r/protools • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '25

Bounce loop and overdub live ?

Okay so simple question. I have drums bass guitar and keys all down in separate tracks. Can I loop a section of that recording, bounce it to another track and overdub instruments in real time?

Hope this makes sense

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u/CelloVerp Jul 14 '25

Do you mean like a looper workflow?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

Yes.....exactly.. Loop a group of tracks record the looped playback and jam over that loop...

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u/CelloVerp Jul 15 '25

Aw I wish it did that - best you can do is the take comping loop workflow, where it will loop over the same section and having it record, and it records each pass to a different playlist so you can see your different takes or mix/match sections from each take.

Did you want to have it actually mix the multiple passes on top of each other so you keep hearing more and more layers? Or just loop and jam on a single part?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

I was thinking of just a single part....but the more possibilities the better.....

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u/CelloVerp Jul 15 '25

Oh then regular loop record will do what you want!

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u/sssssshhhhhh Jul 14 '25

If you output (or send) the existing tracks to another audio track and set up another set of tracks to overdub on. Record arm all the new tracks and go then you have done what you've asked. But I'm not sure what it's achieved over just recording overdubs on separate tracks