NEW FX on the Boss RC-600
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- First looks at the new FX on the Boss RC-600. Wanted to share my experience playing with them for the first time. This was my first day getting it out and making sound. How'd I do???
Which FX do you think you'll actually use?
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I get overwhelmed with making music with all the buttons and effects... you make it easy to follow and stay happy whole way through... I need to be more like that....I need patience and practice
Absolutely! And trust yourself. You’ll settle into ur own way I’m sure. And it will be awesome!
I found it not only amusing but also amazing.
Haha awesome. Thanks WerlstwieJesus!
omfg YOU the girl! Go girl LOVE IT. So nice to hear somebody actually making AMAZING music with this rather than just explaining the technicalities! I did this song on loopy on the iPad but yours version sounds way better :o) This badboy should cost twice as much as it does! It's the bee's knee's for sure :o)
lol you’re fun 🫶😜❤️
im new to playing the guitar and im getting this pedal in November 2023. thank you for your wonderful videos on how to use the pedal and what i can do with it. looking forward to more of your videos and having fun with this pedal
Rock on! You’re welcome please keep in touch 🥰
This is awesome. I just got mine. I'm super excited to see where this takes my music. You're really great!
Oh awesome! I hope it goes well for you! What style of music do you do?
@EmilyMcVicker well we don't really know what to call it yet haha some of my friends call it "jewgrass" and my mother calls it a mix of Hispanic/Mediterranean music.
Looking forward to this one!
i kinda forgot i filmed this when i first pulled it out of the box. Kinda fun to hear all the new fancy FX! Glad you found it!!
Music makes me smile.
Hi Emily just Brought this looper haven't even turned it on yet. Have been watching your video's on Drums and setup. WOW your awesome this is going to be fun and thanks for the demo's they are going to help get me up and running really quickly. Will let you know how I go :)
Oh great! I sincerely love hearing it and I’m so glad you find my videos helpful. More in the works 🤘😆
Still waiting for mine to arrive, my pedalboard is getting out of hand, in a good way. Thanks for all the tips!
Haha! Can be fun huh?! Love new toys but then I have to remind myself to keep it simple
I got mine this Christmas! I love watching you test out the FX. I already did an initial FX test, and I found some I really love, some that are solid for what they are, and some that seem they need time to really work with to get an effect. I can already see that the vocoder effect needs an external carrier, so I'm going to use my Korg Electribe as a carrier in my next experiment.
I dunno, might film it.
Also, you cover Bobby McFerrin quite nicely.
Oh man you’re gonna have so much fun! You absolutely should do a video!
So glad you dig the Bobby McFerrin cover 🤘❤️ keep in touch friend!
Been waiting to get this looper and upgrade from the 300. Love all the onboard effects. Great demo❤
Oh good! I still haven’t been able to implement them as well as I’d like. I mostly use my switches for loops. But it’s a process :)
@@EmilyMcVicker absolutely! I’m thinking I’ll still use most of my existing effects pedals I have on my my rig right now, but hopefully I can use a few from the new looper. I’m sure you’ll get your process down quick.
I was super excited to see you play with the fx and you didn't disappoint. I think with a little tweaking of the harmonizer you can pull off a little extra color to your own voice.
Oh fun! Ya I found how to change the harmony to low. Might not work spot everything but might cut down on by Billy’s time to do bn two bn voices at a time !
@@EmilyMcVicker you can adjust the harmony voice so it's set to higher lower, etc, but also the effect level vs direct level, too. On the 2nd page of parameters
Man u a natural entertainer
Aww thanks! Appreciate that friend!
Simply fantastic Emily!D
Thank you friend 🥰🥰🥰
Hahahaha, this was the first jam I did on the RC-600 too, Nice
Great minds!
Love the harmony ha ha
Ha! Oh cool!
I just got the RC-600 and its been sitting for a week, got overwhelmed with where to start. but this video has me pulling it out of the box ( im a vocalist ) so its nice to see what you do with it.
Oh snap Marko! That’s the best review ever. I can relate to that feeling. Keep in touch my friend!
