Tutorials
Automate Worship Lyrics with Ableton
Matt McCoy demonstrates how you can automate your ProPresenter (or PowerPoint) worship lyrics with Ableton Live Loops and Click in a worship set using Bome’s Midi Translator Pro.
Tutorials
Preparing to build a loop in ableton
Matt shows the first step in preparing to build a worship loop in Ableton…. add locators first.
Ableton Live
Adding Band Cues w/ the Loop Community Cue Pack
Matt McCoy shows you how to use the Loop Community Band Cues to add Band Cues to your loops.
LIVE STREAM Training Videos
LIVESTREAM #1: Intro to Ableton Live
Matt McCoy and the Loop Community team give an introduction to Ableton Live and using Loops in worship. TOPIC COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: – Overview of the Ableton Interface – Importing Audio Files into the Session – Scenes – Editing Launch Tempo and Launch Time Signature – Intro to Read more…
Loop Rigs
Re-ignite Your Passion – Use Loops in Worship
In the spring of 2011 I found myself in somewhat of a dry spell, a rut both musically and in my worship. My band had tons of songs we have played for quite some time and it seemed that we had climaxed as a band, essentially in my mind this Read more…
Sample Libraries
Drum Samples, AMEN break, Nerd Rock, and a Touch of Originality
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a full orchestra at your disposal? To show up at your gigs with dozens of talented musicians who know their parts and can produce a wonderful, full tone. Too bad you probably can’t do that. You want them to know the parts, and you Read more…
Photos
In the studio this week with Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury, and Stu G
in the studio this week with @jason_ingram @onesonicsociety making loops 4 their new record. amazing songs. @mattmccoy
Photos
we’re in the studio all week with…
we’re in the studio all week with One Sonic Society, making loops for their new record. #fb
Photos
@eddiehoagland band directing at…
@eddiehoagland band directing at #harvestu and his LOOP rig.
Photos
great time leading this weekend…
great time leading this weekend @AnastasiaChurch loved joining friends in the loop/Ableton community. @MattMcCoy
Ableton Live
Looping 201: Multi-channel loop output with Ableton and a Presonus 1818VSL
In a previous post, we showed you the most basic setup possible to run loops in your worship set. This time, we wanted to get a little more fancy and layout what a multi-channel setup might look like. (Click the picture for a full size version)
Ableton Live
How to use Propellerhead Figure iOS app with Ableton Live
I have a strange affection for iOS audio apps. I think it is largely related to the newness of the platform. Each new app seems to take the platform a step further down the digital audio frontier. Propellerhad’s Figure is no exception. I really like the app. The interface is Read more…
Interviews
Meet the LC Team: Tanacea
What’s your role with Loop Community? My primary role with LC is driving my two compadres The Pankau and Matty completely batty. My secondary role is to ensure we are being innovative and moving in the right direction – upward. Tell us about your professional audio experience. I have been Read more…
Photos
we are in good friday rehearsals at…
we are in good friday rehearsals at harvest. anyone else busy tonight? #fb
Hardware
Looping 101 – How To Plug It All In
Getting started with loops can seem complicated and confusing. People talk about interfaces, direct boxes, Ableton vs Reason vs Logic vs everything else and the complexity of some setups can be daunting.Rest assured, once you get started – you’ll want to do all those fancy things, but to get started Read more…
Ableton Live
Trigger Videos in ProPresenter with Ableton Live
A brilliant solution and tutorial on triggering videos in ProPresenter from Ableton Live using MIDI over WIFI. Thanks to Kristian Ponsford, at http://www.iam-kp.com Be sure to check out his loops on Loop Community.
Uncategorized
Discipleship > MultiTracks
This might surprise some of you, but I love using Loops and MultiTracks in worship! I Do. Not only do I think it’s a great way to add creative expression and fresh sounds to your worship, but I am convinced that they can help take you’re band to a new Read more…
Ableton Live
Paul Mabury Sample Library Demo
Coming soon to LoopCommunity.com – Paul Mabury drum and loop libraries! This demo video uses drum loops in dubstep to show the diversity of worship loops in varying genres. ReMix, sample, edit, and mash-up drum loops used on hit records in your own loop track and music creations!
