Looper Pedal/Importing External files

[Tone2TheBone]

Tone, so why not buy a maple neck strat eh? T I N T E D M A P L E...mmmm maple.

Dude I've love to have T I N T E D M A P L E all over the place but I need to finish (or start) my studio room. Come help me.

 

[warren0728]

i would love to come help you....wish i had the time. I had a blast doing our music room!

ww

 

[SuperSwede]

Tone, I know that your studio will be as awesome as your Les Paul Studio! Pick up that hammer and start building asap!

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Thanks Swede. After the holidays and ground freeze I gotta start digging the footings.

Warren - Man I wish you could help me plan the room decor! Imagine the empty beer bottles we'd collect all over the place while we consulted!

 

[Tim]

I came across this site which has different patterns of acoustic and electric guitar loops to use with different loop pedals. Click on the three guitars on the right under "Guitar Loops"

http://www.guitarnotes.com/links/rg...p://www.desktopmetronome.com/&rank=2.0&rnum=0


I have one question about migrating one of these guitar loops and importing it into a RC-2 with the built-in guide drum loops. Do you set the guide drum loop first and then import the guitar loop, or do you import the guitar loop then set the guide drum loop? I believe there is a benefit to do one first, but I am not sure which is the best practice.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Hey Tim,

The manual says to put the mode knob on Auto. The pedal is supposed to receive a signal from the input of the mini cable and will automatically start recording when it senses a signal coming in. I tried this and it never started recording. The playback from the iPod was real weak....you could barely hear anything which is why the reasoning behind the cable with resistors makes sense. In the troubleshooting part of the manual it does mention a low audible audio signal being the culprit for a cable with resistors. Hmmmmm

I think I'll email Boss directly.

Tim: Thanks for the link. I will try it for my RC20XL. As to the above, I had the same problem trying to import an Oldguy BT I had on my iPod. Volume way low, etc. The fix on the RC20XL was to switch the mode button input to "normal" rather than lighting up the instrument and mic light. Then it did not matter whether my guitar cable was plugged in or not. Imported just fine, then I saved it. I think I used auto start, but I know on another track, I just it the record button on the pedal and play button on the iPod at the same time. Pretty amazing what you can do! Now I can jam along virtually with a guy in Canada in the privacy of my own home. R

P.S. did you ever get your guide drum loop question answered or figure it out? I would like to know how to handle that too.

 

[Tone2TheBone]

......I've yet to try importing loops from my iPod. It's been since when...my birfday? I also haven't tested out whatever it was tOt wanted me to test out.....

I did manage to record about 5 loops though with drums bass and rhythm guitar right after I got it. Of course I haven't done any more than that since then though....

 

[sunvalleylaw]

The iPod thing works great!! I tend to download here, load onto the iPod via iTunes, bring it home, and there you go. The home computer has no space for screaming solos from amphs on its hard drive. The iPod solves that for me. Now, I might like to trade my aging iPod for your talent on drums, bass and rhythm guitar if you are interested!

 

[MPsound]

I was traveling and missed all the fun here... Good reminder on the guitar input jack. I have not tried this yet, but I remember reading this in the manual, just took a look and it is on page 22:

"NOTE
Be sure to connect the CD or digital audio player to the
AUX IN jack. If anything is connected to the INPUT
jack, no signals from AUX IN will be recorded.
With the factory settings, the RC-2 applies compensation
to the AUX IN signal so that it sounds appropriate
when played through a typical guitar amp.
When sound that's been recorded from a CD, digital audio
player, or similar source is played through a guitar
amp, the midrange and high-frequency range of the
sound tend to be emphasized.
If you wish to record the AUX IN signal without the
compensation applied, you can defeat it using the following
procedure."

 

[MPsound]

To e-mail Boss you can go to rolandus.com, click on support, then "Roland backstage". You need to sign up with a username/pw, then you can use their e-mail support. I think you can get there from bossus.com "Boss backstage" as well.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I was traveling and missed all the fun here... Good reminder on the guitar input jack. I have not tried this yet, but I remember reading this in the manual, just took a look and it is on page 22:

"NOTE
Be sure to connect the CD or digital audio player to the
AUX IN jack. If anything is connected to the INPUT
jack, no signals from AUX IN will be recorded.
With the factory settings, the RC-2 applies compensation
to the AUX IN signal so that it sounds appropriate
when played through a typical guitar amp.
When sound that's been recorded from a CD, digital audio
player, or similar source is played through a guitar
amp, the midrange and high-frequency range of the
sound tend to be emphasized.
If you wish to record the AUX IN signal without the
compensation applied, you can defeat it using the following
procedure."

On the RC20XL, you can select from 3 settings to choose that compensation or not. One is normal, then center cancel, then amp simulation. Interesting!

 

[Tim]

I was traveling and missed all the fun here... Good reminder on the guitar input jack. I have not tried this yet, but I remember reading this in the manual, just took a look and it is on page 22:

"NOTE
Be sure to connect the CD or digital audio player to the
AUX IN jack. If anything is connected to the INPUT
jack, no signals from AUX IN will be recorded.
With the factory settings, the RC-2 applies compensation
to the AUX IN signal so that it sounds appropriate
when played through a typical guitar amp.
When sound that's been recorded from a CD, digital audio
player, or similar source is played through a guitar
amp, the midrange and high-frequency range of the
sound tend to be emphasized.
If you wish to record the AUX IN signal without the
compensation applied, you can defeat it using the following
procedure."

Yep, that is the one thing you must remember to do to import files or backing tracks to the RC-2. REMEMBER to remove the input jack. I still have not mastered the timing to end the recording of a backing track.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Hey Tim, did you ever get your guide drum loop question answered or figure it out? I would like to know how to handle that too.

 

[Tim]

No I have not figured out which is the way to import a track via the drum loop guide. I was waiting for a more experienced looper to answer the question. Actually I had forgotten the question until you brought it up a few threads back.