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The LOOPING Club

#21
So this club didn't really last, did it? Last week I got my hands on an Infinity Looper and...oh man. It's overkill for what I need, but I got an amazing price and I really wanted the MIDI quantize feature. I've been focusing most of my looping efforts on guitar, but this thing is sweet. Just last night was the first time I tried it on bass, and that was a lot of fun too. One thing doing the looping has taught me which shouldn't be a surprise at all (but it really drove it home for me anyway) is that I really need to think about effects, EQ, and playing in a different register when I'm looping, otherwise it's all a muddy mess. I'm sure these same thoughts apply to playing in a band setting and finding a way to sit in/cut through the mix (whatever one's preferred terminology).
 
#22
Adamixoye said:
So this club didn't really last, did it? Last week I got my hands on an Infinity Looper and...oh man. It's overkill for what I need, but I got an amazing price and I really wanted the MIDI quantize feature. I've been focusing most of my looping efforts on guitar, but this thing is sweet. Just last night was the first time I tried it on bass, and that was a lot of fun too. One thing doing the looping has taught me which shouldn't be a surprise at all (but it really drove it home for me anyway) is that I really need to think about effects, EQ, and playing in a different register when I'm looping, otherwise it's all a muddy mess. I'm sure these same thoughts apply to playing in a band setting and finding a way to sit in/cut through the mix (whatever one's preferred terminology).
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Totally agree, I rarely loop a bunch of clean bass tracks over top one a other. Different registers and different effects go a long way to making compositions that sit well together. The whammy and POG are obviously no brainers for this.
 
#23
I've got a Jam Man Delay/Looper. Mostly I use it for intros and outros on songs. The outros are usually the most 'musical' of the loops, where I'll throw the main bass line into a loop (usually clean), switch on the fuzz and then go up an octave and play a counter melody. Our drummer doesn't really have any issues keeping up with the loop, but it might just be that he'll start listening to the higher bass line, and as long as I stay in time with my loop, it's all good.
 
#25
LeonD said:
I have a Boomerang III and Side Car. Once I decided I didn't need to save loops, this one worked out the best for me.

I use it mostly for practice now but I have fantasies of using it on an improvisational duo gig someday.
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I have the same setup, mostly used for practice and coming up with songs. Rock on!
 
#26
Mind if I join? I have 2 loopers: a custom Lo-Fi looper made by MSLP and a Boss RC-2 with a dual foot-switch as well. I use the MSLP for a Lo-Fi sound/grit as it also has a filter control that can make it really dubby. This looper is very rudimentary; stop,play,only one loop at a time with max of around 20 sec. The Boss RC-2 has been used to record "synth lines" with my synth pedals and then looped as a backing or lead line along with the main song. I'm still getting use to the RC-2 but really dig it and may upgrade to the RC-3 to extend my loops,time and able to upload to a PC would be nice as well.
 
#28
The Electrix Repeater is my personal favorite.
Some people were very into the Looperlative LP1 when it came out.
 
#30
I'm not a very good club manager as I created this "club" and then immediately stopped posting on TB for about 8 months. But hey, I figure... TTT.

Heres a pic of my latest edition setup and pedal board, used for looping ad nauseum.

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#31
Adamixoye said:
So this club didn't really last, did it? Last week I got my hands on an Infinity Looper and...oh man. It's overkill for what I need, but I got an amazing price and I really wanted the MIDI quantize feature. I've been focusing most of my looping efforts on guitar, but this thing is sweet. Just last night was the first time I tried it on bass, and that was a lot of fun too. One thing doing the looping has taught me which shouldn't be a surprise at all (but it really drove it home for me anyway) is that I really need to think about effects, EQ, and playing in a different register when I'm looping, otherwise it's all a muddy mess. I'm sure these same thoughts apply to playing in a band setting and finding a way to sit in/cut through the mix (whatever one's preferred terminology).
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Your comment about utilizing effects, eq, and playing in a different register is definitely some great input to those who may read this thread and are new to looping. I remember a while back when I began looping how things would just turn into poo very quickly without really utilizing the EQ on my bass, and not using effects nearly as much as I do now (obviously given ^). Another thing I've noticed is that when you take each part of the loop away from the loop as a whole, it can be rather boring (especially if you're not anything special at bass such as myself), but having the ability to combine many different relatively simple parts into a complex whole is really the artform of looping in my opinion. I think I've pretty much always used loops as a crutch since I'm not all that impressive just playing any old bassline I come up with, but there is something to be said about being able to combine 5 or 6 overdubs and make something that not unintelligible, and even just really awesome.
 
