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Can I copy an exact loop to another page?
I want it so when I copy a page, the loop donuts are the exact same ones - not just the same name, same colour, but the exact same donut as the one on the other page.
In practice this would mean that when I record some loops, and swap pages, those exact same donuts are on the new page, still looping. When I copy a page, it doesn't do this - it copies the layout but I'm guessing it's creating new donuts rather than just repeating the same ones I already have.
The idea is so that I can see the loop states on the donuts while recording, and I press a page button, it swaps to a new page, and I can still see those same donuts and their loop states.
It would mean I can have a "record" layout and a "play" layout, whereby in "record" mode, I'm seeing the loop donuts and I've got big visual indicators that let me know I have certain tracks selected or whatever.. and then when I swap pages, those same big widgets are now actually reflecting the mute/unmute states of those same tracks.
Right now, changing pages means I lose track of seeing where the loop states are, unless I go back to the first page.
I understand I can MIDI map all of this to be in the same page, but the goal is for everything to be super easy to see and intuitive to use while playing live at bars/clubs, so I want multiple pages to reduce on-screen clutter.
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The manual says I can long press the "+" button to "copy with content" when creating a new page, but that options doesn't appear- I only get "copy" and "blank".
Not yet I’m afraid: https://roadmap.loopypro.com/feature-requests/p/pin-canvas-elements-to-pages-link-widgets-buttons-fader-knobs-clips-across-pages
You can, however, add buttons that play-record-stop each clip, on separate pages
Okay awesome, upvoted that feature request lol.
Is there any other way to display a "loop status" elsewhere?
If there was a way to just display the status of any loop, even if it's not literally the same donut (ie by setting a slider to move across as the loop progresses, and reset when the loop ends), that would be sick - I could set that to be linked to the track I'd use for the the longest loop or whatever, and just use that as a visual indicator.
@greatestlengths : if you have a widget that plays a clip, it’s status.will be the same as the clip’s play status.
can you record one loop into another to bake in the fx?
To bake in fx, you need to resample which is easy. Set a color as a destination. Then when your loop plays you can record a loop of that other color.
For example make yellow a destination for orange. If you play an orange loop, it can record an yellow loop to resample from orange.