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Loopers and keyboards, anyone here doing it?
Been thinking for a while to incorporate a looper into my solo stage show, but not really sure how it would work..I have of course seen guitarists doing it, but can things like drum parts and bass lines be done on the available software loopers?
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All your questions answered here using LoopyPro and an iPad:
hmmm, not really. Not a keyboard in sight!! And I'd certainly not be using it for beatboxing. Thanks for the effort but not really the info I was after tbh. To clarify that further I am looking at asking those who are DOING it, not links to some random dub fx or other such stuff on YT!
Oh and doing it with keyboards!
The same principles apply whether one is beatboxing, playing guitar , keyboards, whatever.
That was my thought as well. Looping is looping whether the input is coming from a keyboard, voice, guitar or armpit "farts". I'd be challenged to think of anything that would be unique to keyboards about looping.
As for drum parts and bass lines, same. Any audio input can be looped.
I haven't seen anyone doing the Marc Rebillet thing with Loopy Pro yet. I guess I should learn how a Boss RC-505 works, and then try to replicate that in Loopy Pro. I've seen the Dub FX video before, and it's a good place to start, but it's not a tutorial on designing your own custom Loopy Pro template, with multiple examples of variations, for common use cases. That would be ideal.
There are lots of Loopy Pro videos on YouTube. Many involve keyboards
LoopyPro is your answer if you want to do looping on the iPad with any sort of input device…your voice, a guitar, a keyboard, auv3 synths and want to do it on the fly, prebaked or however you want it to work. It’s the most flexible and robust of loopers as software anywhere.
The dubfx video illustrates just how powerful and flexible it is. Instead of a “beatbox” just imagine it’s a keyboard of guitar or some other instrument you want to loop. Anything you route into it will be available to loop and manipulate.
And for what it is worth DubFx uses LoopyPro for his live shows.
Good luck.
Thanks folks....I'd be using plugin instruments for the sound in to the looping app, so not sure that makes a difference? I have not found many tutorial style posts about doing what I would like to try...but I'll keep searching. I'll check on what the upgrade to Loopy Pro is from my version of Loopy Pro (bought a couple of years back but never used it).
Go to YouTube and you will find tutorials and demos using a variety of instruments including synths.
Really there is no difference if you are using AUv3 synths or a guitar or a mic…except you don’t have to worry hands free control. The concepts are all the same…building up tracks from parts you record.
If you have something more than a few months old it is not Loopy Pro — which was released only a few months ago.
thanks espiegel - as I wrote, I need to check on what the upgrade is. I sorta knew it wasn't any recent version haha!
Again, sorry to reiterate, I cannot find many on actually using software instruments - maybe it's my search term....I can find LOTS of Loopy stuff
Anyway I'll keep researching.
Is this the sort of thing you want to do?
I'm sorry to say that there is no upgrade from Loopy HD to Loopy Pro. They are completely separate purchases and completely different apps. You can do what you want to do with either, but the approach is going to be very different between the two apps. So first, as you say, we'll need to sort out what you're working with.
YES!! Thanks much for that...definitely more directly related to what I am looking at trying!
Thanks WIM, I'll buy the Loopy Pro and get back once I have done that...hahaha in the middle (well at the start really) if converting all my audio, DAW, on stage setups etc etc to macOS via a mac mini M1 (from Windows) so that is taking most of my brain functioning at the mo
This guy quite often uses a looper to play a sequence he then plays over.
Here it’s on a Fender Rhodes at the 5 min mark and he goes and noodles on the organ.
https://youtu.be/CgQvuaWAVrw?t=300
I always enjoy Cuckoo, and this one’s great.
FWIW I’ve really gotten into looping guitar in Ableton via Push. I’m pretty good at timing loops with a pedal, but if I already have a song or beat going, tapping a pad to record a clip is easy. I imagine it’s just as easy with keys.
It works just as well with Loopy Pro. Better, maybe, because LP is so great at auto-detecting the first loop.