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.

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  • theinfinatetheinfinate

    Yep, multiple.

    Is there a midi note editor like a piano roll? or is it audio loops only

    Midi is coming later, in v1.1 or 1.2.

    Sounds like a DAW to me! awesome news, knowing you this app will be rock solid reliable for live use?

  • MichaelMichael
    edited July 2021

    @theinfinate said:

    Yep, multiple.

    Is there a midi note editor like a piano roll? or is it audio loops only

    Midi is coming later, in v1.1 or 1.2.

    Sounds like a DAW to me! awesome news, knowing you this app will be rock solid reliable for live use?

    If it’s not, I’ve failed 😄 It is a live looper at heart after all. Bugs will be ironed out through beta testing.

  • theinfinatetheinfinate

    If it’s not, I’ve failed 😄 It is a live looper at heart after all. Bugs will be ironed out through beta testing.

    il be testing it as hard as I can, can't wait!

  • tahichetahiche

    @Michael said:

    @MisplacedDevelopment said:
    This really is looking amazing and I love having something like this to look forward to. @Michael, it looks from that screenshot like you are allowing repetition of clips along the timeline. If that is the case then one thing I really like in DAWs that do this (applies to MIDI and audio) is the ability to alias clips so rather than have a direct copy you can optionally choose to paste a link to the original. As well as the obvious space/memory saving advantage, you can then at some point in the future change the parent clip and have the linked children also change which for me is the real powerful part as it saves you going through the timeline replacing clips. Is this kind of functionality planned at all?

    I know that DAWs such as MTD implement the first part of this (no repetition of data), but I can’t think of any at the moment that implement the “cascade parent clip changes to children” part for audio clips. NS2/MTS/BM3/X2 do implement both for MIDI.

    That's actually built in, because the clips you see are just representations of the loops on the main screen. The clips represent turning on and off those loops.

    Yes! 👏👏👏 Very few DAWs implement this and IMO it’s basic. Being able to extend a loop clip along the timeline, Zenbeats does this.
    Loopy Pro keeps ticking boxes. Expectations off the roof.

  • wahnfriedenwahnfrieden
    edited July 2021

    This is sounding like a better unification of session and arrangement than Ableton has pulled off

    Ableton made it easy to create and manage loops, and easy to transfer session-based loops into the arrangement (and back after editing them - still a strong point of Ableton). But AFAIK it never unified the two - sharing content between them “forks” the content into copies that you need to manage independently

    Hope it’s in the cards to eventually add that Ableton-like arrangement editing of sound, where it’s trivial to split and join audio into new loops. The arrangement view in Live is like a WAV sample editor more than just a sequencer. This together with comping should be incredibly powerful with minimal complexity

  • robosardinerobosardine

    @wahnfrieden said:
    This is sounding like a better unification of session and arrangement than Ableton has pulled off

    Wouldn’t that be something 😚

  • MichaelMichael

    @wahnfrieden said:
    Hope it’s in the cards to eventually add that Ableton-like arrangement editing of sound, where it’s trivial to split and join audio into new loops. The arrangement view in Live is like a WAV sample editor more than just a sequencer.

    That sounds interesting. I’m actually not particularly familiar with Ableton – is there a chance you might be able to send me a little screen cast demonstrating that so I can get an idea of what you’re referring to?

  • wahnfriedenwahnfrieden
    edited July 2021

    @Michael am AFK so for now here’s a brief guide showing splitting and consolidation https://sonicbloom.net/en/ableton-live-workflow-tips-part-4-splitting-and-consolidating-clips/ note that you can include blank clip-less space in consolidation as well. You can select any time range in the timeline regardless of clip boundaries, and split / consolidate / duplicate that time range. This selection can span multiple lanes. What’s not obvious in those screenshots is that the clips being manipulated can be loops like in your sequencer. Hope this helps…

    The problem in Ableton is that those clips/loops may have been dragged into the sequencer view from its session mode, but it’s up to you to drag the manipulated clips back into session view if you want to use them as triggerable loops (and not just in an arrangement). Your innovation is you’ve unified the two it seems. If I split a loop in your sequencer and manipulated the two halves independently (let’s say by reversing the audio on one side), I’d somehow expect two triggerable loops outside the sequencer. Need to try your app to make a more specific suggestion for this interaction

    Also recommend checking Ableton Live 11’s recently added comping mode as you design that. These are all in the Lite / trial versions

  • MichaelMichael

    👍

  • PoppadocrockPoppadocrock

    @Michael said:
    Today's sequencer UI efforts:

    Whhhooooaaaaa!!!

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

  • MichaelMichael

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

  • MichaelMichael

    Huge!

  • krassmannkrassmann

    @Michael said:

    @theinfinate said:

    @Michael said:

    @theinfinate said:

    @Michael said:
    Today's sequencer UI efforts:

    So to get sections within the sequencer I presume you just press record and fire loops and effects in real time. If im correct, does this record automation? And is the automation editable?

    Yep, but you can do it by hand too.

    Automation recording and editing: shortly, yep. It'll be in there before release.

    Sweet deal! is there a loop marker in the sequencer?

    Yep, multiple.

    Is there a midi note editor like a piano roll? or is it audio loops only

    Midi is coming later, in v1.1 or 1.2.

    As Loopy Pro will be an AUv3 host, why not relying on Atom 2?

  • lukesleepwalkerlukesleepwalker

    @gregsmith said:

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

    Cool feature for sure! In the meantime, I guess could manage with multiple AUs in another host?

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @lukesleepwalker said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

    Cool feature for sure! In the meantime, I guess could manage with multiple AUs in another host?

    Yes good point!

