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danbobakov

@espiegel123 said:

Can you explain a little more precisely what you are trying to do. The answer is probably yes. Do you mean that you want to toggle all clips of the same color? Of toggle all of a set of clips?

One way to do that is set up your clips in a group.

Another way is to create a widget that targets a set of clips you can specify in the action.

Another way (for colors) is to add a gesture that targets all the clips of the target’s color.

I’m trying to have all clips play simultaneously besides two of them similiar to an rc505.
So you would have a drum track that plays constantly and then a verse and chorus part on 2 separate clips that you can toggle back and forth.

echoopera

@tja said:
And saying that, I also would be happy about a option that would allow to use "strings" instead of colors.

I am partly color-blind and all those colors just make me crazy!
For example, for the death of me, the second and third row of Donuts look exactly the same for me!

I could then just use strings and labels instead.

That would be fantastic, @Michael

You can rename the Labels in the Mixer for what it’s worth. Also you can add your own Custom Text to the Donuts area. So theoretically you could build out a custom Template for your needs and just use that custom one for all your projects.

celtic_elk

@danbobakov said:

@espiegel123 said:

Can you explain a little more precisely what you are trying to do. The answer is probably yes. Do you mean that you want to toggle all clips of the same color? Of toggle all of a set of clips?

One way to do that is set up your clips in a group.

Another way is to create a widget that targets a set of clips you can specify in the action.

Another way (for colors) is to add a gesture that targets all the clips of the target’s color.

I’m trying to have all clips play simultaneously besides two of them similiar to an rc505.
So you would have a drum track that plays constantly and then a verse and chorus part on 2 separate clips that you can toggle back and forth.

If you have one clip for the verse and one clip for the chorus, assign them to a group and set it to "one clip at a time." Playing one will then mute the other, without affecting any other clips.

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echoopera

@tja said:

@echoopera said:

@tja said:
And saying that, I also would be happy about a option that would allow to use "strings" instead of colors.

I am partly color-blind and all those colors just make me crazy!
For example, for the death of me, the second and third row of Donuts look exactly the same for me!

I could then just use strings and labels instead.

That would be fantastic, @Michael

You can rename the Labels in the Mixer for what it’s worth. Also you can add your own Custom Text to the Donuts area. So theoretically you could build out a custom Template for your needs and just use that custom one for all your projects.

Hmm. Yes. That could be a workaround.

But it would be much more easy to have a string that is visible for anything with the same color automatically.
We already have such string for every color - in the mixer!
Just make this string visible for all Donuts, or other colored elements ... and probably a way to edit the string too.

Ahhh. I see what you mean. A label on the donut. That could be a nice option for people needing more clarity in the UI. Maybe a little LABEL: On/Off toggle in the Clip Parameters Setting Panel.

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echoopera

@tja said:

@echoopera said:

@tja said:

@echoopera said:

@tja said:
And saying that, I also would be happy about a option that would allow to use "strings" instead of colors.

I am partly color-blind and all those colors just make me crazy!
For example, for the death of me, the second and third row of Donuts look exactly the same for me!

I could then just use strings and labels instead.

That would be fantastic, @Michael

You can rename the Labels in the Mixer for what it’s worth. Also you can add your own Custom Text to the Donuts area. So theoretically you could build out a custom Template for your needs and just use that custom one for all your projects.

Hmm. Yes. That could be a workaround.

But it would be much more easy to have a string that is visible for anything with the same color automatically.
We already have such string for every color - in the mixer!
Just make this string visible for all Donuts, or other colored elements ... and probably a way to edit the string too.

Ahhh. I see what you mean. A label on the donut. That could be a nice option for people needing more clarity in the UI. Maybe a little LABEL: On/Off toggle in the Clip Parameters Setting Panel.

Yep

It was mentioned that colors are partly like "tracks" ...

So I could just use strings like "track-01", "track-02", ...

Great

Also fwiw, you can add custom labels to the individual clips, so maybe create a set of custom Clip styles and just dupe them for your setups and arrange as needed:

danbobakov

@celtic_elk said:

If you have one clip for the verse and one clip for the chorus, assign them to a group and set it to "one clip at a time." Playing one will then mute the other, without affecting any other clips.

I got it. Thank you for answering the basics for me. Can’t wait for the manual comes out on this.
This thing is deep.

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echoopera

@echoopera said:

@tja said:

@echoopera said:

@tja said:

@echoopera said:

@tja said:
And saying that, I also would be happy about a option that would allow to use "strings" instead of colors.

I am partly color-blind and all those colors just make me crazy!
For example, for the death of me, the second and third row of Donuts look exactly the same for me!

I could then just use strings and labels instead.

That would be fantastic, @Michael

You can rename the Labels in the Mixer for what it’s worth. Also you can add your own Custom Text to the Donuts area. So theoretically you could build out a custom Template for your needs and just use that custom one for all your projects.

