If you meant "awful" then I think your spelling is awful If you really did mean "awefull" then I will have to break this down as the word is not in the dictionary. The word "Awe" means to witness something that invokes a positive emotion in you, "full" means at its limit . So I've decided you love this video so much it's filled you with awe 😍 If your comment now says "awful" and not "awefull" it's because you came back and edited it 👍
Dave Howard…what a shit comment 😂 What a sad life you must lead. Don’t you have anything better to do but leave completely unnecessary comments on someone’s hard work? I’m struggling to see what you find “truly “aweful” (can’t even spell🙄) about this amaze video? YOU are truly awful…And no doubt talentless. Be a better human 👍🏼
I've watched and listened to you perform which is fantastic. but what you do is answer everyone's questions. You're the first one I know of to be so kind and answer all questions, and then give detailed instruction on how to help. I just bought this pedal today and not had the time to try it as of this writing. But, I had to let you know how great you are helping us. All of us, not just a few. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO...
Hey. Thank you for your kind words. I know what you mean, I think it would be extremely rude not to reply to anyone who has taken the time to watch my videos and leave a comment. I hope you get to grips with the RC-30 in good time, when i first got mine it took me a little while to get good on it. Learning how to get the first loop right is probably the hardest bit, once you have mastered that everything else is much easier. If you get any videos up on you tube send me a link, i'm always interested to see how other people use the pedal. Thanks again.
Love your arrangement of the Jackson 5 song. I just bought an RC30 a couple of days ago and haven't had time to play with it. Thanks heaps. You've saved me a lot of time.
Thank you. What a great instructional tutorial. Boss should give you a cut on all the RC30s that you have sold as a result of this. You've sold me and I've bought mine. Great version of the J5 song too.
Hi. Thanks for the great comment. I would like a cut of Boss's sales but that's unlikely. I tried to show them my videos but got no feedback, but that's ok, I am still a fan of their equipment. I hope you get to grips with the pedal, it takes a bit of getting use to but once you have cracked that first seamless loop and learnt what the pedals do your away. If you get any vids of your work up up send me a link. Cheers
This is sooooooooooooooooooooooo good, I come back to this vid every once in a while and it’s always out of this world I listen to it twice or more every time
Wow, this video is 10 years old now and you still return to it. That's amazing and I'm chuffed to know you are coming back to it after all this time. Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it.
Hi, It does take a while to gets to grips with. I found that its the very first loop that's the hardest thing to learn as the timing is hard to get right to create that seamless loop. I think the best way to use them is to not over complicate things and just build up little by little, just adding simple notes here and there until you have something nice going on. Then if you sing, sing over the top of what you just made. Thanks for the comment and good luck with the looper. If you get anything recorded and uploaded send me a link.
Thanks so much for doing this. Along with your Joleen vid, I totally got how to work the c30, rocking the loops now! Cheers. Great arrangement of this song too.
Hi Richard thats very, very good, Angie bought an rc30 for my birthday (at my request after seeing Ed Sheeran performing at Glastonbury on TV ), takes some getting use to, you have practiced a lot to get to this level. I will be happy if I can perform half as well. Maybe you were a wasted talent selling doors. Kind regards Dave K
A proper tutorial, very well done. Greath you did it through an awesome performance, and avoided those useful as sometimes boring kind of lectures. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good music !
Thanks, always appreciate a good comment. I am glad it helps, I know what you mean about some lecture type tutorials, they can be very useful but I think it helps to see it in practice so you know what you can achieve. Again thanks for the comment and if you get any of your work on you tube send me a link. Cheers
Hey, thanks for the comment, I am glad its helping you get to grips with your loop pedal, its not easy to begin with but its worth the practice. Let me know if you get any stuff up on you tube, always nice to see how other people use it. Cheers
Thanks for this! And what an amazing performance 😍 I’m on my way to buy the RC30 and just so excited I can’t stop watching videos on looping 😂 wish me luck (I might need it 😂)
Just sold my RC 3 cause of this. RC 30 otw already. Hope I won't encounter the lag when switching between tracks like what so many people have experienced with this.
Hi. I'm very glad you enjoy them. OK the most basic set-up is a Loop pedal, Piano and some headphones or an amp and that's all you need to get started. If you want to sing as well then obviously a mic will be be needed, if this is the case you will want to choose a loop pedal that has at least two inputs but I think most of them do. You will also need a bunch of wires to connect everything together but you will most likely already own these wires. Will you be using a real piano or electric?
That is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing! Very informative. You are one of the few people who has been able to clearly show how the loop pedal works. I am a newbie on the pedal front. Where can I get the tabs on the various parts that you play?
You should definitely change the name of this video to include the Jackson 5 Cover details, I know you probably didn't make the video to show off and that it's main purpose is a demonstration to make the pedal seem less intimidating/complicated, and you have a ton of views as is but in all honesty, "Want You Back" is probably one of my favorite songs in the whole world and I think this is probably my favorite cover of it I've ever heard hahaha. I'm genuinely surprised that this isn't a super viral video.
Great videos..... thanks for sharing them.... wanted to check if there is a way to get the mic output from the rc-30 to go to a PA instead of running it through the guitar amp which makes it sound really bad. am also using the boss ve-20 before the loop pedal. would appreciate your advice.
Hi Like instumentfreak said it will record over and over again without ending until the pedal is pressed again to make it stop recording. This is very useful if you need the loop to overlap the next one, especially when playing heavy guitar chords as it would have a horrible cutoff if the pedal just stopped recording at the end of the loop, quite often you need it to spill over a little to make it a seamless loop.
Awesome! This is one of the best instructional videos on the rc-30! Maybe the best? And it took forever for me to find! WTF TH-cam/Google: You're doing a bad job at sorting your search results--it's not objective.
Thank you, and i know you tube have a terrible way of sorting their search results, even worse showing me when i get coments hence why im only just seeing this now!
Thank you ! Very much appreciate the super comment and thanks for subscribing. Just seen you have videos too, I've subbed you back , will have a watch when I get home 👍
I see from 0:37 to 1:01, you add several layers on track 2, but never press the left pedal to separate the 4 measure recordings. It seems as if you just play the 4 measures of each added riff, then it just adds it and you can keep going adding very efficiently. I can't seem to do that on mine. Is there a setting for that? Sorry for the long question but here is an example: Ed Sheeran in almost all of his songs where he loops live, does it very fast, and doesn't wait after he loops a section, he just goes right onto adding the next section the very next measure. I want to be able to do that like you and Ed do. Can you explain? Thanks!
