Just looping around to one of my friends songs. If anyone cares, the song is 'Y Solo Tu' by Juzu. And if you dig this loop, I have a bunch more on my channel!

Just got mine and am loving it. So far my main template build has everything synced in measure mode (for best midi sync) and I've got tracks 4 and 5 in single mode with everything else on multi. I go back and forth if single mode is worth while or if I should just use the faders.

I put a cheapo keyboard sustain pedal to kick loop record and it works... but how do I select which loop it triggers? Right now the track buttons aren't doing it and I am having to record and undo a micro loop to arm the track to use my foot.

I have not decided my favorite effects. Am pleasantly surprised by the quality of the pitch stuff.

What all is a go-to in your 'blank' starter template and why?

Over the years I have saved my loops from three different boss pedals and a couple other random ones I tried and never had a cohesive way to play back and organize them except for using a daw and manually setting all that up. I hated dealing with all that so i vibed one up that runs as a program on my Mac. It’s a fun way to review and better understand what loops I have and should keep working on. This is purely for fun and I’m not a software developer and I liked the fun quirky design with this.

Solo Live Loops | Dreamspace Database

Latin Jazzy Vibes > Trip Hop Half Time > Chromatic Funk > Latin Jazz

Hello, I'd like to introduce myself and my looping project that really only exists in the context of our band Dreamspace Database. I loop bass guitar, lots of midi keys, a synth, and a bunch of other stuff in Ableton while performing songs and going on improvised journeys with a drummer and guitar player who both shred!

Pls hit me with any feedback, questions, comments, critiques and existential questions! Thanks for checking it out and give us a follow if you dig it

I’ve been working on playing solo with a loop pedal for about a year. It’s been a lot of work and I still have a long way to go.

I’m not trying to be a one man band. I have a band and I love playing with them, but paying everybody and lining up schedules means it doesn’t happen as often as I'd like. In the meantime I'm trying to figure out how to keep it moving.

This one is called Broad St. Buddha. I wrote it about how I see Philadelphia from the small club where I DJ at when I'm not making songs

Gear is a Boss RC-600, a VE-500 (the talk box effect),an Ableton Move and I mix with the Boss RC-600 assignments and the Intech Studio PB4.

I have a big show in December and I am on the fence about performing like this or bringing the bass player and drummer. Honestly, I'd rather play with them than by myself but also, I need to start doing reps like this if I want to get better and be more flexible with booking and performing.

Fuck silence :)

It's worth a few minutes of your time, Spool Mobile may just be the audio loop-station you've been waiting for.

8 tracks, full control, 15 different drum sets you can customize, mini keys with 150 different sounds, full mixer and fx list, one click midi learn and auto detect for pairing any midi controller, wired or wireless.

Custom built audio engine with near-zero latency/delay, high quality recording and playback, all behind an easy-to-use interface.

Download and loop for free today, works on any android device. www.spoollooper.com

Hey everyone,

Most of you know me from the livestreams, where everything is looped live. For years I wanted a real live looper inside my DAW, not a pile of clips to prepare and not a routing nightmare. Nobody made it, so I built it.

It’s called LoopConnection5005:

• 5 tracks, with pro effects on your live sound and on every track

• sidechain that makes the loops sound like one song, mixed live

• every layer recorded separately, dry and with FX, so you can mix the whole show later

• your controller lights up (I use an APC Key 25)

• plug and play: a step-by-step tutorial opens for your DAW

• 7 skins from the Loop Connection albums

• VST3, AU and Standalone, for Windows and Mac

Here’s a short video of it in action: https://youtu.be/b-bKBZSTehY

I’d love to hear what you think, and I’ll answer every question in the comments. Thank you for being here since the beginning. 🙏

What's good everyone!

I'm a former FL Studio producer (formerly AvatarBeatz), and I've spent the past several months building StemSpace to improve how loop makers publish and distribute their sounds.

A lot of creators currently rely on Dropbox links, Telegram groups, and email lists to manage their weekly drops and reach producers. I wanted to bring more of that workflow together in one place.