Hmm. Yes. That could be a workaround.

But it would be much more easy to have a string that is visible for anything with the same color automatically.
We already have such string for every color - in the mixer!
Just make this string visible for all Donuts, or other colored elements ... and probably a way to edit the string too.

Ahhh. I see what you mean. A label on the donut. That could be a nice option for people needing more clarity in the UI. Maybe a little LABEL: On/Off toggle in the Clip Parameters Setting Panel.

Yep

It was mentioned that colors are partly like "tracks" ...

So I could just use strings like "track-01", "track-02", ...

Great

Also fwiw, you can add custom labels to the individual clips, so maybe create a set of custom Clip styles and just dupe them for your setups and arrange as needed:

@tja said:
@echoopera Thanks, I will try this out.
But still, it would be most easy to just have a system-wide setting, that works automatically!
Colors are not without problems ;-)

Yep. I agree since the label is already there when you provide a Custom Name. It should be a setting to toggle the System Label/Color On/Off in the Clip Properties Panel.

mistercharlie

I just did a little experiment. I have a project in my Octatrack that’s stalled. I decided to record the tracks into Ableton, but then I though, I should try this in Loopy.

Recording into both was dead easy. Slightly easier into Loopy, perhaps, once I’d worked out the best settings.

But the main point here is, once I got the loops into Ableton, I couldn’t really think what to do next. But with LP, I can’t wait to get screwing around with some ideas. I’m not sure exactly why, but LP is way more appealing as a place to play. Maybe it’s the iPad. Maybe it’s my absurdly deep collection of AUs (pretty sure I’m not alone in that one).

I love Ableton, but LP is something else. Digging it. And finding it integrates really nicely with my hardware.

RajahP

@Kashi said:

@RajahP said:

@Kashi said:
Nope. Still don't get it @espiegel123 @wim @Janosax .
I'm pressing the donuts and they just start playing the sample from halfway through, or a third of the way. And sometimes they just don't play at all but the background colour goes from ,say, orange to black, but no playback commences (?)

Mine won’t start from the beginning of the sample… also.

Glad it's not just me!

Is it me, or was this fixed in the update?

Seems to work perfectly here, now…

Thanks..

echoopera

@mistercharlie said:
I just did a little experiment. I have a project in my Octatrack that’s stalled. I decided to record the tracks into Ableton, but then I though, I should try this in Loopy.

Recording into both was dead easy. Slightly easier into Loopy, perhaps, once I’d worked out the best settings.

But the main point here is, once I got the loops into Ableton, I couldn’t really think what to do next. But with LP, I can’t wait to get screwing around with some ideas. I’m not sure exactly why, but LP is way more appealing as a place to play. Maybe it’s the iPad. Maybe it’s my absurdly deep collection of AUs (pretty sure I’m not alone in that one).

I love Ableton, but LP is something else. Digging it. And finding it integrates really nicely with my hardware.

Less setup
Less friction
Less overhead
More states of flow
👊🏼™️

espiegel123

I've added a video for anyone not sire how to MIDI map AUv3 effect parameters in Loopy Pro

Michael

FYI: those requesting a manual - I’m working on it right now. You can watch me go at https://loopypro.com/manual-draft 😄

celtic_elk

@Michael said:
FYI: those requesting a manual - I’m working on it right now. You can watch me go at https://loopypro.com/manual-draft 😄

Awesome. Thanks, Michael!

cuberoo_

I’ve got Atom -> Pure piano which I record into a donut. It is straight forward to add a follow action to mute the Pure piano track after record, however what I really want is to mute the Atom midi track, but I don’t see a follow action to allow this. Am I missing something?

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Michael

@tja said:

@Michael said:
FYI: those requesting a manual - I’m working on it right now. You can watch me go at https://loopypro.com/manual-draft 😄

Ahhhh ...
My daily new literature

How are you writing that?
With MarkDown?
This could later be made into a PDF

It’s actually a WordPress plug-in but it does support PDF export

AlmostAnonymous

@Michael said:
You can watch me go

Here I was hoping to watch real time edits

robosardine

Looking like it will fit the bill though 👍

celtic_elk

@AlmostAnonymous said:

@Michael said:
You can watch me go

Here I was hoping to watch real time edits

"No, not that word! Ugh! That line was so good - why’d you delete it? No, write this other section next” 😂

espiegel123

@cuberoo_ said:
I’ve got Atom -> Pure piano which I record into a donut. It is straight forward to add a follow action to mute the Pure piano track after record, however what I really want is to mute the Atom midi track, but I don’t see a follow action to allow this. Am I missing something?

You could send a midi command to Atom to tell it to stop I think.

dokwok2

@dokwok2 said:
The updated version now works with iOS v12 and v13. I just installed it on my iPad Air 1. No testing yet, but very excited. I've been using Loopy and Loopy HD since iPad 2.

First impressions after a few hours with iPad Air 1 on iOS v12.