Hi, I can only assume you have your settings different. There is two fundamental modes, basic and advanced. I always use advanced mode so first thing i think you should do is put your pedal into advanced mode to get the most out of it. There is also several choices when it comes to how the pedal records / overdubs etc, i am guessing you have it in a mode where it automatically stops recording when it re-hits the first beat, the mode I have it in lets me record/overdub infinitley until i press the pedal to stop it recording. Sadly I have lost my instructions otherwise i would have a look and figure out how to put it i the correct mode.
That's exactly what I figured! I haven't picked up my pedal in a while, but am planning on becoming more proficient with it here this summer. I will do some more research to find out about the the mode you have yours in, and if you figure out anything, comment back on here! Thanks Funky
hey bud...to loop overdubs without having to mash the pedal every time your measure rolls around, you need to set your pedal to REC/PLAY/DUB. It comes preset REC/DUB/PLAY. to do this, unplug your instrument from the L/mono jack and the unit powers OFF..Once it is off, Press and hold the TAP/TEMPO button while plugging the instrument back in. The unit will power up and in the display, it will read "RD" (record/dub) press the up arrow once till it reads "RP" (record/Play) and press the tempo button again to lock it in. keep in mind your 1st REC dictates how many measures you will have for the entire track. have fun man...i just got this 2 days ago and love it!
Great video! Nice one!! Is it possible to have a bpm with the tap tempo pedal in which the loops stick to that particular tempo or it depends on my skills of pressing the pedal on the right tempo? Thanks!!
Hey there, Your video was great. I have been searching for some info as I just got this pedal. I'm having trouble erasing loops that have already been recorded to one of the tracks. I can stop the entire track and I can overdub overtop but I can't seem to undo loops that are set or just stop one loop in the track without stoping both tracks and then using the clear function. Thanks!
Hi. I use the pedal in normal mode. To undo something you are not happy with you keep your foot down on the left pedal for two seconds and it will erase your last overdub. (on the track that is currently selected) Now if you are wanting to erase an entire track (all overdubs) while it is playing then unfortunately that is not possible, and man I so wish it was as that would open a world of possibilities. You can only undo your last overdub. So if you are wanting to delete a full track while playing the bad news is, you cant. This is one of the biggest let downs on this pedal. Thanks for watching and the commenting.
So amazing. Playing around with mine with my guitar. However going to get a microphone soon to sing with my acoustic. Coz can't plug it in what type of microphone do I need to pick up me and the guitar? And why the headphones, where they plug in?
The reason for the headphones is because of the type of Mic I am using, It's a condensor mic and if I did not use headphones the audio would go back into the Mic and create feedback. If you want to perform without headphones through a speaker system then you will need a vocal Mic like an SM58 or similar.to prevent the feedback, you will not be able to record both vocal and guitar using a Vocal Mic though as you have to be really close to it. The best set up is a vocal mic and a guitar with pickups so you can plug them into the loop pedal independently. I hope this makes sense, thanks for watching and commenting
Absolutely brilliant and very informative. I've been thinking about buying the RC30 after seeing Ed Sheerins performances. Even if I dont get good at it it looks fun anyway
I too bought the RC-30 after seeing ed sheeran perform on one. Yeah they are loads of fun, most people give up because they can't get the first loop right but once you learn that bit everything else is just about messing about and having fun with it. Thanks for watching and commenting
Hi! Great video. I wondering about the outputs and whether it's possible for the mic and the guitar to come out of separate outputs. I mostly play an electric guitar, so I want the guitar to come out of my electric fender amp, and my vocals to go straight to the PA as opposed to going through the amp as well. Is this possible, or do they come out of the same output?
HI, With the RC-30 you can split the output. On the back of the looper is two inputs and two outputs. They are labelled left and right, so you can have anything on the left channel go to your Amp and anything on the right channel go to your PA. Its actually a really easy set up. I think any Looper that is described as a 'Stereo Looper' will have the same feature. Thanks for watching and Commenting.
This is cool! Can you pleeeeease tell me how you record this/film it. When i connect my loop station to my laptop I cant use it to record videos like you have.
Hi, sorry this is very late. To get the sound good takes a bit of messing about both before and after filming. Before hand you need to get the mic or mics set up right which is usual. But you also have to learn to play with different velocities so you do not overkill the performance, this is quite important as you can not sort the levels while you play. Once it is in the laptop i then go about cleaning the audio up with noise cleaners, eq's etc as straight out of the laptop it doesn't sound as good as i would like
Really impressive. Congrats!!! I`m still having a hard time pressing the pedal on the beat. Sometimes I get that F. delay on the loop..... Very nice indeed, You`ve inspired me! Peace!
I had exactly the same problem, hitting the pedal at the right time on the first loop was possibly the hardest thing to learn to do on this loop pedal. However keep at it and soon you will be able to make a perfect loop nearly everytime without thinking too much about it. I still get it wrong sometimes, easiest way is to make the first loop really simple, you cant go wrong with the other loops as the pedal will just keep recording the loop until you press the pedal again and you can always undo the other loops if you go wrong and want another try at it. Good luck and many thanks for your comment.
At last!!... I've been looking for this for two years... no one I know can help with the basics... what's the best vid you do for the REALLY basic?.. well done great vid, brilliant style
Thanks so much for his amazing video! I have a question- I want to similarity record a drum beat but using my guitar and keep that throughout the song. Then I want to on the second pedal record a lick. This lick will be used at various parts of the song. However at the moment every time I pause it so the drums continue the lick still plays it’s just with the volume off. Do you know how to pause your loop lick whilst the beat continues and every time you want the second loop to play it begins at the start? Thanks also much! 🖤
Hi, i see what you mean, you want the drums to start back at the beggining every time you press them to start again? With this looper i dont think thats possible, I have an rc300 not and i belive you can do it with that. Thank you
I think he's not though. The guitar seems to be an acoustic guitar which is not plugged into anything. So really, there's just one input: the mic, which captures both guitar and vocals. It then goes into the pedal via the pink cable, and the entire sound is output from the pedal into the guitar amp via the blue cable.
good to know.I'm going to be using my daw to run a drum and bass track to loop live over top of. So in that sense I guess I could stop both the tracks and clear one whole side as the drum and bass will still role while I'm stopping and clearing. Thanks for writing back.
Thank you for this great video! It explains everything without wasting your time. And your playing is awesome. One question: When I push the right pedal the playback always stops and the tracks won't change. Even if I push the right pedal for more than two seconds the tracks won't change and the playback stops. What am I doing wrong?