Is there anything specific that I should cover in an upcoming video? Tell me about your music :)
@@EmilyMcVicker You might have already done one, but maybe a first steps set up . My Guitar Teacher is also going to help me get started because I want to use it along with that at times LOL
Great video tutorials! Thanks!
Glad you like them!
Hi there! Great video! Quick question. Do you know if I can use the loop station as a mixer and connect an irig to my iPhone for recording and live streaming?
I think you can! I dunno if ur irig is stereo or mono, but you can totally plug the output of the looper right into the interface and I know the irig connects to phone. Lemme know how it goes!
could you pleas do a walk through of how you have your looper set up on your desk in terms of connections, routing and how you have it configured in your audio interface for the setup you have? WOuld be much appreciated.
Working on it right now! There’s a couple different ways I’ve tried. But I’m working on a studio tour rig rundown as I write this! Up soon!
Wow! it sounded amazing! congratulations! please, can you tell how you organize the pedals / tracks? I saw you used pedal 5 or 6 to record overdubb the voice, and pedal 9 to start / stopp all but percussion and bass. I'm just struggling defining a definitive way of working that I can just replicate for everything. Best regards and again congratulations!
Hey! I actually do a series where I show you how I break down my songs. I have lots of song breakdowns on here and if you have any requests on songs you’d like to see, you can request in the comments of any of those videos 👍
lol I don’t love vocal harmonizers either but this one looks kinda cool! Goodbye my money! Ty Emily!
Lmao 😂 I still don’t really use the harmonized personally. Lemme know how it goes?
@@EmilyMcVicker hahah Sure 😅
That synth voice made me think of adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons. :) The electric voice had me thinking you could do a cover of Cher's "Believe" and get that same effect.
Ah man those would have been good to try! Might have top arrange those songs and show haha
The RC 600 looks like it’s just a very fun tool to work with all the different FX. Makes me want to get one but I can’t sing worth a darn, maybe it’ll make me sound good. Lol
I would definitely like to see more demo stuff to see what the RC 600 can do.
Thanks GRock! Ya still figuring out how to practically work the effects in. They are so fun, but sometimes they can distract from a performance if you don’t do them well. So I’ll keep playing dont u worry!
Oh My God. I just fell in love. ❤
Welcome to the channel! Do you play music?
Bonjour Emiliy, les harmonies sont super ;) tu es lumineuse et généreuse 🙏
🥰🥰🥰 merci friend!
Sensacional! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Will it auto harmonize along with guitar chords sent to it or only do it based on single notes? The harmonizer in the GT-100 won’t, but I think the VE-500 will, so I wasn’t sure if the RC would or not.
I have never heard a harmonized that sounded good. So I haven’t really tried very much and don’t know the ins and outs.
This made me smile :-)
Aww good! 🥰👍
Hahah this one’s so cool
The auto harmonizer was surprisingly good.
it worked well for that song! I've clicked it on a few times and it doesn't always sing right notes. especially if you're diong a chord progression with any borrowed chords. but I think you could get away with it for a few things. i'm just a harmony snob lol
@@EmilyMcVicker - auto harmonizers are pretty dicey, that's why I'm surprised when they sound really nice.
Do you have to switch the harmony on and off as you go or can you set it to one loop track? I cant imagine it being viable to have to switch it on or off during a live performance.
You can set track FX! I just didn’t in this video.
Hi! I just purchased this pedal and I haven't even powered it up yet because 1. I'm trying to finish some new songs for an album before I go down what appears to be 2. a huge confusing rabbit-hole. Thank you for sharing because as a solo shoegaze/dreampop musician, I'm very interested in the onboard effects capabilities of this thing.
Nice! I have found the best ways to use them in a performance is add some extra switches with maybe an FS-6 or some suplemental pedal. It helps with less clicking around 😜👍 keep in touch lemme know how it goes!
Yea I like the auto harmony also..will hook up a midi controller for toggle that
Oh nice! Ya the harmonies definitely work sometimes
Emily! i have a question. i am connecting my m-audio midi keyboard to computer and my rc-600 too of course. i am using logic pro x. But when i press loop button on my rc-600 while playing with my midi keyboard. it doesn't recieve message from my keyboard and not looping. Any solution?? Thanks ❤
Hello! Can you explain a little more? What are you using for the audio interface, the RC 600? How are the midi sounds getting into the Looper?
