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Loopy PRO & KORG iM1 - Why I Love Loopy Pro for Fast Song Building
I love using Loopy Pro for this kind of thing.
I think it’s a great way to spark something new, help with composing, getting to a know a particular synth. And all sorts of other cool stuff.
Even if you choose to use a different DAW for the end result I think that using Loopy Pro this way is the fastest way to composing.
In this video I’m only using the Audio recording and not the Midi recording, so everything in this video can easily be done in the current version.
Also there is no special pre-setup, just starting with a default session.
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Loopy Pro is totally the ultimate creative studio app! Best dev period.
Nice one Doug!
I do the same, but like to use Retrospective Recording so that as soon as I hit upon a noodle that I like I can just left-swipe on a clip to dump it in there. Saves me having to go back and try for another good take. I have a global clip gesture for left-swipe for retrospective recording.
The only downside to just blazing through like this is if you want to add parts for say a chorus or bridge, it's not practical to remember which presets were used. It's great for just a quick noodle, but for making whole songs I try to make a new app instance for each new sound. I mute the already recorded instances to save CPU. That way I can return to a sound later. It's slightly less spontaneous, but worth it in the long run.
Hi - I am of the same opinion. As a producer of 20+ years in the ableton environment, I made 6 albums that I am proud of and have given me a name in the psy-downtempo/psybient genres. 3 years ago, my friend told me to get an iPad Pro and get into music on the ipad. For 3 years I delayed, and used the ipad for other stuff. Until I found loopy pro a couple months ago… not even sure when it clicked or how it happened - but the lights came on and I realized…. In Ableton, I would fiddle around and build sounds for hours before a song “caught” and started forming (after this it’s relatively easy for me to get a full track going). In loopy pro - I can have an inspiring, awesome sounding song idea in a matter of minutes! Not only that but it’s SUPERIOR for a live rig setup. Ableton live started out as a “software instrument for live performance” but I think its devolved into just anther DAW environment for producing music. So now - the way it works is that loopy pro is where song seed /ideas form - and then I bounce stems into ableton to finish the production. As a “jamming unit” I can show up and just start riffing/jamming with other musicians (synchronized through the ableton link feature). And as a “live performance tool” it does everything I was TRYING to get ableton to do for 20 years in a faster, more intuitive and more FUN way. As someone who has been doing this my whole life - this discovery is revolutionary and will forever change the way I perform and craft music.
So good to see you here old bud
I totally forgot about this awesome feature!
I wonder if Midi is planned for LP?
That retrospect feature with Midi will be awesome!
Ableton Live had it and it works wonders!
It's definitely on it's way. No ETA but shouldn't be long now.
It is. If you can resist the urge to fall back into obsessive midi editing.
Very valuable thread, thanks all.
@wim , might you be able to provide a few more specifics on your config to setup the retrospective recording and then specifically the process/steps you go through as you're using it, as I feel it's a feature that I may get a lot of value from, but unclear specifically how to use it at this point (have tried reading the docs and doing some tests thus far, but still have these questions)...Thanks
@danm:
Here are some links related to retrospective looping that me be of interest:
Video showing a button set up to retro into the next tapped clip:
A thread about this technique on the loopy discord:
https://discord.com/channels/922977925182132245/1109495056802517103/1109495056802517103
Thanks @espiegel123, these links are very helpful.
Also, I've joined the loopy discord
@wim I would really love to see a template example of this workflow. It doesnt fully make clear sense to me yet.
And I echo the sentiment that loopy pro is just the best. Like a best friend with only a few quirks that you totally can deal with because they are just the best otherwise.
@SparkleBear : did you see the videos that I posted above?
Im sorry, I could've been more specific with my request. I want to know more about how @wim uses the multiple instances of loopy as auv3 in a workflow. That is something I am curious about. Not how the retrospective recording part works. I LOVE the gesture control of retro. I just incorporated that into my globals today. Amazing.
@espiegel123 Those videos are also wonderful for demonstrating the retrospective feature. This is something I really find special about loopy for sure.
Sorry, I misunderstood what you wanted to know.
I don’t actually use multi-input instances of Loopy in AUM. I’ve only set it up for learning and testing purposes. Loopy is my main host and adding AUM into the mix doesn’t add anything for me. But if someone is very AUM centric, then adding a multi-input instance of Loopy could be a great way of capturing output for playback. AUM can record any channel, but you have to then set up a new file player node to play back the audio. That can be accomplished with as little as a single touch in a loopy node.
Think of it like having a little tape looper at your disposal anywhere in your signal chain.