Instructions from the manual 1. While holding down the [LOOP FX ON/OFF] button, turn on the power (insert a plug into the OUTPUT L jack). 2. Use the [up] / [down ] buttons to select the desired mode.
Hi Really Useful. If I have this right the loop on track 2 can be longer than that is on track 1? Im thinking of putting short two bar drum pattern on track 1 then putting 32 bar bass lead etc part on track 2. Many thanks for your advice.
+Big Youth Hi, unfortunately on this pedal both tracks have to be the same length. This is one of the downsides to this pedal, I also use the rc-300 which can have different track lengths. I guess the way round it is to play the initial track twice as long as you require, so essentially recording the loop twice over.
Hello Sir, how about verses and chorus. Do i have to play the same chords. Because lot of songs have different chords with verses and chorus . Hope you understand the question. Thanks for the video.
Hi - lovely work - I'm using the rc-30 with fs-6 - do you know if it's possible to change to a new memory location (so like having a B part bass line and chords for example) that has 2 saved tracks and have them both begin at once? I so far can't figure out if this is do-able / mine always just starts up track 2 and I have to switch tracks and then start track 1 / clunky! /and have been trawling forums without much luck! I'd really appreciate it if you know this detail and can share! Thanks from Levity Beet
Levity Beet just bought mine but it seem that to have a different chord progression or even a bass separate from track 1 or 2 we have to record it in another memory slot. Then we can change with fs6 easier. Also go to page 17 of manual and read the changing switching order of recording part!!
I figured out the problem I had with changing memory locations and always defaulting to track 2 / it was related to how I had transferred files from the computer and what track was enabled when first plugging in the usb - simple but I can't find anything about it in the manual. Having fun!
Awesome work. Great to see someone replying and helping people out with questions too!!. Do you know if its possible to sync the rc-30 and the boss dd7? I want to use dotted 8th note delay in a loop but creating the exact same timing on both pedals by tap tempo is almost impossible. Even if I am a millisecond out eventually they go out of sync. Hope this makes sense. Thanks again.
Yes on the RC-30 the first layer sets the bars length / tempo for both tracks. You can set the tempo before hand but the bars will always be dictated by the first layer . I also have an RC-300 which can have a different number of bars on each channel if you need that feature
Great performance and demo - thank you! May i ask -I'm thinking of using my rc30 (just purchased) in a live performance. Im wondering about the ending - i'll be laying down a chord sequence on guitar, then singing and solo-guitar playing over that. My question is, is it possible to fade out the loop rather than just stop it dead? How would you approach this? Many thanks.
+gary16642 unfortunately there is no fade out function . Although the RC-30 is a great loop pedal it is missing some much needed functions. The only stop is a dead stop ! Thanks for commenting . Much appreciated .
ReelfunkyProductions Hi there & thank you for your reply. Well i decided to read the manual for the first time on my life! There is in fact a way to set the nature of the 'stop' command on the right pedal. It's easy to do - but - it only works on an already-saved/written phrase, so is of no use on-the-fly in a performance. It could be used to fade out a pre-recorded phrase though. Best wishes.
I have not seen the manual for a long time. I often think I know everything about the pedal but clearly I am wrong. Most of my work is done on the fly, however it may be useful at some point. Thanks for the feedback.
Amazing watching you play. I just got this pedal myself but am having some trouble getting it sounding good with my amp. Apart from all of the sound seeming a bit compressed, the mic seems to sound pretty dull and screechy at times. Have you any tips for getting the mic sounding good? Someone suggested putting the pedal in the effects loop of the amp but I don't think my amp has one. Super video and arrangement though. Have a great week.
Hey man, Great video!!! Hope you're still checking out the comments here because I hope you can help me answer a question! Say I record a 4 bar beat on track 1... Now if I switch to track 2, anything more than 4 bars will automatically start playing back(I guess it is matched up to the length of track 1)... Is there is a setting that can be changed on the looper so that I can record a simple 4 bar beat and have more freedom on track 2 to record longer without it repeating? Thanks!!
Hi Mike. On the RC-30 i am sure that is not possible and thinking back I am sure that was one of the reasons I moved onto the RC-300. If I remember correctly track one and two are locked to the same amount of beats. The only freedom would be play the first track twice as long as needed giving you more room on track two for more variation. If you ever fancy upgrading the RC-300 gives you that freedom, i usually set track 1 to 4 beats , track 2 to 8 and track three to 16, makes life so much easier, and having that third track gets you out of the problematic verse chrous bridge issues.
Hi, Thanks for the comment. It was a while ago when I recorded this but I will try to remember how I set it up. I used a zoom H2n mic to record both vocal and guitar. The Mic was plugged straight into the loop pedal. The pedal output was plugged into the little amp, the headphone socket of the amp was split 2 ways using a boosteroo. One signal into my headphones and one into a laptop to record the performance, the laptop was hidden behind the curtain. I most likely added a little reverb and some noise reduction to the recording afterwards. This set-up is cheap, easy and good for recording but this Mic would be terrible for playing to an audience as it is highly likely to feedback if the amp is to loud. A proper vocal mic would be much better for a live situation. Believe it or not the guitar, Mic and amp used are extremely cheap. The guitar is a Yamaha C40 and is one of the cheapest guitars you can buy and the Zoom H2n is about £120 (Or maybe even cheaper now) and the amp is so cheap that I don't even think it is branded, probably cost just a few pounds. Again thanks for watching and commenting, always appreciated.
I watched this 'cuz I'm trying to decide which looper to get and I like the Rc 30 because of the mic input. Here's a couple of thoughts for you. By the time you had it all going it was just a little too busy......maybe leave off a couple of layers.. Once you've got the backing track done and are ready to perform, does it allow you to dial back the volume a bit, so's you can perform over it and make your guitar or vocal stand out a little more? Doesn't sound right to me when everything is at same volume level. All in all it was a great job and I appreciated the subtitles telling when to click in and out. Nice work !
Loved the performance jah bless my man! Quick question, I too bought an rc30 2 days ago and would want to know if and how can I loop using my electric guitar through a VOX AC15 amp and looping some vocals at the same time. Would I need a separate Speaker for my vocals?
Hi. You only need one speaker, you can insert your guitar and vocal mic into the loop pedal inputs and use the output mono output from the pedal into your amp. If your amp is a guitar amp the vocals may not sound too great through them, i guess the only way to know is to try. If you want separate fx on the vocals and guitar then you would need to apply these before it reaches the pedal, so it would go guitar into fx pedal into loop pedal into amplifier. I hope this makes sense and thank you very much for watching and commenting.
