<s>
ReCycle	B-Application
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
loop	I-Application
editor	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
software	O
developers	O
Propellerhead	B-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
based	O
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
principal	O
idea	O
of	O
ReCycle	B-Application
is	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
tempo	O
of	O
a	O
music	B-Application
loop	I-Application
without	O
changing	O
its	O
pitch	O
or	O
otherwise	O
altering	O
its	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReCycle	B-Application
does	O
this	O
by	O
"	O
slicing	O
"	O
loops	O
into	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
separate	O
"	O
beats	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
hits	O
"	O
and	O
altering	O
their	O
timing	O
(	O
or	O
even	O
quantizing	O
them	O
)	O
without	O
altering	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
the	O
individual	O
slices	O
,	O
thus	O
allowing	O
the	O
loop	O
to	O
play	O
at	O
a	O
different	O
speed	O
whilst	O
using	O
the	O
unmodified	O
sounds	O
for	O
each	O
individual	O
slice/drum	O
hit	O
,	O
a	O
process	O
which	O
fully	O
preserves	O
the	O
original	O
pitch	O
of	O
the	O
loop	O
while	O
allowing	O
a	O
great	O
variety	O
of	O
speed/timing	O
tweaks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReCycle	B-Application
can	O
also	O
assign	O
each	O
successive	O
slice	O
to	O
a	O
respective	O
MIDI	O
note	O
on	O
a	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReCycle	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
program	O
to	O
popularize	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
loop	O
slicing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Propellerhead	B-Application
developed	O
their	O
own	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
this	O
software	O
:	O
REX	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
REX2	O
(	O
.RX2	O
)	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
stereo	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
standard	O
for	O
music	B-Application
loops	I-Application
and	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
many	O
third	O
party	O
programs	O
,	O
including	O
Logic	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
MOTU	O
Digital	B-Operating_System
Performer	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Steinberg	B-Application
Cubase	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Propellerhead	B-Application
's	O
Reason	B-Application
has	O
its	O
own	O
specialised	O
REX2	O
playing	O
device	O
called	O
the	O
Dr.	O
Octorex	O
Loop	O
Player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
versions	O
prior	O
to	O
Reason	B-Application
5.0	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
Dr.REX	O
Loop	O
Player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReCycle	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Steinberg	O
,	O
although	O
version	O
2	O
was	O
solely	O
a	O
Propellerhead	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
to	O
ReCycle	B-Application
,	O
version	O
2.2	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
adds	O
64-bit	O
support	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
no	O
longer	O
requiring	O
Rosetta	B-Operating_System
on	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
(	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
10.7	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
