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Night of Worship Tour: Worship Workshops
Join us for a night of worship with Vertical Church Band, Jon Guerra and The Royal Royal. There will be a pre-concert event called The Worship Workshop. Read details below and consider attending! Doors for the show open at 6:30 p.m. That night we will be taking a Love Offering to help pay for the event. Read more…
Prime
Getting Started with PRIME, our free MultiTracks playback app
PRIME is a FREE playback app for multitracks and loops in worship live performance.
Mainstage
Introducing the Complete Mainstage Worship Bundle
Introducing the Complete Mainstage Worship Bundle With over 160 custom Mainstage keyboard presets for worship, including 80 exactly-like-the-original presets, this is the ultimate patch bundle to take keyboards in worship leading to a new level. For almost 40% off the original price. This pack includes: Mainstage Worship Pack, Volume 1 Read more…
MultiTracks
Now Available: Original MultiTracks from Martin Smith: God’s Great Dance Floor
We’re excited to announce that we’ve released the original master multi-tracks for Martin Smith’s “God’s Great Dance Floor”. These are really creative albums filled with amazing songs. Martin is a legend in Christian music. You might know him from the band, Delirious. He has written many songs that have Read more…
MultiTracks
MultiTracks Now Available from Elevation Worship
Our friends at Elevation Worship released a new worship album this week. It’s currently #1 on the iTunes charts. This album is full of amazing congregational worship songs. You can now download the master MultiTrack stems from the album at LoopCommunity.com Click Here To View Elevation Tracks at LoopCommunity.com Read more…
MultiTracks
Bethel Music Original MultiTracks and Loops
We’ve released the master original MultiTracks for Bethel Music, “For the Sake of the World” and “Tides”. Download the multi tracks here!
Site News
LoopElite Memberships
Save with a LoopElite Monthly or Annual Membership. Visit http://loopcommunity.com/loopelite
MultiTracks
BJ Putnam Master MultiTracks for “More and More”
We just released the master multitrack stems for BJ Putnam “More and More”. You’ll love the tracks on this album. Energetic, creative and passionate songs for worship. Be sure to check out the album on iTunes and download the multitrack stems here
Ableton Live
Syncing Multitracks to Ableton Live’s Click
How to Sync Multitracks from LoopCommunity.com to Ableton Live’s Click.
Looptimus
Black Friday Sale: Looptimus MIDI Controller
This week only! Get the Looptimus USB MIDI Foot Controller for only $229, plus FREE SHIPPING.
Ableton Live
Using Split Tracks in Ableton Live
Learn how you can effectively use Split Loop tracks in Ableton Live using the Utility audio effect.
Ableton Live
Playing Worship Pads in Ableton Live with the 12Step Controller
Learn how you can use the 12Step Controller by Keith McMillen to play pads in Ableton Live for worship
Ableton Live
Being Spontaneous With Band Cues
Learn how you can still be spontaneous with Band Cues in Ableton Live.
Interviews
Interview with Ryan Loche: The Church Collective
This fall, I had the privilege of meeting the guys from The Church Collective – this is an amazing resource for churches and worship leaders. I’ve had a chance to get to know Ryan Loche and asked him a few questions: Matt McCoy: Tell us about yourself. Where do you work? Read more…
MultiTracks
Master MultiTracks for Casey Darnell Available Now!
