---
name: "slgui"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sooperlooper"
version: "1.7.8~dfsg0-2+b2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/slgui"
---

# slgui(1)

SooperLooper user interface

## NAME

slgui - SooperLooper user interface

## SYNOPSIS

**slgui** \[*-h*\] \[*-V*\] \[*-l \<num\>*\] \[*-c \<num\>*\] \[*-t \<num\>*\] \[*-H \<str\>*\] \[*-P \<num\>*\] \[*-m \<str\>*\] \[*-L \<str\>*\] \[*-s*\] \[*-N*\] \[*-E \<str\>*\] \[*-J \<str\>*\] \[*-S \<str\>*\] \[*-T*\] \[*-n*\]

## DESCRIPTION

SooperLooper is a live looping sampler capable of immediate loop recording, overdubbing, multiplying, reversing and more. It allows for multiple simultaneous multi-channel loops limited only by your computer's available memory.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help

- **-V**, **--version**

  show version only

- **-l**, **--loopcount=**\<num\>

  number of loopers to create (default is 1)

- **-c**, **--channels=**\<num\>

  channel count for each looper (default is 2)

- **-t**, **--looptime=**\<num\>

  number of seconds of loop memory per channel

- **-H**, **--connect-host=**\<str\>

  connect to sooperlooper engine on given host (default is localhost)

- **-P**, **--connect-port=**\<num\>

  connect to sooperlooper engine on given port (default is 9951)

**-m**, **--load-midi-binding=**\<str\> loads midi binding from file

- **-L**, **--load-session=**\<str\>

  load session from file

- **-s**, **--force-spawn**

  force the execution of a new engine

- **-N**, **--never-spawn**

  never start a new engine

- **-E**, **--exec-name=**\<str\>

  use name as binary to execute as sooperlooper engine (default is sooperlooper)

- **-J**, **--jack-name=**\<str\>

  jack client name, default is sooperlooper\_1

- **-S**, **--jack-server-name=**\<str\>

  specify JACK server name

- **-T**, **--stay-on-top**

  keep main window on top of other applications

- **-n**, **--never-timeout**

  Never timeout if an engine stops responding

## SEE ALSO

[**slconsole**(1)](/slconsole/1.md), [**slregister**(1)](/slregister/1.md), [**sooperlooper**(1)](/sooperlooper/1.md)

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Alessio Treglia \<quadrispro@ubuntu.com\> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).