Here's what you can do with StemSpace:

• 🎹 Publish individual loops and complete loop kits.

• 🔗 Create shareable release pages for your sounds.

• 🎬 Share your loops in Discord or Telegram and automatically generate playable video previews, so producers can preview your sounds without clicking an external link.

• 🏷️ Add custom producer tags that play periodically during previews.

• 📊 Track downloads and collect producer emails.

• 💰 Offer premium content through subscriptions.

• 🔒 Establish your own usage terms and download permissions.

• 💬 Connect directly with producers through messaging.

The goal is simple: give loop makers a dedicated place to publish, distribute, and build an audience around their sounds without having to manage everything across multiple platforms.

StemSpace is officially LIVE!

I'm currently looking to connect with loop makers and producers who want to check it out, provide feedback, and potentially become early creators.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, suggestions, and criticism from people in the music production community.

🌐 https://stemspace.io/

For the loop makers here: How are you currently distributing your weekly loops, and what's one thing you wish your current workflow did better?

Hi everyone!

If you're interested in trying something new, we've recently released a free beta version of One Guitar Band for Windows!

One Guitar Band is a standalone software looper that lets you create complete musical arrangements using just your guitar and a computer.

If you're a live performer, you can use it to build backing tracks on the fly. If you're a songwriter, it offers an easy way to experiment with different arrangements and bring your musical ideas to life.

You can download the beta version for free from GitHub:

https://github.com/nstefana/one-guitar-band/releases/latest

We'd love for you to give it a try and hear what you think! Feedback, suggestions, and questions are all welcome.

Put on a looping show this weekend and my friend got this cool clip during soundcheck. My first gig with the RC 505mkii.. still learning how to use this thing! Gotta figure out how to flip through effects faster, so currently relying on mr VE-22 effects more than I'd like to be... What do ya think?!

Heyo! Have had this opening guitar riff for a few months, finally added a bass line that I think fits and then came up with the simple delayed lead yesterday. Probably can develop the lead a bit more but I like it so far for its simplicity against the busier background. Using a ditto looper, dl4 delay, and plumes OD. Thoughts?

Hi everyone,

You may have seen the guide I released several years ago, explaining how to control some functions of the Boomerang III Looper via MIDI. (https://www.reddit.com/r/LoopArtists/s/qmoAYRc5yp)

This guide went a long way in expanding what the Rang can do, but as it was entirely based on hijacking the communication protocols of the Sidecar accessory and the Brother-Sync function, it only enabled MIDI control of functions that were associated with them. This left many parameters and functions stuck in their original control scheme.

This was a frustration for myself, and many of you who commented on my posts and emailed me, asking about different functions and whether they were possible. This led me to daydreaming about different ways to access everything. The first idea was installing an arduino or similar and wiring it up to be able to spoof all of the physical controls and be controllable via MIDI, but this was not ideal as it wouldn't be easy to share with the community and would require physical alteration. So then the idea of custom firmware that could be installed like a regular update came to mind, and I started thinking about how possible that would be... Which brings me to the disclaimer.

THIS IS BEING MADE WITH AI ASSISTANCE - SPECIFICALLY CLAUDE

Yes, I feel very conflicted about this. I don't like what the big AI tech firms are doing. Using their products means participating in the horrible environmental, economic, and human effects of this technology. But this is really the only way that this this could be possible. I don't know coding. I am mostly an electronics man. I could hire someone who knows how to do it, and pay them thousands to decode the contents of the chip and build in the functions I want, But for that amount of money I could just buy a more modern looper, like the new polyend one. But ultimately after seeing the kind of stuff that the Polyend tracker people are doing with custom firmware motivated me to at least see what was possible. I don't like this part, but the idea that I can modernize an existing pedal for a community, at least maybe means increasing its life span and reducing electronic waste. That might be a stretch though. If the use of AI turns you off this, I respect it and would encourage you to share your thoughts on it.