There is no limit to the amount of times you can overdub to a track, its infinite. You can not take out the first dub of a track, you can only take out the last change by using the undo feature. However as there is two tracks to record to you can take out a full track and bring it back in later. So you can have track 1 & 2 playing then when needed take one of them out and start it again later.
nice job first . But when I plug my shure sm58 into my RC 30 I don't have enough signal even with the mic volume turned up to be of any use, what do you think is wrong ? Also the volume on the factory preset channels is so loud I almost blow my speakers turning to it if I don't remember to turn it down . Do you know whats going on there ? The volume slider is barely on but on my tracks the slider is in the middle . Thanks
Hmm Interesting. My first guess would be that you are using the proper mic input of the RC-30 and it may need the phantom power switching on, the phantom power switch is to the right of the socket. Also, the presets channels could be controlled by the output knob and the sliders may not effect prerecorded pieces. I am unsure as I only ever play live, I do not save my work on the RC-30 for future playback. I hope this helps, let me know how get on. Thanks
It'd really like another loop pedal after missing my lowly RC-2. But I think loop performances are incredibly boring after a few minutes without the benefit of a second, third or even fourth movement. I couldn't sit through an entire night of loops, much less every freakin' Tuesday night. Looks like I need to save up for a used RC-50 or 300....
I know it's very unlikely you'll respond to this. But if you do then awesome!. I was wondering if I run the out put of the rc-30 to an audio interface and run the interface to my laptop will it record my pedal?. I know if I plug a microphone it will record but my main concern is to record the loop pedal.
Hi , are you wanting to record into the audio interface using usb or audio jack ? It will definitely work using an audio jack from the pedal output to the interface input but unfortunately you can't record using a usb connection.
+ReelfunkyProductions Hey! Thanks for replying sorry I didn't respond sooner I wasn't sure you would read my comment. Anyway I'll be using and audio jack for sure. But I want to make sure an audio interface will be able to record the loop pedal's overdubbing live as I record.
Hi there! great vid! please refer to approx 2:15 in your video...i've got a question. how do you get multiple layers recorder on the same track without taping the pedal? does it get automatically recorded when the loop repeats itself? cheers
I believe once you hit the left button after your loop is done, that’s the loop and if it’s in the proper setting, it’ll continue to loop until you hit the right pedal to stop the loop.
I can't remember the exact setup for this video, however i believe the Mic went straight into the loop pedal. The loop pedal then went into the little amp which was only there for my headphones to plug into, there was no audio coming out from the speaker , the pedal also went into a laptop which was behind the curtain to record the performance.
Hey man love the vids you make it look easy :p just got one of the RC 30 as my buddy is off travelling for 6 months and I like more than just a guitar in my sets. Defo needs practise but do you think it will be useful in live sets? Thanks, Paddy
Yeah I have seen people use this for live sets, ed sheeran and KT Tunstall both use them and they sound awesome. I am not sure if i would like to use it for live performance as I nearly always need to do a few takes to get my videos right, that would be quite awkward with an audience but yeah with enough practice its certainly possible to do live sets.
Excellent rendition! I basically have the same audio setup and want to share some of my looped covers and originals on here as well. What video equipment/program do you use and how easy/difficult is it to sync with the audio from the Zoom? Thanks, and cheers.
I use sony vegas for the edit and getting it to sync up is really easy. You can see the audio waves from the video footage which looks very similar to the audio from the zoom mic so you just drag it into the same position, play them so you can hear they are in the exact same place, then mute the video camera audio so you are left with just the loop pedal audio in the correct place. If you are doing this the same way as me you will need a splitter from the pedal so you can plug in the headphones and plug the pedal into a laptop or something for recording. If you want to get a bit more technical you can also record onto the sd card in the zoom mic as well so you have raw audio before it went into the pedal, this will give you some flexibility with eq'ing the audio later, that tends to get very complicated and messy though. Another tool that you will want is a software audio filter called 'waves z-noise', it takes away all that background hissing and leaves just the audio you want to hear, makes a massive difference. I hope this makes sense, thanks for watching and commenting, send me a link when you get some of your loop pedal work uploaded.
Truly awefull!!
If you meant "awful" then I think your spelling is awful
If you really did mean "awefull" then I will have to break this down as the word is not in the dictionary. The word "Awe" means to witness something that invokes a positive emotion in you, "full" means at its limit . So I've decided you love this video so much it's filled you with awe 😍
If your comment now says "awful" and not "awefull" it's because you came back and edited it 👍
Dave Howard…what a shit comment 😂 What a sad life you must lead. Don’t you have anything better to do but leave completely unnecessary comments on someone’s hard work?
I’m struggling to see what you find “truly “aweful” (can’t even spell🙄) about this amaze video?
YOU are truly awful…And no doubt talentless. Be a better human 👍🏼
@@ReelfunkyProductions Sorry, spell checker! Let me be clear, SHIT
I've watched and listened to you perform which is fantastic. but what you do is answer everyone's questions. You're the first one I know of to be so kind and answer all questions, and then give detailed instruction on how to help. I just bought this pedal today and not had the time to try it as of this writing. But, I had to let you know how great you are helping us. All of us, not just a few. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO...
Hey. Thank you for your kind words. I know what you mean, I think it would be extremely rude not to reply to anyone who has taken the time to watch my videos and leave a comment. I hope you get to grips with the RC-30 in good time, when i first got mine it took me a little while to get good on it. Learning how to get the first loop right is probably the hardest bit, once you have mastered that everything else is much easier. If you get any videos up on you tube send me a link, i'm always interested to see how other people use the pedal. Thanks again.
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This is one of the tightest loop covers I've ever seen, and I appreciate the captions explaining each bit. Soooo good!
Thank you very much. Appreciated. Also sorry for the late reply, you tube aren't great at notifying me.
Love your arrangement of the Jackson 5 song. I just bought an RC30 a couple of days ago and haven't had time to play with it. Thanks heaps. You've saved me a lot of time.
Thank you. What a great instructional tutorial. Boss should give you a cut on all the RC30s that you have sold as a result of this. You've sold me and I've bought mine. Great version of the J5 song too.
Hi. Thanks for the great comment. I would like a cut of Boss's sales but that's unlikely. I tried to show them my videos but got no feedback, but that's ok, I am still a fan of their equipment. I hope you get to grips with the pedal, it takes a bit of getting use to but once you have cracked that first seamless loop and learnt what the pedals do your away. If you get any vids of your work up up send me a link. Cheers
This is sooooooooooooooooooooooo good, I come back to this vid every once in a while and it’s always out of this world
I listen to it twice or more every time
Wow, this video is 10 years old now and you still return to it.
