Loopy Pro: Create music, your way.
What is Loopy Pro? — Loopy Pro is a powerful, flexible, and intuitive live looper, sampler, clip launcher and DAW for iPhone and iPad. At its core, it allows you to record and layer sounds in real-time to create complex musical arrangements. But it doesn’t stop there—Loopy Pro offers advanced tools to customize your workflow, build dynamic performance setups, and create a seamless connection between instruments, effects, and external gear.
Use it for live looping, sequencing, arranging, mixing, and much more. Whether you're a live performer, a producer, or just experimenting with sound, Loopy Pro helps you take control of your creative process.
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Love his apps!! Purchased without even looking at the video.
No one does Friday cheap thrills better than Zolotov 😄
Pulled the trigger on transit and it’s worth every penny. It would speed up my workflow, but by introducing it into my workflow I realised I’d have to use buses on Auria Pro rather than just aux like now…but I can’t get my head around how busses work in Auria. No matter what I do, I can’t get sound from more than 1 track by creating a bus track. Grrrr
I recall that you found Atom 2 and LK to require a lot of patching and button presses. Helium is no different. Like LK, you can use one app for multiple auv3s as compared with Atom 2 but you're still going to need to do all the routing. I find the editing controls are less cryptic than Atom 2 and LK (though once you're used to those apps things are fine), and like LK, you can edit automation. If you want all the piano roll sequencing to be in one app instance AND you like things more linear (not clip-based) and prefer better visual contrast with bigger text/icons, Helium will work better for you than LK and Atom 2. But the core issue of having to do a lot of taps to get up and running is the same across the three apps IMO. But once you're up and running (routed), I find them to be comparable.
Drambo as mfx is pretty good for what you want if you don't need the piano roll to only display a key/scale. I'd say the biggest Helium benefit is the media bay which comes preloaded with thousands of chords and progressions that you can just drag into the timeline. Having the ability to access and drag and drop midi progressions or chords without the hassle of downloading, sorting, loading, or God forbid programming them (lol) can be a huge time saver if putting together chord progressions is something you find yourself doing a lot.
Unfortunately, AUM will always require a lot of work to route, whether you're using a single piano roll to drive multiple instruments or multiple sequencers to drive the same, but that comes with the flexibility that makes it nearly unrivaled for complex, creative midi routing (Apematrix is also godly for this). If I'm in a pretty straightforward and linear mood, I can actually be pretty happy with just Garageband on Mac. But if I want to have that thrill of discovery and experimentation, I've gotten used to the routing timesink that is sequencing in AUM as the cost of doing business ☺
Utility
FileBag is free usually $7.99 - effective file management
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/filebag/id1048477712
Piano Chord Trainer is $1 off at $5.99 - works with midi keyboard
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/piano-chord-trainer/id1606790613
The correct way to buy a Zolotov app.
That sounds like NanoStudio 2 (linear timeline) or Drambo (pattern based, with drag and drop supported between clips).
May I redirect your GAS attention to a choice between that of SAND and NODES. Both apps feature SONG composition that is easier to set up than triggering Atom or Helium for songs.
Nodes ( $21 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eg-nodes/id6466639463 )
A "modular" sequencer that can serve as a host or work inside a host such as AUM. You can live play, sequence, generate, or import midi sequences to trigger synths drums or even samples in itself or in a host -- depending on how you have it set up. There is a song mode and midi routing within and without the app. Super dev. Super app. Many features.
Sand ( FREE with a $9.99 unlock https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sand-sequencer-for-auv3-midi/id1642467684 ) Familiar linear sequencer. Midi clips which can be used for song sections. A master track that can set up chord progressions for selected sections. Ghost notes to aid in composition. ALMOST any time signature you might desire, including the ability to CHANGE time signatures within the song. Record sequence or import midi. Is strictly a HOST, but has midi out if you need more flexibility for routing and/or effects. And more... ALSO a super app that recently got updated with super powers
Two vids for Sand since there is lots more about Nodes here in the forum and on Youtube
The OG vid **
**The Super Update vid
Either might suit you.
Miscellaneous New Apps That Are Free
Super Copy for Safari - quickly copy links, extension, universal, Mac, & Vision.
AI Photo Editor - Erase, Remove - does have a couple non-connected trackers
Mac Music Apps on sale - I usually don’t share MAC apps but there’s a handful on sale by the same developer, I think the developer has a few more apps that are on sale as well.
Music Listening App with IAP Sale
Imaginando Sale Not Sure about IAPs?
GSG.live Jam Strategies is free usually $1.99 - electronic music inspiration, based off Zeno’s Oblique Strategies - does have IAPs for additional cards
Productivity
Prowser is free usually $.99 - browser with tools and notes
LK has 40% off all IAP for the next 24 hours according to a pop-up notification from the app on my iPhone.
Literally just saw the email. Thanks @FruityLoop
Below is the discounted pricing for LK IAPs
LOL, then just saw the notification. Thanks again.
LK IAPs only discounted for 24 hours!
This might apply to all Imaginando, not sure.
Audiokit King Of Bass is $1 off at $3.99
Music App IAP sales
OT/Not An App but wanted to share - Sign up for your free subscription to Tape Op Magazine.
Iceworks FX Sale
Kajita is $2 off at $4.99
Koshiba is $2 off at $4.99
Yukawa is $2 off at $4.99
Anyone use these regularly? I love their synths so I’m curious - they look super cool but a little deep though! I’d probably use the gate sequencer the most.
Starmony - Make Music is a Free AI music app, the IAP Boost Promo is $3 off at $2.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/starmony-make-music/id1528293161
Productivity - A couple New & Free Apps I stumbled upon.
Mynders - Binders for your mind
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mynders/id6481269060
Think-In Self Chat Notes
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/thinkin-self-chat-notes/id6458593277
I have all of them. Super easy if you need some modulation in your track. In depth enough that you can customize them to your hearts content. Out of all of them the reverb Kajita is the most insanely parameterized app ive ever seen - and it sounds awesome however its got so many things you can tweak youd have to really dig in to get your custom settings to come to life.
I pretty much never use any gate effect other than Koshiba
I am particularly unable, but find these to be lovely and good and happy-making.
Thanks @audiblevideo and @Fingolfinzz - picked up Koshiba and love it, a big improvement over my other gate effects. I often start songs with chord sequences, then add some rhythm to them with motion before even thinking about drums - this is perfect for that.
‘I often start songs with chord sequences, then add some rhythm to them with motion before even thinking about drums - this is perfect for that.’
I’m always looking for new ways to start songs. Might give this a try. I have laplace and Lorentz. They are great apps but I often have difficult fitting their sound into my tracks for some reason, they just don’t gel as well with what I do. Might be an idea to try it the other way around. Might buy this but with all the app sales recently I am skint!