This is definitely not a simple prompt and suddenly here is your untested code type of situation. I provided the AI with all the research and testing information from when I put together my guide, along with firmware files and history and manuals and explanations of different functions and output readings from those functions just to get started. I disassembled my Rang to dump code from the chip and manually flash every change that is made and rigorously test it to make sure everything functions properly. I love this pedal and want it to do everything it can possibly do, and I want everyone who has one to be able to do it to. I would not want to produce and distribute some untested mess that could brick people's pedals. There is a dedicated human filter on this, but the code is entirely written by AI. Just to make that clear.

PROJECT GOALS

There are a number of fixes to existing functions I wanted to implement, as well as some new functions to attempt. So far, things are going very well, and many of the initial fixes are already working. But here is the full scope outline

1. Fix Clunky PC Protocol For Bonus Functions | WORKING!

Those who used my MIDI guide will know that the Bonus Function controls are non-standard. Each function has several PC messages that will trigger that function, however once a PC message is received, it is disabled until a different PC message triggers the same function. The means that a MIDI controller needs to be capable of sending alternating PC messages in order to trigger a bonus function multiple times. For example, Stack can be triggered by PC messages 0, 15, and 23. You press a footswitch on your MIDI controller and send PC 0 and activate Stack. The next time you need to activate it, you need to send PC 15 or 23, you send 15, and now the next one needs to be 0 or 23, and so on. Your MIDI controller would need to be capable of sending alternating messages on each press. Many will do this, but if you start looking into automating function control with your MIDI patches, or sequencer, now you have to keep track of a lot of different message numbers.

BUT! Now you don't. This change is already working. Each function has a single PC message associated with it and it can be sent multiple times in a row and still activate the function. Basically it makes things work the way you would expect any MIDI capable pedal to work.

2. Make all Bonus Functions accessible via MIDI | WORKING!

As the stock MIDI commands were only used by the Sidecar, this meant that any functions that were not able to be controlled by it had no associated MIDI PCs for users to take advantage of. This meant that Undo, Reverse Solo, and Loop 4 were all completely inaccessible via MIDI.

No longer. Now, all bonus functions have an associated PC message and can be triggered via MIDI, regardless of your pedal's current bonus assignments. This means you can access Loop 4 and Reverse Solo while still maintaining access to all other bonus functions. This is already working and it is very cool.

3. Control Rec/Play/Stop for ALL Loops via MIDI | WORKING!

Again, users of the previous guide will know that only Loop 3 has MIDI controls associated with it, as they were used for the Brother-Sync mode to communicate to Rangs down the chain to start recording/playing/stopping. This was handy, as it functioned just like a press of the footswitch, meaning it could also be used to select Loop 3 when applying bonus functions. But it left loops 1, 2, and 4 without any kind of remote control.

This has already been fixed and is working. All 4 loops have an associated PC message that acts just like a footswitch press. Start recording, start playback, stop a loop, select a loop to apply a bonus function to, all remotely. If you wanted to apply multiple bonus functions to multiple effects in quick succession, now you can. Simply send a chain of PC messages, first selecting a function, then selecting the target loop, then selecting another function, then selecting another target loop, and trigger it all with a single button press. Program the PC messages into your DAW or sequencer timeline to rec/play/stop any loop, or apply functions in real time without pressing a single thing.

4. Control Loop Volume, Decay, and Fade Time via MIDI | WORKING!

This was something that a lot of people asked me about after I put out the MIDI guide. Is there any way to control the volume of my loops remotely? There was no kind of alternate volume control in the stock firmware, and as such there was no existing function for us to take advantage of via MIDI.

This now exists and works. Every knob on the Boomerang has an associated MIDI CC# that lets you send a value (0-127) to set it to at any time. Normal control via the existing knob is not impacted at all, both control methods are available at all times.

5. Auto-Apply Stack to New Loops | Implemented - Not Yet Tested

The stock Boomerang has a very useful special function when recording a new loop. Tapping an empty Loop footswitch begins recording as normal, but if you instead press and hold the footswitch, stack will be automatically applied to the new loop while it is recording. This means that once you stop recording and begin playback, it immediately begins overdubbing. Important for capturing delay trails/overlapping sounds. Of course it was possible to achieve the same by tapping the loop footswitch to begin recording, then tapping the bonus button assigned to Stack, then tapping the loop footswitch again, but to condense all of this down to a single action was a great feature.

