How to write songs on your iPhone using Nanoloop. Hear Doc Pop's Nanoloop songs here: http://docpop.bandcamp.com More about Nanoloop here: http://nanoloop.de

1. Nanoloop workshop
Doctor M. Popular

2. This top bar is how you navigate through all of Nanoloop

3. Export
Save/Load songs
Export as audio files
Email .nan projects

4. View
Change sizes
Change background

5. Help
Probably more accurate
than I am

6. Global
Set master tempo
MIDI set up

7. Song editor
Arrange your patterns
into a song

8. Instrument
editor
Select instrument type
Set envelopes
Record samples

9. Pattern
editor
Set the notes for each
individual pattern

10. In instrument "a", set a
note by placing your
finger on the square.
Drag your finger up or
down to set the pitch.

11. Tap and hold the 0
(above the musical note
symbol in the lower
right) to change your
octave. Let's set it to "1".

12. Set up this pattern. To
save time, double tap
on a note you'd like to
copy, then double tap
where you'd like to
place it.

13. Let's change to
instrument "b" and write
this pattern.
!
If you like, you can mute
instrument "a" by double
tapping it.

14. In instrument "b" select
pattern 2 and write this
pattern.
!
Remember double tap
to copy a note and
double tap to place it.

15. For pattern 3, let's just
copy pattern 1. Long
hold on pattern 1 then
select copy. Long hold
on pattern 2 and select
paste.

16. Copy pattern 2 and
paste it to 4. Now long
hold on the note on the
lower right hand corner
to change the pitch for
all notes in that pattern

17. Let's make our bass
sound fuller. Select the
instrument editor set the
decay to be a little
longer. Be sure you are
editing instrument "b".

18. Let's create our kick
drum. Select instrument
"c" and click on the
instrument type (on the
upper left hand side)
until you get to the
sideways T.

19. Click on the record
button (the circle) and
record your kick drum.
Try leaving your device
on a table and
"thumping" the table for
your sound.

20. You should have a nice
big wave like this. Tap
and drag the offset
slider (the 4th from the
right) to set your start
point right before your
sound.

21. Go back to pattern
mode and set up this
pattern to hear your kick
drum. Be sure you are
in instrument "c".

22. If your kick isn't
sounding right, try
changing the pitch until
it sounds nice and
bassy.

23. Let's record a handclap
in instrument "d".
Remember to slide the
offset slider to begin
right before your best
clap.

24. Bonus:
To set a loop, slide the
loop setting just to the
right of the offset.
Sometimes you can
create cool sounds be
setting a very short loop
and reducing the
decay.

25. Place those claps in
pattern 1. You can
change the pitch here
too.

26. Let's make instrument
"e" our noise/hi hat
sound. In the instrument
mode, change the
instrument to the
asterisk.

27. Set your hi hats in
pattern 1. Click on the
Volume button (lower
right) and try assigning
different volumes to
each hi hat.

28. In the volume mode,
double tap and hold on
a note to set its stero
panning.

29. Set your decay by
tapping the decay
button and set some of
the notes to have a
longer decay than
others.

30. To create a "mute"
button, create a new
note and lower the
volume to zero. This will
stop the decay from the
previous note.

31. Copy/paste pattern 1
into 2, 3, & 4, then
change up some
settings (decay, lfo, etc)
for each pattern.
Double tap any of the
advanced settings to
randomize settings in
that pattern.

32. To copy an instrument
and all of its patterns,
long hold on that
instrument to bring up
the advanced menu.
Let's copy "b" and move
it to "f". Note: you can
change instrument
names here too.

33. Let's change every
other note in this new
instrument up an
octave.

34. Remember double tap
to copy and double tap
to paste for quickly
placing redundant
notes.

35. Let's change the
instrument type and
and tweak the settings
some (longer decay,
etc).

36. Let's go to the song
editor and start placing
your sequence.

37. Touch and drag on the
screen to creat the pink
"selection" box. Tap on
the bar where you want
to paste that selection
to and touch the paste
button (the two squares
near the bottom.

38. This is what our intro
should look like.

39. Let's get rid of that lead
and add the octave
bounce line.

40. Seems like a good
place to save.

41. Seems like a good
place to save.

42. Hear my tunes at docpop.bandcamp.com