EP153 SPARK LIVE amp + LOOPY PRO: Fabulous for LIVE LOOPING!?

I got the ‪@positivegrid‬ SPARK LIVE amp four days ago, so here's a quick demo of what I hoped it could do with Loopy Pro on my iPad: Just connect the two with one USB-C cable, and you got a working solution for live looping whether you like it simple or complex! (The video is something in between I guess, with layers and sections and percussion etc.)
The amp takes up to four instruments simultaneously (here I only have a baritone guitar and a bass ukulele), and plays both the live and the looped loud and clear - and Loopy of course does whatever you want it to.
Looks promising, I think?
#looping #sparklive #loopypro
#guitar #baritoneguitar #ubass

[@kerryfromaj9032]

Freaking wild, 👍🏻
I have Loopy Pro, iPad and 5 months later only have produced one lame loop 😢
Back to my old Digitech JamMan looper I think until I can find a live person via Zoom or FaceTime to help me.

[@UnlikelyArrangements]

I would be glad to help at some point, if our time zones are aligned enough for Zoom calls :). But before that, please drop me an email (at unArrg[at]icloud.com) to clarify what you hope to do, with some technical specifications - what's your interface with the iPad, do you need to use footswitches and so on? Loopy Pro can be very simple but also immensely complex, and I reckon it's not for everyone even if I would always recommend trying it out!

[@LiveLoopers]

Thanks for all of these deep dives into gear and Loopy Pro. And thanks for suggesting Live Loopers.

[@ericfreget]

Great ! Thx !

[@hammingus]

That‘s cool!

[@Czaryzgitary]

Thanks for very useful tutorial! 💪👍 what kind of wireless guitar connector You use?🤔🤠

[@UnlikelyArrangements]

Thanks! In this one, it's a Lekato WS-50 5.8 GHz.

[@JamesOlmos]

Excellent! Subscribing :)

[@ericfreget]

Hi
I need some help !
I plugged a usbc cable in the spark live and started the app digistix as a drum machine.
Then when I record my guitar on a donut it record also the beat !
What did I did wrong ?

[@UnlikelyArrangements]

I presume you have DigiStix as an audio source in Loopy? Check its "destinations" in the mixer view and see that it's not going to any colour. As for the guitar input, check also if you have "monitoring" on or off - off is better for playing, but I had mine on so I could screen record all the sound on the iPad. Hope this helps?

[@UnlikelyArrangements]

OR if you have DigiStix open as a standalone app, try opening it within Loopy Pro instead, as "audio unit" and see it's not recorded into any colour destination (as I supposed to be the case in my other reply).

[@ericfreget]

Thx a lot for your answer.
I didn’t muted an audio loop I recorded few days later so everything is finally fine 😂

[@ericfreget]

So you don’t use the audio bluetooth ?

[@UnlikelyArrangements]

I have in some other situations, but here the data/audio usb actually works in and out with no latency - which is always an issue with current Bluetooth protocols. Can be used with an adapter for Lightning connectors (and hence even old iPhones as shown in my follow-up video), but I couldn't quite make it work on my Spark MINI.

[@UnlikelyArrangements]

(Ok, it works on the MINI too, if you use usb-C to an iPad Pro; in most other scenarios you'd need some extra power from an adapter or such)