The future is nostalgic.
Loopseque… hardly can I remember when the first Loopseque got installed on my iPhone - but I can say it was a looong time ago.
I remember creating my first mixes, amazed by the simplicity of the creation-process: Imagine a circle divided into 16 spaces (= 16th notes). A graphic „dial“ wanders round the circle (like on a radar-screen), and if you fill one (or more) of the 16 spaces with sound, each time the dial passes through the filled space, the sound(s) is(are) played.
Sounds simple?
That’s because it IS simple!
The user does not have to worry about timing, note-lengths, key or pitch - you will come to great-sounding results, even if you never before even thought about how to make music!
With each sequence resembling one circle, you can:
A) Play several sequences at the same time: Beats, Bass, Melody, Chords, FX (effects) are all at your fingertips, and any change you make will become immediately audible; your ears alone decide whether a sequence is „finished“, or whether you want to add -or subtract- sounds. As you may imagine, no theoretical knowledge about music, cadences, etc. is necessary!
And the best part is: You can not only play sequences together at the same time (and they are always „in time“, automatically), but you can also arrange complete orders of sequences. By doing that, you actually create a song with different parts, tension and release, and much more…
Now, at the time of writing this review, Loopseque 8 has not been updated for 3 years - albeit, it’s running fine on my Macbook Pro 14“ M3pro - and I’m diving deeply into nostalgia - with joy, as I feel that very same excitement I felt a decade ago! It’s just so simple & satisfying.
If you ever toyed with the thought of trying to create beats of your own - I can only recommend Loopseque! Compared to Garage Band, Loopseque is the Graphic Novel, while GB is an elaborated novel (with many, many more features; but that brings up the problem that you need to learn to master these features, which took me a few months, and I have been playing guitar for 3 decades & home-recorded since the good old times, when „musicassettes“ were still the ubiquitous storage media!
Wanna Make Music?
Get Loopseque - it’s so worth it!
I remember creating my first mixes, amazed by the simplicity of the creation-process: Imagine a circle divided into 16 spaces (= 16th notes). A graphic „dial“ wanders round the circle (like on a radar-screen), and if you fill one (or more) of the 16 spaces with sound, each time the dial passes through the filled space, the sound(s) is(are) played.
Sounds simple?
That’s because it IS simple!
The user does not have to worry about timing, note-lengths, key or pitch - you will come to great-sounding results, even if you never before even thought about how to make music!
With each sequence resembling one circle, you can:
A) Play several sequences at the same time: Beats, Bass, Melody, Chords, FX (effects) are all at your fingertips, and any change you make will become immediately audible; your ears alone decide whether a sequence is „finished“, or whether you want to add -or subtract- sounds. As you may imagine, no theoretical knowledge about music, cadences, etc. is necessary!
And the best part is: You can not only play sequences together at the same time (and they are always „in time“, automatically), but you can also arrange complete orders of sequences. By doing that, you actually create a song with different parts, tension and release, and much more…
Now, at the time of writing this review, Loopseque 8 has not been updated for 3 years - albeit, it’s running fine on my Macbook Pro 14“ M3pro - and I’m diving deeply into nostalgia - with joy, as I feel that very same excitement I felt a decade ago! It’s just so simple & satisfying.
If you ever toyed with the thought of trying to create beats of your own - I can only recommend Loopseque! Compared to Garage Band, Loopseque is the Graphic Novel, while GB is an elaborated novel (with many, many more features; but that brings up the problem that you need to learn to master these features, which took me a few months, and I have been playing guitar for 3 decades & home-recorded since the good old times, when „musicassettes“ were still the ubiquitous storage media!
Wanna Make Music?
Get Loopseque - it’s so worth it!
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I've just opened this
after quite awhile.
It's a really cool app.
Thank you.
Gravitas
It's a really cool app.
Thank you.
Gravitas
Tolle App- dennoch bitte zwei Prozesse optimieren damit das kreative Arbeiten mehr Spaß macht
Liebes Team,
Ich habe mir mit einiger Erwartung den Loopseque 8 gekauft.
Zwei zu optimierende Vorgänge sind mir im längeren Spielen damit aufgefallen:
Es gibt wenig Aussagen in der Anleitung zu Thema Intergration neuer Sounds.