Clicks + Vocal Cues
For Drummers: Using Click Tracks and Metronome in Worship
Using a Metronome in Worship The drummer is the “bus driver” for the band. Setting the right tempo for a song is extremely vital for the entire band to follow. This is the job of a drummer in any band. The drummer should set and play at a tempo that Read more…
Hardware
Triggering Loops Without Your Hands
There are a lot of different ways you can trigger a loop. You can use a computer keyboard or a midi controller but sometimes you just don’t have your hands free to trigger your loops. If you are a guitar-playing worship leader, you definitely know what I’m talking about. My Read more…
MultiTracks
About Multi-Tracks on LoopCommunity.com
Matt McCoy gives a tour of Multi-Tracks on Loop Community.
Photos
look what I just got in the mail!…
look what I just got in the mail! Ability 2 foot controller. Video and review coming soon. @mattmccoy
Hardware
Matt McCoy / Presonus AudioBox VSL and Loop Rig
Matt McCoy walks through his new loop rig modifications, including the new addition of a PreSonus AudioBox VSL 1818 and how he is interfacing Ableton and PreSonus software to create a headphone mix.
Photos
check out our table at the Pulse…
check out our table at the Pulse Worship Conference. If you’re attending, come say Hi! #fb
Ableton Live
Audio routing settings in ableton live
This is an overview of output settings for using loops in worship, from LoopCommunity.com
Featured Member
Meet the LC Team: Mike Pankau
What’s your role with Loop Community? As one of the founders, I have touch points in a lot of different parts of the business. In general, I focus on keeping the website and the business running. I’m usually the person to first see support requests and help people with any Read more…
Uncategorized
Using Tempos and Time Signatures in Ableton Live
Jake from Loopcommunity.com explains how to set up his tempos and time signatures in ableton live.
Photos
meetings all day in nashville. great…
meetings all day in nashville. great things ahead friends. @mattmccoy @mpankau #fb
Hardware
In Ear Monitors, Aviom System, and The Death of Third Party Hardware
Lets face it. We all know the benfits of an in ear monitoring system and many a small church sings the same tune – “I wish we had the funds for an Aviom System.” Consider the following price tag for 16 channels of in ear monitoring: Aviom A-16II Personal Mixer Read more…
Loop Rigs
Loop Rig: Harvest Bible Chapel Live Recording
Eddie Hoagland, music director at Harvest Bible Chapel, gives us a tour of the loop rig they are using for their live recording with Vertical Church Music.
Featured Member
Meet The LC Team: Shaun Bennett
The LC team consists of some very talented people and I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to some of the team members. The first team member I interviewed was Shaun Bennett. Matt McCoy: So, what role do you play with Loop Community? Shaun Bennett: My current role at Loop Community Read more…
Photos
Using the KMI 12 step to run pads…
Using the KMI 12 step to run pads tonight. great pedal. @mattmccoy #fb
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Using the KMI 12 step to run pads…
Using the KMI 12 step to run pads tonight. great pedal. @mattmccoy #fb
Photos
taught loop workshops today for…
taught loop workshops today for church worship leaders. we love @abletonlive @AbletonTweets
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taught loop workshops today for…
taught loop workshops today for church worship leaders. we love @abletonlive @AbletonTweets
Photos
on the road, heading to Worship424…
on the road, heading to Worship424 conference @mattmccoy @mpankau #fb
Uncategorized
Roland M48 Personal Mixers
In one of our previous posts, we walked through what an Aviom system is and the components involved in it. I would highly recommend reading that first if you’ve never used an Aviom system since this is really a comparison of the Roland product against the industry standard in personal Read more…
Photos
Anyone using the SoftStep? share your…
Anyone using the SoftStep? share your impressions… Curious how you like it. #fb
Ableton Live
Triggering Loops With a MIDI Controller
In my last post we talked about how you can trigger a loop in Ableton with just the keys on your keyboard and gave some examples of how you can navigate and setup you computer keyboard to control Ableton. In this post I want to talk about MIDI controllers. MIDI Read more…
Ableton Live
Ableton Tip: Trigger A Loop With Computer Keyboard
Recently I did some research on how many blog posts are out on the web explaining some of the simplest things about triggering loops in worship or a live music setting and there was not a lot of content out there. So hopefully this post will help you understand how Read more…
Software
Importing LC SoftStep Presets
Once you have downloaded the Loop Community SoftStep presets, you’re ready to import them into your own Preset folder. Watch the tutorial below for detailed instructions. Please comment with any questions! – Matt
Triggering Loops
Using Loop Community Loops in iTunes
Matt McCoy shows how to use loops that you download from Loop Community in iTunes, and the cables you need to have a basic set up for panning the click and loops.
Triggering Loops
Triggering Band Cues in Ableton
Matt McCoy shows us how you can trigger band cues during a worship set using Ableton Live and a SoftStep Foot controller.
Hardware
What Are Avioms?