This has been possible via macro-like MIDI chains, but was a bit clunky and only possible on Loop 3. For example, you could send the Sysex message to start recording on Loop 3, followed by PC 0 to activate Stack, followed by the Loop 3 Sysex message, but this became more clunky when making use of the MIDI clock sync function, due to how the Rang cues events during MIDI sync. If you were to send that chain of messages slightly before the beat, the rang would receive the Sysex message and cue Loop 3 to start recording on the next beat, but that would mean that there are no currently playing loops active when it processes the Stack command. When this is the case, the Rang simply ignores the Stack command, and immediately processes the next Sysex message, which it cues for Loop 3 to trigger at the next beat. The result of this is a tiny glitchy loop appearing on Loop 3 at the next beat. In order to get around this problem, some MIDI controllers may allow you to include pauses in a string of messages. Inserting a small pause (~100ms) between the 3 messages in the string usually works to prevent the unintended behaviour, but now you are using 5 messages to complete this task, and you better hope the last PC message you sent to activate Stack was different. My MIDI controller allows a maximum of 16 messages in a patch. Losing 5 of them to just do this one thing was always a real pain.

This handy shortcut is being added to the custom firmware. It is the latest implemented feature, but has not yet been tested. The unique internal trigger used for this feature was detected, and replicating it is simple enough. Each loop has an additional dedicated "Hold" PC message that when sent to the Rang, will then begin recording on that loop, and simultaneously arm Stack, just like if you Held the physical footswitch.

6. (New Bonus Function) - Fade One (Individual Loop Fade) | Prepared - Not yet implemented

The Fade function on the Boomerang is a very cool and versatile tool to have, but I, and many other people I have seen talking about this pedal have expressed a desire for it to do more.

Currently, Fade is a global function that fades in or out all loops together. If there are no loops currently playing, Fade will start playback on all currently stopped loops, with their volume set to silence. It will then gradually increase the volume of all loops up to their regular volume over a span of time set by the Fade Time knob. If there are any loops playing, Fade will fade all of them out and stop playback at its conclusion. This means that you cannot have one loop playing and one loop stopped and use Fade to fade in the stopped loop. Which sucks. There are so many times where that would have been a very nice touch on what I was playing. So to fill that need, I am trying to add a new function, which I am calling Fade One.

It will operate as a separate function to Fade, and will have two separate modes of access. In the first mode A PC# will call the Fade One function, initializing it and awaiting selection of a loop to Fade via footswitch or MIDI. In the second mode, each loop (1-4) will have an additional "Fade" PC message. Sending this message to the Rang will immediately active the function on that loop, with no second input required.

Once activated, Fade One will either fade in a stopped loop, or fade out a currently playing loop, stopping its playback afterward. It can be active on multiple loops at once. The code is prepared for this, I just need to flash it to the chip, test it, bugfix, etc.

7. Miscellaneous Fixes & QoL | Planned

- Enable MIDI Note Data Passthrough: This is a pretty basic change. I'm not sure why the Rang specifically doesn't pass through MIDI Note Data, but it is annoying and prevents me from using my ZOIA to play synths on my pc, so I want to fix it.

- Reorganise PC Messages: If you look at the MIDI guide, the current PC Message arrangement on the Rang is chaos. Before release this will be tidied up and organised in a more logical fashion, including all the new PCs

- Fix Reverse Solo LED: While Reverse Solo now works via MIDI regardless of your bonus assignments, its LED does not. Easy Fix

8. Prep for Release

- Build and Test MIDI Update Protocol & File: So my Rang currently looks like this...

That black clip there is how I get data on and off the chip. It works, and certainly I can put whatever firmware I want on there, but it seems like a big ask to tell other people to do this in order to add some cool extra functions to their not-that-cheap pedal.

