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You need to both arm record on the track, on the bottom bar and also ensure MIDI is flowing properly - from e.g. AU host keyboard to LK and in LK in track IO settings you have selected "LK input" as source for MIDI, also select all channels to be sure. Also, you probably want the clip to be playing while recording.
Thanks all.. Think I got it now...
We have released a new beta of version 1.9.3 (build 187) with the following changes:
To those who own this controllers, please let us know how does it feel.
We have also made a couple of fixes that were mentioned recently:
@espiegel123 we have fixed a bug that was being introduced in this version, that were the cause the reports you have recently made here and via TestFlight
@Sylvain we have fixed the playback of recorded CC messages when arm was enabled.
This build is a release candidate for 1.9.3 unless something pops up.
Thank you for your support and feedbackl!
First impressions. The fullscreen and inspector buttons are great additions and they improve the workflow a lot. I had one LK crash when pushing fullscreen but I cannot reproduce.
I tried my LaunchControl XL and it works when setting it to factory scene #1. Changing levels, mute, arm, solo, select is working fine. The levels seem to change the velocity and with many patches that does not deliver that what I want as it depends on how the patch is utilizing velocity. Some patches are not changing their volume at all, others do not only change the volume but also the timbre. I believe it would be much better to send CC #7 (volume) but I don't know if this is feasible. For me that is the biggest pain point with the LCXL support.
The pan knobs lite up but they don't change anything - at least not with the synths I used: Ruismaker, Ruismaker Noir and Quanta. In my AUM setup I have an audio track without a synth but with a multitrack FX plugin in the FX chain (could be also Gauss, I believe and it would be the same). Of cause now the LCXL cannot control this track and honestly I wonder if in such a setup it makes sense to use the LCXL with LK. I think I rather come back to control AUM with it instead. But that's easy as for AUM I'm using the user defined scene and then LK ignores the LCXL - so they don't interfere. It's a pity to loose the simple track select and arm buttons then but I can do that with the Launchpad as well. I think it's a great feature for users that have a LCXL but no Launchpad or for songs that have all tracks in LK.
One more thing: If there would be a mapping or MIDI learn for LK's undo then a recording jam for a scene could be completely done without touching the iPad.
All in all it's a great update. The pace of improvements is amazing.
I haven’t brought this up yet as I think it’s simply down to a style decision with piano rolls, but I find the LK one harder to use than the one in Xequence 2 for instance.
With LK it’s easy to accidentally add a note as you’re scrolling around. Xequence you have to trigger a drawing mode before any notes are added.
Also when moving and lengthening notes, I find my fat digits struggle with slightly. Xequence allows you to select notes in the usual way, but has a separate tool where you drag for moving and lengthening notes.
I don’t use NS2 much but if I remember rightly this works very similarly to Xequence.
Does anyone else find this or is it just my fat fingers?
Yes, Greg...would also like a separate pen when inserting notes mode...and scrolling maybe one finger action...without zooming in/out
Curios how you trigger clips with the Launch Control? Akai Apc series make more sense to use with the Lk...what am i missing?
So, when will the new update hit the App Store?
@sinosoidal 1.9.3 beta, MPE keyboard only seems to trigger when I press 2 or more notes... might be me though? In AUM, iPad Pro 10.5 2017, iOS 13.5.1 routed to ROLI Noise and SM One.
EDIT: it was me - I was only sending output on a single midi channel. I realise now I need to use a separate instance of LK for MPE keyboard (as well as one for multiple single channel clips/instruments).
Please, please can you enable the ‘Capture Midi’ button on Launchpad X to be Global record (the red button on the transport)? I know we discussed this previously with no conclusion, but it would make a big difference for me when overdubbing a clip (and mimic the button function in Live).
Thank you, currently very happily running LK for instrument sequencing and Drambo for my drums, so don’t be too wounded by @jakoB_haQ, he’ll be back with you I’m sure once he tries the Korg nano Kontrol support (did you enable the global record on that one?).
Is Trigger Quantity standard set on 1 bar? Saved a project where it is set on 4 bars but when reopening the file it is back at 1 bar.
Updated.. Thanks...
Digging in..😍
The first version of LK's clip composer way back in beggining five years ago was based in tool selection. Personally, I find it tedious after some time. You need to be constantly changing tools.
That's why we have refactored the clip composer to be touch only a couple of years ago. It is not perfect yet as I've experienced what you feel for some times.
We are not going back to tool selection but we are definitely into making it better.
