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.
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@tja.. have you been able to update your 6s to the latest OS without using a computer? My exwife gf’s won’t let her… not enough storage (I stripped it down. Someone said the data is still lurking in files. How do I find that? Thx, bro and happy holidays to come.
I've seen lots of back and forth about hubs, adapters, etc for M1 iPads. I have an OWC TB4 dock that I'm using with my 12.9 M1, with an audio interface and a bunch of USB midi devices plugged in (and a hard drive). Works great, blazing fast. It was a bit spendy, but totally worth it to unlock the performance of the TB4 connector. I upgraded from an iPad 6 to my 12.9 M1 and of course the comparison isn't even night and day. It's more like black void of nothingness and day. When I'm not at my desk I use a USB-C headphone dongle that sounds fantastic and supports high sample rates.
YES! The OWC TB4 hub was my one Cyber Monday purchase, got a decent sale and waiting for them to actually honor my order and ship it to me. Glad to hear it works well for you.
@LinearLineman its fine to power the ipad at the same time. the apple adapter has a usba, headphone, and power adapter port. that one you posted can be plugged into a usb c hub which is plugged into the ipad.
Yeah, its nice to have the headphone jack built in, but I think people do blow the idea of it out of porportions.
Its all personal tho and how people like their setup. Personally i'd rather be able to power my midi controller on the usb c port w/ a headphone adapter than have a headphone jack and have to carry around a hub, dongle, and power adapter just to get a midi controller in a lightning port.
I switched off touch id. When I thought I had screen problems. Id buy the pro. If it were my only device.
Good solid, unbiased review @seonnthaproducer good job!
I recently upgraded my 2018 iPad Pro 11” 64GB to the newest 12.9” iPad Pro (5th gen w/the M1, and I chose the 1TB option because one, I was tired of worrying about storage space (I also upgraded my iCloud to the 2TB plan), and two, the 1 and 2 TB models have 16GB of RAM versus the 8GB on the 128, 265, and 512 models.
I went with the 12.9” also because it’s the only size that has the new “XDR” display tech with the 10,000 leds (Watching movies is amazing on this thing. Something like a million to 1 contrast ratio?)
Everything is bigger, better, and faster! Don’t regret getting mine at all!
And it’s not the cheapest option, nor the most portable, but I use a HyperDrive GEN2 12 port hub/docking station while at my desk. It’s about the size of a half of a red brick 🧱 and probably just as heavy, but this thing is awesome, and it allows me to have everything I want connected at the same time:
Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 3rd gen interface
Deepmind 12 synth (which makes an awesome midi controller!)
LaunchPad Pro MK3
Keyboard & Mouse
256 MicroSD card (kinda redundant now with all the storage)
2 HDMI and 1 DisplayPort ports (I’m only using one of the HDMI ports for a 27” display.)
Ethernet port
3.5mm audio port (I use the headphone jack on the Scarlett interface, but this is here!
When I want to detach and go hit the couch (or go anywhere else for that matter), I’ll just use the USB-C to 3.5mm adapter
Thanks for the comments, and great recommendations. I’ll check out the USB-C hub. I was actually thinking of using a headphone-mic splitter cable. That way, I could get a higher quality mic and use that for vocal recording.
I was surprised to find that a lot of my headphones didn’t come with microphones. Ah well, such is life.
Regarding my views on the upgrade, I definitely see the value of getting the USB-C port. That was the main motivation behind the upgrade. It’s more the tradeoff I’m a bit sad about, than the actual upgrade.
About the display...if I was comparing them side by side, then obviously I’d like the newer iPad. But before I did the switch, I did a test where I used a particular set of apps (mainly GarageBand, Koala, and Audiobus 3), and did the same thing on the other one. Aside for the faster load time (which I personally didn’t notice, as I was already used to my original iPad), it felt exactly the same.
And sure, there’s the fact that a lot of apps I’m currently using aren’t exactly “pro”. But isn’t that a catch-22? Buying this expensive iPad but need to invest money to feel more “pro”?
Okay, rant aside, I’m actually planning on switching my musical workflow. Haven’t decided yet though on which apps I’ll be mainly using on the new iPad.
Gotta start digging through the basement for USB cables. Some of my accessories won’t work on this new iPad in their current state (Artiphon, and Apogee Jam).
I was initially thinking of getting the 12.9 in version but my carrier didn’t have it. I did do a quick in-person comparison, and while the bigger screen size is a big benefit, I’d never be able to take it out because the size isn’t notebook sized. Someone at work has the 12.9 in iPad Pro and he mainly uses it on the plane or for office meetings. I use mine like a notebook and it’s everywhere I go...
Overall, I’m satisfied. If my old iPad was a 6, this iPad would be a 7.5 out of 10.
I’d like more pro apps, a headphone jack, and maybe the ability to natively use some Mac OS apps. Fingers crossed for VS Code, or AutoCAD (full version).
Or maybe I should better integrate my Mac Mini to the cloud. Hmm 🤔
I rarely use my mini anymore, but when I have to, 90% of the time i'm screensharing to it from the ipad.
Thant being said, I'm not sure how well that workflow will be for you for engineering/CAD software.
you also might want to look at what windows365 could offer you. Its a bit pricey, but that mainly depends on # of cores required.
Not a VS Code solution for the average iPad user, but for someone who's willing for files to live on github and work "in the cloud", this might be an option:
https://switchtoipad.com/features/how-to-use-visual-studio-code-on-your-ipad/
I love Disney+. That NG doc The First Wave cracked my heart wide open. I do not wish to bring the Covid debate into here. I will just say that the work those people do to help those suffering is truly, in the full sense of the phrase, awe-inspiring.
I guess the main reason that I’m not bothering to update my 2018 iPad Pro is down to the fact that I have just bought an M1 MBP. Actually, now that I have just written that I can see myself looking at my iPad and thinking “this slow, now.”
There is a really good app to get a fullscreen experience for github.dev and also other cloud dev environments including gitpod or even self hosted solutions. It really turns the iPad into a dev machine.
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/ucow-ultimate-code-wrapper/id1551344923
Another nice tool for developers on the iPad is ish, a full blown alpine Linux as an app
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/ish-shell/id1436902243
Dopesick is brilliant too. It's about the OxyContin opioid crisis in the US and the corrupt marketing tactics used by the pharmaceutical company (Purdue) behind OxyContin. I'm reading an ace book about the family that owns that pharma company, the Sacklers (it's called Empire of Pain). If you think you've seen it all when it comes to corrupt family-run businesses then think again.