Actually i am not using an audio interface. My rc-600 is directly connected to the computer and keyboard too. So computer is an interface. Maybe i should use a sound card?@@EmilyMcVicker
can i split inputs and outputs to loop guitar and bass into their own amps and have the rythm section or drum sounds go to pa? so i can bypass mixer all together? just trying to have guitar and bass to sync to one looper but play them through their own amps i have and would like to have drums and vocals go to PA
I think you can do all that with the routing options. The way it works is you can chose which inputs go through which outputs, and then the recorded loops have their own level as well
Hi Emily! Thanks for answering my question about reverb. One last doubt: Do you know if the RC 600 works as USB interface? On the descriptions I found they explains the USB is destined to other functions but doesn't say if works as interface.
I wondered the same thing. I prefer to use my own interface, but I think it could. The USB is how you upgrade the firmware. But I haven’t tried to use it straight into the computer as a stand alone yet
@@EmilyMcVicker Yup, it does work as a standalone interface. I previously used an interface Box (hint, hint, without saying the brand). But it is disconnected and everything is done by way of my RC-600. I am loving the RC-600 looping station. Though it is still a pretty new experience for me. The only problem I have encountered with my RC-600, and I'm still trying to figure it out, is that I can't get the Boss Tone Studio for RC software to work. It always gives me a little pop up box that says, "Download Failed."
@@Aaron-gy9oj Yes, you said it: "stand alone interface". Meaning you can bounce a track or more into one empty track, without a computer or DAW. After that you need to access via USB and copy the bouced file, right?
Hi Emily,
congrats for all your videos!
I have a question please...why do you use two microphones?
One It Is for beat box?
Thanks
Hey! Ya one goes into the looper and the other one plugs directly into my board. I might be able to get down to one mic… but for now, this system has been working for me 👍
hey, how do you recommend connecting a MODx + Fender hot rod....my heads spinning im not very technically minded ...essentially i want to connect my keys, guitar (using the hot rod amp sound) + vocals. thank you :) thanks from Melbourne Australia
Hey Jonah, does ur amp have an out signal you can use?
If not, you’d just have to mic the amp and have the sound input through one of the XLR channels
@@EmilyMcVicker great thanks I’ve spent some time playing with routing I seem to have a solution
Really talented. ❤
Aww thanks appreciate it my friend 🙏
Hi 👋
I can't seem to find a way to turn off the click/tap tempo/rhythm. On the rc300 it was on the outside next to the tap. I can't seem to find it anywhere which is really odd. Surely ppl like to free loop without a click or tapping in a tempo? Please help
I agree it’s not that straight forward. What I do is when it dings, press ‘rhythm’ to turn it off. And when it’s off, write and save so it won’t automatically be on.
Really excited to get mine, but have looked everywhere in South Africa, and can you believe it, not one unit. The RC-300 and 30 is half price everywhere. Would love to send you some looping that I did only using a TC-Helicon Play Acoustic pedal. Might be cool to give some other looping perspectives on you channel. Anyway, big fan as always. Good luck with the RC-600, William Blackrose (TH-cam) and williamblackrose (Twitch)
Sounds good William! I would love to see! Also, if you have a pick of your current rig, I have a new section of my discord server for people to share their gear! Ya the 600s are still kind of scarce in the US also. Supply chain issues.
@@EmilyMcVicker Hello! Are you able to assign a button to turn on or off the rhythm?? I know it could be done with a pedal, just didn't know if it could be done on the rig itself
hello.. how do you assign different effects to the guitar and the voice.
When you go to the Fx you want, click < arrow and look at the options under ‘insert’. That will show what gets the effect
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you can put up to 4 effects, A, B, C, and D. But how do I activate the D effect, if the pedalboard only has the imput buttons A, b, and C, there is no D, how do I activate the Fx D?
