a hypersampling instrument

what is blur?

blur turns your loops and samples into instruments - not just files you edit, but sounds you play.

blur stretches a sample across a row of pads, so you can trigger, chop and remix any sound in real time. chop vocals, slice breakbeats, rearrange basslines, glitch out pads - or perform entire tracks. the audio recorder captures any source and lets you remix it on the fly. pattern recorders track and loop complex trigger sequences. miniloops isolate any slice into its own repeating moment. reverse and speed controls twist and warp samples instantly. and real-time quantization keeps every performance locked to the grid, no matter how hard you play.

blur is built for grid controllers - Launchpad, Push, and most MIDI grids work natively. the grid maps straight to the plugin. no controller? keyboard mode maps everything to a standard MIDI keyboard, so you can play blur with whatever you already own.

it's ideal for DJs, live looping performances, producers, and electronic musicians of any level. it pushes you to stop editing - and start playing.

features

• 7 sample slots with comprehensive control - volume, pan, reverse, mute, solo, coarse + fine pitch, ADHR for shot and hold modes
• 6 MPC-style mute groups with per-group volume
• real-time audio input recorder - record any source from your DAW, live, and remix it on the fly
• 4 playback modes - loop loops the sample, once plays it through, shot triggers each slice MPC-style, hold sustains per pad
• 6 pattern slots - record and play back performance sequences in real time
• 6 stereo outputs to your DAW for per-source effects routing
• independent swing and real-time quantization on every slot
• first-class native support for Novation Launchpad Pro / Mini / X and Ableton Push 2 / 3
• MIDI mapping with LED feedback* for any other grid controller - Akai APC and Fire, MIDI Fighter, Intech, Maschine, PreSonus ATOM and more
• keyboard mode for a streamlined, production-oriented workflow on any standard MIDI keyboard
• customizable interface - light and dark modes, two font options, and your own colour schemes
• fully recallable sets - consolidate and restore any session on the fly

*LED feedback varies between controllers - full support not guaranteed.

what is hypersampling?

the core idea behind blur - dubbed “hypersampling” - isn't new. it stretches back over twenty years.

in 2005, electronic musician and designer Brian Crabtree, alongside his partner Kelli Cain, created the monome 40h: a control surface made of nothing but an 8×8 grid of backlit rubber buttons. it didn't use MIDI or integrate into a DAW - it spoke OSC, and triggered custom patches built in Max/MSP. one of those patches was MLR, “Monome Loop Recorder”: seven sample slots stretched across the grid, group and pattern controls along the top row, real-time quantization, and a simple audio recorder that could feed any slot.

the monome community took the idea and ran with it. dozens of versions followed - Trent Gill's MLR-V (2009) added new triggering modes, and more recently Max4Live devices like mm4lr and re:mix each brought their own spin on the core concept.

but despite all that innovation, MLR languished in relative obscurity. the monome was a boutique device made in small batches. OSC isn't supported by any mainstream DAW. running standalone Max/MSP patches is esoteric for even the most tech-savvy producers. an ingenious workflow - one that turns any sample into something you can manipulate live - never took hold the way it deserved to.

that's what blur is: hypersampling, brought into the modern era. same idea, rebuilt from scratch, with the needs of the modern electronic musician driving the core of its design.