We’re excited to announce that we’ve released the master multitracks for Casey Darnell. Casey writes powerful music for the church and his songs can be heard in churches all over the world. He’s a worship leader at North Point in Atlanta. Today, his latest album releases. Check it out Read more…
MultiTracks
Master MultiTracks for Dustin Kensrue “The Water & The Blood”
We’re excited to announce that we just released the Master Multitrack stems from “The Water & The Blood” by Dustin Kensrue. This album is refreshing to listen to because it’s not the normal “cookie-cutter” worship song. The songs are creative and fresh, and the music is inspiring. Read more…
Mainstage
Patches: Mainstage 3 Preset Worship Bundles
You’re a busy worship leader at a growing church with a bunch of volunteer musicians every weekend. Everyone’s been practicing hard on the songs all week, but when you get onstage, something just doesn’t sound right. It’s the keyboardist again. She’s playing the right notes, but she just isn’t able Read more…
Ableton Live
Loop Community Ableton Advanced Template
LC’s Kristian Ponsford shows us how you can use the Ableton Advanced Template to help get all the power you can out of Ableton Live! The advanced Ableton template is the great way to organise your loops, multi tracks, sounds and cue tracks into one master template. The use of Read more…
Site News
Thank you.
Loop Community was selected as one of the top worship resources of 2013 by Worship Leader Magazine. Thank you for your ongoing support. We could not do what we do without you. We’re glad you’re a part of the community! WE ARE LC.
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Master Multitracks: “Let There Be Light” by North Point Music
We’re excited to announce the release of “Let There Be Light” by our good friends at North Point. Looking for great Christmas arrangements for this year? Look no more… this album is filled with creative Christmas songs and arrangements for your Christmas services this year! And to make it Read more…
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Master MultiTracks: “The Rock Won’t Move” by Vertical Church Band
We’re excited to announce the release of “The Rock Won’t Move” by Vertical Church Band. This album is filled with amazing songs for your church worship service. Be sure to download the album now on iTunes… you won’t regret it. By far the best worship release of 2013. Recorded live Read more…
MultiTracks
Master MultiTrack Stems: “Ascension” by Phil Wickham
We’re excited to announce that we launched all of the multitrack track stems from Phil Wickham‘s latest album, “Ascension” on LoopCommunity.com. If you haven’t heard this record yet, you need to pick it up on iTunes immediately. It has creative loop programming all over it. It’s driven heavily by killer Read more…
Ableton Live
Why MP3s in Ableton Are the Worst.
I often hear from people who say they are running Multitracks in Ableton Live, but can’t seem to get them to be in-sync with the Ableton metronome no matter what they do. This is a frustrating problem. It occurs whether they have “Warping” turned on or not, so this is Read more…
Ableton Live
Looptimus Production Has Started!
Hey friends, As of 5:35 AM Central Time October 2nd, the Looptimus pedal was 100% funded!!! We cannot thank everyone enough for their generous support and encouragement throughout this campaign. We’re SO excited about what is to come. We’re happy to say that TODAY we pulled the trigger with our Read more…
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NEW FEATURE: 5 PIN MIDI OUT JACK!
Hey everyone! We just wanted to let you know that we have added a new feature to the Looptimus Pedal… Now Looptimus will come with a standard 5 PIN MIDI OUT jack, as well as a USB jack. This will allow you to connect Looptimus to any other hardware device Read more…
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Looptimus Update
Hey everyone! Matt here… we’re excited about the Looptimus project! We have 21 Days to go, 72 backers and are about 32% there. I’ve had a lot of people tell me how pumped they are about it and there have been some good questions: QUESTION: What Happens if $50k isn’t raised Read more…
Site News
Looptimus USB MIDI Foot Pedal
Pledge today and help us make Looptimus: USB MIDI Foot Controller for Loops and MultiTracks
Ableton Live
LoopLIVE: Arrangement View
Join us for LoopLIVE and learn to use Arrangement View from Ableton Certified Trainer, Scottie Dugan.
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Master MultiTracks from North Point Music
We just released the Original Master MultiTracks from North Point Music’s albums: “Here And Now” and “No One Higher” Download them here: http://loopcommunity.com/mastertracks
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Control the MultiTracks. Don’t Let Them Control You!
Arrangement View Load all of your MultiTracks into Arrangement View and add Locators for each section. Locators are little flag “markers” that let you identify different sections of the song on the timeline. Next, using the Ableton Live MIDI feature, you can easily assign buttons on any MIDI device (like Read more…
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#LOOPRIG – Kristian Ponsford
Very cool loop rig, by one of our Ableton Trainers, Kristian Ponsford.