#32
sillyfabe said:
Mind if I join? I have 2 loopers: a custom Lo-Fi looper made by MSLP and a Boss RC-2 with a dual foot-switch as well. I use the MSLP for a Lo-Fi sound/grit as it also has a filter control that can make it really dubby. This looper is very rudimentary; stop,play,only one loop at a time with max of around 20 sec. The Boss RC-2 has been used to record "synth lines" with my synth pedals and then looped as a backing or lead line along with the main song. I'm still getting use to the RC-2 but really dig it and may upgrade to the RC-3 to extend my loops,time and able to upload to a PC would be nice as well.
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I am the "club manager," however I probably wont give out numbers or anything as I am quite lazy when it comes to this kind of thing. But feel free to continue posting on this thread because looping is something I think is really fun to do.

The RC-2 is solely responsible for my love of looping. I got one when I was probably a freshman in high school because I didn't have anybody to play with, now looping is really all I do. Some musicians scoff at it, but I do not care at all. Keep the loop comments coming, even if it is only every few months haha. I'll try to be better at keeping this thread out of the muddy quagmire of page 350 of the forum.
 
#36
I hear ya. Like I said, on a lazy day that's exactly what I'm doing haha. But the rc-300 has room for 100 so its not too hard to just move on to the next preset and delete whatever the previous owner had on there.

I've always planned on going back and recording some real songs based on old loops I particularly like as dort of a jamming vehcle . Well see if that ever happens.
 
#37
I've been practicing with a looper. I have a Digitech Jam Man and I've gotten good at my timing, but I'm curious about one thing.

I have been trying to create a loop. If I create a loop that's 4 bars long, is there a way to then record 8 bar's over it? I've tried, , but once I commit the loop to memory, it loses the 2nd 4 bars.

Do I have to create the longer loop, or play 8 bars of the original loop? Is there a way to just extend while playing?

I was thinking of getting another looper. The Jam Man (the original model) put some hum into the recording. I've tried adjusting things, but I can't get rid of the hum. Who makes a looper that doesn't add anything to the recording?
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#38
Landy67 said:
I've been practicing with a looper. I have a Digitech Jam Man and I've gotten good at my timing, but I'm curious about one thing.

I have been trying to create a loop. If I create a loop that's 4 bars long, is there a way to then record 8 bar's over it? I've tried, , but once I commit the loop to memory, it loses the 2nd 4 bars.

Do I have to create the longer loop, or play 8 bars of the original loop? Is there a way to just extend while playing?

I was thinking of getting another looper. The Jam Man (the original model) put some hum into the recording. I've tried adjusting things, but I can't get rid of the hum. Who makes a looper that doesn't add anything to the recording?
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You can do it with the Boomerang III.
 
#39
While I see the benefit of being able to record/store a loop for future use, I'm more in the "loop in the moment" camp.

Having said that, I know I'd want to simply record (on a separate dedicated recording device) all my looping sessions just in case a cool song idea/arrangement/etc comes up. Then you can go back and dissect it and write it out in standard notation or tab or simply replay the parts to learn them or play them to other band members so they can learn their part. Soooo, I suggest you always...

RECORD!

Bear in mind, I don't have a looper yet and have yet to even play around with a friend's looper. I'm looking at getting the little Hotone or a Ditto to start out on, and if I like that, I may progress to a Boomerang setup. Looping back flash, it's a GAS GAS GAS.

PS: I like loosely-knit clubs that don't require a number, so would be happy to join/not join this one.
To paraphrase Mr Solo: "Loop Casual".
 

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