Nach etwas Bastelei habe ich beim IPad den Weg gefunden, wie dies (statt Umweg mit iTunes und dem Anschluss des IPads an den stationären Mac) sehr komfortabel geht. Selbst erstellte, oder gekaufte Soundbibliotheken mit einer Email an mich selber schicken. Diese Mail auf dem iPad öffnen und dann die Anhänge(Sounds) unter Dateien im Ordner von Loopseque 8 ablegen. Vielleicht gebt ihr diesen Weg bei der Anleitung mit an. Es ist echt komfortabel.
Was für Sounds nutze ich im musikalischen Prozess wann und wo?
Es gibt ein echtes musikalisch kreatives Manko bei eurem Tool: es ist nicht möglich, Sound vorzuhören. Stattdessen muss man sie auf einem Loop „belegen“, ohne sie vorher gehört zu haben, und hört sie erst, wenn der Loop auslöst. Das ist musikalisch eine echte Herausforderung. Und echt verkehrt herum. Ich weiß erst, wie es klingt, wenn ich es getan habe.
Wie wäre ein simples zusätzliches Touchfeld, welches es ermöglicht, ausgwählte Sounds zu spielen, unabhängig von den Loopfeldern. Wichtig: während die bereits erstellten Loops laufen. Dann könnte man sich viel bewusster als Musiker treiben lassen und aus der unendlichen Zahl von möglichen Sounds durch Hören im Flow aussuchen.
Bis jetzt wird die Kreativität leider massiv vom Tool eingeschränkt.
Es wäre echt toll, wenn jemand dieses simple Feld programmieren könnte. Es dürfte die Aktzeptanz eures ansonsten tollen Programms unter Musikern deutlich erhöhen.
Mit den besten Grüßen
Hardrada
Ich habe mir mit einiger Erwartung den Loopseque 8 gekauft.
Zwei zu optimierende Vorgänge sind mir im längeren Spielen damit aufgefallen:
Es gibt wenig Aussagen in der Anleitung zu Thema Intergration neuer Sounds.
Nach etwas Bastelei habe ich beim IPad den Weg gefunden, wie dies (statt Umweg mit iTunes und dem Anschluss des IPads an den stationären Mac) sehr komfortabel geht. Selbst erstellte, oder gekaufte Soundbibliotheken mit einer Email an mich selber schicken. Diese Mail auf dem iPad öffnen und dann die Anhänge(Sounds) unter Dateien im Ordner von Loopseque 8 ablegen. Vielleicht gebt ihr diesen Weg bei der Anleitung mit an. Es ist echt komfortabel.
Was für Sounds nutze ich im musikalischen Prozess wann und wo?
Es gibt ein echtes musikalisch kreatives Manko bei eurem Tool: es ist nicht möglich, Sound vorzuhören. Stattdessen muss man sie auf einem Loop „belegen“, ohne sie vorher gehört zu haben, und hört sie erst, wenn der Loop auslöst. Das ist musikalisch eine echte Herausforderung. Und echt verkehrt herum. Ich weiß erst, wie es klingt, wenn ich es getan habe.
Wie wäre ein simples zusätzliches Touchfeld, welches es ermöglicht, ausgwählte Sounds zu spielen, unabhängig von den Loopfeldern. Wichtig: während die bereits erstellten Loops laufen. Dann könnte man sich viel bewusster als Musiker treiben lassen und aus der unendlichen Zahl von möglichen Sounds durch Hören im Flow aussuchen.
Bis jetzt wird die Kreativität leider massiv vom Tool eingeschränkt.
Es wäre echt toll, wenn jemand dieses simple Feld programmieren könnte. Es dürfte die Aktzeptanz eures ansonsten tollen Programms unter Musikern deutlich erhöhen.
Mit den besten Grüßen
Hardrada
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Perfect for beatmaking live
Djing and beat making in one? I’m already thrilled. Let me know how I can support!
Discovery of the year.
I don’t mind using the piano roll workflow or the launchpad type of controller but I prefer the “round” style of controller like Concentric or Patterning for quick variations. This takes this concept to the nth degree with scrollable bands upon bands of circular midi steppers. Next I have to figure out how to get my own samples in and to become more adept at slicer/timing features. It does load in AUM.
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The Loop is back
Great again!
Bugs are fixed. Thanx👍
Bugs are fixed. Thanx👍
Hey!
People! This is absolutely amazing app. I was playing with this last seven days and it is indescribable what you can do with it plus it is very stable. Effects section is great and that is the power in this app. It is easy to import own samples and record session and export it. For me this is the app that holds the key of music making even for the people who do not play any instruments. Your instrument is Loopseque 8! Give it a chance as I did and you could be amazed. Manual is available on developer’s website.