MultiTracks
Master MultiTracks: “Live Worship from Vertical Church”
Today we released the original Master MultiTracks from Harvest Bible Chapel’s, Vertical Church Band – “Live Worship from Vertical Church”. This is an amazing album, filled with vertical worship songs for the church. We’re proud to partner with VCB in this release and future releases. Keep an eye out Read more…
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Announcing LoopElite Subscriptions
In the wake of our other recent announcements, we’re excited to introduce LoopElite club. Save money on Loops and MultiTracks for worship with a monthly or annual subscription. We’re only getting started… much more on the way! -Matt
ipad
Prime: Loop Community iPad App
Hey everyone! We’re excited to announce that we have released the first version of the Loop Community iPad App. Use the app to access all of your previous and future LC MultiTrack purchases! Features a 12 channel audio mixer Auto-pans Click/Cues Left and Track audio Right Create and Save Read more…
Ableton Live
Surround Sound Worship Loops
Hey community! I’m in Cincinnati with my good friend and very talented worship leader / songwriter, Zak Stegman. Zak is leading worship this week for the Summer of Service conference at the Vineyard church in Cincinnati (where I used to work). He is running his loops this week in Surround Read more…
Ableton Live
EjGauna Interview
Many of our contributors at Loop Community have been with us from the very beggining. We cannot thank you enough for all your efforts in building this community. One of these contributors who has been with us practically from the beginning is EJ Gauna. EJ creates some great resources for Read more…
Clicks + Vocal Cues
Simple In-Ear Monitor Setup for Drummer
People often tell me that they don’t have in-ear monitors at their church. If you’re wanting to use loops and are trying to figure out how to get the click to the drummer, check out this simple diagram for sending a Click and Monitor send to your drummer. Hope this Read more…
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Think Worship Conference 2013
Loop Community is proud to be a part of the THINK worship conference, June 17 – 19, 2013 in Louisville, KY. Matt McCoy will be teaching workshops on using Loops, Multitracks and Clicktracks in live worship. If you are in the area, we would love to see you Read more…
Ableton Live
Automate Song Flow in Session View
Kyle Disterheft, trainer at Loop Community, shows you how to use the Max for Live device, Follow, in Ableton live to automate song flow and transitions. This device allows you to use follow actions with scenes. Max for Live is only available with Ableton Live 9 Suite. To learn about ‘Follow’ Read more…
Site News
Free Track: “King of Love” by Lovelite
FREE for the month of May, download the MasterTracks from “King of Love” by Lovelite. Check out the sample and enjoy this great new worship song! Includes a FREE MP3 and Chord Chart! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE Also, be sure to check out the entire album on iTunes!
Ableton Live
Interview with Gary Sexton
So while I was attending the Seeds conference in Tulsa Ok I had the privilege to meet Loop Community Contributer Gary Sexton. He is a great guy and he has some killer loops here on loop community. I used Gary’s God’s Great Dance Floor Loop at Easter and it was fantastic! Read more…
Site News
National Worship Leader Conference
Join Loop Community at the National Worship Leader Conference in Kansas City and California! Matt McCoy will be teaching Ableton Certified workshops, live demos and performing his music live. Hope to see you there! Get 10% off your registration when you use the promo code: LOOP10 Kansas City http://nationalworshipleaderconference.com/ks/ California Read more…
Interviews
CMB Podcast with Matt McCoy
Check out the Podcast Interview: Play in new window | Download http://christianmusicblog.com/session6/ In the 6th session of the CMB Podcast, I speak with worship leader and songwriter, Matt McCoy. Matt has released 4 albums, and is currently working on his 5th. His latest release “Shine” is available at iTunes here. For more info on Read more…
Leading Worship
New Worship Music
2013 has already blessed us with some great worship music and today I just wanted to share a couple New Releases that you should be listening to. Hillsong-Zion Mars Hill-Citizens Loop Community’s very Own- Matt McCoy Passion-Let The Future Begin About the Author: Jake Stemo is a Read more…
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Site Updates
Wanted to give everyone a quick update that we’ve added scrubbers to most of the players on the site. This should make it easier for you to preview loops and mastertracks! More to come soon…
Software
What is a DAW?
