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 **Developer AB Forum Handle**: @Michael **Developer AB Forum Handle**: @Michael
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 +**Discord**:[[http://loopypro.com/discord]]
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 +**Feature Request Voting:** [[https://roadmap.loopypro.com/]]
  
 ===== Documentation and Similar ===== ===== Documentation and Similar =====
-A comprehensive manual is in the works+Read the [[https://loopypro.com/manual/|Online Manual]]. While some parts are not complete, there is a host of valuable information. The manual is available from within Loopy Pro, also, from a link in the Help menu.
  
-The in-progress draft can be read on the [[https://loopypro.com/manual-draft/|Loopy Pro site]]. +**Roadmap**. The [[https://roadmap.loopypro.com/|Loopy Roadmap]] lists planned features and lets you add your own suggestions.
-==== Built-in Tutorial PDF ====+
  
-https://www.dropbox.com/s/re7kvo4wktz68qk/Loopy_Pro_Tutorial.pdf?dl=0 
  
-https://www.dropbox.com/s/re7kvo4wktz68qk/Loopy_Pro_Tutorial.pdf?dl=1+==== Audiobus Forum Wiki Loopy Pro pages ==== 
 +These wiki pages provide additional documentation, tips and tricks and troubleshooting help:
  
-==== Useful Operational Info ==== + {{topic>loopy_pro&nodate&nouser}}
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-See also: [[Loopy Pro Tips and Tricks]]+
  
 +===== Useful Operational Info =====
 +Useful information for getting up and running and information some features you might want to know about:
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 **[[Loopy_Pro_Set_Loop_Lengths|Setting Loop Lengths (Recording)]]** - Unsure how to set the lengths of loops you will record? [[Loopy_Pro_Set_Loop_Lengths|This page should help]]. **[[Loopy_Pro_Set_Loop_Lengths|Setting Loop Lengths (Recording)]]** - Unsure how to set the lengths of loops you will record? [[Loopy_Pro_Set_Loop_Lengths|This page should help]].
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 +** Tempo Setting ** - Because the tempo is usually set by recording your first clip, no tempo is set when you first launch Loopy Pro or create a new document. If you plan to use a MIDI sequencer or AU that uses host tempo (for arpeggiation or delay times) before you record any loops, set the tempo in the tempo panel that you get by tapping on the tempo (which will be '--' when none has been set). 
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 +** Count-In For First Loop ** - To have a count in for the first loop, set a tempo in the tempo panel. Make sure that Count In Quantization is set to your desired count-in length. Make sure the metronome is on.
  
 **Idle Mode** - A Loopy Pro innovation is idle mode. Loopy Pro frees up the CPU used by instruments and effects when it detects that they are idle and not being used. In many cases, this will allow you to have a set of synths and effects loaded that would bring other hosts to a halt. Normally, this happens seamlessly without your noticing. Instruments go idle when their channel is muted. Effects go idle when no signal is going through them. **Disabling Idle Mode**. There are times when you might not want an effect (particularly one that behaves as a synth or sampler or sequencer) to ever go idle. You can turn off the idling of that plugin by opening its window and long-pressing the On/Off/Idle label in the upper-right corner. **Idle Mode** - A Loopy Pro innovation is idle mode. Loopy Pro frees up the CPU used by instruments and effects when it detects that they are idle and not being used. In many cases, this will allow you to have a set of synths and effects loaded that would bring other hosts to a halt. Normally, this happens seamlessly without your noticing. Instruments go idle when their channel is muted. Effects go idle when no signal is going through them. **Disabling Idle Mode**. There are times when you might not want an effect (particularly one that behaves as a synth or sampler or sequencer) to ever go idle. You can turn off the idling of that plugin by opening its window and long-pressing the On/Off/Idle label in the upper-right corner.
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 **Retrospective Looping**. Loopy is always listening when the clock is running. When you turn on Retrospective Recording in the settings (it can be set in clip settings or color settings or for individual clips),tapping an empty clip will fill the clip with the previous cycle's audio. The amount of audio captured is determined by the master cycle length which you can set in the tempo/clock panel that pops up when you tap the tempo display. There are two retrospective modes, Quantized and Immediate. **Quantized** grabs the last complete cycle of audio. You have plenty of time after the cycle completes to tap a clip and capture a perfect loop. **Immediate** captures a cycle length of audio that ends at the moment you tap. If phase-lock is in, Immediate will "rotate" the captured audio to keep it phase-locked. A brief demonstration can be seen on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84cw765f-yI|YouTube]] **Retrospective Looping**. Loopy is always listening when the clock is running. When you turn on Retrospective Recording in the settings (it can be set in clip settings or color settings or for individual clips),tapping an empty clip will fill the clip with the previous cycle's audio. The amount of audio captured is determined by the master cycle length which you can set in the tempo/clock panel that pops up when you tap the tempo display. There are two retrospective modes, Quantized and Immediate. **Quantized** grabs the last complete cycle of audio. You have plenty of time after the cycle completes to tap a clip and capture a perfect loop. **Immediate** captures a cycle length of audio that ends at the moment you tap. If phase-lock is in, Immediate will "rotate" the captured audio to keep it phase-locked. A brief demonstration can be seen on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84cw765f-yI|YouTube]]
  
