Re-up. Just purchased for $16 from ADSR. I regret sitting in FM land for years, but other additive synths are too spectral/grainy compared to this. A more natural process than I thought... easy. Deep bass. I also made taiko drums, gamelan bells, it can do a lot. One patch produced scores of Asian percussion samples just by tweaking the high filter and 4 other controls. That is a win for me because I often lose focus with an FM osc matrix. 7 years later, Loom Classic and Loom II can still be your flagship or go-to for sound design synthesis. I just got hooked.
5 and a half Years later, I bought v1 of this thing for like $3 or something and I am getting great sounds out of it. All those 10 synths means a lot of the patches have great unison epic sounds. Nice instrument.
I LOVE Loom! I stopped using it due to one aggravation/limitation. If there was a way to drag-n-drop the order of the modules, I'd start using/recommending it again. Even if there was just a little pair of buttons at the top of each module or on it's left/right side, to move modules left or right (swap). SO MANY TIMES i've wanted to insert a module, or add a module at the end, like a final filter, or some other final modulated module, and decided to give up, because it would involve basically changing and reprogramming a BUNCH of modules. The ability to INSERT/DELETE a module, and have the rest MOVE (with a warning about the final module being lost, or a choice to delete an turned-off module in the middle... anyway. If i had the ability to painlessly reorder the modules, i'd be using this thing regularly. It would also make the random button WAY more useful.
I see a lot of potential in using the auto-morphing feature for transitions. Not just for dubstep, but EDM, pop, and hip-hop. Of course it needs a little less wobble and a bit "brighter" sound. I bought an M-Audio Code 49 last night and it came with Loom. I know what I'm going to be doing all labor day weekend...
+henreich Yes, I'm quite happy with it! It's my first midi-controller that I've owned, however, several of my friends have had other controllers that I've borrowed for various projects, so I have a decent frame of reference. The pads are incredible for this price range, and the keys feel really nice. I will say that the velocity sensitivity is a noticeably better on the pads than it is on the keys. But you still can get great dynamics, especially if you're using an expression pedal. The X-Y touch pad feels really cheap when you first touch it, but it's incredibly responsive and feels great once you get used to it. I think I noticed this at first because I'm used to a touch screen on a phone. As far as the mapping, it does well with Logic X. I haven't taken the time to program each individual fader and knob, but the keys, pads, and X-Y controller mapped automatically and have been excellent in this DAW.
Question: I just bought the Akai Force. Can any AIR synth be installed and used within the Force as standalone? If so, how do I install and use? This would be amazing!
So, whoever's idea it was for the flash transitions (white screen for one frame...).... Fire them. Attention getting on a video advertisement, interesting theme for a music video. Totally freaking annoying in a video like this.
Reverb and delay and distortion are quite bad in this synth. They make sounds very same. Turn off the reverb and delay and any preset will sound better without them!!! The other problem - the synth claimed to be something which never been done before. But!!! The presets are mostly sounds absolutely oldschool or the same(actually worse) as other synths out there! So when a person told that this is something new but he hears something like 80's he doesn't believe. I don't know who were those great producers, but the presets in the library are just not impressive. I think that this synth probably can really do something unique and interesting. But you need to really demonstrate that.
If you'd answer when a futur client ask you a simple question through your customer support, maybe more people would be interested in AIR Music Technology products. I'll answer it myself: "No demo, no buy." Not interested...
not impressive at all. The additive technology may be interesting, but ALL the sounds I heard in this demo are hackneyed, cliched "me-too" sounds that can be heard in music that is 20-30 years old. The "morphing" technique looks very similar to "wave sequencing" introduced by the Korg WaveStation in the 1990's. Hope the other videos show me something more interesting...
Re-up. Just purchased for $16 from ADSR. I regret sitting in FM land for years, but other additive synths are too spectral/grainy compared to this. A more natural process than I thought... easy. Deep bass. I also made taiko drums, gamelan bells, it can do a lot. One patch produced scores of Asian percussion samples just by tweaking the high filter and 4 other controls. That is a win for me because I often lose focus with an FM osc matrix. 7 years later, Loom Classic and Loom II can still be your flagship or go-to for sound design synthesis. I just got hooked.
5 and a half Years later, I bought v1 of this thing for like $3 or something and I am getting great sounds out of it.
All those 10 synths means a lot of the patches have great unison epic sounds.
Nice instrument.
This thing is dope. Makes some cool sounds that I can't get out of anything else.
I LOVE Loom! I stopped using it due to one aggravation/limitation.
If there was a way to drag-n-drop the order of the modules, I'd start using/recommending it again.
