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 StoreLoopy Pro is your all-in-one musical toolkit. Try it for free today.
Comments
@richardyot Certainly starts with a rush. The vox effect/bathroom ambiance really reminds me of The Furs, in fact the whole piece does (with extra Balalaika maybe
). I'd say the vocal sounds better in higher register and gets more muddy during the 1.40/2.05 section. I don't really understand the whole pitch-tune thing in as far as I haven't used it (often wondered etc), and certainly don't understand if there's a cost in terms of clarity etc, but this DOES sound better, more organic/whatever to my ears. Might be the placebo effect I guess, but I really don't think so. Love the idea of finding the tune while out walking. Hasn't happened to me yet, usually just howling suddenly in the car (thanks AS), but I like the image... 
@Richtowns thats for the possitive feed back altough I have to say I sing my own back ups! Thats why it sounds believable hu
@Bluepunk thank you kind sir. Always look forward to your generous comments and reviews on everyones somgs. You brighten up the forum with your creative writing wich should have a forum of its own hats off to you man
@Richtowns : cool somewhat ominous vibe. Really liked the way things moved around the stereo field. Production really tight, enjoyed the Echoing Astronaut Utterings (could be a cool album title?
). Great start to the month. Thanks for having a listen & providing feedback to my tune too, glad you liked it.
@studs1966 : I was a bit of a fan of dred zep back in my stoner days. Enjoyed the chaos and clatter of your take, with the classic melody rolling away underneath. Perhaps a tad on the lengthy side with no vocals to shake it up…that said, would be perfect accompaniment for sipping on a cider whilst pool-side. Nice job
@trackedout: very cool industrial vibe, vocal delivery / effects / backing vox were spot on for the vibe of the tune. Nice drum outro – for a sec I thought the tune was going to roll into drum solo (would love to see someone slot that in for a SOTMC tune!). Great job.
). I do my vocal tracking in a walk in wardrobe. It’s probably 2 x 3.5m deep, and I’m basically surrounded by two rows of (mostly) women’s clothes. So I probably look like a total lunatic.
Thanks for listening to my tune too & glad you found it funny…I was aiming for that hoped the artwork might have been a giveaway
@Igneous1 : Love the phat ebb and flow of the first 40 seconds or so. Lots of variation in the arrangement, production sounded fantastic on my sennheiser buds.
@ecamburn : Loved the way the vocal samples tied in to the overall arrangement…. “some things just can’t be explained”. The male samples had a really 1950’s sci-fi vibe to them and really grabbed my attention. Excellent production, great tune to start the new year with.
Thanks for providing feedback on my tune also and glad you liked the artwork…so wrong but so right!
@JohnnyGoodyear : voice sounds great, cool drum and keyboard sounds. Nice job.
@orchardman : Cool artwork. Your lady has a great voice. Authentic sounding horns. Cool guitar solo around 2:30 and 3:15 & beyond. As with the other tunes so far this month, another bang up production job, nice one all round.
Also, thanks for your feedback on my tune…agree re your comments on my voice. Unfortunately I can’t sing for shit, so this style of vocal delivery is all I got!
@petermcclard : sentiment of the vocal was cool, very positive vibe throughout. Unintentionally your tune made me think of other songs with strong (message) spoken word accompaniments…weirdly the first one that came to mind was Churchill’s speech off Iron Maiden’s ‘Live After Death’. So dude, you’re right there next to Churchill!
Kidding aside, some great lyrics to start the year with.
@Marcel : wow, really emotional messages in your tune, and fantastic lyrics. Loved your guitar solo around 2:40. I reckon I may have struggled to understand some of the lyrics without the spoiler…not a criticism as that’s often the case with stuff I hear on the radio too. Due to the lyrical content I really ‘listened’ to this one without it being a conscious effort (drew me in), well done!
Thanks for the feedback on my tune also…agree some variation wouldn’t have gone astray…I’ll see if I can pull that off with next month’s tune.
@Bluepunk: great guitar stabs coming right and left; love your vocal style, particularly when you let loose (i.e. 0:30). Awesome the way you were vocally bantering with yourself…. “fucker!” (1:06
). Can’t believe you’re not actually playing guitar on this (i.e. using apps instead), the guitar parts sound great. Production is spot on, super authentic punk vibe going on. I’m sitting here with a big shit eating grin on my face after listening through a couple of times (reckon the smile kicked in about 10 seconds into your tune). Dude, you gotta do an album!
