You may need to add external pedals, control surfaces, an audio interface, etc. It's software, so it requires other gear and more stage setup. You have to put some time into learning it. Bad - Not as pick-up-and-play friendly as a hardware looper. It's software, so it's more extensible, flexible, and customizable and even offers a free trial. Popular with a massive following, so there are plenty of great tutorials available, including built-in ones. Very reasonably priced considering most hardware loopers are more expensive and do a fraction of what Ableton can do. Apogee has their sleek-looking GiO, but no mic input on it-boooo! Good - It's waaaaay beyond a looper-it will do absolutely everything you need and more. I'd love to see more audio interfaces in the shape of floor pedals, but the Guitar Rig Kontrol was the only one I found that supports a microphone. I've been hesitant to get it because it is rather large and lacks phantom power, but there is rig simplification potential there. Native Instruments makes a USB audio interface called Guitar Rig Kontrol that combines the floor pedal and audio interface into 1 device. For short 30 minute sets it got ridiculous hauling that whole rig. It was a lot to carry and a lot to setup. My setup included a Native Instruments USB audio interface to connect to the PA system, a compact Logidy USB floor pedal to control things with my feet while playing guitar, and a compact Akai USB control surface to control things with my hands because sometimes you really want knobs and pads. It's software running on a computer, so setting it up and using it on stage is not as streamlined as a hardware music device. It met all my looping needs without breaking a sweat, all while juggling multiple MIDI sound-scapes flawlessly. I once even did an entire show with a YouRock MIDI guitar, and Ableton made it all possible. It took my live act beyond anything I envisioned. It's science and music and sonic ecstasy rolled into a software package. It does things to sound that I never imagined possible. Ableton LiveĪbleton Live is breathtaking. Most top loopers these days offer on-board effects. I do want to mention it, though, because the RC-50 was a groundbreaking device that shot Roland up to looper stardom. This was my first "real" looper, and it served me very well. However, all technology matures, so the RC-50 has been superseded by the beastly RC-300 and the upcoming RC-505 (which I'm excited to try). Perhaps it will aid in your research, and I appreciate any feedback you have. NOTE: I mention lots of gear makers not as any kind of endorsement or advertisement, but simply because as a reader I would appreciate knowing what worked and what didn't. Ever since seeing Joseph Arthur perform jaw-dropping live looping, I too wanted to explore this fascinating world of live looping performance. Well, this time my target is loopers-lovely musical devices / software that allow you to create stimulating sound-on-sound performances. If you've read some of my other blog articles, you realize that I'm often obsessed with finding the ultimate of something.
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