Loopcloud 8 Released. Inspire, Listen, Search, Flip, New FX + IOS App

Loopcloud 8 is the biggest update yet to Loopmasters' sample and workflow platform. It's built around how producers actually work today, pulling in sounds from more places and more tools, not just one library.

Search, discovery and instruments now work as well with your own collection as they do with Loopcloud's catalogue of more than five million samples, synth presets and MIDI files.

So, whats new in Loopcloud 8?

Headline additions include Inspire and Listen, intelligent tools for idea generation and harmonic matching as well as Advanced Search and Loopcloud's first iOS app. The update also adds five new effects, 1,000 new presets for Flip, Loopcloud's sound-remixing tool, a MIDI overhaul with a new preview engine, upgrades to DRUM and PLAY and access to Producertech video tutorials for every subscriber.

• Inspire : Never start from silence
  Gives you a starting point for a new track. Choose a genre and it builds an arrangement of authentic samples, chords and drums to spark an idea, while the creative decisions after that stay with you.
• Listen : The missing piece, found
  Finds sounds that fit a track already underway. Using Loopcloud Intelligence, the platform's harmonic-matching algorithm, it surfaces samples that work harmonically and melodically with what's already there.
• Harmonic Matching : Any sound, matched
  Detects chord changes and sample positioning, and matches against your own imported sounds as well as the Loopcloud catalogue. Drop in a chord loop or melody to find basslines, leads or one-shots.
• Advanced Search : Search in your own words
  Recognizes descriptions, not just tags. Enter a phrase like "warm analog bassline" or "Boards of Canada-style synths," then narrow by instrument, genre, mood or artist reference.
• Flip : Every sound reimagined
  Takes any sound and reworks it into something new. Loopcloud 8 doubles Flip's preset library to 2,000, each built for a specific instrument or sound type, though mixing and matching across categories often works best.
• MIDI : MIDI overhaul with a new preview engine
  Loopcloud's MIDI library now includes more than 125,000 files including roughly 8,000 drum patterns. Six new kits add genre-specific sounds for drum MIDI alongside new melodic instruments. When previewing MIDI, Loopcloud automatically loads an appropriate sound: a drum part loads a drum kit, while a piano part loads a piano.
• PLAY : Adds five new effects and now supports importing samples directly
  PLAY, Loopcloud's sample-based instrument adds five new effects and now supports importing samples directly. Drop in a vocal chop, a field recording, or a one-off from a session years ago, and it is ready to use in PLAY.
• DRUM : Pattern generator now reads instrument and genre tags
  DRUM's pattern generator now reads instrument and genre tags, allowing it to suggest patterns that fit the loaded sounds rather than selecting them at random.

Loopcloud 8 now comes with 5 new effects

Shape sound before you spend a credit

Producers can shape and experiment with sound before spending a single credit. New automation curves give finer control over how effects evolve over time, and the Loopcloud editor works with a producer's entire sample library, not just Loopcloud content.

Loopcloud Finally goes mobile

Start ideas anywhere.

Loopcloud's first iOS app brings Inspire, catalogue browsing, previewing, and collection-building to mobile. Producers can generate starting points, browse and preview sounds from the full Loopcloud catalogue, and save collections on the go. Those collections sync with their Loopcloud account and are ready when they return to the DAW. Ideas don't wait for a studio session, so now neither does Loopcloud. The app is available at launch on iOS, with an Android version in development.

Also included with every subscription

If all these amazing updates weren't enough, every Loopcloud subscriber now also gets access to the following at no extra cost.

Producertech Membership
Every Loopcloud subscriber now gets access to Producertech's full course library at no extra cost, with over 400 hours of tutorials covering genre production, synthesis, EQ, compression, and advanced Loopcloud techniques. Courses are taught by working producers and industry tutors, giving subscribers a way to keep developing their skills alongside the tools they use every day. It's the first time the library has been accessible outside a standalone Producertech subscription, and it is available exclusively to Loopcloud subscribers.

Free Monthly Plugins.
Loopcloud is partnering with top plugin developers, including Baby Audio, Tone Empire, Rhodes, and Beatsurfing, to offer subscribers up to 12 free plugins a year. A new plugin is available every month, and annual subscribers can access each one at any point throughout the year.

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