Love me some Cult too…I’ve got a live version of ‘spiritwalker’ that gets regular rotation at my place (even the wife loves it, though Electric is prob her fav). Rain is a great tune too. Thanks for the great feedback on my tune. Re the chords I used, here you go starting from 8th fret on D string (sorry, I’m musically illiterate https://app.box.com/s/nh3nt8ozcgn55fb6c9znzjgaemqlniij ). They sound quite diff to the finished song due to lack of TapDelay. Thanks again for the feedback, your enthusiasm is incredibly valuable to the vibe of SOTMC. Also, camping was great, even got a bit of a sun tan at the minute!
@JRSIV : thanks for having a listen to my tune and glad you liked it. Agree re the chorus vox being too similar to the verse delivery - I tried to make the narrative the star of the show and maybe overlooked the arrangement a little. I’ll have to check out PortaStudio – my drums, bass and (clean) guitars all went through Tap Delay as a stereo track – maybe this homogenised the tone a bit?
@theconnactic : Great rhythmic groove to start, with percussion and lead kicking in slightly thereafter. Really expressive guitar playing in the lead. Love the spacey solo sounds around 1:30. Great change of pace with bass interlude around 2 min mark. Nice outro fade. Another typically high quality SOTMC tune from you, great job!
.
Thanks for having a listen to my tune and really appreciate the feedback
@gburks : Wow! Just listening to this tune after a post lunch meeting at work. Really interesting intro, phat bass line, love the integration of the vocal lines around the melody changes. The ‘golden book’ cover artwork fits the tune fantastically. The vocal samples had me thinking about the oval office just as your ‘white house’ reference dropped. Really cool tune.
@richardyot : Thanks for sharing the story of how the song was conceived and evolved. I enjoyed the song’s melody and it was interesting to hear that you start with the vocal and then find a tune that fits. As a vocally challenged person I always go the other way…but I digress. Highlight for me was the interlude around the 1:40 mark, love that section. The tune overall was perhaps a little too reverby in the verses…this perhaps due to the natural ‘Bathroom-3000’ reverb baked into the vocal. On my headphones it felt a little light on bass, and I reckon upping that low end might give the tune a bit more glue to offset the verby parts. Nice tune overall though, and thought the vox didn’t need / suffer for not having pitch fixing.
@ecamburn Thanks. Got Z3ta. Ok then. Now what!
Save your money at the bookies with one of those punk group tips for the top. Uncle Frank Carter, apparently, was on "innuendo Bingo" with the Scott Mills Radio one show this week. What! Punk! In the bin you go. Next we will see John Lydon on "Celebrity, get me out of here." Oh...........
@theconnactic
Lovely basswork, and the bass sound is pretty neat. The introduction of the choir changed the feel and took me to a more space rock place (outskirts of petersfield near jcn 8 of the m1) and I was thinking (and maybe hearing) delay on the guitars here to give it even more drifty ( possibly even dub) sound. The changes were well designed and I enjoyed the variation. Interesting start building into more relaxed, well paced composition. I cant tell if the guitar is real or an app, which is the case of all the guitar songs. Can you guys tell the difference?
@bluepunk How entertaining and although not a punk Ive always liked punk music, even capt Sensible's Happy Talk. You are a punk, you know the nuances of which words to emphasis and sing out of time. I like the man in the tree, but if he tries to touch my iphone he'll see my darker side. A well written ditty, and original story. I saw you write cwtch in another post and this is only the second time Ive ever heard this welsh word, im thinking I should come down your way and get to hear it a third time.
@gburks great 8 bit tune, stereo effects of sampled voice gives a great feel. Coldcut meets ceefax. The bass was used to great effect. The samples especially at the end are used to make cool rhythms, I especially like Hilary saying nu,nu,no,no. The positioning and changing of the samples positions makes you feel like you are in a cloud of insanity, which isnt far from the truth.
@richardyot i recently played around with the hang drum in drum jam and got rhythms and sounds a bit like in the intro in you song. A peaceful feeling. The first line of the song really punches in, a great start. I like your voice, I did feel the words were rushed initially but certainly not later on. Great delivery. The drum beat is well defined, punches through the mix. The drumming makes me believe its a real drummer and that helps me imagine you on a stage singing this, can you? I love the oriental bits and pieces giving ambience but I couldnt help wondering what the song would sound like without them, just curious, a remix please (joke!). The bridge gives good variation and I liked the mandoliney sound and melody.
