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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Loopy Pro: FIRST LOOK

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  • fprintffprintf

    @d4d0ug said:

    😀

    I really could have used just this sort of introduction when I joined the Beta. Really amazingly well done, to the point/succinct, and covers most of the basic features enough to get started. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed for more tutorials!

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    Btw, I want to say...that Loopy Pro has a lot to offer even if one isn't into looping. It is a great sketchpad and idea collector...particular with the retrospective looper that lets you simply play and play and play and then say "i liked that last bit", tap a loop and that last 2 or 4 or 8 bars or whatever gets added.

  • ChancedMusicChancedMusic

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, I want to say...that Loopy Pro has a lot to offer even if one isn't into looping. It is a great sketchpad and idea collector...particular with the retrospective looper that lets you simply play and play and play and then say "i liked that last bit", tap a loop and that last 2 or 4 or 8 bars or whatever gets added.

    Thank you for this. I’m not super into looping and was half wondering if this would still be a good purchase.

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @DukeWonder said:

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, I want to say...that Loopy Pro has a lot to offer even if one isn't into looping. It is a great sketchpad and idea collector...particular with the retrospective looper that lets you simply play and play and play and then say "i liked that last bit", tap a loop and that last 2 or 4 or 8 bars or whatever gets added.

    Thank you for this. I’m not super into looping and was half wondering if this would still be a good purchase.

    Hopefully some videos will pop up showing uses for non-loopers. I am trying to come up with and short one about the retrospective looping feature which is great for brainstorming and sketching.

  • espiegel123espiegel123
    edited December 2021

    Retro looper idea catching demo

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @DukeWonder said:

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, I want to say...that Loopy Pro has a lot to offer even if one isn't into looping. It is a great sketchpad and idea collector...particular with the retrospective looper that lets you simply play and play and play and then say "i liked that last bit", tap a loop and that last 2 or 4 or 8 bars or whatever gets added.

    Thank you for this. I’m not super into looping and was half wondering if this would still be a good purchase.

    The mixer bit is basically AUM.

    Once the timeline has midi and automation added (I think this is in the post launch plans) it’ll basically be AUM with a timeline, even if you ignore the donuts altogether 🍩

  • gusgranitegusgranite

    Hey beta testers. How does it work when you add Loopy Pro to as an FX recorder to multiple channels in AUM. Can they all be part of the same project? Or would you route the multiple AUM channels to one instance of Loopy Pro instead to capture AUM loops?

  • gusgranitegusgranite

    @gregsmith said:

    @DukeWonder said:

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, I want to say...that Loopy Pro has a lot to offer even if one isn't into looping. It is a great sketchpad and idea collector...particular with the retrospective looper that lets you simply play and play and play and then say "i liked that last bit", tap a loop and that last 2 or 4 or 8 bars or whatever gets added.

    Thank you for this. I’m not super into looping and was half wondering if this would still be a good purchase.

    The mixer bit is basically AUM.

    Once the timeline has midi and automation added (I think this is in the post launch plans) it’ll basically be AUM with a timeline, even if you ignore the donuts altogether 🍩

    That’s a big claim!

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @gusgranite said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @DukeWonder said:

    @espiegel123 said:
    Btw, I want to say...that Loopy Pro has a lot to offer even if one isn't into looping. It is a great sketchpad and idea collector...particular with the retrospective looper that lets you simply play and play and play and then say "i liked that last bit", tap a loop and that last 2 or 4 or 8 bars or whatever gets added.

    Thank you for this. I’m not super into looping and was half wondering if this would still be a good purchase.

    The mixer bit is basically AUM.

    Once the timeline has midi and automation added (I think this is in the post launch plans) it’ll basically be AUM with a timeline, even if you ignore the donuts altogether 🍩

    That’s a big claim!

    Perhaps a bit speculative at this point but it’s where I’m going with it 😂

    Let’s just say I started the beta looking at where I could host Loopy in my workflow, and I’m now looking at how Loopy can BE my workflow.

  • mistercharliemistercharlie

    +1 on This being much more than a looper. I’m using it alongside my Octatrack. It’s easy to pass samples back and forth, and I can capture a track (synced) from the Octatrack into a Loopy Pro donut. Then I can arrange the donuts on a timeline.

    It’s wildly flexible.

  • cyberheatercyberheater

    RELEASE IT!!!

    The wait is killing me…

  • krassmannkrassmann
    edited December 2021

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

    You can only record midi to apps like Atom and LK in Loopy at the moment, but it can host them as midi sources just like AUM does.

    Those midi sources can then ‘play’ audio sources hosted in loopy that can be any AUV3 synth/app. You can then record the resulting audio to a donut as a loop.

