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Question: what is the best looper app?
I'm searching for a good and flexible looper that works on the fly and has the possibilty to record sounds (through built in microphone).
I Have Loopy HD but hardly use it because of the somewhat too futuristic interface. I also have Mutitrack DAW. What I understand most loopers are more or less the same as what this app can do. Is this true?
Can anybody advise me a next gen looping app. From what I see found these:
Looperverse (Looks interesting but is it more like Multitrack DAW?)
LooperSonic (cheap, but is it good?)
Group the Loop (many positive comments but looks complex)
Quantiloop
Loopmash (old but maybe still interesting)
I case I missed an intersting looping app I would like to hear it too 
Comments
It depends on what you want to achieve.
For fast looping, awesome syncro and realtime timestretch: loopyHD.
For RC mimic on steroids: Quantiloop.
For songwritters one man band with song structure: GTL.
What's your approach?
Once you learn how to set it up, Loopy is great but I must say that for some reason, Looperverse worked straight out the gate for me.
I've got to check out Quantiloop after reading @Dubbylabby post
Thanks. My approach is just getting sounds in through internal mic and loop them on the fly, without to much hassling. Easy slicing for correction and time stretching would be nice. I checked out videos from the apps you mentioned and GTL looks good but also Looperverse looks interesting. But if I come back the the last one there's also Loopersonic that's much cheaper, but it looks like the dev is not really active anymore.
GTL have some improvements waiting an update. These include audio editor and midi bindings but if you need it to gig tomorrow better go for quantiloop or Loopy.
Loopverse seems too much for my own taste and I prefer compose on BlocsWave (another looper if you get its workflow) and later upload/AB the scenes into GTL for backing tracks with midi control from my pedal. It leaves me the possibility to loop over or build from ground in my gigs.
Loopersonic has similar approach but once again not my cup of tea. I prefer sepparate the composition from the performance and for fast impro Loopy is most that anyone will need (ok, maybe not). Or almost for basic and speed audio looping composition.
You have also tc and others but for your description maybe Loopverse fits the best.
Thanks. Somehow I never got into Blocwave. Maybe I should give Loopy a retry.
btw also remember there's something like Werkbench but the promised update is I think at the moment already a year overdue
As I pointed before I think is a matter of taste workflow. I can imagine a songwritter using Blocswave for build songs arrangements to late export these into GTL (or Launchpad) or even Ableton.
For the straight-forward-to-demo workflow recording realtime manipulation in Launchpad (from Blocs composition) seems the fastest choice. With that recording as background structure to sing/solo over you can go AUM multitrack realtime recorder (again) or GB for some linear mixing editing in the old way (old against iOS, newer against analog multitrackers but similar in essence) later Logic export or Ableton to full production environment.
I'm more in this boat since I drop all the "mixing tasks" when I jumped into iOS. If I need more "professionality" (I know I know) I will ask my friends who rule a regular studio. I just want to worry about music making.
I hope this helps some of you with your workflows
Loopy is the gold standard. @Dubbylabby nailed the niche uses for the others but once you dig past the surface Loopy is the most powerful and versatile for live looping. Don't overlook AB control features--very important when you want to record something from within another app.
Ver much thanks @Dubbylabby for your thorough answers it really helps because it gives me an idea of workflows. As I hear your story we probably don't have the same type workflow so as I said earlier and as @lukesleepwalker suggest I will give Loopy a retry. btw wasn't there rumor about a new version of Loopy?
@lukesleepwalker I'm agree and that's what I said "the most anyone could need" but the personal taste and workflow could make it not so "obvious".
I don't use loopers lately due Blocs/Launchpad combo and change in composition workflow. I used to record instruments into loopy (including sample slicing) when now I mangle the sampling inside Blocs and add instrument (synth lines and so) into it.
To me the "scenes" and launchpad export are genius to bring live-act my music. Then GTL cames in place when I play keytar talkbox and need foot control on the stage but mostly as backing (quantized launch) tracks.
Realtime looping record isn't at my top priority meanwhile music structure to avoid monotony is the number one.
You are welcome, mate! That's why my first question was that. Workflow and enjoying music creation
Really fascinated by the transition you describe as I'm somewhere in the middle of a similar one. How do you use Launchpad live? Do you just stop playing keytar talk box to make changes in Launchpad?
i would go with AUM and Loopy, Loopy is great that way because latency is next to none, and you have seperate outputs for all channels.
Maybe I didn't explained me well
Launchpad app with launch hardware (launchkey atm but lusting about new adquisitions).
GTL with foot controller and keytar.
Sepparated gigs atm...
Middle point could be hack a launchkey hardware (launchcontrol could be perfect) the same way I've done with edirol OR build a foot controller with launchpad hardware as brain (old idea from my arduinome rgb/octinct times).
Ah, got it. Thanks for the clarification and sounds like fun!
I was editing meanwhile you post. I love to fake quoting lol
Also if someone needs help with those "hacks" feel free to ask bros!
The approach of Werkbench is quite a different one: the pattern looping with slots for each sound uses a free selection scheme into which sounds are sampled or imported (via paste). Tap anything between one and all slots.
It's strength is the interactive modification of the pattern and mangling of slot content.
While it looks a bit limited at first glance, it can get something totally lame into real grooves quickly and is a lot of fun.
I wouldn't use it for full tracks today but rather for parts (there's no individual output) and collect the results in Blocs.
Blocswave is a smart loop editor and worth checking out (basic version is free anyway).
Errrrrrrr...loopy?
Thanks, waiting for Workbench update that seems to be imminent
In the mean time I'll check out Loopy. Any experience with Loopy and AB2?
I've loved Loopy HD for tinkering, building loops; it works great with Audiobus.
Then I recently got a real MIDI foot pedal set up to use with Loopy... and it instantly ended my gear lust for a hardware pedal. It is that good. Instant response, solid performance.
And when Loopy Pro arrives? It'll bring things to a whole nuther level.
Ah yeah
You use BW for performance? Or just writing?
Song composition (just writting) and Launchpad app for performance as "djing".
Related to looping I export the barebones into GTL and use it with foot pedal.
I'm still looking, and have tried most. I'm using AUM and Blocs as looper substitutes for now. Looperverse came close, but the auto wrapping made editing messy, though if you're not doing much of that it might work. Quantiloop looks good, but I tried it on a friends iPad and on first impressions was a bit complicated.
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Loopy HD is amazing combined with a foot controller. I got Loopy a long time ago but hadn't used it much until recently. The midi setup page is by far the most advanced I have encountered on iOS and my not that new iPad can easily handle 3 apps on the input with turnado and effectrix sitting on 2 of the tracks.
I'm using an FCB 1010 to control loopy, turnado and effectrix with a nanokontrol 2 as mixer for loopy. Having 9 faders on that makes it perfect for the task.
I use the first generation nanokontrol to tweak the synths and drum machines, having 4 scenes with buttons to switch between the scenes on the nano gives a lot of control options and I have cme xkey 37 to play notes.
I roughly counted almost 500 separate parameters that I can easily access with this not very expensive setup!
Is there a really good foot controller out there that isn't horrible to program?
The FCB1010 is built like a tank and very cheap. Programming on the pedal itself looks like a nightmare, I think they call it 'riverdancing', luckily there is an iOS editor called fcbff which makes the process a lot easier
Nice try
Indeed, Loopy is still king. It looks so simple on the surface but there is so much power under the hood. The only thing it doesn't do well is "group" tracks.