LoupeLoupe Server
Loupe without a window, on the Mac connected to your DAC. The library and playback live there, and Macs as old as macOS 12 Monterey can run it.
What's next
What we're working on, and what comes next.
In progress5
Remote control
Pick music and manage the queue and volume from another Mac, an iPhone or iPad, Apple Watch, or any browser, while the sound comes from the Mac at the DAC.
Cloud services
More cloud services for your music, in one library with your files and streaming.
Signal path
Every step from the file to your DAC in one view: format, rate conversion, processing and output, and whether what reaches the DAC is bit-perfect.
More languages
Loupe in more languages, starting with German, French and Japanese.
Version 0.2.02
Encore
When the album ends, the music doesn't. Encore learns from what you've been listening to and keeps playing in the same spirit, from your library and hi-res streaming.
UPnP and DLNA
Play to network streamers and receivers, and browse media servers on your network right in Loupe's library.
Version 0.3.01
Volume levelling
Track and album ReplayGain, so you stop reaching for the volume between records.
Planned14
New Settings
Settings, reworked: fewer sections, clearer names, and everything where you'd look for it.
Loupe for iPhone
A separate player for iPhone, with your library and hi-res streaming.
Smart folders for streaming
Folders with rules, by year, by hi-res and more, for your streaming favourites as well as files on your Mac.
Classical music
Works, movements, composers, performers and conductors as their own levels, not squeezed into "artist".
Credits
Musicians, producers and engineers for every album, each one a way into their other records.
Listening history
What you played, how often and when, kept on your Mac and nowhere else.
New releases
A note when an artist you follow releases something new.
Room correction import
Filters from REW or Dirac, brought into the EQ and convolution in one step.
Loudness measurement
EBU R128 loudness and dynamic range for every track and album.
Device profiles
Your own sound settings for each DAC and pair of headphones, applied the moment you switch to them.
Another streaming service
A second hi-res streaming service beside the first, in the same library and search.
Widgets and menu bar
What's playing, and the controls, in a desktop widget and the menu bar.
Import from other players
Playlists, ratings and favourites from Roon, Audirvana and Apple Music.
Custom keyboard shortcuts
Your own keys for the things you do most.
This is the broad plan, not every task: small improvements and fixes don't appear here, and the order can change. What has shipped is in the changelog.