Also thanks for you comments on my tune, you have a great ability at giving constructive criticism, an important skill that isn't intuitive (for me at the least). We can learn a thing or two from your comments.
@richardyot have to concur with @JohnnyGoodyear your voice sounds much better, more pleasing to the ear without the autotune. You are singing more in tune naturally now. I quite liked the lower register bits actually but think you need to give it a bit more attitude or maybe just a bit more welly. This singing lark is pretty difficult, you've made a lot of progress.
Enjoyed the tune overall, although writing this from memory of listening to it several hours ago inbetween trying to mix some stuff I was working on. Didn't mind the reverb at all, melody doesn't stray far from previous songs of yours but maybe the fact that you started with singing the melody first meant that you weren't trying to make your voice wander into unnatural territory. Nice little bit of guitar picking kept the tune moving along, think I remember some big feedbacky thing in the backdrop that was a tad distracting but then it never did the Mary Chain any harm.
@Jocphone (and others) thanks for the feedback. Melodyne has been pretty useful to me in that it allowed me to write and record a lot of songs while I was learning all aspects of the craft. Still much to do of course but I'm glad to have made so much progress with the singing. Still need to work the lower register, I think it's a question of finding the nice tone and resonance, because I can hit the notes but the timbre isn't great.
The thing that has really helped me recently is to focus on where the voice is resonating, and I find when I do that I seem to hit the notes without really trying. So when singing high notes I focus on the part of my face where the main resonance occurs, with low notes the focus is in my chest, and in between it's my throat. Seems to work for me. Singing teachers on YouTube are always talking about head voice and chest voice, and becoming aware of where the voice is resonating has definitely helped me.
The feedback in the background is just another of my endless experiments in search of an original sound, I know I haven't found it yet but I keep trying.
@marliess love the distorted lead guitar in this one, cool riff and sound. The cleaner lead parts also add some nice contrast to it.
The story is pretty cool too, lots of nice details in the lyrics. There's also some nice interplay between the vocals and guitars.
I would like to hear more developed melodies in the song though, there are moments when you almost sing rather than rap and to my ears those moments are much stronger. I think you should have confidence in your voice and really go for it, write some more appealing melodies to compliment those witty lyrics.
@ecamburn some nice spiky sounds in there, and the spoken word samples allude to an interesting and intriguing theme (that happens to be right my alley) but musically I think it could have done with some more hooks in the bass and the melodies.
The eastern sounding section near the start was my favourite bit musically, and the track could have done with more in that vein in order to hold the interest over repeated listens. There are some evolving ideas over the course of the tune but I think maybe they are a little too subtle and understated to really grab the ears. A stronger musical statement would really bring this track up to another level.
I meant to say this at the time you posted it, love that track. Really fresh and full of energy. Best new record I've heard for a couple of years.
@orchardman I always look forward to hearing your entry every month, it's always interesting and musically accomplished. This one is no exception.
Love the piano intro, it's laid back and really lovely, best part of the song for me, and a great way to get the listener's attention at the start of the track.
Vocal melody and lyrics are great too, although the vocal could do with a little mixcraft to sweeten it a little more, maybe some additional compression, delay or reverb to add that final bit of polish.
Also really like the understated horn accents, very nicely done. I think the only thing that maybe could have a little more dynamism would be the drums, a few more fills or a bit more variety because they feel a little like they never come out of first gear.
All the little guitar sections are great as usual and break the song up nicely, without ever overstating their welcome, providing a contrast to the vocal but without upstaging it.
@Marcel welcome back my friend, delighted to see you back in the clubhouse.
What I always love in your tracks is that aching melancholy, music is the expression of emotion and sad music is my favourite kind.
The lyrics are great, raw and from the heart, and honesty always makes for for the best kind of art. Love the melody too, it's understated and fits the mood of the track perfectly. Only a couple of crits for me: a few of the lines have too many words and lose the rhythmic flow a little, the sparser lines work much better for me, and also the vocals sound a bit muddy and could do with being a touch higher in the mix.
Guitar at the end is great, very nice coda to the song.
