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loopop

Music tech educator making in-depth synth and electronic music reviews and tutorials.

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Capture

Camera equipment2

Sound

Microphones1

  • Shure SM7B

    $439.00cited in 2 videosfirst cited October 2023mixed views on it

    “…and I'm going to try and Sample an sm7b which is notoriously lowlevel microphone but let's do it anyway I'll crank the trim all the way up and I need to activate the mic input so now this is just the sm7b”
    View source at 24:55from November 2023+ 1 more source

Speakers3

Headphones3

  • Neumann NDH 20

    $599.00cited in 3 videosfirst cited April 2020speaks highly of it

    “Headphones I trust: Beyerdynamic 990 Pro (open back) and Neumann NDH20 (closed)”
    View sourcefrom March 2021+ 2 more sources
  • Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro

    ≈$161cited in 3 videosfirst cited April 2020speaks highly of it

    “Headphones I trust: Beyerdynamic 990 Pro (open back) and Neumann NDH20 (closed)”
    View sourcefrom March 2021+ 2 more sources
  • iPhone headphones

    first cited August 2020positive about it

    “A few more tips maybe let's try this with the iPhone headphones just to make sure everything works well so let's do a sound test on this testing testing one two three works really nicely even with the iPhone headphones”
    View source at 12:51from August 2020

Editing and post

Editing software3

  • Ableton Live

    cited in 34 videosfirst cited May 2019positive about it

    “I won't talk much about sequencing into Ableton Live because there are plenty of tutorials about that online including one that I made I'll link to it below but just to give a taste of how this works I've created an empty track with a piano instrument on it the active one is armed by default”
    View source at 14:06from October 2023+ 33 more sources
  • FL Studio

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited May 2026positive about it

    “Okay, let's dive in a little bit deeper and take a look at how we use these controllers to control FL Studio.”
    View source at 6:52from May 2026+ 1 more source
  • NI Raum reverb

    first cited February 2024

    “A smidge of NI Raum reverb in the intro”
    View sourcefrom February 2024

Recording software11

  • VCV Rack

    cited in 8 videos

    “…so this is what a MIDI effects like patch looks like in your rack or vcv rack obviously we're using control voltage here but the principles are the same this patch by the way will be available to download on my patreon”
    View source at 14:10from August 2019+ 7 more sources
  • Sample Robot

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited September 2020

    “In a previous episode on this channel I went ahead and sampled native instruments unaccorda all using Sample Robot and then generated an sf2 file and brought that into here and it works pretty nicely”
    View source at 19:39from June 2021+ 5 more sources
  • Valhalla Shimmer

    cited in 4 videos

    “…for example this is Valhalla Shimmer once I dragged this onto the track these immediately showed up once you click on this little arrow”
    View source at 10:57from February 2025+ 3 more sources
  • Albion One

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited March 2019

    “0:00 Percolate (NDLR sequencing Albion One, Ableton Wavetable, Arturia Piano V2”
    View sourcefrom February 2020+ 2 more sources

Coding software1

  • Warp

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited September 2023

    “…the first of eight midi tracks is sequencing warp from Knight site instruments this is an additive and wave table synth”
    View source at 2:34from September 2023+ 1 more source

Creator tools26

  • Synthesia

    cited in 8 videosfirst cited March 2019

    “They're not real either, sorry! I use Synthesia, and sometimes a free tool called MIDI visualizer”
    View sourcefrom September 2024+ 7 more sources
  • Vital

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited December 2022speaks highly of it

    “All right, let's get right to it and I'll be demonstrating this on Vital because it's a free and awesome synth, but this trick will work just fine on pretty much any other synth hardware or software as long as the envelope attack and release times are available as a mod destination.”
    View source at 1:30from June 2026+ 5 more sources
  • Arturia MicroFreak

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited April 2019mixed views on it