You can re assign switch number 4 to correlate to the D FX, but it will sacrifice one of your track Fx. So you have to chose what is more useful for your set up. I definitely use “input FX” more than track FX. So that’s what I did.
@@EmilyMcVicker Thank you very much, I'm from Brazil, and I can't find anything in English about her, only video in English, and I can't speak English... I'm using a translator. I will try to do what you said here.
Hi Emily... One question ... Is the harmonizer smart? in the sense, does it automatically follow the chord that the guitar or the piano makes? Like TC helicon VoiceLive for example... Thanks
Hey Marc, it has the option ‘auto’ or ‘manual’
Hi Emily, love your content 😍. Quick question for you please, I currently use a boss rc30 and a separate tc helicon vocal harmoniser which I have setup preset keys so switch between songs. Can I do this with the rc600? Like setup one button to switch harmonies on and off but also pre-assign a key to that memory bank? And then switch that harmony on/off when playing live? Thanks 💙
Yes you can!
can you easily switch effects on and off easily during a song?
There’s a few different ways. But to make it the most accessible, I would add a midi switch and use that instead of switching between pedal modes
I thought that the first layer will dictates the lenght of all the other loop lenght. Is it this new feature of boss rc 600? Can this also be applied in rc 300?
The 300 can have varied lengths. You just have to assign if you want it to be a fixed amount of measures or ‘auto’.
This one is way more flexible with having all different amounts of time. You can assign amounts too, but I prefer deciding how long each track goes on the fly 👍
@@EmilyMcVicker thanks for the reply! I think I need to explore more on this. Also having this error 3x in a month now LC 3071 0110 and LC 1245 0110. I updated the software right after I use it. I suspected maybe it's the keyboard that is connected to it, I'm not sure...
Emily… great videos! You’re so talented. Love your fun style too. I just got the RC 600 and have two questions I was wondering if you could help with:
1. When I first turned on my unit, the fourth knob below the screen was master effects reverb, But when I turn it, it just changes from modes one, two, and three. I tried customizing all four knobs by moving the master reverb to the third knob and putting master compression to the fourth knob. When I did, I could control master compression from 0 to 100, but my master reverb on the third knob still just changed the modes. Ie…I can’t apply reverb to everything such as the rhythm sounds, like I used to on my boss RC 505.
2. Do you know if it’s possible for me to queue up the next track instead of it being instant? Ie, I know I can build a three-part song, for example, on tracks one, two, and three (where one is the verse, two is the chorus, and three is the Outro). But I want to queue up those tracks rather than hit them right on time (when the chorus should start). In other words, I put my verse on track one and set it to single mode instead of multi, and then I made my chorus on track two and also set it to single mode instead of multi. But while track one’s loop is playing, if I hit track two’s play button, I was hoping that it wouldn’t instantly switch from track one to track to right then but rather start playing track two after track one’s loop is done. But every time I click track two, it instantly switches in the middle of track one’s loop. Does that make sense?
Thanks so much!
You’re voice is amazing!!!! 😃I’d love to buy the pedal…Does it cover vocal fx such as reverb and delay?. I’m still thinking… I’m between the rc 600 or the rc 500 hehe
Hey Marie! Yea I like the delays. It has regular delay and reverse delay. It also has global reverb and reverb for specific inputs 👍 I haven’t played w the 500, but I personally like having more tracks later out. easier to navigate.
@@EmilyMcVicker awesome!!!! Thank you for your help!!!! 🥰 Love your videos!! 😃
Amazing voice 😮 nice Demo of the RC600 too😉
Thank you friend! 🙏❤️
SEI BRAVISSIMA!
Thank you friend!!!
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I have a question. Can i make song presets. let's say i want to play superstition by stevie wonder. can i create all the loops i need at home, then go out to my show and use them ?
Oh totally! Some people like to do it that way. Kind of like playing to tracks. Would make your show super consistent 👍
Is there a reverb effect build in?
Yes 👍 and sometimes I’ve been putting the reverb on my FS-6, so I can turn on and off between songs
Amazing🎉🎉
Thanks 🤗
Thanks darling! I'm thinking about to buy this pedal and your videos are helping me. Can you say if there is a reverb between the effects? I stream on Twitch too! I'll try to watch you soon! Just followed!
