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OT: Recording from Desktop to iPad via Lightning Cable?
Hey, I'm looking for a way to record directly out from the Mac's audio to the iPad going through lightning cable. I know you can go iPad to Desktop, but what about the other way?
I also know there's software called Loopback that can do this, and there are external interfaces many use as well, but isn't there a way to just do this via lightning cable only?
Tried several variations of google searches and all the results are for how to record from iPad/iPhone to desktop, but not the opposite direction, ie. desktop to iPad
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I think Studiomux does this, but I haven't messed with it in a long time. I'll try to test it, but if someone can confirm it would save me the trouble.
It's not that important... I can just record to desktop, then transfer the recording to iPad obviously, but was curious if I could simply record the output of the Mac directly into AUM or AudioShare or AudioBus... without having to use anything other than the lightning cable. Seems that with High Sierra and iOS11 this should be a breeze.
not possible with idam, studiomux will do this, if it works sufficiently for you (does not for me)
Yeah I can't recommend Studiomux. It doesn't work for me anymore. I think I must have broken it when I broke iTunes. If you already own it, you might want to try it since you are on Mac. You would have better luck I would imagine.
I don't have have the Studiomux app. Just desktop server. I was using Modstep for roundtrip between Logic and it works pretty well, but now with IDAM... I don't really need it. Had intended to buy Studiomux, but for what I would've been using it for, the developer said there wasn't any difference between Modstep and Studiomux. But, I wasn't trying to record from the Mac to the iPad at the time.
Easy enough to record to the desktop and then just move it over to the iPad with Dropbox or AudioShare for that matter.
I was only asking because I thought it might be cool to have a live feed from VCV Rack on the Mac, fed into AUM for more effects and multiple channels... that could all be recorded on the iPad side.
Kind of strange that you can supposedly run the output of a USB connected mixer into the iPad via CCK into the lightning port to record. Or, from any of the external iPad interfaces that connect to the lightning port. Seems like you should also be able to run any audio from the Mac via lightning cable and record to the iPad in the same way. But, maybe I'm missing something with regard to how external interfaces work with the iPad.
Studiomux works flawlessly for me. The app and the desktop vst's were both updated about a year ago, and both need to be on the latest version for it to work. Audio can be sent & returned using the iPad as an external FX box, so i see no reason why the audio couldn't be recorded on the Ipad. Also apple quietly re-instated iTunes 12.6.3.6 as an available download for desktops from their site, so anyone who hates the new iTunes can now roll it back to the last version of the old iTunes . I have....it's so much better, i can buy apps from my desktop again......it's so much easier.......
@Iso Are you on Windows or Mac?
Win 10 fall creators.....64bit
So, if you're sending audio from the desktop to the iPad via Studiomux, what are you using to record on the iPad side and how do you get it to see the incoming Studiomux stream?
The Studiomux vst's that you install on a (Windows) desktop come in two flavors; Effect & Generator. The effect vst acts like a send & return. I don't normally use my iPad for recording audio, but to try it out, i just got audio going from my desktop into studiomux, from there into audiobus, from audiobus into Aum. I guess you can record with any app you would normally use in Aum. There is probably an easier way of routing everything to achieve this, but it's not my area of expertise really........it's probably in the Studiomux manual somewhere...........oh i forgot, use the Studiomux effect vst on an audio track in your Daw........Studiomux will show the incoming sound as a visual graphic in Studiomux on your ipad....you will hear it as well if you have your speakers turned up.......
the vst plugins are not needed on a mac (at least), the server creates a coreaudio audio interface that behaves just like hardware, same as idam.
similarly once set up, the studiomux channels look like Iaa sources on the ipad, like it was hardware. record them in any app you desire.
It's too bad that IDAM is so basic, at least they added midi. More channels and in both directions would really be awesome, and would encourage people to buy more ipads.
I don’t know if it of any relevance but the 3.5mm output jack on the Mac is not only analogue audio but also S/PDIF optical. The latest generations of Macs don’t have optical digital audio out any more, though, so check. Getting a device at the iPad end that has S/PDIF input isn’t exactly straightforward though.
Studiomux virtual channels should show up in any recording or effect app that allows the choice of inputs.
Depending of further processing it may be important that the timing between sender and receiver is locked - which is not guaranteed by nature.
Recording an effected signal that's later used on it's own (without the original source) it doesn't matter much.
On the other hand a steady (say hi-hat) processed with a groove based delay can be nasty if timing drifts even in the single sample domain. It's easy to check just by doing a dummy record test, though.
There's a significant amount of latency with any solution which is not auto-compensated.
(virtual like Studiomux or physical with 2 interfaces and even the iConnectivity multi-host devices)