    Make sense?

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    edited December 2021

    @gregsmith said:

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

    You can only record midi to apps like Atom and LK in Loopy at the moment, but it can host them as midi sources just like AUM does.

    Those midi sources can then ‘play’ audio sources hosted in loopy that can be any AUV3 synth/app. You can then record the resulting audio to a donut as a loop.

    Make sense?

    Hmm. So playing with a doughnut ‘directly’ can be recorded as MIDI on/offs in for instance Atom (within Loopy), so that Atom can then afterwards ‘play the doughnut’ using the recorded MIDI?
    Or do you need to play the doughnut by/trough Atom in the first place?

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

    You can only record midi to apps like Atom and LK in Loopy at the moment, but it can host them as midi sources just like AUM does.

    Those midi sources can then ‘play’ audio sources hosted in loopy that can be any AUV3 synth/app. You can then record the resulting audio to a donut as a loop.

    Make sense?

    Hmm. So playing with a doughnut ‘directly’ can be recorded as MIDI on/offs in for instance Atom (within Loopy), so that Atom can then afterwards ‘play the doughnut’ using the recorded MIDI?
    Or do you need to play the doughnut by/trough Atom (or another MIDI control source) in the first place?

  • gregsmithgregsmith

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

    You can only record midi to apps like Atom and LK in Loopy at the moment, but it can host them as midi sources just like AUM does.

    Those midi sources can then ‘play’ audio sources hosted in loopy that can be any AUV3 synth/app. You can then record the resulting audio to a donut as a loop.

    Make sense?

    Hmm. So playing with a doughnut ‘directly’ can be recorded as MIDI on/offs in for instance Atom (within Loopy), so that Atom can then afterwards ‘play the doughnut’ using the recorded MIDI?

    I think we’re talking about different things 😊

    I don’t think you can control a donut like this yet - there is a built in slicer grid widget though which splits the donut into multiple samples that can be played like an mpc. Not sure if this can then be played by a midi controller or atom though.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @gregsmith said:

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

    You can only record midi to apps like Atom and LK in Loopy at the moment, but it can host them as midi sources just like AUM does.

    Those midi sources can then ‘play’ audio sources hosted in loopy that can be any AUV3 synth/app. You can then record the resulting audio to a donut as a loop.

    Make sense?

    Hmm. So playing with a doughnut ‘directly’ can be recorded as MIDI on/offs in for instance Atom (within Loopy), so that Atom can then afterwards ‘play the doughnut’ using the recorded MIDI?

    I think we’re talking about different things 😊

    I don’t think you can control a donut like this yet - there is a built in slicer grid widget though which splits the donut into multiple samples that can be played like an mpc. Not sure if this can then be played by a midi controller or atom though.

    Thanks! Loving playing with it. Most things you think of are simply possible..

  • krassmannkrassmann
    edited December 2021

    @gregsmith said:

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

    You can only record midi to apps like Atom and LK in Loopy at the moment, but it can host them as midi sources just like AUM does.

    Those midi sources can then ‘play’ audio sources hosted in loopy that can be any AUV3 synth/app. You can then record the resulting audio to a donut as a loop.

    Make sense?

    Yes, makes sense. So do you think such a workflow is possible: play your loop on your Midi controller with an AU hosted in Loopy, record it into Atom 2, and then when Atom 2 repeats the pattern it is quantized and then you record that into one of Loopy‘s donuts. Would the Jeff Mills workflow be possible that additionally mutes the instrument during Midi record, so that you only hear the quantized pattern. That would be so cool for live looping if your timing is not the best. I think it would be best if such quantizing Midi buffer would be part of Loopy.

  • timeliningtimelining

    I was already pretty onboard with this, but seeing the Sequencer timeline has me sold, since I was thinking I'd primarily use LP as a multitrack recorder/DAW/timeline.

    I'm a little LTTP, so forgive me if this is all easily accessible (there are a LOT of pages and videos to scour through), but I was wondering if anyone had a demo/tutorial (their own or otherwise) of using LoopyPro in Sequencer Mode. As a veteran of Garageband on OSX, I hate GB on iOS and none of the other DAW apps appeal to me (yet). LP looks like what I wish GB was (and more, ofc)!

  • mistercharliemistercharlie
    edited December 2021

    @timelining No audio tracks yet in the sequencer timeline. It just triggers loops right now. But the audio timeline from Samplebot is coming post 1.0.

    Edit: but it’s already amazing as is. Way easier than getting clips from the session view to the timeline in Ableton. You can live record the sequence, or you can just tap anywhere on the timeline to insert the loop for that track.