That's amazing and I'm chuffed to know you are coming back to it after all this time.
Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it.
Best way to demo a pedal! You'r really talented!
thanks
You’re welcome! :)
That was beaut! I've been sat trying to get something out of this pedal, learn how to work it properly. this video is truly inspirational.
Hi, It does take a while to gets to grips with. I found that its the very first loop that's the hardest thing to learn as the timing is hard to get right to create that seamless loop. I think the best way to use them is to not over complicate things and just build up little by little, just adding simple notes here and there until you have something nice going on. Then if you sing, sing over the top of what you just made. Thanks for the comment and good luck with the looper. If you get anything recorded and uploaded send me a link.
The best course of looping! I used this knowledge in last video. Thanks!
Brilliant demo - you have made me totally want mic and guitar loop inputs. Love your creativity dude 👍🎸💚
Thank you . Make sure you post a link in my comments if you record any of your work .
literally just watched again on my phone just so I could like this. amazing
Hi, sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the like, very much appreciated
I am so glad i looked and found this example of what to do step by step.great job, thank you .
Thanks so much for doing this. Along with your Joleen vid, I totally got how to work the c30, rocking the loops now! Cheers. Great arrangement of this song too.
Master. A pure example of using the Boss- RC-30 in a unique and un-replicable manner. You're the shit man!
Thank you very much!
@@ReelfunkyProductions Dude you mastered the art of the Boss RC-30!!!!
Hi Richard thats very, very good, Angie bought an rc30 for my birthday (at my request after seeing Ed Sheeran performing at Glastonbury on TV ), takes some getting use to, you have practiced a lot to get to this level. I will be happy if I can perform half as well. Maybe you were a wasted talent selling doors. Kind regards Dave K
Dave Kershaw
A proper tutorial, very well done. Greath you did it through an awesome performance, and avoided those useful as sometimes boring kind of lectures. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good music !
Thanks, always appreciate a good comment. I am glad it helps, I know what you mean about some lecture type tutorials, they can be very useful but I think it helps to see it in practice so you know what you can achieve. Again thanks for the comment and if you get any of your work on you tube send me a link. Cheers
This video is dope. I got this looper today but have been studying this video the past week. Good work.
Hey, thanks for the comment, I am glad its helping you get to grips with your loop pedal, its not easy to begin with but its worth the practice. Let me know if you get any stuff up on you tube, always nice to see how other people use it. Cheers
I actually listen to this just because it sounds good. Good job.
Thanks for this! And what an amazing performance 😍 I’m on my way to buy the RC30 and just so excited I can’t stop watching videos on looping 😂 wish me luck (I might need it 😂)
Haha good luck with it. It's not easy at first buy stick with it and post a link if you get a anything recorded.
My friend, that was truly awesome looping! Inspirational indeed... Thanks for sharing it!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
you make it look so easy...i'm new in loop jam, your videos help me a lot, thnx!
Nice tutorial man! You've explained so good!
Just sold my RC 3 cause of this. RC 30 otw already. Hope I won't encounter the lag when switching between tracks like what so many people have experienced with this.
Hi. I'm very glad you enjoy them. OK the most basic set-up is a Loop pedal, Piano and some headphones or an amp and that's all you need to get started. If you want to sing as well then obviously a mic will be be needed, if this is the case you will want to choose a loop pedal that has at least two inputs but I think most of them do. You will also need a bunch of wires to connect everything together but you will most likely already own these wires.
Will you be using a real piano or electric?
Brilliant use of the rc30.Great looping!
Thank You!
Good job. Good demo. Good song!
Your talent is so inspiring! Thank you for sharing this!!
That is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing! Very informative. You are one of the few people who has been able to clearly show how the loop pedal works. I am a newbie on the pedal front. Where can I get the tabs on the various parts that you play?
Cool bro. Motown choice was nice. This was really useful. Thanks a lot
Thanks for watching and commenting. Very much appreciated.
You should definitely change the name of this video to include the Jackson 5 Cover details, I know you probably didn't make the video to show off and that it's main purpose is a demonstration to make the pedal seem less intimidating/complicated, and you have a ton of views as is but in all honesty, "Want You Back" is probably one of my favorite songs in the whole world and I think this is probably my favorite cover of it I've ever heard hahaha. I'm genuinely surprised that this isn't a super viral video.
Love this link from previous video ! many thanks , jojo - great performance x
Thanks for you great tutorials.
Paul
Great videos..... thanks for sharing them....
wanted to check if there is a way to get the mic output from the rc-30 to go to a PA instead of running it through the guitar amp which makes it sound really bad. am also using the boss ve-20 before the loop pedal. would appreciate your advice.
Hi Like instumentfreak said it will record over and over again without ending until the pedal is pressed again to make it stop recording. This is very useful if you need the loop to overlap the next one, especially when playing heavy guitar chords as it would have a horrible cutoff if the pedal just stopped recording at the end of the loop, quite often you need it to spill over a little to make it a seamless loop.
Thanks for such a clear and informative video!
I hope it helped to understand how the pedal can be used. Thanks for watching and commenting, its always appreciated
Great work bro. You're a real talent. Good stuff.
Thank you.
Shamazing Dic !! its mint how you explain underneath whats goin on, great for a laymen like moi !! keep up the great work :-)
that taught me everything I needed!! thank you so much!
Great song, great demo...
Simple and clear , thanks
Awesome! This is one of the best instructional videos on the rc-30! Maybe the best? And it took forever for me to find! WTF TH-cam/Google: You're doing a bad job at sorting your search results--it's not objective.
Thank you, and i know you tube have a terrible way of sorting their search results, even worse showing me when i get coments hence why im only just seeing this now!
Finally.. A logical demonstration. Well done and Thanx.
That was a quite wonderful 3'31 seconds, bravo! Subbed!! 🙏🔥🎸
Thank you ! Very much appreciate the super comment and thanks for subscribing. Just seen you have videos too, I've subbed you back , will have a watch when I get home 👍
@@ReelfunkyProductions you are most welcome, and thank you, that is very kind of you 🙂
Great. So simple and helpful ! ................. and pleasant !
Thank You!
What an artist!
Thank You!
I see from 0:37 to 1:01, you add several layers on track 2, but never press the left pedal to separate the 4 measure recordings. It seems as if you just play the 4 measures of each added riff, then it just adds it and you can keep going adding very efficiently. I can't seem to do that on mine. Is there a setting for that? Sorry for the long question but here is an example: Ed Sheeran in almost all of his songs where he loops live, does it very fast, and doesn't wait after he loops a section, he just goes right onto adding the next section the very next measure. I want to be able to do that like you and Ed do. Can you explain? Thanks!