If you’re just getting started with loops, you need to know that an in-ear system make the process much easier and if you operate in the music space at all, you have probably heard of Aviom. What you may not know however, is what Avioms are, how they work, why Read more…
Triggering Loops
Run Loops from your iPod / iPhone
Matt McCoy shows us how to run Loop Community loops using an iPod or iPhone.
Hardware
Triggering Loops w/ SoftStep Foot Controller
Matt McCoy walks us through triggering loops and scenes with the SoftStep foot controller and Ableton live.
Arrangements
Loops vs. Multi-Tracks
Using loops in worship has become increasingly popular over the past decade. More and more people are creating their own loops or implementing tracks into their live performances. Over time, the term “loop” has become a blanket title for the category of using tracks in worship – both electronic loops Read more…
Site News
I AM LC Contest Winner
The winner for the Ableton Live Intro giveaway has been selected. Congratulations to Loop Community user Mike Hale from Greensburg United Methodist Church! We love our Community. Thanks for all your submissions!
Leading Worship
How To Run Loops While Leading Worship
There are many ways that you can run loops in a worship setting but I want to take a moment and explain a few methods that I have used and the different ways you can use those methods. This will hopefully give a better understanding on how you can use loops Read more…
Leading Worship
Who Should Trigger the Loops?
Pro’s / Con’s of the Worship Leader Triggering the Loop? Lets start with some pros to the worship leader triggering the loop. Many people have asked me, “Why do you want to trigger the loops? Don’t you have enough going through your head?”. Well yeah, you’re right – but on Read more…
Ableton Live
Making Loops: Software
Let’s be honest. Who hasn’t wanted to have complete studio in your house? I know that I have. Since I bought my first USB recording interface (which was a Tascam US-122) I have had a dream to own a complete Pro-Tools HD rig with keyboards that slide out the wall Read more…
Arrangements
The Difference Between Full Loop Tracks and Loop Elements
The generally accepted definition of a “Worship Band” has seen a drastic change over the last 50 years. What began as piano and organ has transitioned to a full band complete with moving lights and pre-programmed loops, tracks, and even videos to create the ‘worship experience’. We have indeed made Read more…
Arrangements
Using Vocal Cues in Worship Loops
What is a Vocal Cue? A vocal cue is a recorded vocal track that gives clear direction to your band when using loops or playing to a click track. For example “Verse, in 1,2,3,4,” then you are into the verse. Vocal cues allow each band member to know what part Read more…
Featured Member
Featured Contributor: Ben Worcester
Loop Community is privileged to have many talented musicians and music programmers contributing to the community. One of those people is Ben Worcester. I asked Ben a few questions and wanted to share our discussion. MM: What do you use to create your loops? BW: I use Reason 5.0. We Read more…
Leading Worship
Why Small Churches Need Loops
There are countless blogs and websites out on the inter-web right now spreading the gospel of loops, their benefits and why you should use them now. I’m in that club but many of these blogs and lessons are geared towards the larger church. I’m a worship leader in a plant Read more…
Site News
Worship Leader Magazine Names LoopCommunity.com “Best of the Best”
Loop Community was selected as one of Worship Leader magazine’s Best of the Best in not one, but two categories! Yearly, Worship Leader surveys worship leaders and media teams around the world, sifting through a myriad of suggestions from the leaders in worship and worship technology to come up with Read more…
Leading Worship
Why Use Technology in Worship?
Hi, all. A question that typically comes up when I tell people about all of the technology that we use in worship is, “Why use all of that? Do you really need to use technology to get the point across?” My answer to that goes along with some of my Read more…
Loop Programming
What ARE Loops?
Wow, where to begin? Let’s Start With Early Sequencers and Trackers. The first analog sequencers played rigid patterns of notes using a grid of (usually) 16 buttons, or steps, each step being 1/16 of a measure. These patterns of notes were then chained together to form longer compositions. Sequencers of Read more…
Leading Worship
How to Use Loops in Your Church
You think our loops are awesome? Excellent – we agree with you! But if you’re like most people, you have no idea how to use them in your worship set yet. Luckily, most churches fall into one of three categories based on how your worship environment is setup. Go ahead Read more…
Ableton Live
Contest: Win Ableton Live Intro
Win a Copy of Ableton Live Intro! We recently finished up our Top 20 Loop Contest where we gave away an MBOX 3 Mini to LC user EJGauna! Now it’s time for something new… Loop Community is about more than just providing great worship loops & tracks; it’s about the Read more…
Live Sound + Mixing
Mixing Loops for the Stage. IEM’s and Wedges!