 +**Moving Projects Between the Standalone and AU Versions**. Loopy Pro projects can be moved between the standalone AU versions using the project manager panel that you get when tapping on the folder icon found in the upper-left of the screen. Tap on Projects to see the list of projects. At the top of the list, //Audio Unit Extension Folder// is shown. Only projects in that folder can be seen by the Loopy Pro Audio Unit (for arcane reasons known to Apple, the system does not allow it to be visible in the Files app). Move folders from standalone into that folder if you want them to be visible to the Audio Unit. **IMPORTANT NOTE**: audio units cannot load other audio units. If moving a project from standalone to the audio unit, remove any audio units first. You can also move projects from the Audio Unit folder into the main project folder. When the Audio Unit is open, it can only see the projects in the Audio Unit Extension Folder.
  
-===== Videos and Tutorials =====+**Sending MIDI To Loopy**. When you send MIDI to Loopy Pro with virtual MIDI, use the //Virtual MIDI In// MIDI source to receive the MIDI.
  
-{{youtube>jWT7Mik8WOg|DUB FX - Loopy Pro - Is this the Future of Looping}}+**Record on Press**. Because release is more precisely detected than initial touch, Loopy normally uses the release moment to initiate recording. You put your finger down and remove it for very precise recording initiation. In the Gestures settings (accessed from the Clip Settings panel), you can turn on Record on Press in order for the initial touch to start recording. When this is on, actual recording starts immediately but the recording animation doesn’t start until the finger is removed.
  
-{{youtube>xjuDqrxjRVg|Loopy Pro and AUM Workflow}}+**Default Project and [[loopy_pro:templates|Templates]]** A project can be made a template by tapping the star icon in Loopy Pro’s save dialog. If there is only one template, it will be used when you choose New Project. If you want to use the factory default project in this situation, long-press New Project. If more than one project has been marked as a template, New Project pops up a list of the available templates. See **[[loopy_pro:templates|Templates]]**.
  
-{{youtube>zz2Ggzd1QDo|JP Loopy Pro Tutorial}}+===== Video Tutorials =====
  
-{{youtube>ofZcZqRnhu0|SoundTestRoom How to Set Up and Record (Short)}}+[[loopy_pro_tutorials|Loopy Pro: Tutorials]] now have their own page.
  
-{{youtube>BTMCbMZ0Qvk|SoundTestRoom Setting Up and Getting Started (Long)}}+===== Performance Videos =====
  
-{{youtube>84cw765f-yI|Retro Looping Fun}}+[[loopy_pro:performance_videos|Loopy Pro: Performance Videos]]
  
-{{youtube>X_uK5l74kJM|1 Input Through 3 Different Effect Chains}}+===== Additional Information =====
  
-{{youtube>-TquxvPbwmU|How to MIDI Map Effect Parameters}}+==== Requirements and Suggested Devices ====
  
-{{youtube>XKEGNYXRpuo|First Loopy Pro Jam with a Luna Ukulele | Modified RC-505 Preset}}+**OS requirement**: iOS/iPadOS 12.0 or later
  
 +**Suggested Hardware**. Loopy Pro can run on any hardware that can run the required OS version. Loopy Pro can run well on some pretty ancient hardware if you are doing simple audio looping and don't need much in the way of AUv3 effects or synths.
  
-==== A Tasty Pixel'Loopy Pro Playlist ====+What model iPad or iPhone you need depends on how you will be using Loopy. If you want to use a lot of synths/effects or synths/effects that are processor intensive, one needs a more capable iPad than if one is using fewer synths or less cpu-intensive synths or effects. Also, if one wants to run with effects and a very small buffer, a more powerful iPad helps (small buffers are more cpu-intensive).
  
-**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKJ3UJ32tw&list=PLuWZIeTe6vr4Nx6A0MDnij5QCynFZEiDb&index=2|A Tasty Pixel'Loopy Pro Playlist]]**+For what it is worth, I use Loopy Pro on a 6th generation (they came out in 2018). I can use synths and effects but I am limited in the number of synths that can be running simultaneously and the number of CPU-intensive effects that can be on at the same time. The previous generation iPad is significantly less performant.
  
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-===== Performance Videos ===== 
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-Do we want split videos up into tutorials/reviews and performance? 
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-===== Additional Information ===== 
  
 ==== Supported Controllers ==== ==== Supported Controllers ====
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 Loopy Pro has built-in auto-mappings for some devices. Devices that are currently automapped are: Loopy Pro has built-in auto-mappings for some devices. Devices that are currently automapped are:
  
-  * LaunchPad Pro 
   * LaunchPad Pro MK3   * LaunchPad Pro MK3
   * LaunchPad X   * LaunchPad X
-  * LaunchPad Mini [which versions]+  * LaunchPad Mini MK3 [not prior versions]
   * Akai APC-40   * Akai APC-40
 +  * MIDI Fighter Twister
  
 +There was a report in July 2022 from someone on the Discord server that a LaunchPad Pro (original) worked with auto-mapping as well but that may not be accurate.
  
- +{{tag>"Loopy Pro"}}
-== Tags == +
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-{{tag>stub unreviewed "Loopy Pro"}}+
  
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