• In standalone more, LP's interface feels a little less responsive compared with AUM. That's a report, not a criticism. Keep in mind: the iPad Air 1 was introduced in Nov. 2013, eight years ago. AUM was designed when machines were slower, and things have moved on.

• Everything works so far. I love being able to record a track, idle the generator app, and move on to another layer. There were ways of doing this in AUM, but never in a way that seemed as natural as working with Audiobus 2 and Loopy HD. Result: a lot of projects never progressed beyond the first four bars.

• I look forward to exploring LP as a standalone DAW. Unfortunately, some of my favorite drum apps are IAA-only. With the help of Richard Yot's video -- -- I was able to record DrumJam into Loopy Pro...and it works great. Projects saved this way are seemingly "stuck" in AUM, but it's easy to export them (in AUM-hosted LP) to LP's own folder in the iPad file system. If this were all LP did -- be Loopy in AUM -- I would be thrilled. I feel like I have an old friend back, after he's learned some new tricks.

THANK YOU, Michael, for supporting this older gear. I didn't realize my iPad was this old until I looked up the date. It can still do a lot, if given the chance!

wim

@cuberoo_ said:
I’ve got Atom -> Pure piano which I record into a donut. It is straight forward to add a follow action to mute the Pure piano track after record, however what I really want is to mute the Atom midi track, but I don’t see a follow action to allow this. Am I missing something?

This is needed. I've made a feature request for this over on the beta test channel.
There might be some way to accomplish it by routing midi out and back in to Loopy, but I haven't tried it.

[edit] see below.

espiegel123

@wim said:

@cuberoo_ said:
I’ve got Atom -> Pure piano which I record into a donut. It is straight forward to add a follow action to mute the Pure piano track after record, however what I really want is to mute the Atom midi track, but I don’t see a follow action to allow this. Am I missing something?

This is needed. I've made a feature request for this over on the beta test channel.
There might be some way to accomplish it by routing midi out and back in to Loopy, but I haven't tried it.

You can send midi from a follow action and choose your Atom instance as a target of the send midi action.

Is that not working for you?

wim

@espiegel123 said:

@wim said:

@cuberoo_ said:
I’ve got Atom -> Pure piano which I record into a donut. It is straight forward to add a follow action to mute the Pure piano track after record, however what I really want is to mute the Atom midi track, but I don’t see a follow action to allow this. Am I missing something?

This is needed. I've made a feature request for this over on the beta test channel.
There might be some way to accomplish it by routing midi out and back in to Loopy, but I haven't tried it.

You can send midi from a follow action and choose your Atom instance as a target of the send midi action.

Is that not working for you?

Oops. Missed that. Thanks for the correction.

cuberoo_

@wim said:

@espiegel123 said:

@wim said:

@cuberoo_ said:
I’ve got Atom -> Pure piano which I record into a donut. It is straight forward to add a follow action to mute the Pure piano track after record, however what I really want is to mute the Atom midi track, but I don’t see a follow action to allow this. Am I missing something?

This is needed. I've made a feature request for this over on the beta test channel.
There might be some way to accomplish it by routing midi out and back in to Loopy, but I haven't tried it.

You can send midi from a follow action and choose your Atom instance as a target of the send midi action.

Is that not working for you?

Oops. Missed that. Thanks for the correction.

Thanks, that does indeed work. However, this is controls Atom itself and not muting the track itself, seems strange that it’s possible to do this for audio tracks, but not midi?

Halftone

@CapnWillie said:
Congrats @Michael

LP will exceed expectations and I’m excited for you, your family and partners. You’ve created another major disruption for sure. So many demands will be made with so many areas for expansion and opportunity. I believe you’re well prepared for the long fruitful road ahead.

Two suggestions I have:

1. If you can remix and improve on Blocs Wav’s ability to randomize loops based on intended sound (drums, perc, melody, fx, etc) you will have effectively saved the world.lol. In BW colors represent sound type. They have a random matrix where you tap green and get a random drum loop, tap pink get a random melody, purple gets you a perc, blue is bass, etc etc. Randomizing loops for start point inspiration would be killer in LP!!!

2. I think Koala’s dev has pricing strategy right. Just make big new features IAPs. Some years it may work out more than $18.99. Depends on how hard you work, and how much we love using your work which is how it should be. Incentivizes both parties. Some users won’t need certain upgrades others will need. However, some updates will require updates so some folks may have to buy a feature they don’t need to unlock a necessary Ui update to unlock something they do. Think RPG video game skill trees. Example, loop randomizer ($9.99) iap but you need to unlock a previous key/tempo detector update (9.99) to get it. In this example that’s $20 for just two iap updates most people would probably want. If there are 4 in a year, you make $40 additional vs 18.99 annual for ? Updates. Makes more cents (sense) and gives everyone more flexibility.

Otherwise, EXCELLENT work. Looking forward to what’s in store!

+1 to point 1!!