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Well, my bad then - in all fairness. (in my world the words, easy and Loopy don't belong together 😃).
Maybe you can show it (fairness and all), time it and let us know. In Circa it takes a nano second to turn the knob. How long exactly and how much work. Semi joking. 😅 I am curious though, how it would work and look. 🤔
Ha, I usually share your feelings regarding ‘easy and Loopy’ but this really is not difficult to set up.
Assuming you’ve already got audio on your loop, first you want to…
Then, tap the button that is added to the interface.
From the menu shown, tap ‘Press’ to set up an action for pressing the button.
Select ‘Adjust Clip Playhead’ from the actions list.
You are then shown the Adjust Clip Playhead options seen here…
Tap on Target.
Tap on Specific Clip/s.
Select your clip with audio on it.
Then use Value slider to set the point you want to Playhead to jump to in the loop.
Optionally, set a Ramp value to ease in the jump.
Set up as many buttons/slices as you want.
Only takes a few seconds to set up once you’re familiar with it and you can save a project that’s already set up to do it.
Once you’re back on the main performance area, the button/s can be used to jump to the playback position as it’s set up to do.
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I guess you didn't read all of my replies to Harro and Gav, I've given up on Loopy and have deleted it, despite being up to date. Anyway, what you show takes a bit longer than a nano second and I really don't understand why you want me to do it? I mean, you say it only takes a few seconds but can't show a working project, common now Robin. Let's see it in action, pleeese! 😃😃
Edit: took out bad wording.
I love this Circa app so much. i started building a dedicated midi controller pedal specifically for this app. Its just so fast to to setup and use.
I was only trying to help. From your previous message i thought you wanted a description of how to set it up which is what i provided. Yes, it does take longer than a nano second to set up, you are absolutely right.
Now you want a video showing it in action!? For an app you’ve given up on?
I’m sorry but i find your attitude rather combative and I’m not sure why you’re being like that? It certainly doesn’t inspire me to bother spending any more time on this I’m afraid.
Okay Robin, first off: I'm really sorry I'd make you feel like that, it was not my attention so my sincerest apologies.
Where you got that I want to do it I don't really understand but maybe poor choice of words, I'm after all not an born English speaker.
Now, I said something like: I don't think even Loopy can do that and you said it can and then I said please prove it (or show it). never mind. I conclude however: it can't be done or you'd done it already. Be well and all that (sincerely). Over and out
This is so cool! Also nice choice of shape and materials!
No problem at all @Pxlhg, my apologies too for misinterpreting your tone of voice.
It’s a bit odd that your final conclusion is that it can’t be done though - what have i possibly got to gain by lying about such a thing? Maybe someone else with more Loopy Pro knowledge than my beginners level will chime in to confirm it is possible - @espiegel123? - but, I’m afraid i can’t be bothered to make a video any more than it seems you can be bothered to reinstall Loopy and try it yourself.
Ultimately, Circa is a fine app and i like it very much. Loopy Pro, though, is an extraordinary app and being able to set it up to jump to different points in the loop during playback using widgets, akin to using the slices in Circa - for, yes, it can do it - is the tiniest little fraction of what it’s really capable of. That’s not meant to be a slight against Circa though, they both have their place.
Cheers.
I thought I'd just wanted to show why I made that comparison with Loopy at all. It was this text from Harro:
"Apart from multi audio out, everything Circa can do can also be done with Loopy Pro (+ a few FX's). And the same with six instances of Gauss! That last app must have been an inspiration for the dev of Circa, given the Gauss 'copied' speed control with quant off/on...
That doesn't mean it's not nice to have a looper with 6 tracks to 'just try something out'."
That had me going as I think you can do that with every new release, so why should we have any(?). Who wasn't sick of the 'Drambo can do that' statements we'd saw so often some year/s back, it went so far people started to joke about it.
Anyway, that's why I said: I don't think even Loopy can do that.
Let's leave it for now, and see what the future gives regarding Circa. For me I think it can be a very good fit if just were a bit more stable. Cheers Robin
Doug has released a tutorial:
thanks, i’m excited to wire and code it up this weekend 👍🏻
someone included a very helpful post about how to set up something similar in loopy pro, but then said they couldn't be bothered to make a video? Surely a screen recording would take a nanosecond compared to the screenshots and annotations that were provided.
TBH, I too I'm suspicious that the same functionality and user experience can be easily duplicated in loopy pro (which I own ) If someone could upload a template to pachstorage or share quick screen recording that would be great.
Loopy Pro is my number one app and I know a lot about it. But I wouldn't bother trying to replicate something that already does what Circa does smoothly and without a bunch of head-scratching on my part. I don't see the point.
Making music and exploring a new tool sounds like a lot more fun than messing around with widgets, actions, bindings and a bunch of other stuff to me. 😎
Even if difficult in the short term Loopy users could work out a particular function and save it as a Functional Template.
Next time you just click the Template and you are in business.