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Response from developer
❤️
Startet nicht mehr
Nachdem ich irgend eine Funktion benutzen wollte, glaube samples Laden. Startet das Programm nicht mehr. Es stürzt beim Start sofort ab.
Update vom 12.05.2021:
App funktioniert jetzt wie sie soll.
Update vom 12.05.2021:
App funktioniert jetzt wie sie soll.
A classic is reborn
More of everything from the grooviest circliest drum machine in town. Highly recommend.
Unique!
Love the unique interface.
Crashes fixed
Okay
Fixed! Well done Casual Underground! Quick Response Too!
Thank you ever so much for fixing Loopseque 8 Casual Underground! 😊. It now works completely fine on iOS 10. How you did this SO fast I'll never know - but great work. Sorry about venting my frustration, my sincerest apologies! It just seemed that my reviews were disappearing, and I was getting nowhere! Add to that the fact that a similar thing had already occurred with 5 OTHER Apps, and perhaps you can understand my angst. I DO apologise though! Loopseque 8 has become a VERY important App to me, so many - MANY thanks for repairing this tremendous piece of work.
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Response from developer
We have fixed the problem. New version 8.0.4 is available for downloading. Check it please and write to us if needed.
A Unique Feature Set for Building Patterns
UPDATE: I've revised my review and rating because the developer created a manual and added contact information on their website.
It's laid out fairly well, though some controls are too small. Though the manual mentions "polyrhythms" they really mean "polymetric rhythms". The rate controls allow you to change the step rate, but there aren't enough selections go get all the different rates I want.
The app launches and automatically is in play, which is super annoying.
I tried to get a refund, but Apple didn't provide that as an option. I don't know if that is a change Apple made, or if the developer has the option to enable refunds.
It's laid out fairly well, though some controls are too small. Though the manual mentions "polyrhythms" they really mean "polymetric rhythms". The rate controls allow you to change the step rate, but there aren't enough selections go get all the different rates I want.
The app launches and automatically is in play, which is super annoying.
I tried to get a refund, but Apple didn't provide that as an option. I don't know if that is a change Apple made, or if the developer has the option to enable refunds.
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Lots of fun, but unfinished.
Mysteriously, the first review I wrote vanished. So here we go again. I got this app on release, having enjoyed the original. Despite its limitations. This is the same thing, on steroids, with some great ew features and more of everything, except - very oddly - midi out. A feature that was so useful on the original. Quite why this is missing I have no idea, but it really needs to be added back.
Nic
Nic
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Desperately needs decent documentation.
Update: For the one-star reviewer. There is contact information for reaching the developer. Go to Loopseque (not Loopseque 8) in the App Store. Select the developers link towards the bottom of the page there. Go to the bottom of the developer’s web page. There’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Plus there are a lot of YouTube videos for Loopseque, which are helpful. Doug, with the Sound Test Room, has done a lengthy YouTube video on Loopseque 8. I would expect more as time moves on. Don’t get me wrong, this app still needs good documentation but considering Loopseque came out 8 years ago, I wouldn’t hold my breath.
As far as marketing though, this developer has missed the boat and is leaving money on the table. Possibly a lot if it. Their web page us done well. Real ‘sexy’ looking.
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Syncopated pandemonium! I love it❣️ I’ve got an insane sort of Blues rhythm going, injected periodically with a Hammond organ chord with a fast attack and release accented with a low-key run.
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If this app is intended to sell normally for $20, they need to write some descent documentation (context sensitive help too would be real good).
I have two problems with Loopseque 8 playing audio both through AUM, as desired, but also directly to my device’s speakers! Second, Deck A doesn’t have audio when I start it in AUM. All the ‘playing’ animations are active but the app’s output VU meter, left is dead. Start Loopseque 8 stand-alone and I hear audio for both Decks.
As far as marketing though, this developer has missed the boat and is leaving money on the table. Possibly a lot if it. Their web page us done well. Real ‘sexy’ looking.
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Syncopated pandemonium! I love it❣️ I’ve got an insane sort of Blues rhythm going, injected periodically with a Hammond organ chord with a fast attack and release accented with a low-key run.
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If this app is intended to sell normally for $20, they need to write some descent documentation (context sensitive help too would be real good).
I have two problems with Loopseque 8 playing audio both through AUM, as desired, but also directly to my device’s speakers! Second, Deck A doesn’t have audio when I start it in AUM. All the ‘playing’ animations are active but the app’s output VU meter, left is dead. Start Loopseque 8 stand-alone and I hear audio for both Decks.
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