Hi, I can only assume you have your settings different. There is two fundamental modes, basic and advanced. I always use advanced mode so first thing i think you should do is put your pedal into advanced mode to get the most out of it. There is also several choices when it comes to how the pedal records / overdubs etc, i am guessing you have it in a mode where it automatically stops recording when it re-hits the first beat, the mode I have it in lets me record/overdub infinitley until i press the pedal to stop it recording. Sadly I have lost my instructions otherwise i would have a look and figure out how to put it i the correct mode.
That's exactly what I figured! I haven't picked up my pedal in a while, but am planning on becoming more proficient with it here this summer. I will do some more research to find out about the the mode you have yours in, and if you figure out anything, comment back on here! Thanks Funky
hey bud...to loop overdubs without having to mash the pedal every time your measure rolls around, you need to set your pedal to REC/PLAY/DUB. It comes preset REC/DUB/PLAY. to do this, unplug your instrument from the L/mono jack and the unit powers OFF..Once it is off, Press and hold the TAP/TEMPO button while plugging the instrument back in. The unit will power up and in the display, it will read "RD" (record/dub) press the up arrow once till it reads "RP" (record/Play) and press the tempo button again to lock it in. keep in mind your 1st REC dictates how many measures you will have for the entire track. have fun man...i just got this 2 days ago and love it!
that was great. loved it
Thanks for all the tutorial! It's so much clear now! Thanks!
Your very welcome . Thanks for watching
Nice song man, thanks for the ideas
Thank you , post a link when you have something down .
love this cover so much keep up the good work
Great video! Nice one!! Is it possible to have a bpm with the tap tempo pedal in which the loops stick to that particular tempo or it depends on my skills of pressing the pedal on the right tempo? Thanks!!
best one yet for quick info cheers bro,,
So many people say that this pedal is "unusable", but you've proven them wrong!
Hey there, Your video was great. I have been searching for some info as I just got this pedal.
I'm having trouble erasing loops that have already been recorded to one of the tracks. I can stop the entire track and I can overdub overtop but I can't seem to undo loops that are set or just stop one loop in the track without stoping both tracks and then using the clear function.
Thanks!
Hi.
I use the pedal in normal mode. To undo something you are not happy with you keep your foot down on the left pedal for two seconds and it will erase your last overdub. (on the track that is currently selected)
Now if you are wanting to erase an entire track (all overdubs) while it is playing then unfortunately that is not possible, and man I so wish it was as that would open a world of possibilities. You can only undo your last overdub.
So if you are wanting to delete a full track while playing the bad news is, you cant.
This is one of the biggest let downs on this pedal.
Thanks for watching and the commenting.
Great work!
this is actually awesome
Thank you
really awesome. Thanks for the best demo.
So amazing. Playing around with mine with my guitar. However going to get a microphone soon to sing with my acoustic. Coz can't plug it in what type of microphone do I need to pick up me and the guitar? And why the headphones, where they plug in?
The reason for the headphones is because of the type of Mic I am using, It's a condensor mic and if I did not use headphones the audio would go back into the Mic and create feedback. If you want to perform without headphones through a speaker system then you will need a vocal Mic like an SM58 or similar.to prevent the feedback, you will not be able to record both vocal and guitar using a Vocal Mic though as you have to be really close to it.
The best set up is a vocal mic and a guitar with pickups so you can plug them into the loop pedal independently.
I hope this makes sense, thanks for watching and commenting
Absolutely brilliant and very informative. I've been thinking about buying the RC30 after seeing Ed Sheerins performances. Even if I dont get good at it it looks fun anyway
I too bought the RC-30 after seeing ed sheeran perform on one. Yeah they are loads of fun, most people give up because they can't get the first loop right but once you learn that bit everything else is just about messing about and having fun with it.
Thanks for watching and commenting
Thanks man nice informative video!
Thank you for watching and commenting.
beautiful
Thank You
Inspiring !!
Love this! Super creative :)
Hi! Great video. I wondering about the outputs and whether it's possible for the mic and the guitar to come out of separate outputs. I mostly play an electric guitar, so I want the guitar to come out of my electric fender amp, and my vocals to go straight to the PA as opposed to going through the amp as well. Is this possible, or do they come out of the same output?
HI, With the RC-30 you can split the output. On the back of the looper is two inputs and two outputs. They are labelled left and right, so you can have anything on the left channel go to your Amp and anything on the right channel go to your PA. Its actually a really easy set up. I think any Looper that is described as a 'Stereo Looper' will have the same feature. Thanks for watching and Commenting.
This is cool! Can you pleeeeease tell me how you record this/film it. When i connect my loop station to my laptop I cant use it to record videos like you have.
Hi, sorry this is very late. To get the sound good takes a bit of messing about both before and after filming. Before hand you need to get the mic or mics set up right which is usual. But you also have to learn to play with different velocities so you do not overkill the performance, this is quite important as you can not sort the levels while you play.
Once it is in the laptop i then go about cleaning the audio up with noise cleaners, eq's etc as straight out of the laptop it doesn't sound as good as i would like
Well done!!
Thank you !
Really impressive. Congrats!!! I`m still having a hard time pressing the pedal on the beat. Sometimes I get that F. delay on the loop..... Very nice indeed, You`ve inspired me! Peace!
I had exactly the same problem, hitting the pedal at the right time on the first loop was possibly the hardest thing to learn to do on this loop pedal. However keep at it and soon you will be able to make a perfect loop nearly everytime without thinking too much about it. I still get it wrong sometimes, easiest way is to make the first loop really simple, you cant go wrong with the other loops as the pedal will just keep recording the loop until you press the pedal again and you can always undo the other loops if you go wrong and want another try at it. Good luck and many thanks for your comment.
At last!!... I've been looking for this for two years... no one I know can help with the basics... what's the best vid you do for the REALLY basic?.. well done great vid, brilliant style
Thanks so much for his amazing video!
I have a question- I want to similarity record a drum beat but using my guitar and keep that throughout the song.
Then I want to on the second pedal record a lick.
This lick will be used at various parts of the song. However at the moment every time I pause it so the drums continue the lick still plays it’s just with the volume off.
Do you know how to pause your loop lick whilst the beat continues and every time you want the second loop to play it begins at the start?
