For professionals and power users dabbling in things like MIDI mapping, sequencing, and automation, Loopy Pro is a wonderland of customization and inspiration that, after a little careful tinkering, will serve as your studio’s central control center.
Click the pencil icon at the bottom of the page to view the array of widgets that can connect (or replace) your donuts in session view. This can be divided into an almost unlimited number of pages, accessible via tabs or custom mappings. One-shot loops are great for percussive sounds, while the clip slicer can point to an existing loop and automatically map each of its buttons to a specific “slice” of the loop, providing an easy option for fans of IDM heroes like Aphex Twin , filter out glitches and Autechre will love it straight away.
An are, can be freely assigned to your interface or MIDI via Bluetooth (BLE) if you are allergic to cables. The latter takes about a minute to set up, and Loopy Pro’s MIDI mapping mode uses a standard learning method that can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be. Assign an incoming MIDI message to as many widgets as you like, or do the reverse process to quickly adjust an infinite number of parameters of your outboard equipment with a single keystroke in Session View.
Just bring sounds
Loopy Pro doesn’t come with its own sounds, so you’ll need third-party plug-ins to supplement your audio recordings with things like drums, synthesizers, and effects. The AUV3 format is the gold standard for plug-ins that work seamlessly in iOS DAWs, and the amount of high-quality options available for free or for just a few dollars on the App Store is staggering.
To create a track, simply open LP’s mixer section, click the + icon in the bottom right corner, select “Add Audio Unit Input”, select your plug-in and a new one Channel will automatically be populated with your selected plugin as the audio source. A similar workflow is used for external audio sources from an interface, Bluetooth MIDI sources, and MIDI plug-ins, which are essential if you want to sequence or manipulate MIDI messages in strange and creative ways before routing them internally or externally Devices.
The mixer uses color-coded groups instead of channels, which is the only aspect of Loopy Pro that takes some getting used to. Assigning different colors to things like drums, bass, vocals, and guitar keeps things organized, and the striking contrast of the neon donuts and widgets against the black background makes the LP easy to keep track of in any environment. Hardware inputs and color groups can be sent to the master bus or infinite via discrete send controls located either pre- or post-fader, or other color groups that can resample separate audio sources merged into a single one Number of buses routed color group and loop.