Is anyone using Loopy Pro on IPad/Iphone with Nano Cortex?
Keen to see how it is working.
So far I have set up a basic template with loops and 12 buttons for presets. I could create buttons for all 64 presets. Nano Cortex responds to these button presses on my phone.
The next step will be to map the two Cortex switches using MIDI to start/stop loop recording/overdub etc on loopy on the phone.
This will be a great combo I think!
Definitely recommend Loopy Pro, when it comes to midi - if you can think of it you can probably do it!
Cheers
Ben
Hi all
Update:
The current limitation of Nano Cortex is that signals can basically only be sent following a preset change.
I say basically because if one switches Nano into two button mode, the right press will turn the unit itself from effect/bypass mode, without changing the preset. However for my use case this has not worked…yet!
My foot switch is an old Roland with six buttons. Buttons 1-5 put out PC 0-4. Button six toggles to PC5-9.
I have created 5 presets on Nano (clean, drive, chorus /echo, fuzz and bass with -1 octaver). Then duplicated these to slots 5-10 with “-record” added.
I have then mapped the PC out on channel 2 from the NC.
The result is that : on button six = first mode, can navigate around presets. Then pressing button six starts recording, and again stops recording to its own channel.
The advantages of this setup:
- Great sounds, coming from an IMac with Ableton and Neural DSP with two purchased plugins Tone King and Morgan Amps suite
- the presets are as good
- the sound of the unit is fine. I tried it for music playing and it’s not as refined around the low end as my Babyface Pro FS. But then I thought given the price difference you wouldn’t expect it to be. For home guitar or live use, it and the backing tracks sound perfectly good.
- having a bass and octaver preset is very handy. Less latency than using pitch shift on Morgan amps or Eventide plugin
- Much quicker boot up times ie it would take me 10 mins to get computer , board, and midi mapping ready
- A lot lower cost
- very powerful live setup. I purchased a bunch of drum loops from loopmasters and they are all available from page 2 using the custom buttons I set up to change the clock tempo for each row :
Disadvantages:
- I keep getting confused with the buttons and mess up my recordings. This is because I want actions which are not following a preset change and this workaround is clunky. a Bluetooth midi foot switch which bypasses NC would work but it’s another thing to connect
- Extra delay resulting from switch off triggering can mess up loops
- Unable to disable monitor pass through of Nano cortex. Appreciate this helps with latency but I have some great apps I’ve already purchased on my phone that I can’t monitor through (Eventide and Fabfilter)
Hope this helps, and interested to hear any comments / alternative ways these could be addressed!
Cheers
Ben
