Loop station - recording but not playing back immediately

Bob-Dubery

OK... so I'm wanting to have a little fun kidding myself I can play a solo.

But I want to drop the solo into the song. I have a Boss RC-2. Here's what I want to do but can't find a way to do

Each verse of the song I am working with has a chord sequence which repeats twice. After the second repeat the song moves into the chorus. So what I want to do, but can't find a way to do is
1) During a verse record one pass of that chord sequence
2) Stop the recording but don't have it play back
3) Finish the verse and perform the chorus
4) THEN start the loop playing so that I can solo at the start of the next verse. The solo would take up 2 repetitions of that chord sequence
5) Then I can turn the loop off and carry on playing.

Can this be done?

AlanRatcliffe

As a non-looper I stand to be corrected, but I think you have to playback the loop at least once with the RC-2. The obvious work-around is to record the first sequence and play a different part over it as it repeats (or double it), then turn it off for the chorus and back on again for two repeats while you solo.

louwd123

Hi X-Bob,

It's a good question and an interesting use of loops. Being a bit of a looper myself I don't think the RC-2 have that kind of functionality as it is the one pedal version. I have the Digitech Jamman that has the two control pedals and I can do the recording and immediately stop it with the dedicated stop pedal on the right hand side. I don't think it is a special feature, but more a case of having a dedicated stop pedal. have you tried to add a momentary interupt switch on the STOP/TEMPO input on the RC-2?

Bob-Dubery

louwd123 wrote Hi X-Bob,

It's a good question and an interesting use of loops. Being a bit of a looper myself I don't think the RC-2 have that kind of functionality as it is the one pedal version. I have the Digitech Jamman that has the two control pedals and I can do the recording and immediately stop it with the dedicated stop pedal on the right hand side. I don't think it is a special feature, but more a case of having a dedicated stop pedal. have you tried to add a momentary interupt switch on the STOP/TEMPO input on the RC-2?

I can get almost what I want. I record the "half verse" stop, it starts playing again and is in overdub mode, let it go for one bar and then stop. So there's a little bit of overdubbing but if my playing is consistent it's not too bad if you time the stop well. BUT it's a lot of distracting foot tapping when I'm trying to sing as well.

All good practice from a discipline POV I suppose. Maybe I should investigate that 2nd pedal.

louwd123

". . . BUT it's a lot of distracting foot tapping when I'm trying to sing as well . . ."

It sounds as if you are implementing the use of loops in a live setting. That IS a tall order. hehehe, but it's good for the nerves. One mistaken/out of tempo tap and it goes bad quickly. hehehe.

Just getting back to the added pedal, I assume you would have the immediate stop function and the tempo tapping option to slow down a loop or make it a bit quicker, but as I know boss you would first need to hold the pedal down for 3 seconds before it goes into temp mode. So a dedicated stop pedal might do the thing. Ideally you'll need the FS-5U/L(in non-latching mode) pedal from Boss, but I also suppose that you knew that. Maybe just borrow one from a mate and see if it works. As I said any non-latching or momentarily interrupt switch might work. Please let us know what happened if you managed to test it, as there are a few loopers in the shadows on the forum.

guitarboy2828

Yeah, unfortunately with the RC-2 the only way to do what you're talking about is 1. prerecord the part you want to play and stomp it in when you want it to come. or 2. Get an external FS-5U.

Bob-Dubery

guitarboy2828 wrote Yeah, unfortunately with the RC-2 the only way to do what you're talking about is 1. prerecord the part you want to play and stomp it in when you want it to come. or 2. Get an external FS-5U.

1 is difficult because of having to match the tempo. It might be possible if you set and then watch the blinking light thing. I have enough to concentrate on already.