iSimpleLoop
Pocket looper studio
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New in 1.1: edit every note in a piano roll or guitar tabs, chop breaks onto pads, build any chord, plug in MIDI keyboards, audio interfaces and foot pedals.
iSimpleLoop is a pocket sketchpad for songs. Record a loop, stack takes over it, play the guitar, the keys and the pads on top, keep the lyrics in front of you — and take the result out as audio or MIDI.
Everything runs on the device. No account, no subscription, no cloud, no internet connection.
LOOPER
• Up to 8 tracks. Looped tracks follow the master loop, linear ones run the whole length of the song.
• The first take sets the loop length; an overdub stops itself after one lap.
• Count-in, metronome, and a per-track input: microphone, the app's instruments, or both.
• Latency compensation, so a take lands where you played it.
INSTRUMENTS
• Guitar: strum and pluck six strings with your fingers, chords of the chosen key, power chords, capo, four tones from nylon to overdrive.
• Keys: a polyphonic synth with piano, e-piano, pad, bass and lead, sustain and an octave shift.
• Pads: 16 pads, 62 built-in sounds, pitch, filter and decay knobs, reverse.
• Sampling from the microphone straight onto a pad, plus import of WAV, MP3, M4A, AIFF and FLAC with a trim screen.
ARRANGEMENT AND EDITING
• The whole song on one timeline: bar ruler, waveforms, playhead, scrubbing.
• Select a fragment and trim, cut, silence, fade, normalise, reverse or nudge it by a beat — or drag it onto another track.
• Three-band EQ and pan on every track.
EFFECTS
• Inserts on each track: compressor, overdrive, chorus and flanger.
• Two project-wide send buses: a tempo-synced delay and a reverb.
• Live instruments sound with the effect but are recorded dry, so the decision stays reversible.
LYRICS
• The lyrics live in the project, split into sections, and can sit next to the guitar while you play.
NOTE EDITOR
• Piano roll for the keys, a drum grid for the pads and six-line tabs for the guitar.
• Move, stretch, copy, quantize, change pitch, fret, string and velocity — the track rebuilds from the notes right away, so you hear the change in the mix.
• Undo and redo; cancel brings the track back exactly as it was.
SLICE
• Chop a sample by hits, into equal parts or on the tempo grid, drag the markers, tap a slice to hear it.
• Slices land on consecutive pads — optionally together with a notes track that plays them in the original order.
CHORDS
• Any chord on any of the eight buttons: major, minor, 7, maj7, m7, sus2, sus4, add9, 6, m6, dim, aug.
• Playable shapes are found automatically; pick a variant or place your own fingers on the fretboard.
HARDWARE
• USB audio interfaces: choose the input and the channel to record; other sample rates are converted on the fly.
• MIDI keyboards over USB and Bluetooth play the synth and record like the on-screen keys; channel 10 plays the pads.
• Foot controllers: MIDI Learn for play, record and stop; keyboard-style page-turner pedals work out of the box.
EXPORT
• WAV 24-bit, M4A (AAC) and MIDI — a track per instrument, pads on channel 10.
• A home screen widget records a sample straight into the library.
Landscape on iPhone and iPad. Interface in English, Russian, German and Italian.
Version 1.1 is a big one.
• Note editor: piano roll, drum grid and guitar tabs. Every edit rebuilds the track instantly.
• Slice: chop a break by hits, evenly or on the grid — straight onto the pads.
• Chord editor: 12 chord types, automatic shapes and your own fingerings.
• Hardware: USB audio interfaces with input and channel choice, MIDI keyboards over USB and Bluetooth, foot pedals.
• Fixed: on iPhones with Dynamic Island the side rail no longer slides under it on the SONG screen.
The developer, Artem Kolchin, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Artem Kolchin
- Size
- 6.7 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, German, Italian, Russian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Artem Kolchin