We made a decision last month to port all development to a new SDK based ONLY on providing better support for the hobbyist user.
I had look up SDK on Wiki.
A software development kit (SDK or "devkit") is typically a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.
I will make this comment on loop thru vs. splitter. Tests I've made on loop thru show a 4db loss, same as what you get from a splitter. So you are not loosing any extra signal by trading loop thru for a splitter.