Loopy Pro: Create music, your way.

What is Loopy Pro? — Loopy Pro is a powerful, flexible, and intuitive live looper, sampler, clip launcher and DAW for iPhone and iPad. At its core, it allows you to record and layer sounds in real-time to create complex musical arrangements. But it doesn’t stop there—Loopy Pro offers advanced tools to customize your workflow, build dynamic performance setups, and create a seamless connection between instruments, effects, and external gear.

Use it for live looping, sequencing, arranging, mixing, and much more. Whether you're a live performer, a producer, or just experimenting with sound, Loopy Pro helps you take control of your creative process.

Download on the App Store

Loopy Pro is your all-in-one musical toolkit. Try it for free today.

App recommendations for worship/ambient pads?

passmaster16passmaster16
in General App Discussion

Hi

Our church does not have a keyboard player so my wife has been filling in by using the iM1 app on an iPad Air 2 and Casio privia px-160 as the controller. She is basically providing fill with some pads and iM1 has worked fairly well for this. However is there any other apps that we should consider for warm ambient pad sounds? I saw that iwavestation just came out. How about it or korg module with the triton pack? Something else? The worship leader uses Mainstage when he plays keys but we wanted to stick with an iPad setup to keep things simple. We'd prefer something more preset driven.

One issue with the live setup is changing presets in iM1 will cause whatever you're playing to stop. Any recommendations on how to avoid this? I know a lot of keyboard players will use two keyboards and I assume this scenario would be one where having two keyboards would allow you to change a patch on one while continuing to play on the other. Any way to accomplish this with iM1? We were thinking connecting another midi keyboard and putting it on a different and then use iM1 in multi mode. But then you lose out on the preset combis it appears?

Thx
Josh

Comments

  • telechargetelecharge

    Mitosynth usually gets the most nods for pads. Here are a couple of related threads...

    https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/13855/favorite-ipad-substitute-for-omnisphere-ish-worship-ambient-pad-creation

    https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/12032/apps-for-soft-pads

  • studs1966studs1966

    Alchemy(if you have it?) or the new iWAVESTATION?

  • mister_rzmister_rz

    This might be worth a look, has a few nice pads in the factory presets and you can buy other soundpacks.

    SynthMaster Player by KV331 Audio
    https://appsto.re/gb/w0Qr4.i

  • passmaster16passmaster16

    Thanks for the recommendations. I've seen Mitosynth mentioned before. Does it have a lot of nice presets in it or do you have to program it to get the nice layered pads that we'd be looking for?

  • ReubenReuben

    The bs-16i app is very good for live playing. You can set it up so you have a page of 8 sounds with faders/sliders and mute/unmute making it simple to choose sounds and layer them if you want. Plus you can add a lot of free Soundfonts including some from my site that have pads, strings and organs.
    https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/

  • HowardNHowardN

    I would highly recommend Soft Pads by Forward Sounds.
    Go to the Apple Store and search for Soft Pads.
    Also the website is:

    Www.forwardsounds.com

  • JeffChasteenJeffChasteen

    @HowardN said:
    I would highly recommend Soft Pads by Forward Sounds.
    Go to the Apple Store and search for Soft Pads.
    Also the website is:

    Www.forwardsounds.com

    Can't be found in the Apple Store and the website is essentially useless.
    What's up with that?

  • RajahPRajahP

    I would recommend Beathawk 2 .. So much you can do with it in your situation and the sound packs are the best.. I think you can place patches on the pads and switch by midi channel.. and so much more..

  • hisdudenesshisdudeness

    @passmaster16 said:
    Hi

    Our church does not have a keyboard player so my wife has been filling in by using the iM1 app on an iPad Air 2 and Casio privia px-160 as the controller. She is basically providing fill with some pads and iM1 has worked fairly well for this. However is there any other apps that we should consider for warm ambient pad sounds? I saw that iwavestation just came out. How about it or korg module with the triton pack? Something else? The worship leader uses Mainstage when he plays keys but we wanted to stick with an iPad setup to keep things simple. We'd prefer something more preset driven.

    One issue with the live setup is changing presets in iM1 will cause whatever you're playing to stop. Any recommendations on how to avoid this? I know a lot of keyboard players will use two keyboards and I assume this scenario would be one where having two keyboards would allow you to change a patch on one while continuing to play on the other. Any way to accomplish this with iM1? We were thinking connecting another midi keyboard and putting it on a different and then use iM1 in multi mode. But then you lose out on the preset combis it appears?

    Thx
    Josh

    I think you have the best app for this, for trails cut off, please use a reverb at end, so switching can be seamless,

    I dont this happens to all sounds ,matter of finding the right sounds.