    “…on the pro side frankly I struggle to think of a synth that provides as many synthesis engines and sequencing value as micro freak at this price range”
    View source at 42:42from April 2019+ 5 more sources
  • Novation Components

    cited in 5 videosfirst cited October 2019positive about it

    “…to change this you need to log into Novation's components site or use their components software in this case I'm using components software I can edit either launchpad Mini or Launchpad X”
    View source at 10:13from October 2019+ 4 more sources

Platforms

Hosting platforms2

  • BlackBox

    cited in 4 videosfirst cited April 2019

    “…now as I mentioned in the beginning of this video you don't need to run voice through the program input beats work really nicely and black box has been sitting here patiently for that moment to come”
    View source at 11:14from April 2019+ 3 more sources
  • Ghost

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited October 2022

    “…and then finally I've got analog clock to time the delay in ghost so that it's in sync”
    View source at 3:37from October 2022+ 1 more source

Ecommerce platforms1

Membership platforms1

  • Patreon

    cited in 210 videos

    “Feed your Maschine with plenty of multi-sampled instruments, available on my Patreon (along with my ever-expanding book of electronic music ideas, tips and tricks)”
    View sourcefrom November 2024+ 209 more sources

Desk

Computers3

  • Mac

    cited in 5 videosfirst cited September 2019

    “I did try and install the one on ones drivers on my Mac and due to some inexplicable conflict maybe it's because it's early days it wouldn't work for me”
    View source at 8:16from September 2019+ 4 more sources
  • iPad

    $449.00cited in 5 videosfirst cited March 2019

    “…my laptop and USBC based iPad Air had no problem powering this but my iPhone 13 Lightning Port couldn't so you'll need to get a power supply for that”
    View source at 17:09from October 2023+ 4 more sources
  • MacBook Pro M1

    $549.00cited in 3 videosfirst cited October 2022

    “…so it's a bit of an unfair comparison I've got an M1 Max MacBook Pro here with 32 gigs of RAM but based on these CPU numbers I'd say it's only about two and a half to three times more powerful as far as this project is concerned”
    View source at 40:22from May 2023+ 2 more sources

Peripherals20

  • Arturia KeyStep

    $129.00cited in 13 videosmixed views on it

    “So, all these cons aside, I can tell you that whenever I'll look to be exploring new ideas, I'll be reaching for Keystep 2.”
    View source at 30:49from November 2025+ 12 more sources
  • KeyStep 37 Mark II

    ≈$204cited in 7 videosfirst cited May 2019mixed views on it

    “On the pros side the original key step and now key step 37 are excellent for small hardware setups because of their connectivity options built-in arpeggiator and sequencer and overall ease of use”
    View source at 26:17from September 2020+ 6 more sources
  • VCMC

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited July 2020

    “…and I control track levels using VCMC just as a generic midi controller so I've got level control over each of the different tracks over here”
    View source at 16:44from November 2020+ 5 more sources
  • QuNexus

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited January 2022

    “Check QuNexus prices here (affiliate links help the channel)”
    View sourcefrom January 2022+ 5 more sources

Office furniture2

Everything else

Other221

  • Arturia KeyStep 37

    $199.00cited in 14 videosfirst cited April 2020mixed views on it

    “So to sum it up, like I mentioned when I reviewed the Keystep 32 Mark II, all these cons aside, I can tell you that whenever I'll look to be inspired with new ideas, the Keystep 37 Mark II will be my go-to keyboard.”
    View source at 26:59from February 2026+ 13 more sources
  • Pam's New Workout

    $168.00cited in 11 videos

    “I can take the clock output from Pam's workout plug it into here hit play and now take these two outputs put them here right and now I can control the tempo here”
    View source at 8:56from March 2019+ 10 more sources
  • Maths

    cited in 10 videos

    “…so in this case I have gate from matriarch triggering and envelope in maths and then I'll take the output of that envelope and plug it into input number five VC input number five”
    View source at 3:47from September 2019+ 9 more sources
  • Atlantis

    $699.00cited in 9 videosfirst cited February 2021

    “I've got metropolis here controlling two voices track one leads into Atlantis and track two goes into befalko's lich with a harmonic oscillator”
    View source at 15:14from February 2021+ 8 more sources

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