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Introduce Yourself

Please drop a line or two, tell us a little bit about you & your music & gear !!

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Forum Guidelines

Here are our Forum Guidelines, our rules & regulations, expectations and whatnot !!

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Forum FAQ's

Your chance to ask away about anything you think is relevant regarding this Forum, or the structure of the site overall, or anything you might deem important. (Suggestions are quite welcome)

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If something comes up that is relevant to our members or the site, such as structural changes to something within the site, site migrations, or other disruptions in service, you'll find it here.

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The Art Of Looping
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What Exactly Is Looping?

Q&A on the topic of what looping really is, who does this, and why do I want to bother ?? 

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What Gear Do I Have?

This is a greatly underappreciated topic in the world of looping. If you are new to looping, you may discover a boatload of details that the salesman left out before you bought that new Looper pedal. Your current gear may have a profound impact on what you can sound like, so be sure to arm yourself with the best weapon before you go shopping:  KNOWLEDGE !

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What Gear Do I Need ?

Questions you should ask before you buy...

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Looping Hardware
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Simple Loopers

Starting at around the $50 mark, single track, single foot switch and minimal functionality, features are added to enormous complexity. It never ends, and the more fully featured & robust Loop stations can easily exceed the $1000 mark.

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Full Loop Stations

Full Loop Stations can have 3 or more recording tracks, multiple instrument or mic inputs, multiple outputs, built-in effects, routing options, Midi Connectivity, USB connectivity, built-in Drum machines, and more. 

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External Controllers

There's no end to ways that any Loop pedal or Loop Station can be expanded upon, regardless of its built-in feature set. Typically you can add External Foot Switches, Midi controllers and sometimes Bluetooth or wireless equipment.

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Additional Hardware

A wide variety of additional gear may be utilized to complete your setup:USB Midi Hosts, Laptop/Ipad, power distribution systems, small mixers to connect everything to a PA or to interface to streaming equipment

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Midi Equipment
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Midi Instruments

Midi Instruments can be Keys, wind, percussion, computer based, and more.

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Midi Connections

There are several types of Midi Connectors on the market that are very different from each other. You'll see  5Pin Din, 3.5mm TRS, USB, and others over time.

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Midi Controllers

Midi Controllers are very different from Midi instruments and con come in all kinds of formats. There are loor based footswitches, tabletop faders, knobs & sliders and more.

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Putting It All Together
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How to Connect Everything ??

This is possibly the most technically challenging hurdle for most performers. A multitude of problems may arise at this stage that seemingly come from nowhere. Power issues at a venue, signal routing to the house main board, noise levels, and levels of tracks & instruments or vocals can all become major problems unexpectedly that were not an issue in your studio.

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The Live Performance

Issues regarding your show, set list, song order, use of notes, and more...

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Capturing Audio, Video and Live Streaming

This is a science all to itself !! Countless considerations live here, such as a whole new families of gear, technologies and difficulties arise, completely separate from Looping and Performing a show.

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