Even if there was just a little pair of buttons at the top of each module or on it's left/right side, to move modules left or right (swap).
SO MANY TIMES i've wanted to insert a module, or add a module at the end, like a final filter, or some other final modulated module, and decided to give up, because it would involve basically changing and reprogramming a BUNCH of modules.
The ability to INSERT/DELETE a module, and have the rest MOVE (with a warning about the final module being lost, or a choice to delete an turned-off module in the middle...
anyway. If i had the ability to painlessly reorder the modules, i'd be using this thing regularly.
It would also make the random button WAY more useful.
I see a lot of potential in using the auto-morphing feature for transitions. Not just for dubstep, but EDM, pop, and hip-hop. Of course it needs a little less wobble and a bit "brighter" sound. I bought an M-Audio Code 49 last night and it came with Loom. I know what I'm going to be doing all labor day weekend...
+Sam Littlefield I'm buying Code 49 today.. are you happy with the purchase? Any problems setting it up with Logic Pro X?
+henreich Yes, I'm quite happy with it! It's my first midi-controller that I've owned, however, several of my friends have had other controllers that I've borrowed for various projects, so I have a decent frame of reference. The pads are incredible for this price range, and the keys feel really nice. I will say that the velocity sensitivity is a noticeably better on the pads than it is on the keys. But you still can get great dynamics, especially if you're using an expression pedal. The X-Y touch pad feels really cheap when you first touch it, but it's incredibly responsive and feels great once you get used to it. I think I noticed this at first because I'm used to a touch screen on a phone.
As far as the mapping, it does well with Logic X. I haven't taken the time to program each individual fader and knob, but the keys, pads, and X-Y controller mapped automatically and have been excellent in this DAW.
Those morph modulation snapshots are brilliant :)
in what order are the modules ? do they go from Left to right serially into each other ?
Sick alternative to Serum!
Can you use the playback for live sound or is there too much latency?
Question: I just bought the Akai Force. Can any AIR synth be installed and used within the Force as standalone? If so, how do I install and use? This would be amazing!
No
Can I use this on Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
Your site states it needs at least OS X 10.7.5.
Does this mean SL users can't use this?
Just wondering if this plugin could recreate the keyboard sound in billy corgans song amarinthe
Just picked up LOOM Classic.
I really need to know, I was about to buy both Loom and Vacuum Pro. Thanks!
Looks good!!
Can I use Loom with Reason?
Just got this beast of a plugin for 13 €
Got it free with my MPC almost a year ago and just started using it. This thing is beast.
I'm just learning about AIR pluglets...wow.
They're all great and cheap. They come stock with a lot of gear. I also think some are included free with the free MPC Beats software.
Just bought loom 2 and the GUI is messed up and dysfunctional on Windows 11.
Is it taking a lot of cpu ?
love the related videos
hey man i love the synth look soo cool !!!! :D (any chance i can get a free copy)
So, whoever's idea it was for the flash transitions (white screen for one frame...).... Fire them. Attention getting on a video advertisement, interesting theme for a music video. Totally freaking annoying in a video like this.
Seriously I freaked out for the first time
Reverb and delay and distortion are quite bad in this synth. They make sounds very same. Turn off the reverb and delay and any preset will sound better without them!!!
The other problem - the synth claimed to be something which never been done before. But!!! The presets are mostly sounds absolutely oldschool or the same(actually worse) as other synths out there! So when a person told that this is something new but he hears something like 80's he doesn't believe.
I don't know who were those great producers, but the presets in the library are just not impressive.
I think that this synth probably can really do something unique and interesting. But you need to really demonstrate that.
reason doesn't support outside vsts
OMG
virsyn cube people.. virsyn cube..
Modules aint great actually. Its not resizable so microscopic. Also no true resynthesis. Double wave on Loom2 just crashes. 😠
If you'd answer when a futur client ask you a simple question through your customer support, maybe more people would be interested in AIR Music Technology products.
I'll answer it myself: "No demo, no buy." Not interested...
Simon Volt maybe a bit late, but a demo version is available through plugin boutique these days
yea, my only issue with AIR so far (that and the 2 license deal). I like the VST though
I don't find any nice/cool songs on this synth, only dark and mysterious and demoniac stuff... I can't make pop music with it...
not impressive at all. The additive technology may be interesting, but ALL the sounds I heard in this demo are hackneyed, cliched "me-too" sounds that can be heard in music that is 20-30 years old. The "morphing" technique looks very similar to "wave sequencing" introduced by the Korg WaveStation in the 1990's. Hope the other videos show me something more interesting...