Thanks also much! 🖤
Hi, i see what you mean, you want the drums to start back at the beggining every time you press them to start again? With this looper i dont think thats possible, I have an rc300 not and i belive you can do it with that.
Thank you
This is great! Thank you
Hi! I really like how you reply to others and it's rly nice of you to help. Could you kindly advise how do you connect both mic and guitar tgt? :)
I think he's not though. The guitar seems to be an acoustic guitar which is not plugged into anything. So really, there's just one input: the mic, which captures both guitar and vocals. It then goes into the pedal via the pink cable, and the entire sound is output from the pedal into the guitar amp via the blue cable.
good to know.I'm going to be using my daw to run a drum and bass track to loop live over top of. So in that sense I guess I could stop both the tracks and clear one whole side as the drum and bass will still role while I'm stopping and clearing.
Thanks for writing back.
Thank you for this great video! It explains everything without wasting your time. And your playing is awesome.
One question: When I push the right pedal the playback always stops and the tracks won't change. Even if I push the right pedal for more than two seconds the tracks won't change and the playback stops. What am I doing wrong?
Thank you. You quite likely have the pedal in basic mode, there's some instructions on how to get it onto advanced mode.
Instructions from the manual
1. While holding down the [LOOP FX ON/OFF] button, turn on the power (insert a plug into
the OUTPUT L jack).
2. Use the [up] / [down ] buttons to select the desired mode.
@@ReelfunkyProductions Thank you, now it works!
Hi Really Useful. If I have this right the loop on track 2 can be longer than that is on track 1? Im thinking of putting short two bar drum pattern on track 1 then putting 32 bar bass lead etc part on track 2. Many thanks for your advice.
+Big Youth Hi, unfortunately on this pedal both tracks have to be the same length. This is one of the downsides to this pedal, I also use the rc-300 which can have different track lengths. I guess the way round it is to play the initial track twice as long as you require, so essentially recording the loop twice over.
+ReelfunkyProductions cheers
wow now that was nice!!!
Hello Sir, how about verses and chorus.
Do i have to play the same chords.
Because lot of songs have different chords with verses and chorus .
Hope you understand the question.
Thanks for the video.
No, you can with a bit of working out do a song with totally different chords in the cerse and chorus, i have a few loop pedal examples that do this
Loving your videos and would love to get a loop pedal for piano... But im really new so what is EVERYTHING that I might need? Thanks!
amazing
Thank you
Hi - lovely work - I'm using the rc-30 with fs-6 - do you know if it's possible to change to a new memory location (so like having a B part bass line and chords for example) that has 2 saved tracks and have them both begin at once? I so far can't figure out if this is do-able / mine always just starts up track 2 and I have to switch tracks and then start track 1 / clunky! /and have been trawling forums without much luck! I'd really appreciate it if you know this detail and can share! Thanks from Levity Beet
Levity Beet just bought mine but it seem that to have a different chord progression or even a bass separate from track 1 or 2 we have to record it in another memory slot. Then we can change with fs6 easier. Also go to page 17 of manual and read the changing switching order of recording part!!
Thanks Michael - I can see your idea will work for me!
I figured out the problem I had with changing memory locations and always defaulting to track 2 / it was related to how I had transferred files from the computer and what track was enabled when first plugging in the usb - simple but I can't find anything about it in the manual. Having fun!
Awesome work. Great to see someone replying and helping people out with questions too!!. Do you know if its possible to sync the rc-30 and the boss dd7? I want to use dotted 8th note delay in a loop but creating the exact same timing on both pedals by tap tempo is almost impossible. Even if I am a millisecond out eventually they go out of sync. Hope this makes sense. Thanks again.
I believe the only pedal that syncs with outside sources as of yet is the RC300
Aww brilliant. That really helps, thank you!
a great way to explane how to use the chaneIs, thanks a lot :)
I love this so much
Brilliant.. nicely played.. I have a question... does the first layer dictate how many bars all the other layers have?
Yes on the RC-30 the first layer sets the bars length / tempo for both tracks.
You can set the tempo before hand but the bars will always be dictated by the first layer .
I also have an RC-300 which can have a different number of bars on each channel if you need that feature
Great performance and demo - thank you! May i ask -I'm thinking of using my rc30 (just purchased) in a live performance. Im wondering about the ending - i'll be laying down a chord sequence on guitar, then singing and solo-guitar playing over that. My question is, is it possible to fade out the loop rather than just stop it dead? How would you approach this? Many thanks.
+gary16642 unfortunately there is no fade out function . Although the RC-30 is a great loop pedal it is missing some much needed functions. The only stop is a dead stop ! Thanks for commenting . Much appreciated .
ReelfunkyProductions Hi there & thank you for your reply. Well i decided to read the manual for the first time on my life! There is in fact a way to set the nature of the 'stop' command on the right pedal. It's easy to do - but - it only works on an already-saved/written phrase, so is of no use on-the-fly in a performance. It could be used to fade out a pre-recorded phrase though. Best wishes.
I have not seen the manual for a long time. I often think I know everything about the pedal but clearly I am wrong. Most of my work is done on the fly, however it may be useful at some point. Thanks for the feedback.
Amazing watching you play. I just got this pedal myself but am having some trouble getting it sounding good with my amp. Apart from all of the sound seeming a bit compressed, the mic seems to sound pretty dull and screechy at times. Have you any tips for getting the mic sounding good? Someone suggested putting the pedal in the effects loop of the amp but I don't think my amp has one. Super video and arrangement though. Have a great week.
Hey man, Great video!!! Hope you're still checking out the comments here because I hope you can help me answer a question!
Say I record a 4 bar beat on track 1... Now if I switch to track 2, anything more than 4 bars will automatically start playing back(I guess it is matched up to the length of track 1)... Is there is a setting that can be changed on the looper so that I can record a simple 4 bar beat and have more freedom on track 2 to record longer without it repeating?
Thanks!!
Hi Mike. On the RC-30 i am sure that is not possible and thinking back I am sure that was one of the reasons I moved onto the RC-300. If I remember correctly track one and two are locked to the same amount of beats. The only freedom would be play the first track twice as long as needed giving you more room on track two for more variation. If you ever fancy upgrading the RC-300 gives you that freedom, i usually set track 1 to 4 beats , track 2 to 8 and track three to 16, makes life so much easier, and having that third track gets you out of the problematic verse chrous bridge issues.
@@ReelfunkyProductions dude awesome, thanks so much for the quick reply, you rock!
come on whats your setup amp, guitar, mic etc. can you add to description. its so cool i love it.
