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Stuck on Tonestack: How to Use Loopy Pro with Guitar Effects?
Hi all,
Happy New Year. I hope you’re all doing great!
I’m new to Loopy Pro and thrilled with how awesome looping is. However the possibilities seem endless, but I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the options. This is my first experience with anything like this and I will be honest, I am a little overwhelmed
I’m trying to use it for looping with my guitar and have managed to connect it using an M-Valve Chocolate MIDI Controller and a Scarlett Focusrite audio interface. It’s all working pretty well, but I’m stuck on connecting Tonestack for effects.
I’ve created a video explaining the problem I’m facing (Show don‘t tell). Could anyone explain how to set this up properly? I’d be super grateful for any advice!
Thanks so much!
Best,
Mark
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Use ToneStack Pro as an AuV3 effect plugin in Loopy Pro rather than as a standalone app.
In Loopy’s mixer, expand the mixer to show the effects slots.
Tap on the + sign of the pre-fader effects slot for your guitar input. Choose ToneStack Pro MIDI
Thanks so much @espiegel123, that got it working!
Would you happen to know how to create buttons for different Guitar effects?
In Tonestack, there are 4 different options (A, B, C & D) for guitar sounds.
I was trying to figure out how to make buttons for each of these different settings.
Any ideas?
Look at Tonestack’s MIDI mapping system to see if those are midi mappable in ToneStack.ToneStack does not expose its parameters to the host app. If the controls are midi mappable in ToneStack, you can send midi messages to it from buttons in Loopy.
@MarkEJ - It appears that you can't control the A B C & D buttons from outside the app. You can control some basic app settings, switch through presets, and you can control every knob and switch on every FX unit, but you can't control those four darn buttons.
My suggestion is to save presets using Loopy Pro's own preset system, then select those using Loopy Pro buttons. Get everything set up the way you like, then press the folder icon in the window title and save a preset. Next create a button and set it's press action to Select Effect Preset and point it to that preset.
What I did was to set up my A B C & D buttons in the app the way I wanted, then created presets named A B C & D. Then buttons to select those presets. But you could do it any way that works for you.
Alternatively you can use ToneStack's MIDI learn system if you load the ToneStack MIDI FX version. Once that's done go to ToneStack Settings and select either
MIDI Learn (Units)orMIDI Learn (App Controls).Unitslets you control individual knobs and switches for each FX unit.App Controlslets you manage certain global app controls.(ToneStack's midi control has recently improved, but it used to be pretty flakey, but I also find using Loopy's preset selection to be more straightforward than going through ToneStack's process.)
I'm also new to Loopy Pro, so there'll almost certainly be better ways to achieve this, but this worked for me.
You need to add a widget (I used a dial) and get it to send midi Program Change (PC) messages with an associated value to ToneStack to select a preset in a pre-selected bank.
Best of luck