Markus K

A street concert rig built for real life

Markus K prefers the phrase “street concerts.” It fits the kind of performance he is trying to create: find a place with space, let people gather, and build a full blues set in front of them from guitar, voice, percussion, bass parts, and loops.

That setting shapes the whole rig. It has to be portable, quick to set up, clear enough for outdoor sound, and open enough to follow whatever happens in the moment. Loopy Pro sits at the center, giving Markus a visible, playable surface for building arrangements while staying connected to the audience.

“Loopy Pro is completely open to whatever comes into my head.”

From hardware friction to a visual instrument

Before Loopy Pro, Markus worked through a larger hardware setup with a mixer, stomp boxes, and later a VoiceLive 3. The rig could do the job, but the practical friction was always there: cables, menus, fixed controls, and gear that pulled attention away from the performance.

Loopy Pro gave him the visual control he had been looking for. He can see his loops, call up sounds from custom buttons, use gestures for effects, and avoid menu-diving while playing. After a few intense weeks of learning, he took the iPad rig onto the street and kept refining it through real performances.

Improvisation without backing tracks

Markus builds performances live. A song can begin from a drum sound, a Groove Rider pattern, the back of the guitar, a bass part, a vocal idea, or whatever feels right in the moment. Sometimes the song reveals itself after the groove has already started.

That matters because his music depends on intuition. A familiar blues lyric can land in a different key, tempo, or feel from one performance to the next. Loopy Pro keeps that space open: record, stop, overdub, trigger, reshape, and keep moving.

“It’s become my friend. My other musician.”

A custom instrument for guitar, voice, bass, and percussion

Markus’s Loopy Pro project is laid out like a personal instrument. Guitar effects sit close at hand, including octave bass sounds, amp tones, overdrive, filters, and delay. Long-pressing buttons can open the hosted app directly, so he can adjust and save sounds when needed.

Foot control handles the practical parts of performance: loop recording, bass parts, percussion, start and stop, and switching profiles. A small Bluetooth pedal setup keeps the footprint compact, while on-screen buttons change what the pedals control. Every important move is close enough to reach without breaking the flow.

Capturing the street, then finishing the record

One of the biggest changes for Markus has been Loopy Pro’s multitrack recording. Street performances can become release material because individual tracks and color groups can be exported afterward, brought into a DAW, and mixed with care.

That post-performance flexibility helps preserve the story of a real moment. Markus can repair distractions, balance bass drums, shape percussion, or bring out details that were already there. The street remains the source; the mix helps the performance translate.

“Playing on the street with the right mindset, you develop quicker than any other way.”

Portable sound that can fill a space

The iPad is the core of Markus’s rig, and the sound system matters too. He pairs Loopy Pro with a battery-powered LD Systems Maui 5 Go column system, which he credits as a major upgrade for outdoor clarity.

That clarity matters because the setup carries more than guitar and vocals. Bass drum, bass, percussion, guitar effects, loops, and voice all need to sit together. With the column system, Markus can hear something close to what the audience hears, making it easier to play with confidence and respond in the moment.

“The iPad with Loopy Pro, that’s the core.”