Having the ability to scroll with one finger in a selected areas would be probably the best improvement with could make. Example:
I believe you use the iPhone which turns things even harder. Do you think this additons would benefit your workflow?
Updated and loving the note folding feature... always wondered why this is not standard for all piano rolls. Makes generating melodies so much easier. Will dig into the other new features this weekend.
Please let us know if that happen again.
We agree that right now the volume is completly useless because not every synth implements velocity modulations on their patches causing an inconsistent behaviour.
One idea that was discussed when reading this post is that we could make LK send the CC 7 when moving the volume fader instead of changing the velocity. What do you guys think?
It does change the PAN property (click on the M on the bottom bar and choose PAN on the master track), but right now, as it is only midi, nothing special happens.
In my AUM setup I have an audio track without a synth but with a multitrack FX plugin in the FX chain (could be also Gauss, I believe and it would be the same). Of cause now the LCXL cannot control this track and honestly I wonder if in such a setup it makes sense to use the LCXL with LK. I think I rather come back to control AUM with it instead. But that's easy as for AUM I'm using the user defined scene and then LK ignores the LCXL - so they don't interfere. It's a pity to loose the simple track select and arm buttons then but I can do that with the Launchpad as well. I think it's a great feature for users that have a LCXL but no Launchpad or for songs that have all tracks in LK.
When we implement a controller for the first time we try to implement all the functions that have direct connection with LK. If they are going to be usefull or not, it depends on the user.
We need to provide a way of ignoring controllers to allow people not using an dedicated controller with LK when it is attached to the device as the integration is plug and play.
General midi mapping is on the way!
Thank you for your feedback and support!
I've added this to our wish list!
By global record do you mean the record button that is next to play? Yes! And all the lights light up accordingly.
To be honest I find scrolling and zooming ok. Also I know what you mean about tool selection being tedious. I can get used to it as it is.
The biggest thing that would make it easier is ‘move’ and ‘length’ tools that come up when you have notes selected. It’s really hard to explain but rather than try and grab a note and drag it, you can just scroll over the tool. If you have Xequence 2 you’ll know what I mean. You do already kind of have this with time shift and transpose in the note tools menu. It’s just so much more direct in Xequence 2.
Note fold is awesome btw! I was able to easily make my piano roll into a gr-16 drum sequencer just by putting a note on each pad I needed. Very cool! It’d be great if you could save the current note fold view as a recallable profile, then you could easily set up profiles for au drum machines.
I believe I've seen those kind of tools before. I will see what we can do.
Keyboard layouts is an highly requested feature as well. We will definelty make it happen sooner or later.
Thanks for your feedback.
How about something like they do in Modstep. Select some notes and then you can move the notes by dragging the left side of the selection box up/down/left/right and adjust length by dragging the right side of the selection box left/right?
That looks great! I don’t have modstep so hadn’t seen that before
Edit:
Here’s ns2 and Xequence2 for comparison
One thing I'd love to see improved is the Chorder of LK!
The same Chorder is used on the other Imaginando apps as well so it would be a win-win if this was improved.
Being able to set the root-note and scale for the Chorder would be super handy!
The 'hexagons' could 'wrap around' to keep their size 'playable'?
In 'play mode' parts of the chordset is 'hidden' due to the size of the hexagons when they could 'wrap' to fill the usable available space space.
Cheers!
@Samu chorder does really need some paint job. We have a busy agenda right now but it will sure happen along the year.
Yeah! Get in line @Samu 😉😉
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No worries, I can live without it for a while as I have the amazing Tonality to aid me with them chords
@sinosoidal
When I am naming things
Keyboard pops up and then I can’t see what I am typing
Can’t the text field be at the top so that we can see ? Instead of in the middle
Yes, I’ve seen exactly the same on my iPad Pro 11 inch.
It’s a minor detail
But would be nice for it to be fixed
@sinosoidal I managed to enter preset window in a fullscreen state and could not return back:
It happens when you tap at the top right corner in the clip view.
Tapping there in the scenes view results in a crash. I can send you logs if needed
I tried out version 1.9.3 with a Novation Launchpad X and it looks like a really thorough integration, at least at first glance. I did notice one bug though: the clip color in LK does not match the clip color on the Launchpad. Since the individual clips are appearing as different colors (just the wrong ones), I think this should be relatively easy to fix! Let me know if you need additional help with testing since I have lots of different MIDI controllers on hand to test with.