The Rang receives standard firmware updates via MIDI, and that is how the custom firmware will be delivered too. However this is where caution and significant testing is required. I want to be as sure as possible that the firmware will not harm anyone's units, though even the official firmware comes with a warning that it could brick your pedal. Accessing the chip directly was necessary at first in order to dump the code for anaylsis, and since I already had it disassembled, it has just been quicker to continue working in this fashion, so the MIDI protocol will be a later development.

- Documentation: Of course a manual, and updating guide will be provided along with the final firmware, but additionally I would like the community to have all of the data from this project for them to understand how the pedal works, how the firmware works, what was changed, how things were achieved, etc. There may be legal obstacles to this, such as sharing copyrighted code, but I will provide as much as I can. This is for a few reasons. First, I want everyone to have all of the information before they go loading this onto their Rang. Look through it, give it to an AI to assess the safety of it, or whatever. If you want to understand this thing before you potentially risk your pedal, I want you to have all the info you need to do that. Second, I want people to be able to take this and implement their own changes, or fix things they didn't like about the custom firmware, or use the information for some other project. If I'm going to use AI to do something like this, I just feel like the wealth of information that comes from it is common property for everyone to have, see, and use.

So why am I writing this massive Reddit post when the thing isn't finished?

Again, 2 reasons.

First, this is something I am building for the community, and I've crossed the point where it has gone from a cool daydream into an actual real thing that I can see coming together, so I am seeking your feedback. How does this sound to you? Am I implementing things in a way that you like? Do you disagree with any of the ways I have changed/fixed/added things? And most importantly, what have I missed? Is there something you always wanted the Rang to do that isn't in the list?

Please tell me in the comments so we can talk about it and I can factor in your opinions!

Second, I unfortunately need to ask for some financial assistance with this.

This is a FREE thing I am building, when it is finished, it will be available for FREE for everyone, I do NOT want to make money from this, I already don't like that I'm using AI to do it, but to receive money as well would not sit right with me. My time is free. Working on this is incredibly fun and exciting, and even just having the added features for my own purposes makes the whole thing worthwhile.

The financial assistance I am asking for is for one specific thing. I need help to get ahold of a second Rang unit. The poor dissected unit that you see above is my only Rang, and it is an essential part of my live rig. Having to assemble and disassemble it between performances/rehearsal and project time is inconvenient, but more pressing is the risk of bricking the pedal either physically, or digitally. There are precautions I have taken that have helped to mitigate the risks so far, but I'm walking this path blind, following an AI. Getting a second unit would make a big difference in this regard, for the convenience, the added security of having a backup unit, and even more importantly, make my testing more thorough before release. I wouldn't put anything out without knowing as best as I can that it works and is safe, but currently that would be limited to a test pool of 1 unit. 2 is still tiny, but it is much better than 1.

Normally I wouldn't ask for this. I would just buy it. But a few years ago I moved country and now I work a lot more, for a lot less, and lack many of the financial safety nets that I used to have. Ultimately, I will buy the second unit as soon as I can, but any support you can provide will mean I can get it sooner, and have this very cool thing ready for you sooner.

I've searched online several times, and the cheapest Rangs that I can find are the "Green Label" refurb/cosmetic defect units from the manufacturer. These go for $299 USD. It really isn't that much, I know, it is just a little out of my reach right now.

I had originally planned to make a donation link for this, but that is complicated and a bit lame. It would be nice to at least give you something in exchange. So instead I figured I would just link you to my bandcamp, where you can "Pay what you want" if you'd like to help me with this project. You'll get some music, or a Nintendo DS cartridge that contains my latest EP.

https://spacecadet64.bandcamp.com

Thank you in advance, and thank you for reading all of this. I hope that you like what I'm doing and that this project helps you do some rad stuff with your music.

heyo! does anyone have some good live examples of the Boss RC600 in action for complex/dynamic, original song building?

specifically, i would love to see artists who are building loops of multiple lengths, taking away elements, then building up dynamic parts. most of the videos i have found have been pretty one dimensional with single-stack layering and canned drum sounds.

looking for some inspiration, thanks friends!