Nice! Yes! Reverb on each effect. The compression is only available on the XLR inputs. Or you can add compression and reverb to the whole mix in the last effects 👍
Any idea of how to make the delays on vocals be in sync with a tap or controlled via tap? I tap tempo in but would be cool if vocals followed.
Not sure if this answers your question, but there are options for some of the effects to sync to the tempo. I haven't played with them enough to know if that helps you or not, but I have noticed that some effects allow you to sync to the measure, multiple measures, or to any note length within a measure
Oh interesting. The Fx didn’t go along with the tempo?
You are just georgeous McVicker. I have a few original song i would like to share with you.
You’re very sweet 🥰
I'm trying to get a definite yes or no as to whether the RC-600 can generate harmonies by reading your guitar chords. Thanks for any help!
It can. In the Fx, It has an auto-harm and a manual-harm. But in my experience, machine doesn’t always get it right cuz music can do some unexpected things. But it can do it in a general sense. I am kind of a snob for harmony, so I try to record them myself when I can and loop it
I've contacted Roland to ask this exact same question, from what I can see, and tried, it looks like it doesn't have the capacity to do it, but will happily stand corrected if I'm wrong. Still waiting to hear back.
I just got my RC 600 and your videos have helped me a lot. Do you know how to separate the guitar from the mic, if I only want to have harmonies on my mic. Thanks for your content!
Hey Sofi! Good to hear it! And YES. When you go into the input FX, when you click into one of them, side step to the
@@EmilyMcVicker You are awesome! thanks!
Hi Emily - do you know how to simply record a track with the input effects. On my RC300, if I recorded with e.g. delay on at the time of recording, it played it back with the delay I recorded it with. With the RC600, I record with the effect on, but when I switch to playback, it just returns the dry signal (no effect). Is there any way to make it mimic what the old RC300 did (simply play it back with the effect you had on at the of recording) - Andy. PS - LOVE your work!
Oh snap that is a quirky thing. Mine already seems to work the way the old 300 did. I mean, you can see me doing it in this song. Or else the bass voice and harmony loops wouldn’t play back. That must be frustrating that the effects aren’t recording. Kind of a mystery really 🤔 @bossinfoglobal
I ran into a quirky bug around this that may help you. If you have ANY of your inputs turned OFF for any/all of your loop tracks and are applying an input effect to ALL inputs, it will not record the effect to the loop track. I use two mics for my looping set up. Because sometimes I want to loop vocal things, but most of the time I want to be able to loop guitar things WHILE singing without looping the vocals as well. So I use both mic inputs and just turn OFF one mic on all 6 loop tracks. Basically this just means it bypasses the loops so I can sing into it without it recording to any of the loop tracks. But because of this, if I set ANY of my input effects to "ALL", it won't record with the effects. It's a stupid bug, but the way to bypass is either I make input effects apply only to only ONE input (like the guitar or my looping mic) OR I simply plug my non looping vocal mic straight into the sound system and NOT into the RC 600 so that I don't have to turn off any of the inputs for track recording and I can then set my input effects to ALL and it will still record the effect.
Hopefully this made sense, but feel free to ask clarifying questions. I hope this bug gets fixed soon because it's definitely a bug. There's no way it's the intended operation. Since we can only have 4 input effects active at once, I'm definitely annoyed that I can't say apply compression to ALL inputs that will then be recorded in the loops. So if I want compression on my vocals AND guitar, I have to designate TWO of the four input effects as THE SAME effect, just applied to two different inputs. Which is SO DUMB and limiting.
How did you get the mic sound so clear ? any advice ?
Oh nice! I have a little compression on the whole looper and a touch of reverb. It’s going through MainStage in my computer and recording with OBS. Are you struggling with mic clarity? And if so, what are you trying?
@@EmilyMcVicker yes just straight sm58 to looper and coming out of the speaker .
Would you say it has the same vocal effects as the VE-20?
I haven’t used a VE-20. Is that what you currently use?
