Mixer Tips

Setting Up Independent Mixes

As of the time of this writing (June 2026), Loopy Pro's Master fader and its effects apply to all hardware outputs. When one wants a separate monitor/headphone mix and mains mix, there are a few ways to handle the situation.

Using a monitor bus

The most common solution is to set up a bus for the monitor mix whose destination is the hardware output used for monitoring. You use send knobs (which may be pre or post fader depending on one's needs) from each mixer channel that needs monitoring. With this setup, individual channel strips send to the main hardware outputs and the monitoring is handled with send knobs and the monitor bus.

This setup is the simplest to setup. It has the disadvantage that any change to the master fader (since it applies to all hardware destinations) will also change the level of the monitor mix. So, if you change the Master fader, you may have to make a compensating move on the monitor bus.

Another disadvantage of this setup is that effects on the master channel are applied to all hardware outputs. AUv3 plugins that have meters may not display properly in this situation.

Using a bus for each output (pair)

If you need to have discrete control over different hardware outputs, such as to have different Monitor and Mains (or Front-of-House) mixes with discrete control, you will use buses whose sends are set to After All Effects.

Overview

• Create a bus for each set of hardware outputs you want to be independent.
• Set the bus output destinations to the desired hardware outputs.
• Add sends from each mixer channel.
• Remove hardware destinations from mixer channels since the buses will handle the output.

The result will look something like what is shown below. Notice that only the FOH and MON mixer channels have output destinations. All the hardware inputs and colors and effects buses uses sends to the FOH and MON channels to reach the hardware destinations. In this setup, the Master fader is not used unless you want to make a global adjustment to both the 1+2 and 3+4 output levels.

You can use this technique to have as many independent mixes as you would like.

Sharing Venue Adjustments Between Projects

Performers often find that they need to make per-venue changes to some settings, most commonly EQ, monitor volume, reverb/delay and limiter/compressor.

While Loopy doesn’t, as of June 2026, have cross-project mixer snapshots, you can make use of Loopy Pro’s preset loading mechanisms and the Load Project follow action to make venue-specific changes that are shared by your projects. The basic technique is:

• Use effects plug-ins for any parameter (including level) that might need global updating across projects. This might include using a plugin such as Loopy Pro's Equalizer (with no EQ bands setup) to control a channel's volume.
• Save a preset in Loopy Pro for each per-venue adjustment of each plugin that needs a global adjustment.
• In each project, have a Load Project follow action that selects the per-venue preset for each plugin.
• At the venue, do a sound check in which you adjust the plugins for the venue and re-save the preset after making the changes. Some performers have a designated Soundcheck Project designed to help them set the levels they need — perhaps by using representative pre-recorded clips.
• If you need to make further adjustments, remember to re-save the preset so that your other projects will use them
• For switching projects, consider using the Load Project action with the “Copy Levels” option turned on.

Tip: For setting gain levels, Loopy Pro’s built-in Equalizer plugin is an excellent way to adjust gain levels with or without EQ.

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