  • gregsmithgregsmith
    edited December 2021

    @krassmann said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @janpieter said:

    @gregsmith said:

    @krassmann said:

    @espiegel123 said:

    Retro looper idea catching demo

    Retro looping is so cool. I‘ve seen that Loopy can host AU FX and now I see you’re playing synths with your Launchpad and record that into Loopy but where are the AUs hosted? Is there any way to quantize what you’re playing?

    The question wasn’t aimed at me I know, but you just can just host the au’s in loopy just like in aum.

    I’ve been thinking about quantizing - it would need something between the midi controller and the au - dunno if Atom can quantize ‘live’ like this?
    I mean you can definitely record your performance as midi in atom/LK from within loopy, then record THAT into the donut, but that wouldn’t work with retro looping.

    Do you mean you can record playing directly with the loops as midi (on/off)?

    You can only record midi to apps like Atom and LK in Loopy at the moment, but it can host them as midi sources just like AUM does.

    Those midi sources can then ‘play’ audio sources hosted in loopy that can be any AUV3 synth/app. You can then record the resulting audio to a donut as a loop.

    Make sense?

    Yes, makes sense. So do you think such a workflow is possible: play your loop on your Midi controller with an AU hosted in Loopy, record it into Atom 2, and then when Atom 2 repeats the pattern it is quantized and then you record that into one of Loopy‘s donuts. Would the Jeff Mills workflow be possible that additionally mutes the instrument during Midi record, so that you only hear the quantized pattern. That would be so cool for live looping if your timing is not the best. I think it would be best if such quantizing Midi buffer would be part of Loopy.

    This is exactly what I was thinking. Didn’t realise it was already a workflow! I reckon the mute thing is possible too, but will confirm.

    I’ve been working on my finger drumming and timing, but it’s very difficult to get perfect loops first time, every time, especially with more complicated rhythm. Some beats really need that quantized feel to sound right as well.

    Does ableton live do this? Anyone know of any videos to show it in action?

    Edit:

    Just watched this video. Very cool! I’ve seen Jeff Mill’s magic before but not seen it broken down like this

  • RajahPRajahP

    I’m wondering if I can retire that great Launchpad app because of this.. Auv3 ?
    Love the Key Transpose in Launchpad app.. hope it can be reproduced here..

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @krassmann : loopy can host midi AU sequencers like atom and LK. So, yes you can record into them and then record the synths they drive into loops .

  • BladeRunnerBladeRunner
    edited December 2021

    @Michael said:
    And for completeness, here's the pricing model: 7-day free trial, then a $30US IAP. The IAP unlocks (forever) all functionality at that point, and everything that is released 12 months from time of purchase. Then, you keep everything that's there forever, and get lifetime bug/compatibility fixes.

    If you want to keep up with the latest features that are released after that point, it's another, cheaper IAP (currently I'm thinking something of the order of a 25-50% discount, so about $15-20US, and that gives you everything up to that point, and 12 months forward – which you keep forever. After a year... you get the idea.

    It's basically an implementation of the standard desktop model, on iOS. I believe it's fair, and sustainable.

    Every day we have to wait, the price should be lowered by at least one buck. How does that sound for fair and sustainable? >:)

  • lukesleepwalkerlukesleepwalker

    @BladeRunner said:

    @Michael said:
    And for completeness, here's the pricing model: 7-day free trial, then a $30US IAP. The IAP unlocks (forever) all functionality at that point, and everything that is released 12 months from time of purchase. Then, you keep everything that's there forever, and get lifetime bug/compatibility fixes.

    If you want to keep up with the latest features that are released after that point, it's another, cheaper IAP (currently I'm thinking something of the order of a 25-50% discount, so about $15-20US, and that gives you everything up to that point, and 12 months forward – which you keep forever. After a year... you get the idea.

    It's basically an implementation of the standard desktop model, on iOS. I believe it's fair, and sustainable.

    Every day we have to wait, the price should be lowered by at least one buck. How does that sound for fair and sustainable? >:)

    You mean because you paid a certain amount for a product promised on a specific date? 😘

  • GdubGdub

    @gregsmith
    Seen Jeff mills live quite a few times
    He is amazing
    I bet even when I am 70 I will still be listening to this god

  • gusgranitegusgranite

    @Gdub said:
    @gregsmith
    Seen Jeff mills live quite a few times
    He is amazing
    I bet even when I am 70 I will still be listening to this god

    Saw him at Lost a couple of times.

  • BladeRunnerBladeRunner

    @lukesleepwalker said:

    You mean because you paid a certain amount for a product promised on a specific date? 😘

    It's a joke amigo.

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