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Questions tagged [looping]

For questions related to creating and using loops in music, particularly using technology to achieve this (e.g. effects pedals). A loop is a musical phrase that is recorded, and then continuously repeated.

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How to make Audacity play in loop?

In Audacity, how to make a selection or a whole track play in a loop, i.e. start over at the end.
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Using a looper with the 4-cable-method (4CM)

My Equipment: Engl Powerball 2 Boss GT-100 Effektboard Boss RC-300 Looper What works: 4-Cable-Method with Engl and GT-100. it's great! Short explanation of the 4-Cable-Method: The 4 cable method is a way to hook up a pedalboard to an amp in a…
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What does this foot switch do?

I found what seems to be a foot switch for electric guitars in a box labeled "looper". I was curious and opened it, but there doesn't really seem to be anything interesting in it. (A power connector, a switch, 4 audio jacks, 2 capacitors and an LED)…
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How to sample live and loop with live musicians without a laptop?

I'm a musician in a live band that plays folkadelic music. Folkadelic music is played by bands like Kila or Shooglenifty. Instrument mix is acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, bass, drum kit and horns. I want to add live sampling and looping…
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Use a laptop as a loop pedal

I saw this video of Peter Bence using a loop pedal to play different sounds on a piano, then loop the sounds and play new sounds over the top of the recordings: I would like to try looping sounds like this. Ihave a Yamaha Clavinova CVP-605…
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How do you sync a Roland Boss RC 300 Loop Station to external rhythm sources?

I'm looking for ways to fatten the sound of the combo I play with. But the band plays tight tempos in strict 32 bar choruses. Is there any way to sync the Roland Boss RC 300 Loop Station to external rhythm sources such as a live drummer or an…
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Boss RC-300 low microphone volume issue

I am using Boss RC-300 to loop acoustic guitar and vocals. I have no issues with the guitar signal on the line input. The gain knob is turned to approx. half of its maximum input and I have a lot of freedom to manipulate the volume of the…
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Modern ways of achieving the "locked final groove" effect

The song "I am the beat" by the band "The Look" is notable because when it was issued as a vinyl single, it was engineered so that the run-out groove, rather than silence, contained the word "Beat!..." which looped until you lifted the stylus. Is…
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Play live and loop

My goal is for my friend to be able to record himself playing drums and loop what he just played, so that then he can go sing on a microphone (so everything is "live"). Not only drums, but I'd also like to loop things I play on my keyboard. With…
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How do I sync a Digitech SDRUM with a Boss RC-300 looper?

I'm getting a Digitech Sdrum for live looping. I would like to MIDI sync the Sdrum with a Boss RC-300 looper. The Sdrum can only be a MIDI master, not a MIDI slave. In order to slave the RC-300 to the Sdrum I need a way to send MIDI message CC#64…
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Using an Electribe 2 to sync with a Boss RC-300

I have a Korg Electribe 2 sampler that I want to sync with a Roland Boss RC-300 looper. I've Googled but what I've found doesn't show me a clear path forward. +---------+ |Electribe| +-+------++ MIDI | Out | Audio | | …
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how to put your loop from a guitar looper into logic?

hey guys okay my question sounds weird, I explain: I have a looper RC-20xl boss. I recorded a lot of loops that I found really nice, I would like to record them on my logic and be able to use them. So I suppose I will need to set a very precise…
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Traktor - Remixdeck-Samples do not play in sync

I have a serious problem.. i capture loops from Deck A/B with the Remix-Decks C/D .. but the samples dont't run in sync with the other stuff :/ every deck's sync is on. I don't know what else to try.. can someone please help me?
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Live Loop Setup with Keyboard, Guitar and Mic with Boss RC-300

I'm in the process of setting up a live looping setup, I want to use my vocals, guitar, midi/controller keyboard (controller sounds triggered with a DAW such as FL Studio or Logic). I was hoping anyone could give me some pointers or guidance with…
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single looper pedal with two instruments into separate amps

I want to loop a bass line and then layer guitar loops over it. This picture shows what I am trying to achieve: I have the blocks shown in the diagram, including a Boss RC-1 which does have stereo inputs and outputs, but it blends the signals. I…
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