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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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsOctober 6, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsOctober 2, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Uncategorized

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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Uncategorized

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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

Looptimus Foot Controller Demonstration

 

By Loop Community, 12 yearsSeptember 9, 2013 ago
Site News

Looptimus USB MIDI Foot Pedal

  Pledge today and help us make Looptimus: USB MIDI Foot Controller for Loops and MultiTracks

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

LoopLIVE: Arrangement View

Join us for LoopLIVE and learn to use Arrangement View from Ableton Certified Trainer, Scottie Dugan.    

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Uncategorized

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

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Uncategorized

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, Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsAugust 13, 2013 ago
Uncategorized

#LOOPRIG – Kristian Ponsford

Very cool loop rig, by one of our Ableton Trainers,  Kristian Ponsford.  

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Uncategorized

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  

By Loop Community, 12 yearsAugust 6, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsJuly 25, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsMay 29, 2013 ago
Uncategorized

Ableton Live 9 Demo: Matt McCoy

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Uncategorized

Ableton Push Demo: Matt McCoy

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Uncategorized

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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsMay 5, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsMay 1, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsApril 26, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

Keith McMillen Soft Step vs 12 Step

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

Transposing Multi-Tracks With Ableton Live

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

How To Use Multi-Tracks In Ableton Live

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

Arranging Loops On The Fly

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

How To Transpose The Key Of Your Loop In Ableton Live

By Loop Community, 12 yearsMarch 5, 2013 ago
Ableton Live

Customize Your Loop Arrangement In Ableton Live

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

Creating A Master Loop Library In Ableton Live

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

Building A Worship Set In Ableton 101

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
Ableton Live

How To Change The Tempo In Ableton Live

By Loop Community, 12 yearsMarch 5, 2013 ago
Uncategorized

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…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsMarch 3, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 12 yearsJanuary 16, 2013 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsNovember 29, 2012 ago
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.

By Loop Community, 13 yearsNovember 12, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsOctober 22, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsOctober 16, 2012 ago
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   Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsOctober 5, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsSeptember 29, 2012 ago
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

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Ableton Live

Ableton Livestream Training: Warping

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Uncategorized

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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsAugust 31, 2012 ago
Free Loops

FREE BAND CUES! Only from LC!

By Loop Community, 13 yearsAugust 23, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsAugust 14, 2012 ago
Tutorials

Loop and Ableton Training On A More Personal Level: Matt McCoy

By Loop Community, 13 yearsAugust 14, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsAugust 6, 2012 ago
Site News

Loop Community Just Got Cooler!

By Loop Community, 13 yearsAugust 6, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsAugust 2, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Clicks + Vocal Cues

Mainstage Tutorial

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJuly 16, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJuly 16, 2012 ago
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

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJuly 6, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJuly 6, 2012 ago
Site News

Matt McCoy: Ableton Certified Trainer

Matt McCoy is a worship leader and Ableton Certified Trainer with LoopCommunity.com

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJuly 1, 2012 ago
Ableton Live

.Wav File Product from LoopCommunity.com

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Ableton Live

Loop Products from LoopCommunity.com

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJune 22, 2012 ago
Hardware

Matt McCoy: Loop Rig 3.0

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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.

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJune 19, 2012 ago
Photos

check out @robert_pierre set up this…

check out @robert_pierre set up this morning! #fb

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Photos

getting ready for Ableton training #fb

getting ready for Ableton training #fb

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJune 4, 2012 ago
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, Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Site News

Earn FREE Loops: Invite Friends to Join LC

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Site News

Win a SoftStep Controller: Hymn Contest

Build a loop for your favorite Hymn and have a chance to win a SoftStep Foot Controller!

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJune 4, 2012 ago
Photos

updated @MattMcCoy loop rig, pic 2 #fb

updated @MattMcCoy loop rig, pic 2 #fb

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Photos

updated @mattmccoy loop rig, pic 1 #fb

updated @mattmccoy loop rig, pic 1 #fb

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Photos

tonight: rebuilding the…

tonight: rebuilding the @MattMcCoy loop rig from scratch. new setup. #fb

By Loop Community, 13 yearsJune 1, 2012 ago
Site News

Meet the LC Team: Jake Stemo

What’s your role with Loop Community? My role is in a couple different areas. I am mainly working with the Loop Community blog creating new Blog posts, video tutorials and trying to brain storm new ways we can better serve Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsMay 29, 2012 ago
Featured Member

PreSonus 22VSL Winner!!

Tell us about your church and where you lead worship I am the Youth Worship Pastor at White River Christian Church in Noblesville, Indiana. WRCC is an amazing body of believers who have an incredible desire and drive to be the Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsMay 27, 2012 ago
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.  

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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.

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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.

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Photos

The new CL5. #gurus12

The new CL5. #gurus12

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 – Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsMay 18, 2012 ago
Photos

Getting ready for the live stream….

Getting ready for the live stream. #fb.

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsMay 15, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsMay 10, 2012 ago
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

By Loop Community, 13 yearsMay 1, 2012 ago
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

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Photos

@eddiehoagland band directing at…

@eddiehoagland band directing at #harvestu and his LOOP rig.

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Photos

at Harvest University this week. #fb

at Harvest University this week. #fb

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
Photos

great time leading this weekend…

great time leading this weekend @AnastasiaChurch loved joining friends in the loop/Ableton community. @MattMcCoy

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsApril 13, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsApril 10, 2012 ago
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. Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsApril 9, 2012 ago
Photos

we are in good friday rehearsals at…

we are in good friday rehearsals at harvest. anyone else busy tonight? #fb

By Loop Community, 13 yearsApril 4, 2012 ago
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 Read more…

By Loop Community, 13 yearsApril 3, 2012 ago
Uncategorized

Easter Sale! 15% OFF All Loops + MultiTracks

By Loop Community, 13 years ago
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.  

By Loop Community, 13 yearsMarch 31, 2012 ago
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