Hey all! Hope this is the right tread to ask: I wonder if someone uses the OP-1 Field in combination with Loopy Pro and iPhone (maybe this is the same “issue” on an iPad tho).
So i’ve connected my OP1f with USB-C into my iPhone 17 (USB-C). And I can record my OP1f in Loopy Pro, but when I want to hear the loop, i can’t choose a output to the speaker of the iPhone. Is there a way to fix this? (I know that something like the TE TX-6 will fix this, but i am looking for a cheaper but also portable alternative like some sort of dongle/adapter)
Also, I want to use a cabled headphone with this setup, but I’m not sure what I need to be able to plug a headphone (3.5mm jack) and get the output of Loopy Pro.
I used a OP-1 + Loopy Pro + iPhone setup for a while. What I found was that the iPhone had to be tricked into believing there wasn’t a separate audio source for input vs output, which was doable through a USB-C dongle.
I grabbed this hub (which I also use for work – my primary use case was making music while on work trips, so I needed something that pulled double-duty), but anything with 2 non-charging USB-C ports should do the trick; then I used a USB-C-to-3.5mm converter for the headphones (which I sometimes sent through a headphone splitter if I was having a hard time with the headphones as a competing input source) and plugged the OP-1 and the headphone converter into the dongle. I also found that the order in which I plugged things in mattered; the most consistent success was:
Plug both headphones and OP-1 into the dongle
Turn on the OP-1
Plug the dongle into the iPhone
Launch Loopy
Make sure the monitor was turned on in Loopy so you can verify the audio in is monitored through the headphones
Unplug & replug the headphones if sound is not coming through them
iOS 26 also introduced some new audio selection options that could help; in briefly messing with it, setting audio output to the headphones does seem to work in the way unplugging and replugging does. This might also remove the need for the USB-C to 3.5mm converter.
I also tried an iRig setup, but I couldn’t get the monitoring to work well through it.
Feel free to DM if you want to troubleshoot it live; I used this setup for about a year with pretty good results, despite the jankiness.
Also, shameless plug, but if you like making music with Loopy, I’ve been working on infinite audio, which is a web app (soon to also be a mobile app) that makes it easy to share music constructed with loops (via exporting from something like Loopy or direct recording into the app) and have it auto-mix for hours for listeners – free for artists plus a rev share if / when I get some paying listeners. Happy to chat more if you’re interested!