@Bluepunk it's impossible to listen to this without a smile on your face, it sounds like a spoilt six year old, albeit a drug-addicted one that lives in a tree.
My favourite thing is the call-and-response in the vocals, with the answers being shouted back after each lament of "no-one likes me", they're hilarious and really make the track.
Musically it's as tight and punchy as ever, I don't think you'll ever find band mates to keep time quite as well as you do, and of course us guitarists take pride in always coming in early.
Finally, have to concur with @JohnnyGoodyear: Sausage?
@theconnactic that acoustic guitar in the intro has got some gorgeous warmth in its tone, so much so that the spiky lead jarred me out of a reverie. It's a bold contrast, might have been nice to have some acoustic lead in there as well to complement the razor-sharp electric.
The way the two sounds combine definitely gives a great mix of the laid-back and the spiky. Only crit is that the lead melodies could have been a bit more hooky for me.
Wow! Personal tuition. I am honoured sir, thank you so very much. I am a tuneless, musically uneducated idiot but I'm going in hard on google with that 8th fret thing. You play with such finesse. Glad you had a good time and thanks again.
Thanks @Richtowns! Although that isn't Hillary, that is kellyanne conway, voice of the white house, making those fascist remarks.
@richardyot Cheers Richard. It _was_the most fun to play. Agree with your comment about "and of course us guitarists take pride in always coming in early." Just take a second with that one please. I know. They told me. Their girlfriends. Well I was a good boy not biting t'other evening on that Ordnance Survey thread.
Other news. Bad news. Warning to all here. My mums Hudl blew up. She has a new iPad....2. Reason of purchase "I want to play music." Any new blue rinsers that appear down here in the hot tub, especially those with a perm poking from the bottom of their bucket, please pm me asap. Frightening prospect.
Thank you. Appreciate that. He won't pinch your iPhone, no worries. He tried it on me. When i told him that i knew he wasn't on Mastermind and I'd tell the world, in song mode that fact, he gave it back immediately. Ah the cwtch. I must own up at this point and say I'm not Welsh. But, I have taken my become "Become Welsh" exams (in a cold, wet field...... full of white fluffy creatures. Tough initiation test!) and am expert level now. Where do you live? Send me the tickets (especially if the answer is next door to CBGB) and i will be your personal cwtcher for 7 days, when @orchardman could take over. Got in first. Early bird n all that. Sorry mucker.
Thanks for having a listen Richard, your comments are spot on. I'm sort of at that point where my limited vocal range / delivery is looming as a limitting factor in where i can take my tunes. As it happens Ive got a song melody in the riff kit bag that really needs some melody with the vocal accompaniment, so I'll take a deep breath and see what i can come up with. Thanks again.
@Igneous1 - Not the kind of music i usually would listen to, but felt obliged to by The Rules...etc, etc, BUT I liked it! Chilly vibe, with good variations of all sorts. Good clear and clean production. Likeable track.
@ecamburn - "Some things are so big that you just can't see them" great line! Nice track. Nice lyrics, quotes picked somewhere I guess. Good idea to make a tune and add some quotes, it works. Some singing would be nice.
@JohnnyGoodyear - Good Production! It all sounds very good!! Good tune! Great drums/percussions and keys. About the melody: nice that there is one, but...it could be better, I mean a better melody would be nice
Not that its bad, no its not bad, but......improvement is an option 
Some sort of chorus perhaps, or a backing vocal in some parts, just thinking aloud. Nevertheless, dug the sound of this track, including the voice.
If it's any comfort I decided to learn to sing aged 43. I went from strangled cat to Melodyne-free in 3 years, which is admidetly slow progress, but progress nonetheless.
I tried learning to sing in my twenties, even took a few lessons, but everyone told me I didn't have it and should give up. So I did.
But then I worked as an illustrator after that and I had to address all my weaknesses in drawing, and it completely changed my outlook. I realised that if you practice every day and are patient you can actually achieve an awful lot. So I came back to singing in middle-age with a different attitude, and it worked. Obviously I still have a long way to go but progress is the only thing worth measuring.
You actually have a decent voice, you're much more tuneful than I was was even a year ago. You just need to spread your wings and reach a bit higher. This is partly what SOTMC is all about, to hold your feet to the fire (as @JohnnyGoodyear likes to say) and push you a little harder.