The world of creating music has changed so much through the years. As worship leaders, sometimes it’s hard to stay current with everything in the music creation world. So when I heard the term “DAW” for the first time, I thought I was hearing some audio engineers talking in code Read more…
Ableton Live
Loop Transitions
If you are new at using loops in worship or maybe you have been using them for a while, you have probably noticed that there can be awkward moments between songs. Like when you hit the stop button and it kills all sounds everywhere and its just dead silent. Or Read more…
Ableton Live
Giving Up Control
As worship leaders we all want control. Control is the thing that keeps the band tight, the thing that keeps everyone on task. We strive for it and some of us are even chasing after it. When you have control how do you get to a point when you can Read more…
Ableton Live
Tis The Season “Loops for the Holidays”
Well the holidays are upon us and as you are all busy planning your big christmas/christmas eve experiences we want to find out what loops you will be using for the holidays. Alot of worship pastors are still looking for some great ideas and great loops to use in their Read more…
Interviews
Sophmore 64 – Making Music on a Gameboy
Sophmore64 – Making Music on a Gameboy using LSDJ. http://www.sophmore64.com How long have you been creating music? We have been creating music since 2011. We were in a band prior to starting Sophmore 64, we were both guitar players. In August of 2011 Jake had to have spinal fusion surgery Read more…
Mainstage
Welcome to Apple Mainstage!
Apple Mainstage is another performance software that you can use to run loops. Used alongside Apple Logic or Garageband, Mainstage allows you to import loops to play them back with markers. Mainstage allows you to create custom buttons, knobs, and displays so that you can show and control exactly what you Read more…
Ableton Live
Convert Audio to MIDI in Ableton Live 9
Matt McCoy shows you how to convert Audio to MIDI in Ableton Live 9. This is a new feature in Live 9. Convert Harmony to MIDI and Convert Melody to MIDI. Check out the video below.
Interviews
Featured Contributor: Scott Dugan
Tell us about your church and where you lead worship Although I do not sing, I play keys around the 5 North Point campuses and multiple partner churches in Atlanta area. North Point doesn’t use the typical music pastor/worship team model. They pull from a pool of contracted musicians Read more…
Ableton Live
Band Transitions
I want to explore what a good transition is. I want to learn about what is working for other worship leaders and how you transition your band. You might be able to get through a song and everything went great but if the transition bombs it throws the whole Read more…
Interviews
Meet The Team: Kyle Disterheft
What’s your role with Loop Community? I process Ableton Live loop submissions to get them in the correct format. I also create videos explaining some of the ways to use Apple Mainstage in corporate worship and I’ve got a couple blog posts coming up! Tell us about Read more…
Interviews
Featured Contributor: Brandon Sharp
Tell us about your church and where you lead worship. I have the privilege and honor to join in leading worship on Liberty Campus Band for Liberty University. We lead four times a week for the entire student body (12,000 students). Liberty is the largest evangelical Christian school in the Read more…
Ableton Live
Installing the LC Vocal Cues
Tutorial with Matt McCoy on how to install the FREE Loop Community Vocal Cues into Ableton Live. Be sure to download the latest version from your Loop Community Account! Updated 9/25/2012
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Interview with @misterbeardo
Tells us a little about yourself(Family, Background, Favorite Color)? My name is Chris Etling (aka Mister Beardo). God has blessed me with a beautifully awesome wife and two wonderful kids! I have been playing music since I was in 5th grade when I started playing trombone in the band. My Read more…
Ableton Live
External Hard Drive for Ableton Loops and MultiTracks
Hey everyone, I’ve had a few people in the past week ask me a question about Ableton and external hard-drives to run Loops and MultiTracks. Some people are in the understanding that in order to run Loops + MultiTracks in Ableton you have to have an external hard drive. I’m Read more…
Ableton Live
Worship Loopers… I mean Leaders.