In the past, we have discussed the technical aspects of mixing loops for the general congregation (Front-of-House), as well as running loops from the stage for the worship leader. To complete the idea, in this post, we’re going to take a look at mixing loops for the monitor engineer. It Read more…
Site News
Top 20 Contest Winner
A few months ago, we opened a Top 20 Loop Competition. The winner was drawn at random from everyone who submitted tracks. Check out this video to see who won!
Tutorials
Mixing Loops in Your Worship Service
In this post, we’re going to take a look at mixing loops in your worship service. This discussion is really aimed at the guy standing behind the sound console but the information is great for loop creators and users too. A better understanding of the types of decisions your Read more…
Tutorials
5 Reasons to Use Loops In Worship
I was talking with a good friend the other day about why we use loops in worship. It can sometimes be a bit more extra work to get loops set up and ready to go for the weekend service, so what is the main purpose for loops and tracks? Is Read more…
Featured Member
Featured Member: Zach Carringer
Loop Community is privileged to have many talented programmers contribute Loops and Tracks to the site. One of those is Zach Carringer. Zach has been involved in the LC Community for about a year now and has created some amazing tracks that many churches have been blessed by. Zach has Read more…
Free Loops
Propellerhead Reason Tutorial #1 and Free Loop Share
Software:
Reason 4
Virtual Instruments:
(2) SubTractor
(2) ReDrum
NN-XT Sampler
Malstrom synth
NN-19
Session Production Elements:
This session is affectionately named Melody First because I built the beat/rhythm section around the melody. I started with a bright piano patch using the NN-19 sampler and filled it out with an NN-XT synth patch. I enjoyed the (more…)
Site News
Win an MBOX MINI!
Loop Community is holding it’s first ever Loop-off competition and you could win an MBOX MINI! Visit the Contest Page for more information.
Site News
About Loop Community
The Beginnings LoopCommunity.com first launched as a simple blog format in the summer of 2009. The entire goal of the website was to provide a space for worship leaders and church music directors to easily find quality loops and tracks for worship songs. We knew that there are many, extremely talented loop Read more…
Tutorials
Transitioning Your Band To A Click
Let’s face it. We all have tempo problems. Either we drink too much coffee in the morning or our heart beats are just a bit irregular. It can be hard, or nearly impossible, to stay on a perfect tempo for long on our own. That’s why there is the metronome Read more…
Tutorials
How To Use Loops In Worship pt. 1
So, you want to start using loops and tracks in your worship services – but have no idea where to begin? Over the next couple blogs, we’ll be discussing different ways to utilize loops in worship. 1. The iPod Method (cheap and easy… but not ideal) This is the most Read more…
Site News
Major Updates Coming Soon
Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know that we’ve been busy at Loop Community getting ready to make some really exciting and significant updates to the site. Stay tuned for more info. Remember, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook. Can’t wait to show you what’s in store Read more…
Uncategorized
8-bit Happiness!!
LoopCommunity.com would like to introduce a fun new project we are embarking on. In the next few weeks, we will be releasing remixes of loops in an 8-bit flavor. For those of you unfamiliar with 8-bit, here is an excerpt from the authority on anything and everything, the mighty Wikipedia!! Read more…
Free Loops
Free Loops
Be sure to check out our Free Loop Database ! It’s a collection of user-submitted loops and tracks from worship leaders and musicians around the world. There are some great free resources – and more being added every day! CLICK HERE to visit the Free Loop Database.
Premium Loops
About Premium Loops
Premium loops and tracks will now be available for select worship songs. If you would like to purchase a Premium Loop, or have one customized for you specifically (your key, your arrangement, etc.), send an email to admin@loopcommunity.com or visit the Custom Loops page.
Hardware
aBility Controller
The aBility Controller… best controller for Ableton Live. This pedal makes controlling loops with Ableton Live SIMPLE. FEATURES: 20 Banks 6 Patches per bank (A, B, C, D, E, F) 2 expression pedal controls 1 single midi-note function 2 channel Midi OMNI mode (a full bank that you can access Read more…
Free Loops
All Because of Jesus
SONG TITLE: All Because of Jesus ARTIST: Steve Fee TYPE: Reason 4 + MP3 REASON FILE MP3 *Submitted by Unknown
Hardware
Welcome.
PURPOSE Loop Community was designed as a place where worship leaders and musicians could come together and share loop resources with each other for worship services. HOW IT WORKS Loop Community functions on the “Give a Loop, Take a Loop” system… simply meaning if you download a loop from the Read more…