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Recommendations for a linear DAW that complements Loopy Pro
Hope this isn’t too redundant, I am interested in opinions about the iPad daw that would work best for organizing audio exported from Loopy linearly? This would be on an older 6th gen iPad and ease of use/organization, moving clips around and ability to host auv3 are important to me. Also curious if this is easier/more simply done in Cubasis or Audio Evolution? Or something else? I still need to more fully utilize Loopy’s linear features, but is there something like Nanostudio 2 but optimized for arranging audio clips? Thank you
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yes cubasis and audio evolution are the Daw more suited for that, even though they don’t have that NS2 fast work flow arranging environment, but you still can use samples loops and arrange them in NS2 easily, using NS2 Slate internal plugin as source of audio tracks for arranging sample loops in NS2 , you can also use koala sampler has audio tracks inside NS2 which will offer you a fast work flow and time stretch for arranging audio samples in NS2
What’s wrong with loopys timeline? If I may ask
Great idea, but I don’t think Koala handling all of the audio will be as forgiving as Loopy Pro handling the same audio on an older iPad, because of disk streaming vs whatever the other method is that Koala and most apps use. Know what I mean?
@audiblevideo, nothing at all. Not sure why I avoid timelines and like to press the donuts manually. I am going to try to use it more before anything else but was also entertaining the notion of just recording and applying fx in Loopy and then exporting for arranging, mixing, and “mastering” in another app. Thanks for your response. Thanks, @SLPGroundSoundMusic. Might try that out.
The homie @ipadbeatmaking made this video comparing Cubasis 3 to Audio Evolution.
I never had the chance to watch it yet (so many holiday commitments), but am finally getting around to watching it myself to see what he says. This may help you too @myapologies .
@audiblevideo Loopy Pro's timeline seems pretty nice, but I personally never dug deep into that part of LP and have no idea if it has automation capabilities yet or not. AEM and CB3 both have automation.
Loopy Pro doesn’t yet have automation.
That's what I figured mate. I knew it was on the roadmap, but I didn't know if it had been implemented yet. This is why exporting stems to either CB3 or AEM is currently the best way to go.
Similar to both really, uninspirational menu dive to select params, then use snap to grid (various selections) to set your points on the curve… AP has that lovely accesible ‘curve type’ selection pane, the other two don’t as far as I know…
Menu button to enable auto in AEMS
Param selection to enable in AP
Button press to open auto popup in Cubasis
You can’t export from Loopy with applied fx. You have to print a donut with fx to a new donut to have the fx baked in. I wish you could export while applying fx. Because of this is usually export the clean clips and add fx all over again in a daw, or just Finnish the song in Loopy’s timeline.
Regarding DAW. My favorite option hasn’t been mentioned. Zenbeats. Besides many great features the one that IMO stands out in Zenbeats is how it handles loops. If you extend a loop clip in the timeline it just extends, repeats, there’s no need to copy/paste like in Cubasis. This for me is a must. Since Zenbeats itself has great clip mode and functionality, I find it dots a lot better the kind of material you get from loopy. It’s sort of the same “mindset”. It also has multi-outs, automation, recently incorporated sidechaining, etc, etc.
You should give it a try.
The dream!
If I could only keep one app it’d be Zenbeats. I used to be the “linear daw” type until I started messing around with clips. I find it so much more inspiring and fun to improvise and create. So you build parts in clip mode and when you’re ready you switch to linear mode to arrange and mix. But, like I said before, Zenbeats sort of expects and anticipates this workflow so the linear mode is a lot better integrated with loops in mind, be it midi or audio.
I go back and forth between Loopy and Zenbeats. I love the flexibility and aesthetics of Loopy, it’s so well made.
Are you sure about this? Im pretty sure all my exports have had the effects applied to them.
If you have clips in the timeline, timeline exports have effects applied.
Oh my!. Has this always been the case?. This is great news!.
So if just build a makeshift timeline with one loop for each clip it will export everything with fx?.
It has been like this for a long time. It wasn't implemented in the very first release but was added not long after. If you export multi-track, each track is exported with effects applied.
how do you export loops from the timeline? if i put loops into the timeline they still export with fx off
On the timeline tap the share icon. You get the choice of stereo mix or multitrack.