New to Loopy
Hi Michael,
I am new to Loopy, and the wonderful world of iOS in general, and wanted to thank you for creating this wonderful app - one of the main reasons I am now enduring typing on this confounded ipad... Anyway, in the short time I've poked around Loopy I've come up with some ideas that might enhance the experience for me at least, hopefully others as well.
Metronome
I find the the kick drum on the one to be a bit too powerful compared to the hi hat on the other beats - the pulse is very strong and I hope that a more neutral, less suggestive option could be included in the forthcoming update. Perhaps without the kick and just an accent on the hi hat on beat one?
Grouping Loops
I really like this feature and think it might be nice to be able 'explode' a master loop to show the individual loops contained therein for further editing or rearranging.
Loop Color/ID
I like the simple interface and the corresponding simple color scheme of orange on black, evocative of my favorite holiday, Halloween. My first thought on making a few loops was wishing that the recorded loop turned orange instead of grey, which seems to suggest a ghostly emptiness instead of a cheery bright orange bucket full of inspiration. I see that there have been suggestions recently of having other colors availailable and/or text to identify and organize the loops, I second those suggestions and would celebrate the diversity of a rainbow hued, text enabled interface as well.
Loop Adjustment
Another suggestion I would endorse is the ability to fine tune the loop as previously described by showing the beat divisions when rotating the start/end points. Perhaps that action could be 'blown up' to get a good view of where those points lie. Another idea might be to 'unroll' the loop for that action so that we could see the duration of the loop in the familiar linear view and possibly apply fades in and/or out and then roll it back up once it's nice and tidy. Maybe this sort of in depth editing could be contained in a mixer view with other possible advanced features I imagine might be on the way?
Effects
I heartily endorse implementing reverb at the least but delay and other modulations would be most welcome!
Audiobus
Yes! Thank you!
That's all I got for now - I look forward to getting better acquainted with this wonderful tool you've dreamed up. I've been looping since I bought an Electrix Repeater, and sold shortly thereafter, up to Live 8, which never worked as well as I had hoped - Loopy is so far proving to be pure fun, thanks again for the gift of your genius!
I am new to Loopy, and the wonderful world of iOS in general, and wanted to thank you for creating this wonderful app - one of the main reasons I am now enduring typing on this confounded ipad... Anyway, in the short time I've poked around Loopy I've come up with some ideas that might enhance the experience for me at least, hopefully others as well.
Metronome
I find the the kick drum on the one to be a bit too powerful compared to the hi hat on the other beats - the pulse is very strong and I hope that a more neutral, less suggestive option could be included in the forthcoming update. Perhaps without the kick and just an accent on the hi hat on beat one?
Grouping Loops
I really like this feature and think it might be nice to be able 'explode' a master loop to show the individual loops contained therein for further editing or rearranging.
Loop Color/ID
I like the simple interface and the corresponding simple color scheme of orange on black, evocative of my favorite holiday, Halloween. My first thought on making a few loops was wishing that the recorded loop turned orange instead of grey, which seems to suggest a ghostly emptiness instead of a cheery bright orange bucket full of inspiration. I see that there have been suggestions recently of having other colors availailable and/or text to identify and organize the loops, I second those suggestions and would celebrate the diversity of a rainbow hued, text enabled interface as well.
Loop Adjustment
Another suggestion I would endorse is the ability to fine tune the loop as previously described by showing the beat divisions when rotating the start/end points. Perhaps that action could be 'blown up' to get a good view of where those points lie. Another idea might be to 'unroll' the loop for that action so that we could see the duration of the loop in the familiar linear view and possibly apply fades in and/or out and then roll it back up once it's nice and tidy. Maybe this sort of in depth editing could be contained in a mixer view with other possible advanced features I imagine might be on the way?
Effects
I heartily endorse implementing reverb at the least but delay and other modulations would be most welcome!
Audiobus
Yes! Thank you!
That's all I got for now - I look forward to getting better acquainted with this wonderful tool you've dreamed up. I've been looping since I bought an Electrix Repeater, and sold shortly thereafter, up to Live 8, which never worked as well as I had hoped - Loopy is so far proving to be pure fun, thanks again for the gift of your genius!
Comments
That's not a bad idea, moving the metronome toggle to the tempo controls, but it's worth mentioning that I do have some pretty big plans for the metronome - i'm actually gonna turn it into a fully fledged drum sequencer (you can see a prototype here:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bp45QMbxTE
So, eventually it will definitely need its own panel section to switch between patterns, etc.
I'll take another look at the BPM slider.
When is the next version coming out???
I know you've dropped hints on various threads about something coming within weeks, but, can you give us a date? Please know that I'm asking this as a very excited fan who is anxious to kick the tires on this new version! I'll even buy it again! Give us a date!
@thatsRayor - Good timing! Yep, it has built-in sample pack support, and you'll be able to make and use your own.
@mrjantz - Hahaha, my thanks for your enthusiasm ;-) Soon!! The Soonth of Soonthuary, Soonty-Soonty-Soon, at Soon-Soonty-Soon PM. Honestly, giving an actual date never works, but it'll be done when it's done, and I fully expect that to be within the next week or two. This update's going to mostly be a refactor and optimisation release (and is going to include *cough*Audiobussupport*cough*)
LoL Michael you made my day! thx