@@EmilyMcVicker No, I still don’t have any of these devices. I’m trying to figure out which one would make more sense for me as a saxophone player.
Hey Emily, hello from Sydney Australia, love your work, epic skills and getting a lot from your sessions as new to the 600, quick one for you, the earbuds you use, how do you have those integrated/connected? P.S, love the harmonies. Keep is up - you bloody have it all :-)
Hi Lee! You’re so sweet and it’s great to hear from you! My earbuds are connected directly to my interface to my computer. I have an extender for it so I have a longer leash. But they plug directly in 👍
@@EmilyMcVicker thanks you, which model headphones do you have?
quite interessting i like the whole layer thing kinda inspires me btw have you ever tried looping with the rc505 ?
Just briefly, playing on my friend’s. I like it! If I weren’t a guitar player, I might have preferred that one. Who knows maybe I’ll try one in future! The newest version has the same fax as the 600z
Are the vocal effects pro quality in your opinion?
Absolutely! Still figuring out how to use them more seamlessly in action. Just got a supplemental pedal to assign and make them more accessible.
Song request! Kiss from A Rose!
oh one of my favorites!! that's a tricky one - you ready for it????
@@EmilyMcVicker Ready!!!
Was there a 2ND 600 on the ground?!?
Muahaha!! It is my cardboard prototype that I made. I have a video featuring that one. I was trying to do a hypothetical gear demo before it was physically available. Now I have a real one and a hand painted rc-600 made of cardboard 🤪🤪🤪
@@EmilyMcVicker Ah, ok! Regardless, I have already thought about I could make people's brains explode by running two in series/parallel! I enjoy your channel, came across it when watching reviews of the 600. I bought mine recently and will be delving in soon! I'm super old (44) and was around and performing when the first loopers dropped in 2001 🤣
Rats, somehow I'm missing my notifications. This one is FUN!
Ha! I shot this the day I got it but didn’t know what kind of video it was gonna come out as. But it’s kind of nice just to hear how each FX sounds.
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Thanks Ray! 😎
Except for the harmonizer, are there any effects that are not gimmicks? I mean who does need a robot voice? Does it have a good basic reverb for instance?
Love your videos btw. Hugs from France.
Thank you so much! I kind of agree, that FX in general can be pretty gimmicky. but there's a few that i think could be very useful! I liked the bass function actually. it even worked on my voice. I like the panned delay a lot. and even the electric auto-tuny setting could be cool for certain styles. I don't know if i love the artificial harmonies to be honest. some people like them, but i'm kind of a BGV nerd and they never sound quite natural enough to me (even tho they're pretty good). But FX should be used like seasoning a meal - it's not the main food source, just an enhancement. It's always about the musical expression and skills firstly.
Who needs a robot voice??? How dare you!?!
How do I JOIN your discord server..I doubt anyone has ever done my set up. Really
Oh now I’m intrigued! Go to my flow code with my socials and the discord is in there :)
Ed Sheeran Song, Tenerife Sea, Bloodstream, I See Fire
Nice! An Ed sheeran tune is a great idea!!
Your cute and talented too
Thanks!
Dang you are so cute and fun thanks so very much.
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So beautiful eyes
Thanks!
you play a cool songs the others play rock with make so much noise ? thanks , CAN YOU PLAY [ YOU KNOW I M NO GOOD ] THIS SONG HAVE A GREAT SOUND ??
Absolutely! Such a great request!!!!
Do you prefer the 600 to the 300? When are you going to perform a full song with the new one? :-)
Hey friend! I’ve been playing it for a few months on twitch. I should put some more full songs up I agree :) definitely prefer the 600 now that I’ve got my settings a little more dialed. It’s smaller, lighter, and sounds noticeably better. The Fx are great, even tho I don’t really utilize them in performance much yet. Maybe I will add slowly
But stay tuned for more full song demos!
@@EmilyMcVicker thanks for your answer. Your voice is great, if you need cello in your music message me! Maybe we can do a song together. Stefano
very stereotypical singing nice youre fitting right in perfectly!
Sorry what?
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