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For this final pass at the 2.0 beta, I’m inviting some fresh eyes on board in order to get some initial impressions. Myself and the regular beta testers have seen the development from the early days of 2.0, so a fresh set of perspectives will be valuable for making sure everything makes as much sense as it can!
If you find something confusing or difficult: Take a note of what it is you expected to see, as that’s very useful information for me to have. Don’t assume that it’s you – more often than not, it’s absolutely me, and there’s often some simple affordance I can add or improve to make it easier for the next poor sap! So, don’t keep your confusion to yourself, let me know!
I’m interested to hear also what, if any, introductory tutorial or sample project material you think might be helpful to introduce users to the new features.
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Bug reports and feedback aside, please feel absolutely free to create and share videos and talk about Loopy Pro 2.0 publicly – I really appreciate any help getting the word out!
Here’s what’s new:
🎹 Major Features
- MIDI Clips
Integrate MIDI into your loops and one-shots seamlessly. Record, edit, and playback MIDI like never before. - MIDI Sequencer
Compose and edit MIDI clips with precision using the new sequencer for detailed control over every note. - Polyphonic Clip Playback
Play loops or one-shots in polyphonic pitch or slices (divided by transients or evenly), from a MIDI controller or a MIDI clip. - Bus-to-Bus Routing
Route audio between buses for flexible mixing setups by adding sends to buses within your session. - Beat Quantization
Quantize transients for MIDI and audio clips (“warp”) to create grooves with swing, randomization, or custom feel. - Collapsible Mixer Groups
Streamline your workspace by collapsing mixer sections selectively for easier navigation. - Dockable Panels
Dock plugin windows to any screen edge for a customized workflow.
✨ Minor Features & Improvements
- On-Screen Keyboard
Add an on-screen MIDI keyboard as a MIDI source for quick and easy note entry. - Rotary Encoder Widgets
A new encoder widget for adjusting continuous relative values. - Assign Clip Settings Action
Adjust clip settings dynamically at the clip, color, or global level through actions, for staggeringly flexible project setups. - Clip Offset Action
Shift your clip offset on-the-fly with a new action. Works great with the new rotary encoders. - New “Sources” Row in Mixer
A new row in the mixer dedicated to source inputs, making your signal flow easier to visualize at a glance. - Stepped Dial/Radio Trigger Controls
Configure Stepped Dial and Radio widgets with options for action triggering on change, release, or “Retrigger” action, allowing deep stateful actions programming. - Overdub Auto Count-Out
Auto Count-Out for overdub recordings—set it up to streamline your recording sessions. - Additional Features
Individual cycles setting for peel/replace to add and remove multiple overdub layers with a single action or step through each layer individually.
Cross-project session recording.
Latency compensation for MIDI controllers.
New “Select” and “Deselect” clip follow actions.
Plugin preset import and export.
New “Use Direct MIDI Value” setting for stepped dial/radio widgets’ MIDI control.
New playback and recording settings interface for clips and colors, showing specific overrides only.
🛠 Other Fixes & Improvements
- Improved Controls
Fine-tuned control speed settings, slider adjustments, and improved interaction with the sequencer. - Session & Project Stability
Addressed several stability and performance issues, including session recording reliability, session playback, and undo handling. - Performance Enhancements
Many important performance improvements for a snappier interface, faster project loading, and reduced power consumption. - New & Updated Libraries
Updated the Rubber Band time-stretching library to version 3 for cleaner, significantly higher-quality tempo and pitch control. - Quality-of-Life Updates
Solo on recording clips, improved synchronization features, improved stepped dial and radio grid widget control, assorted visual improvements, smoother transitions in and out of time stretching, and lots more.