    But my preference is isymphonic (lil' expensive and storage heavy), you can choose/purchase any sound bank

    the demos are really good ....of all sounds

    stack 5& 6 sounds and use midi to trigger each of those ( Imi can alss do this)

    I have beathawk, I always seem to get a gitch here and there with midi controllers.

  • HowardNHowardN

    Hey JeffChasteen,
    Soft Pads was temporarily down yesterday and it up and live in the App Store.
    Also for more information you can go to:
    TWITTER

    https://twitter.com/soft_pads

    FACEBOOK

    https://www.facebook.com/Soft-Pads-1993517617633406/

  • HowardNHowardN

    @JeffChasteen said:

    @HowardN said:
    I would highly recommend Soft Pads by Forward Sounds.
    Go to the Apple Store and search for Soft Pads.
    Also the website is:

    Www.forwardsounds.com

    Can't be found in the Apple Store and the website is essentially useless.
    What's up with that?

    Soft Pads was taken down temporarily yesterday and is back up now. You can also go to:

    TWITTER

    https://twitter.com/soft_pads

    FACEBOOK

    https://www.facebook.com/Soft-Pads-1993517617633406/

    For more information.

  • JeffChasteenJeffChasteen

    @HowardN said:

    @JeffChasteen said:

    @HowardN said:
    I would highly recommend Soft Pads by Forward Sounds.
    Go to the Apple Store and search for Soft Pads.
    Also the website is:

    Www.forwardsounds.com

    Can't be found in the Apple Store and the website is essentially useless.
    What's up with that?

    Soft Pads was taken down temporarily yesterday and is back up now. You can also go to:

    TWITTER

    https://twitter.com/soft_pads

    FACEBOOK

    https://www.facebook.com/Soft-Pads-1993517617633406/

    For more information.

    Thanks for the update!

  • LucidMusicIncLucidMusicInc

    @passmaster16 said:
    Hi

    Our church does not have a keyboard player so my wife has been filling in by using the iM1 app on an iPad Air 2 and Casio privia px-160 as the controller. She is basically providing fill with some pads and iM1 has worked fairly well for this. However is there any other apps that we should consider for warm ambient pad sounds? I saw that iwavestation just came out. How about it or korg module with the triton pack? Something else? The worship leader uses Mainstage when he plays keys but we wanted to stick with an iPad setup to keep things simple. We'd prefer something more preset driven.

    One issue with the live setup is changing presets in iM1 will cause whatever you're playing to stop. Any recommendations on how to avoid this? I know a lot of keyboard players will use two keyboards and I assume this scenario would be one where having two keyboards would allow you to change a patch on one while continuing to play on the other. Any way to accomplish this with iM1? We were thinking connecting another midi keyboard and putting it on a different and then use iM1 in multi mode. But then you lose out on the preset combis it appears?

    Thx
    Josh

    If you've got Module you might like the KaPro Orchestral Dreams. You could also try Dreamy Synths, but your congregation might fall asleep listening to them :D

  • hisdudenesshisdudeness

    @Reuben said:
    The bs-16i app is very good for live playing. You can set it up so you have a page of 8 sounds with faders/sliders and mute/unmute making it simple to choose sounds and layer them if you want. Plus you can add a lot of free Soundfonts including some from my site that have pads, strings and organs.
    https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/

    Hi Reuben, Nice site you have

    I tried downloading the first first file you have on site

    BS16i ( on iphone8p gave error message ....saying file not recognised or memory may be low))

  • ReubenReuben

    The first one is “the big one” and only suits big ram devices like latest iPad Pro. Go down the list and choose something a bit smaller for most devices. iPad Air 2 can cope with soundfonts topping out at about 600mb.
    https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/

  • hisdudenesshisdudeness

    @Reuben said:
    The first one is “the big one” and only suits big ram devices like latest iPad Pro. Go down the list and choose something a bit smaller for most devices. iPad Air 2 can cope with soundfonts topping out at about 600mb.
    https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/

    thanks
    Is there any specific set, Im mostly looking for pads , I cant find anything small with pads mentioned in description?

  • ReubenReuben

    I’d try the Nice-Insruments-Extended set from the Various section toward the bottom. It will have a number of Strings, Pads and Organs that might do the trick.

  • calebj7calebj7

    Hi! I know this thread is a few years old but Worship Pads Pro is a killer pads app for soft atmospheric pads!
    Here’s a link:
    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/worship-pads-pro/id1586199401

Sign In or Register to comment.

© Vanilla Keystone Theme 2025