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Colin 14 March 2019

I haven't played much on a loop pedal and I know I can just loop a phrase on my DAW Logic Pro and play over it but I seem to remember it being a lot more FUN playing with a looper pedal.
Does anyone find that a looper pedal is more fun than playing over a repeated loop on software on a computer?

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pcrecord Thu, 03/14/2019 - 10:02

I guess they both go to the same thing but since looping in a daw may end up with more precise results, if i'd want to do it for an album, that would be my choice..
On the other hand, the looping pedal is more organic and more prone to mistakes that may end up crafting new ideas that you'd never had in a daw..
What suits your creativity is the best choice for me ! ;)

Colin Thu, 03/14/2019 - 10:07

Aww, I just realized something... when you loop with a pedal, you play and then you immediately start looping. With a DAW you stop and you sometimes create a track and then you think. I have devopled a better improvisation when I enter immediately into the loop.

Does anyone relate to this?

pcrecord Fri, 03/15/2019 - 07:35

Colin, post: 460572, member: 47940 wrote: Aww, I just realized something... when you loop with a pedal, you play and then you immediately start looping. With a DAW you stop and you sometimes create a track and then you think. I have devopled a better improvisation when I enter immediately into the loop.

Does anyone relate to this?

That's what I ment by organic, you get instant loop and reactions to it. ;)

BusterMudd Tue, 04/30/2019 - 06:11

Colin, post: 460572, member: 47940 wrote: Aww, I just realized something... when you loop with a pedal, you play and then you immediately start looping. With a DAW you stop and you sometimes create a track and then you think. I have devopled a better improvisation when I enter immediately into the loop.

An older version of MOTU's Digital Performer (DAW) included an alternate recording UI that allowed you to record and loop just like the looping delay pedals. Seemed like a brilliant approach to avoiding that whole Stop&Think paradigm ...but apparently it wasn't too popular because I think they orphaned that feature six or seven revisions ago.

audiokid Thu, 05/05/2022 - 10:00

Colin wrote: Aww, I just realized something... when you loop with a pedal, you play and then you immediately start looping. With a DAW you stop and you sometimes create a track and then you think. I have developed a better improvisation when I enter immediately into the loop.

Does anyone relate to this?

I absolutely related to this. Being a musician myself (guitar), recording engineer second... anything I use live is an asset in a studio as well. Especially when it comes to capturing the best performance.

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