask most.
v2.0December 2025
Advanced Loop Controls
The release that turned LoopingTube from a simple A/B looper into a real practice tool — with countdown, loop limits, pauses, recording, and shareable clips.
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Start countdown
Set a 0–10 second countdown before the loop starts. A visible 'Starting in 3… 2… 1…' helps you get into position before the first beat.
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Loop count limit
Cap the loop at a fixed number of repeats from 1 to 50, or leave it on ∞ for endless looping. The loop stops on its own with a 'Completed X/X loops' confirmation.
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Pause between loops
Insert a 0–10 second gap between repetitions for resetting your hands, taking a breath, or repeating what you just heard. A short countdown previews the next pass.
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Stop button
A dedicated stop button surfaces while looping is active so you can bail out instantly and return to a paused state without scrubbing the timeline.
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Audio recording
Record yourself over the loop with a live waveform, then play your take back to compare. One take per loop, kept for the session.
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Shareable clip URLs
Every clip you make is encoded into the URL, so you can paste a link to a friend, a teacher, or a forum and they land on the same loop you set up.
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Better clip list
A sortable, selectable list of saved clips per video — switch between them with one click, see clip duration at a glance, and order them ascending or descending.
POLISH
Hidable settings & cleaner controls
Loop options live in a collapsible settings panel below the player, transport controls were split off from looping logic, and disabled buttons now actually look disabled.
POLISH
Shortcuts in the sidebar
The keyboard shortcuts modal now opens from the sidebar, so it's reachable from any page — not just the player.
v1.0June 2025
Initial Release
The first public version of LoopingTube. Loop a section of any YouTube video, save clips, and practice — no signup required.
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Seamless YouTube looping
Loop any section of any YouTube video without manual rewinding, with millisecond-precise start and end points.
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Multiple clips per video
Save as many loop sections as you need for a single video and switch between them.
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Playback speed control
Slow phrases down to 0.25× or speed them up to 2× without changing pitch.
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Account & cloud sync
Sign in with email or Google to sync your clips across devices, or stay anonymous and keep them in your browser.
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Keyboard shortcuts
A complete shortcut set for transport, looping, navigation, and clip switching — built for keeping your hands on the instrument.
What's next
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