@gburks, very nice usage of sampled speeches and a very interesting groove. "Oh, no no no", very funny! Congrats, great job!
@richardyot, loved the opening riff. The choruses' melody is indeed catchy. Liked the dynamics as well: the song really grows in the choruses. Was this a result of the arrangement or mastering automation? Good song! Thank you for the feedback on my song.
@orchardman, I'm glad you liked it. Yes, I used a lot the whole tone scale, both in the theme and in the guitar/bass/cavaco solos.
@marliess, thank you very much for the comments!
@Richtowns, physical modeling has gone a long way, and now - finally! - it's possible to program a convincing guitar part using the likes of Geoshred or Guitarrism. I don't have such apps, though, so I still have to resort to good old guitar playing. Here is a video of the song, by the way (where I play guitar, bass, classical guitar, cavaco and the keyboards; don't know yet how to record myself playing the pads on Drum Perfect Pro):
@theconnactic great vid. Its nice to actually see it. You play that bass well. Hmmm, want one!
@richardyot Thanks for including your writing/recording process. Throws up many interesting conversations about these matters. Of course our good mate across the pond records his vocals while out cycling. And in the odd very small locked room. Good reverb maybe. Definitely over compressed in there. In my limited experience of singing (10 years after you) and many places of trialling, reverted back to my Den of Despair. Acquired, then slotted some of those felt display boards together. Draped with old quilts on the inside and back, it provides a dead sound. No effects whatsoever. Added after. Up and down quicker than Mary Millingtons cacks.
Reading your "what comes first" has finally made me understand/realise why I couldn't get the drums as good as I wanted them on those tracks I tried to drum on for you last year. I write the drums first. The idea always starts with a drum pattern with me. Then music (ha) and words (haha).
I know nothing of pitch shifting but do know how much clearer/snappier (less effects?) your vocals are sounding. I can hear YOUR voice more than ever before. In fact, I hear the odd intake of breath which, personally, I'd prefer. Natural. You. Supplements the emotion I feel. Listen to the Sleafords. Not as severe as them maybe, but a good example. The chorus is beautiful. Simples. Particularly enjoyed how in the part before the chorus (forgotten the technical name), the vox delivery is in the kinda down trodden vibe, into the euphoric sounding chorus. The dynamic change is wonderful and then highlighted by delivery of "tired" (ty- yerd). The grandkids, after 3 run throughs, were muttering your chorus in that shy way they do. You have fans Mister gaffer. You write and perform catchy songs and now with all these lovely drums and fills that you skilfully play, your songs have notched up into the top shelf. Can't emphasise catchy enough. Those melodies.... nice.
Ok, following on from a point you made in another comment later on here about how one of the reasons SOTMC is here, is to push ourselves, venture out of our comfort zone now and again. One month, how about you writing a protest song (any musical genre) but it HAS to include letting go vocally. Screams encouraged. I will (fuck, why do I do this) try to write a love song where I have to attempt to actually sing. You never know. Just never know.
Great song by the way. A keeper for your album. I will be buying it.
A lot of good commentary there, useful for many of us. As to your last point, I agree with trying different styles, many benefits I think. And also the nominating of said style for others
Your notion of a 'love song' whatever that means (to you) is a good one. While it may be wildly reductive, there seem to be two general categories: Happy and Not-Happy; the ecstatic sharing his sweet madness with the world or the broken man lamenting his loss to himself. If you are thinking of slow (more of a challenge 
), then I must encourage you to go with the latter. Although....now I think about it....maybe combining the ecstatic character with the slow might be an interesting change up.....jg wanders off to find his biro....
@orchardman - Pro level! Good instrumental performance, and composition, and mixing, mastering, etc, and great vocals! Love the subtle sound of the guitar in the back. The only thing I can think of now as a little constructive point of critisism it is the timing or sync of the guitar solo. I think that could be improved, don't know if it a sync issue or a playing issue that I sense. Is it slightly before the beat now? I am not a pro player, so I might be wrong, but to me what I hear can be more 'musical' then it is now. But it might only be my preference. Not that I consider it as a bad solo, def not. Perhaps my preference would be satisfied with some delay, and with moving the whole guitar track a tiny bit to the right in the mix, just fantasising about what I could do with the material. But if you feel good about as it is now, that is the most important thing.
!
Didn't knew you had a swamp problem, good that you made it out of it