What’s New in Loopcloud: Feature Updates Explained

Loopcloud started as a straightforward way to access the Loopmasters catalogue from inside your DAW. What it has become is considerably more — a sample management tool, an AI-assisted search platform, a light creative environment, and a cloud storage system all in one. This post covers the features that define the current version and what changed to get here.

For a full explanation of how Loopcloud works from scratch, the Loopcloud guide covers the complete workflow. This post focuses specifically on the feature set and how it has developed.

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Search and filtering

Search has always been Loopcloud’s core proposition and it’s where the most meaningful development has happened. The current version supports filtering by key, BPM, genre, format, instrument, label, tone, stereo width, and rhythmic density — the last three being additions that make a real difference when you’re hunting something specific rather than browsing broadly.

Tone filtering focuses the search on a specific part of the audio spectrum, which is useful when you have a gap in a mix rather than a vague brief. Stereo width and rhythmic density parameters let you narrow down not just what something sounds like but how it sits in a track. All filters apply when searching within individual sample packs as well as the full catalogue.

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AI matching and auto-tagging

The AI search layer is one of the features that most changes how Loopcloud feels to use day-to-day. Next to each sample, a match button opens three options:

The auto-tagging feature analyses your own sample library and applies the same metadata — key, BPM, tone, genre — that Loopcloud uses for its own catalogue. The practical result is that your personal folders become searchable in the same way as the Loopmasters library, which is genuinely useful if you have a large or poorly organised collection.

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The FX suite

Loopcloud includes an in-app FX chain for processing samples before they reach your DAW. The current suite covers the main bases for quick pre-export shaping:

Most parameters in the FX chain can be automated within the app, which extends the creative options before export. Combined with the multi-layer editing and sample slicing tools, the FX suite makes Loopcloud genuinely useful as a light creative environment rather than just a browser.

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Export options

Export flexibility has been expanded to cover drag and drop, copy and paste, and export to specific folders on your hard drive. Both processed and unprocessed audio can be exported, so you can either send a raw sample into your DAW and process it there, or pre-process in Loopcloud and export the result. The folder export option is particularly useful for keeping sample locations organised — relevant if you use Ableton’s browser or any other DAW that depends on stable file paths.

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Plugin suite — DRUM and PLAY

The DRUM and PLAY instruments are included with all Loopcloud subscriptions and extend the platform beyond sample browsing into instrument territory. DRUM turns sample content into playable beat patterns; PLAY turns loops and one-shots into melodic instruments. Both are cloud-connected, meaning new content becomes available automatically as the catalogue grows. They are compatible with Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Bitwig, Reaper, Cubase, Studio One, Maschine, and others.