Build your first Autoloop – video and coach
In the video you build an Autoloop step by step: pick a slot, mood, colors, fine-tuning, length and variants, 3D view, saving, and how to find it in SoundSwitch. About 6 minutes; the chapters are below the video.
Step by step
- In the Overview, tap “Autoloops” on the left and choose a bank.
- If the bank has free slots, tap “New loop”. If it's full, tap a loop you don't need – it's only replaced in your copy.
- Tap a mood on the right, for example “Party”. For an existing loop, the designer asks if it may replace it: “Build new”.
- Tap “Colors” on the left and choose a color palette or your own colors.
- Tap “Light & length” on the left and set energy, moving head movement and base light – or tap “Warmer”, “Cooler”, “Subtler”, “Punchier”.
- Choose 8, 16 or 32 bars there. “New variant” mixes again, ◀ goes back.
- Watch the show in the 3D view.
- Type a name at the top and tap “Save” at the top right.
Good to know
- In the guided version, the coach shows each step as a short video, then it's your turn. It notices when a step is done and helps with “I'm stuck”.
- Saving always goes to the copy “<project> Show-Designer”. Your original stays untouched.
- In SoundSwitch: open the copy → “Edit” at the top → “A” at the bottom right → bank → tap the loop → space bar.
Questions
All my banks are full. Do I have to delete loops?
No. Tap a loop you don't need and build your show there. It's only replaced in the copy.
The video shows different lights than mine.
The video uses a sample project. The steps are exactly the same for you; only the preview shows your lights.
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- What is Droplit?Droplit builds light shows for SoundSwitch without programming effect after effect. You pick a slot, a mood and colors. Droplit turns that into a show for exactly your lights and saves it to your SoundSwitch project.free to read
- What you needFor Droplit you need a SoundSwitch project with your lights.free to read
- Getting started in the web versionThe web version runs in Chrome or Edge and needs a free account. Once it's set up, you're in your project with a few clicks.free to read
- Sharing your SoundSwitch folder or a projectIn the web version, the designer works directly with your SoundSwitch projects. To do that, you share them with the browser once: either the whole folder with your projects or just a single project. Nothing gets uploaded.free to read
- Opening and switching projectsOn the start page you choose the SoundSwitch project you want to design. After that you see your lights, banks and songs in the Overview.free to read