  • iansainsburyiansainsbury

    Been keeping an eye on this thread, and I'm getting excited now that the screen shots and videos are appearing. I will buy it immediately (of course), but will be looking forward to midi and a pianoroll (please, @Michael, take inspiration from NS2's pianoroll, which is near perfect). What a beast!

  • lukesleepwalkerlukesleepwalker

    @gregsmith said:

    @lukesleepwalker said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

    Cool feature for sure! In the meantime, I guess could manage with multiple AUs in another host?

    Yes good point!

    Tempo management is the trickiest bit with multiple AUs of Loopy Pro. We will have to see if LP will have tempo forcing features (ramping is always welcome!) that could help her. Soon, I hope!

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @lukesleepwalker said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @lukesleepwalker said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

    Cool feature for sure! In the meantime, I guess could manage with multiple AUs in another host?

    Yes good point!

    Tempo management is the trickiest bit with multiple AUs of Loopy Pro. We will have to see if LP will have tempo forcing features (ramping is always welcome!) that could help her. Soon, I hope!

    I’d be happy with them all following and changing with the host tempo, as long as the time stretching is on point. I guess there are going to be lots of usage scenarios.

  • lukesleepwalkerlukesleepwalker

    @gregsmith said:

    @lukesleepwalker said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @lukesleepwalker said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

    Cool feature for sure! In the meantime, I guess could manage with multiple AUs in another host?

    Yes good point!

    Tempo management is the trickiest bit with multiple AUs of Loopy Pro. We will have to see if LP will have tempo forcing features (ramping is always welcome!) that could help her. Soon, I hope!

    I’d be happy with them all following and changing with the host tempo, as long as the time stretching is on point. I guess there are going to be lots of usage scenarios.

    Yep, right on.

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @krassmann said:

    @Michael said:

    @theinfinate said:

    @Michael said:

    @theinfinate said:

    @Michael said:
    Today's sequencer UI efforts:

    So to get sections within the sequencer I presume you just press record and fire loops and effects in real time. If im correct, does this record automation? And is the automation editable?

    Yep, but you can do it by hand too.

    Automation recording and editing: shortly, yep. It'll be in there before release.

    Sweet deal! is there a loop marker in the sequencer?

    Yep, multiple.

    Is there a midi note editor like a piano roll? or is it audio loops only

    Midi is coming later, in v1.1 or 1.2.

    As Loopy Pro will be an AUv3 host, why not relying on Atom 2?

    Because Loopy's recording paradigm/workflow is more friendly for many situations. In Loopy, you don't need to know how long your loop will be of your starting tempo if you want to capture something spontaneously.

  • ervinervin

    @gregsmith said:

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

    That's less than 4,000 words, so quite probably his list is longer by now. If it isn't, well it is not for lack of effort from the forum members... 😊

  • theinfinatetheinfinate

    Just, uh, between you and me, I'm also a little concerned about the blurring of price differentiation that comes from the M1's being able to run iOS apps! Getting harder and harder to make a buck with software!

    I totally understand where your coming from, honestly id pay around $50 for this app as ive spent $50 (au) on cubasis and feel id get much more use out of loopy pro than cubasis. Although that price would probably scare a lot of people away. I didn't even know I could load iPad apps on my M1, I just tried with quantiloop but after loading and finding out I would have to load all the iPad effect apps on the system as well as it doesn't scan for vst's I don't really see any point having this on my Mac. However if there was a dedicated version that was a standalone and a vst that could talk to other vst effects I would drop around $150 on that as I paid I think around that for Msuperlooper which is good but just not inspiring. Your custom widget idea is game changing IMO!

  • MichaelMichael

    Thanks heaps for saying @theinfinate! Yeah, I'll definitely be doing a VST-capable desktop version.

  • theinfinatetheinfinate

    @Michael said:
    Thanks heaps for saying @theinfinate! Yeah, I'll definitely be doing a VST-capable desktop version.

    fantastic news!

  • michael_mmichael_m

    @gregsmith said:

    @Michael said:

    @gregsmith said:
    RemixLive added a Live Set mode where you can switch from one project to another without the music stopping. It’d be awesome to have something like this in Loopy. I mean maybe it’s redundant if you can have infinite donuts now, but it is very slick how they’ve done it.

    Yeah that’s on my list – it probably won’t be in 1.0 because it’s a little involved, but I’ve built the app with that goal in mind, so it shouldn’t be too much

    Awesome! Your list must be longer than the Magna Carta!

    It was a list of demands… I think we’ve been a little nicer than that… :lol:

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  • MichaelMichael

    @Max_Free said:
    Can I just use the sampling and playback engine with unlimited tracks/sample slots and control it from another app? In other word, can it clear/add-remove track/record/play remotely over MIDI/AU automation?

    There is nothing on iOS that gives this much control to other apps or MIDI controllers. They all depend on the touchscreen.

    Sure

  • theinfinatetheinfinate

    @Michael said:

    @Max_Free said:
    Can I just use the sampling and playback engine with unlimited tracks/sample slots and control it from another app? In other word, can it clear/add-remove track/record/play remotely over MIDI/AU automation?

    There is nothing on iOS that gives this much control to other apps or MIDI controllers. They all depend on the touchscreen.

    Sure

    and with midi will there be an option to have a chain of midi commands with one midi cc activating said chain. Will there be an option to have a ms delay in between commands. And the ability to set the value trigger at 0 So for eg. I can hold a midi pedal which turns on momentarily a reverb/delay output effect and when I release it triggers track delete and toggles output effect off (output effect needs trails on). I like doing this in ambient looping so that there is no abrupt stops of audio which makes my mind twitch

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