Hi, Thanks for the comment. It was a while ago when I recorded this but I will try to remember how I set it up. I used a zoom H2n mic to record both vocal and guitar. The Mic was plugged straight into the loop pedal. The pedal output was plugged into the little amp, the headphone socket of the amp was split 2 ways using a boosteroo. One signal into my headphones and one into a laptop to record the performance, the laptop was hidden behind the curtain.
I most likely added a little reverb and some noise reduction to the recording afterwards. This set-up is cheap, easy and good for recording but this Mic would be terrible for playing to an audience as it is highly likely to feedback if the amp is to loud. A proper vocal mic would be much better for a live situation.
Believe it or not the guitar, Mic and amp used are extremely cheap. The guitar is a Yamaha C40 and is one of the cheapest guitars you can buy and the Zoom H2n is about £120 (Or maybe even cheaper now) and the amp is so cheap that I don't even think it is branded, probably cost just a few pounds.
Again thanks for watching and commenting, always appreciated.
I watched this 'cuz I'm trying to decide which looper to get and I like the Rc 30 because of the mic input. Here's a couple of thoughts for you. By the time you had it all going it was just a little too busy......maybe leave off a couple of layers.. Once you've got the backing track done and are ready to perform, does it allow you to dial back the volume a bit, so's you can perform over it and make your guitar or vocal stand out a little more? Doesn't sound right to me when everything is at same volume level. All in all it was a great job and I appreciated the subtitles telling when to click in and out. Nice work !
Thank you, and thank you for the honest feedback, much appreciated.
Thanks for this tutorial! :D
Awesome Man!
Loved the performance jah bless my man! Quick question, I too bought an rc30 2 days ago and would want to know if and how can I loop using my electric guitar through a VOX AC15 amp and looping some vocals at the same time. Would I need a separate Speaker for my vocals?
Hi. You only need one speaker, you can insert your guitar and vocal mic into the loop pedal inputs and use the output mono output from the pedal into your amp. If your amp is a guitar amp the vocals may not sound too great through them, i guess the only way to know is to try. If you want separate fx on the vocals and guitar then you would need to apply these before it reaches the pedal, so it would go guitar into fx pedal into loop pedal into amplifier. I hope this makes sense and thank you very much for watching and commenting.
Do you know if it's possible to rec, dub and dub again? However, at some points, I would like to stop that first dub and then bring it back later.
There is no limit to the amount of times you can overdub to a track, its infinite. You can not take out the first dub of a track, you can only take out the last change by using the undo feature. However as there is two tracks to record to you can take out a full track and bring it back in later. So you can have track 1 & 2 playing then when needed take one of them out and start it again later.
nice job first . But when I plug my shure sm58 into my RC 30 I don't have enough signal even with the mic volume turned up to be of any use, what do you think is wrong ? Also the volume on the factory preset channels is so loud I almost blow my speakers turning to it if I don't remember to turn it down . Do you know whats going on there ? The volume slider is barely on but on my tracks the slider is in the middle . Thanks
Hmm Interesting. My first guess would be that you are using the proper mic input of the RC-30 and it may need the phantom power switching on, the phantom power switch is to the right of the socket. Also, the presets channels could be controlled by the output knob and the sliders may not effect prerecorded pieces. I am unsure as I only ever play live, I do not save my work on the RC-30 for future playback. I hope this helps, let me know how get on. Thanks
It'd really like another loop pedal after missing my lowly RC-2. But I think loop performances are incredibly boring after a few minutes without the benefit of a second, third or even fourth movement. I couldn't sit through an entire night of loops, much less every freakin' Tuesday night. Looks like I need to save up for a used RC-50 or 300....
I know it's very unlikely you'll respond to this. But if you do then awesome!. I was wondering if I run the out put of the rc-30 to an audio interface and run the interface to my laptop will it record my pedal?. I know if I plug a microphone it will record but my main concern is to record the loop pedal.
Hi , are you wanting to record into the audio interface using usb or audio jack ? It will definitely work using an audio jack from the pedal output to the interface input but unfortunately you can't record using a usb connection.
+ReelfunkyProductions Hey! Thanks for replying sorry I didn't respond sooner I wasn't sure you would read my comment. Anyway I'll be using and audio jack for sure. But I want to make sure an audio interface will be able to record the loop pedal's overdubbing live as I record.
Hi there! great vid! please refer to approx 2:15 in your video...i've got a question. how do you get multiple layers recorder on the same track without taping the pedal? does it get automatically recorded when the loop repeats itself? cheers
I believe once you hit the left button after your loop is done, that’s the loop and if it’s in the proper setting, it’ll continue to loop until you hit the right pedal to stop the loop.
May I ask what u have ur mic plugged o to. Is it playing out of the same amp
I can't remember the exact setup for this video, however i believe the Mic went straight into the loop pedal. The loop pedal then went into the little amp which was only there for my headphones to plug into, there was no audio coming out from the speaker , the pedal also went into a laptop which was behind the curtain to record the performance.
Hey man love the vids you make it look easy :p just got one of the RC 30 as my buddy is off travelling for 6 months and I like more than just a guitar in my sets. Defo needs practise but do you think it will be useful in live sets? Thanks, Paddy
Yeah I have seen people use this for live sets, ed sheeran and KT Tunstall both use them and they sound awesome. I am not sure if i would like to use it for live performance as I nearly always need to do a few takes to get my videos right, that would be quite awkward with an audience but yeah with enough practice its certainly possible to do live sets.
Excellent rendition! I basically have the same audio setup and want to share some of my looped covers and originals on here as well. What video equipment/program do you use and how easy/difficult is it to sync with the audio from the Zoom? Thanks, and cheers.
I use sony vegas for the edit and getting it to sync up is really easy. You can see the audio waves from the video footage which looks very similar to the audio from the zoom mic so you just drag it into the same position, play them so you can hear they are in the exact same place, then mute the video camera audio so you are left with just the loop pedal audio in the correct place.
If you are doing this the same way as me you will need a splitter from the pedal so you can plug in the headphones and plug the pedal into a laptop or something for recording.
If you want to get a bit more technical you can also record onto the sd card in the zoom mic as well so you have raw audio before it went into the pedal, this will give you some flexibility with eq'ing the audio later, that tends to get very complicated and messy though.
Another tool that you will want is a software audio filter called 'waves z-noise', it takes away all that background hissing and leaves just the audio you want to hear, makes a massive difference.
I hope this makes sense, thanks for watching and commenting, send me a link when you get some of your loop pedal work uploaded.
This makes great sense! Thank you so much for the quick response, and I can't wait to see more stuff on your channel.