I suck at looping. Do you?

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Fri May 22, 2015 3:32 pm

So I was playing around with my ditto, looping really short phrases, like double tapping the loop switch to capture just a split second of looping.

Well, I did it once and the light flashed red a couple times and now my Ditto is suddenly a glitch looper. Its playing everything back at a slower speed and stuttering and generally sounds lo fi and janky.

I know you guys are thinking, Awesome! MOAR GLITCH

But it doesn't actually sound that good.

Is there like a factory reset or something I can do to this thing?

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Fri May 22, 2015 3:36 pm

Is there a factory reset on the side or back?? I thought for some reason I saw one? I can't remember though.

AHHHH here you go

http://support.tcelectronic.com/entries ... tory-reset

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Fri May 22, 2015 3:43 pm

Awww shit!

Thanks man!

Unfortunately I have to wait till tonight to test it. Gotta work.

I suck at looping anyways. Probably gonna flip it.

This is now the how to not suck at looping thread!

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Fri May 22, 2015 3:48 pm

To clarify, I suck at it because I bore the shit out of myself when I do it. I don't know how to make my loops interesting, or evolve over time, or any of that stuff. I listen to people like Mylets and Tera Melos and they're awesome at it, but I just end up looping something for 5 minutes and noodling over it. Haven't written anything that I would consider a good use of looping.

/rant

The_Active_Conundrum · Fri May 22, 2015 3:57 pm

could just throw a whammy after the loop pedal. I recommend 2 octave up for best effect

K2000 · Post by **K2000** » Fri May 22, 2015 4:19 pm

It's hard to make good music with a looper, IMO. If you try to do a complete band type thing (lush and complex parts) it can get cheezy real quick. What about doing more minimal stuff, or just using it for certain sections of a song.

You could also use it as a practice tool (solo over chord changes, or play chords on guitar then jam on bass, etc etc).

weed_killer · Post by **weed_killer** » Fri May 22, 2015 6:18 pm

maybe try looping like I do - just finding sounds/atmosphere while improvising?

coldbrightsunlight · Post by **coldbrightsunlight** » Fri May 22, 2015 6:40 pm

The CT5 is the only looper I can really get along with because in modes 2 and 3 I just use it for cut up glitch or kind of like a stuttery freeze that sits behind whatever I'm playing for a bit of ambience.

When it comes to actually looping musical parts together to make a whole song, yes I suck at it. Absolutely love what bands like Russian Circles and Brontide do with loops but I'm not clever enough to do any of that.

I occasionally lay down a chord progression on the timebender to jam along to which is fun for practice but that's about the limit of what I can manage.

Faldoe · Post by **Faldoe** » Fri May 22, 2015 7:28 pm

Maybe it's not you, OP. Loopers with dedicated rec and play/stop switches are the way to go.

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:29 pm

Its the X2, so it has separate switches.

However, I'm thinking ct5 is the answer to my woes.

tremolo3 · Post by **tremolo3** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:31 pm

Not sure if I suck, probably I do though.

For live looping I use the "pre" feature on the Timeline and I just loop simple rhythmic stuff that I manipulate with Timeline and Space presets and then I slowly fade it out with an expression pedal as soon as my main playing starts. Too cheezy I know.
In the middle of a song I loop random things when I'm doing "leads" and I just put them on the background, I stop it when I feel it's getting too crazy or when the next part kicks in.

At home I use the mobius looper and that thing is just amazing. I can be there with guitar -> mobius alone the entire day and never get bored.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:33 pm

Ct5 makes me feel so dumb in modes 2 and 3.

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:46 pm

I'm not going to lie. I suck at looping too.

My favorite is playing with one with a reverse. I love the crazy tones it makes.

When I loop, I feel like I'm just playing riffs on top of each other. I don't feel like I'm making music.

In fact I feel that way in general most of the time...

blakestree · Post by **blakestree** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:55 pm

They're cool before other effects, too, for finding sweet spots or really "playing" pedals. And, the features in the X2 make that extra fun.

fcknoise · Post by **fcknoise** » Fri May 22, 2015 9:12 pm

One way not to suck at looping (which I do to) is to record a few seconds of silence, hit overdub and let it run and then do swells and shit into it. That is, if you like ambient. I made a track that is exactly this, if you're interested

ilovefuzz.com

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