Templates:Edward's Workbench

Welcome to Edward's Workbench!

I will occasionally be posting Loopy Pro projects that I am working on so that people can test them out and provide feedback about them.

There is nothing to see yet -- but come back soon. There should be projects appearing here during the first week of December 2025

Scenes Example In Progress

This project is a scenes based workflow where each scene has an independent length (they can even be clock free) that can be used for realtime scene-based song looping or as a songwriter's or practice tool. Currently, you can have up to 4 scenes of 3 loops each with an extra group of independent loops that can be used for grooves or what-not

The project has built-in song forms so that once you have recorded your scenes you can trigger playback that will handle a variety or song forms and you can easily add your own to the project.

NOTE: This is a project in progress and was set up for to be usable with 4-pedal foot switches since they are so common. I am working out workflow details and interested in hearing feedback about what features or refinements would be useful without making it too complicated to use in realtime. Also, I'd like to know about workflow bugs. Once the workflow is final, I am likely to also create a version with more loops per scene for those with more than four switches in their footswitch.

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Drone Recorder

A project in-process created in response to a request from someone looking to record continuous drones into their project. The trick with smooth drones is a generous crossfade between the beginning and ending of the loop. This project works by fading the input in when recording starts then shifting to overdub mode and fading out the input before ending recording. This project is in need of some refining. I will update as I have time in response to feedback from people using the recorder.

DOWNLOAD: Drone Recorder project

RC30-Style Workflow

This project is a work-in-progress that is mostly complete. It is a response to few requests for a project set up like a BOSS RC-30. This project has the same basic workflow as an RC-30 and has a few added features like retrospective recording, reverse and an octave shift. The workflow hews very close to the RC-30 which is probably not for everyone.

The two loops are phase-locked. The first loop recorded sets the length. The clock runs if one or more clips is playing. Stopping both clips will stop the clock.

Recording and playback quantization are set to none.

DEC 29: Download - Visit project's page. The Dec. 29 version is a release candidate that addresses a number of little problems mostly when using a pre-set tempo) in the earlier versions.T his template is much closer to an RC-30 than the previous version. It now has a count-in mode for use with a tapped/pre-set tempo and metronome. I’ve added a few non-RC features like retrospective capture to some extra loops and session recording. The new features should be pretty self-explanatory.

You will want to go to the preferences (gear wheel) page to set up your preferences.

ORIGINAL DOWNLOAD: RC3 Dec. 13 Download This original template is more stripped down and is simpler to modify than the later fuller-featured versions.

Basic Operation

Setup

This project is set up to be controlled by two momentary pedals and you will need to take a moment MIDI Learn your pedals.

IMPORTANT! Go to the project’s page to MIDI Learn the A and B pedals into the Profile called User Profile. See this video for a walkthrough of MIDI learning the pedals correctly. The process takes only 30 seconds but needs to be done correctly.

Pedal A

• Tap: record/overdub/play selected clip
• Hold: peel/replace selected clip
• Double-tap: toggle the clip effects.

Pedal B

• Tap (when clock is running): stop selected clip
• Tap (when clock is stopped): Tap Tempo. This also turns on a count-in for the first clip
• Double-tap: stop both clips and transport. Play both clips if the transport is stopped.
• Hold: switch selection

Pedal B (Hold) + Pedal A

When the transport is stopped, hold pedal B and tap pedal A to clear the clip that was selected when Pedal B was first pressed. Hold Pedal B then HOLD Pedal A to clear both clips.

Verse-Chorus Looper Improved (Sept 2025)

This is an update of the Verse-Chorus Looper with and audio threshold option for using audio threshold recording for the first loop recorded and then turning off. It also has a virtual pedalboard that simplifies MIDI Learning a foot controller. You only need MIDI Learn press/release for the four virtual pedals. The holds and double-taps do not need to be learned.

Download the project.