Pxlhg said:
"I despise Loopy and have given up totally, yeah I removed it the other day despite being up to date. I don't care, that app makes me feel like I'm a fucking moron every time I try it and (it might be right) I'm tired of that - Circa is exactly what I wanted to use loopy for, you know, like a guitar loop station (e.g Boss). Hopefully we can get bugs ironed out so it works in a solid manner."
"in my world the words, easy and Loopy don't belong together 😃)."
Lol, I feel your pain. Depth is good and simplicity is good.
There is so much depth in Loopy to do a multitude of things it's not hard for us to forget what particular menu diving is needed to achieve some particular compound-constructed function.
Being able to grab an app and go and achieve a certain kind of result without much fuss is worth an extra dollar even if another app can achieve the same workflow with a bucketful more of sweat and blood.
Musicians do want functionality but they also want streamlined workflows. They want to sit down and compose/produce, not to fiddle all day and chase unaccredited PhDs in deep menu diving dozens of apps. The cost of doing business though is everyone has to do that to some degree.
Maybe there is an answer to that for Loopy -e.g. the Dev could provide Functional Templates as presets ideally suited to different kinds of applications, most specifically for Templates which could make easy some ideal use large populations of users ask about again and again by email etc. but have a hard time pulling off without fiddling unduly with menus and functions.
By the time we are done with all that we are in our Left Hemisphere and musical artistic inspiration characteristic of the Right Hemisphere is lost to us for the rest of a session.
Lack of complexity can be just as frustrating as lack of simplicity -the lack of either in an app can lead to different kinds of frustration, and there is a lot of value to the complex capabilities that can be wrested out of LoopyP if we are game for the cost.
But yea, I'm glad to see something like Circa come out and hope to have some fun with it this week.
That’s the entire point: I’d already gone to the effort of putting together the post showing how to replicate the slices in Loopy and it wasn’t well received so, given that effort and time already spent, are you really surprised that i couldn’t be bothered to then make a video as well?
As I’ve indicated a few times, I’m a real beginner when it comes to Loopy and even i can set up the above functionality - it’s really not difficult and I’ve provided the instructions.
Anyway, this isn’t about recreating Circa in Loopy for me - i was simply showing that it was possible to create the same performance functionality as Circa’s slices in Loopy as it had been suggested that it wasn’t possible, that’s all.
I am not surprised you didn't make a video. You already went out of your way enough 🙏
Yes, i completely agree. Templates, or even better, widgets which are already set up to do specific tasks so you don’t have to hook everything up behind the scenes, just apply them. I think that would help a great deal. @Michael?
As i said before, Loopy is an extraordinary app, but there’s no denying its complexity and the frustration which comes with that.
Thank you @Gavinski, i appreciate that. Cheers.
Out of curiosity, does anybody else experience a situation where loop 1 (the left one) doesn’t stop when the host is stopped? I have it in “sync to host” and it doesn’t seem to want to atop. When I have sync to host turned off I can stop and start it any way I want, but when I turn sync to host on it just keeps playing and the stop buttons don’t work. I like loops, but it’s nice to be able to turn them off when I want to.
Yeah, I haven't really come to terms with that function either. I guess setting it up in the modulation section with a foot controller or something might work.
I just tried using the AUM keys (1 for Play and a 2nd for Stop) and that works, if you wanna do some testing and set it up so it suits you.
It's a bit annoying you can only use midi learn to determine what CC you want.
I’ve been enjoying this new release on macOS for about a week already. It’s a very tidy looping solution for use in VST hosts with no native looping ability.
But, when I look at the name/logo I read “ARCO” — not “CIRCA.” So, is it just me? 🤣
I wish you hadn't pointed that out🥹😅, well not ARCO but arco. If we choose all caps it's definitely CIRCA. Logos are fun.
Haha, some things can't be unseen! I do really like the app and I'm very happy to have it as a cross-platform looper. Like others have mentioned, the MIDI modulation is nicely implemented, too.
Yes, but it should stop all of the loops when I hit stop in AUM. I shouldn’t have to go and try to find ways to map it separately, especially if it’s toggled to sync with the host. I’ll go and try it out with a few other hosts and see what happens.
I will add one thing I find really cool with Circa and that is the easy ability to delete a section of a loop. I think this is a nice feature.
👍🏻 agreed
I'm not sure I understand... but one thing that tripped me up with the start/stops was that each loop has a trigger setting, I don't have it in front of me... but it's something like sync, audio, freestyle. It's a setting for each loop and it effects how each respond to play/stop/record
Yeah, I did the same thing. I like Loopy Pro a lot... and I also am a fan of Audio Damage apps in general. But, I wasn't going to buy another app if I already had something like Loopy Pro or Gauss, etc. that could do essentially the same thing.
So, I set up Loopy Pro and the others to do roughly the same thing... then I did a similar session in Circa, and found for this kind of layered looping, I really clicked with the Circa layout... even though I could technically do something similar in a variety of apps.
I do appreciate your added info on the template/buttons stuff. I'd forgotten about those very useful control elements
‘All Stop’ at the top right of Circa will stop them all even if host sync is on
Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that feature, it’s great