Layerz ULTRA for Windows  1.1.1
Lucian Labs  -  https://waveloop.app/layerz

A loop instrument. Record a layer, keep stacking layers on top of it,
flip the tape backwards, run it through effects or your own VST plugins.


RUN IT
  1. Unzip this folder anywhere you like (Desktop, Documents...).
  2. Double-click layerz.exe.
  There is no installer, and nothing to uninstall.


"WINDOWS PROTECTED YOUR PC"
  The first time you open it, Windows SmartScreen may stop it. layerz
  isn't signed with a paid code-signing certificate yet, so Windows
  doesn't recognise the publisher. Click "More info", then "Run anyway".
  You only do this once.

  Before you do, you can check this is the file we published: its SHA-256
  is on the download page. In PowerShell:
      Get-FileHash .\layerz.exe


WHERE THINGS GO
  Exports      Music\layerz\
  Settings     %APPDATA%\WaveLoop\layerz.ini

  Want it all in one folder instead (a USB stick, say)? Put an empty file
  named layerz.ini next to layerz.exe and layerz keeps its settings there,
  with exports in an "exports" folder beside it.


PLUGINS
  layerz loads 64-bit VST2 plugins (effects and instruments) from the
  standard VstPlugins folders. Add another folder by setting the
  LAYERZ_VST_PATH environment variable.

  In the plugin list: just start typing to find one, TAB switches between
  ALL / EFFECTS / INSTRUMENTS, ENTER loads the highlighted one, ESC closes.

  A plugin only says whether it is an effect or an instrument once it has
  been loaded, so the EFFECTS and INSTRUMENTS lists fill in as you use
  them: every plugin you load is remembered. IDENTIFY does the whole
  folder in one pass - it loads each plugin once, which takes a while and
  can make an unlicensed plugin pop its own activation window. You can
  stop it at any time, and it never has to run twice.


AUDIO
  layerz uses your default Windows audio device. This build does not
  include ASIO.

  Click the LAYERZ ULTRA title for SETTINGS: pick the input from the list, set
  the buffer, switch the device between SHARED and EXCLUSIVE (X does the
  same). The footer shows the round-trip latency the device reports.
  Exclusive is a little faster but nothing else can play through that
  device while layerz is open.


INPUTS
  Press A, or click the symbol at the top left: a panel slides out on the
  left with every input your interface has. Each one has a level, a mute,
  a pan and a link to its neighbour, so you can use one input on its own,
  spread two across left and right, or mix them all into the loop. Keys
  1-4 switch between four setups. It is saved per interface and shared
  with the other WaveLoop apps.


LIBRARY
  Press L, or click the three bars at the top left: your loops, newest
  first. Whatever is on the tape saves itself there as you play, and
  layerz opens on it next time. Click another to switch to it. + starts
  an empty one.


REMOVE IT
  Delete this folder. To clear its settings too, delete
  %APPDATA%\WaveLoop\layerz.ini. Your exports stay in Music\layerz until
  you delete them.


Needs Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
Third-party licences: THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt

