https://wiki.loopypro.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Phase-Lock_and_Free_Loops 2026-06-04T12:48:39Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.8 https://wiki.loopypro.com/index.php?title=Phase-Lock_and_Free_Loops&diff=2231&oldid=prev 2025-07-30T21:12:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:12, 31 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This short video provides a quick overview of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This short video provides a quick overview of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;youtube&gt;mNINOloxPjI&lt;/youtube&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;youtube&gt;mNINOloxPjI&lt;/youtube<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&gt;The video below demonstrates why free loops are needed when song sections are different lengths:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;YouTube&gt;Hft3gnPuCyo &lt;/YouTube</ins>&gt;</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key loopywiki:diff:1.41:old-1923:rev-2231:php=table --> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:08, 30 September 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This short video provides a quick overview of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This short video provides a quick overview of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;youtube&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jh1a8Fkf6cyvCfvQ</del>&lt;/youtube&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;youtube&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mNINOloxPjI</ins>&lt;/youtube&gt;</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key loopywiki:diff:1.41:old-1922:rev-1923:php=table --> </table>

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<p>fix video link</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:07, 30 September 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This short video provides a quick overview of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This short video provides a quick overview of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;youtube&gt;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HoD46b3Z5HQVRR3N</del>&lt;/youtube&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;youtube&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jh1a8Fkf6cyvCfvQ</ins>&lt;/youtube&gt;</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key loopywiki:diff:1.41:old-1921:rev-1922:php=table --> </table>

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<p>refine</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:25, 30 September 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Basics]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Basics]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One </del>of the Loopy Pro'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s most important settings </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Phase-Lock option </del>for loops. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Phase</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lock is turned on by default in Loopy Pro's default settings</del>. This <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">setting may </del>or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">may not be appropriate </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">your use. Understanding it is key to using Loopy Pro</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The phase-locked / free loop distinction is one </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most important aspects of Loopy Pro to understand. In </ins>Loopy Pro<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, '</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'phase-locked loops''' are synchronized with the transport, meaning their playhead moves whenever the transport </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">active. Essentially, "play" and "stop" act like "unmute" and "mute" </ins>for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these </ins>loops. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When you start a phase</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">locked loop, it begins playing from the current position of the playhead</ins>. This <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mode is ideal when your loops are the same length </ins>or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">multiples of each other, allowing you </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seamlessly turn them on and off without breaking synchronization</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loops are </del>phase-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">locked, their playhead is always moving when Loopy Pro</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s transport </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">moving. For phase-locked </del>loops<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, play and stop </del>are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">essentially unmute and mute</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When a phase-locked loop starts playing</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it starts playing from wherever </del>the playhead is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">located</del>. Use <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this mode </del>when your loops <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same length </del>or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">multiples of each other and you want to be able to freely turn them on and off (unmute and mute them)</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>phase-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lock''</ins>' is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">turned off, </ins>loops are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">called '''free loops'''</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Free loops always start playback from the beginning</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">regardless of where </ins>the playhead is. Use <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">free loops </ins>when your <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">song sections have different lengths, or when you need the </ins>loops <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to always begin from </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">start, independent of Loopy Pro's transport </ins>or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">master cycle</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When </del>phase-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lock is off</del>, loops <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are called free</del>. Free loops <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always start playback from their beginning. Use them when your song sections </del>are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different </del>lengths or when you <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always </del>want <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>loops <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to </del>start <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from the beginning regardless of Loopy Pro's transport or master cycle</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A project can contain both </ins>phase-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">locked and free loops</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and all types of </ins>loops <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can be synchronized. The choice between these modes depends on your needs</ins>. Free loops are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">especially useful for songs with parts of varying </ins>lengths or when you want <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to manually control when </ins>loops start.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Projects can contain both free and </del>phase-locked loops<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. All loop types can be synchronized. Which type to use depends on your needs. Free loops are typically used when songs have parts of different lengths or if you need to be able to start loops from the beginning at will</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This short video provides a quick overview of the difference between </ins>phase-locked <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and free </ins>loops.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This short video is a quick explainer of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.</del>&lt;youtube&gt;HoD46b3Z5HQVRR3N&lt;/youtube&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;youtube&gt;HoD46b3Z5HQVRR3N&lt;/youtube&gt;</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key loopywiki:diff:1.41:old-1920:rev-1921:php=table --> </table>

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<p>first draft</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Basics]]<br /> One of the Loopy Pro&#039;s most important settings is the Phase-Lock option for loops. Phase-lock is turned on by default in Loopy Pro&#039;s default settings. This setting may or may not be appropriate to your use. Understanding it is key to using Loopy Pro.<br /> <br /> When loops are phase-locked, their playhead is always moving when Loopy Pro&#039;s transport is moving. For phase-locked loops, play and stop are essentially unmute and mute. When a phase-locked loop starts playing, it starts playing from wherever the playhead is located. Use this mode when your loops are the same length or multiples of each other and you want to be able to freely turn them on and off (unmute and mute them).<br /> <br /> When phase-lock is off, loops are called free. Free loops always start playback from their beginning. Use them when your song sections are different lengths or when you always want the loops to start from the beginning regardless of Loopy Pro&#039;s transport or master cycle.<br /> <br /> Projects can contain both free and phase-locked loops. All loop types can be synchronized. Which type to use depends on your needs. Free loops are typically used when songs have parts of different lengths or if you need to be able to start loops from the beginning at will.<br /> <br /> This short video is a quick explainer of the difference between phase-locked and free loops.&lt;youtube&gt;HoD46b3Z5HQVRR3N&lt;/youtube&gt;</div>

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