As I’ve been using Loops, MultiTracks and Ableton over the past ten years, it’s been amazing to see more and more churches adapt the use of music technology in their worship services. You don’t typically see just a Boss TU-2 Tuner on the ground in front of the worship leader Read more…
Interviews
Featured Contributor: Cory Hopkins
Tell us about your church and where you lead worship? I currently serve at a church called Peachtree City United Methodist Church in Peachtree, GA (1000 per Sunday – give or take the “Methodist math”). They’ve had some bad experiences with contemporary worship leaders in the past but I feel Read more…
Site News
HYMN CONTEST WINNERS
We received a ton of amazing submissions for the HYMN REMIX contest, and the final results are in! FIRST PLACE – SoftStep Foot Controller, Shirt, Sticker, LC ThumbDrive How Deep the Fathers Love For Us Devan Bumstead SECOND PLACE – Shirt, Sticker Come Thou Fount Jeff Caylor THIRD PLACE Read more…
Featured Member
Meet the LC Team: Paul Case
What’s your role with Loop Community? I do a couple of different things at LC. I do different graphic artwork for the site and advertising. I also publish a lot of the Facebook and Twitter content and I also do interviews with different team members and contributors for blog posts. Read more…
Site News
National Worship Leader Conference #NWLC12
Hey everyone! We are at the National Worship Leader Conference in Kansas City this week! If you’re in the area, come say hi! We’d love to hang with you and meet you in person. We will also be teaching 4 workshops this year. Hope you can join us. Tuesday 11 Read more…
Photos
fired the same loop two times in a…
fired the same loop two times in a row- had to stop an start over. Anyone else have a blooper this morning? @mattmccoy
Clicks + Vocal Cues
Improve Your Sound Check: For the Audio Team
Sound check is one of the most critical steps in delivering an excellent weekend service. It ensures that all the complicated patching, routing, conversion, and reproduction are happening the way you want them to happen. When sound checks go bad (coming soon to your local Fox station!), it can put off the mood Read more…
Clicks + Vocal Cues
Improve Your Sound Check: For the Worship Team
Sound check is one of the most critical steps in delivering an excellent weekend service. It ensures that all the complicated patching, routing, conversion, and reproduction are happening the way you want them to happen. When sound checks go bad (coming soon to your local Fox station!), it can put off the mood Read more…
Site News
Matt McCoy: Ableton Certified Trainer
Matt McCoy is a worship leader and Ableton Certified Trainer with LoopCommunity.com
LIVE STREAM Training Videos
LIVESTREAM 2: Custom Arrangements and Loop Sections
Learn how to build your own Loop arrangements in arrangement view in Ableton Live and how to trigger sections of songs in Session View.
Ableton Live
Session View vs. Arrangement View
The big debate for using Loops and MultiTracks in worship – Session View or Arrangement View? I hear this question a lot – in the forums, at conferences, in training sessions, twitter, blogs, grandma’s house, blah blah blah. It’s actually a really good question, and one that really confuses people Read more…
Ableton Live
Why I Use Loops in Worship
One of the greatest and most practical tools that I’ve found as a worship leader is the use of Loops and Click Tracks in worship. Some of you may be wondering what kind of “loops” I’m speaking of… and no, it has nothing to do with “Fruit Loops” cereal, although Read more…
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Win a SoftStep Controller: Hymn Contest
Build a loop for your favorite Hymn and have a chance to win a SoftStep Foot Controller!
Site News
Sample Libraries
Sample Libraries – new from Loop Community. Individual Loops, Drum beats, percussion packs, electronic elements to fuel your creativity. Use in your own music creations, in the studio or on the stage! If you’re a producer, upload and sell your libraries through Loop Community!