Aww! You’re making me smile! I am trying to demo some other vocal Fx things soon and you’re inspiring me. Glad to have you onboard my friend!

Oh that’s so friggin awesome! Thanks for writing 😆🫶

Oh snap that’s awesome! Glad it helped! If you wanna see anything in particular, don’t be shy! I’ll take the inspiration! 😆👍

Oh good! Thank you!

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Oh good! Glad to hear it Steven!!

Many thanks!

That’s so awesome! It’s great to hear from you. Yeah, I’m surprised about that too. It seems like the companies beef up their products with all kinds of capabilities, but so few people actually implement them in the live game time situation, the accessibility seems looked over 🤷‍♀️ But my loop pedal has enabled me to play all kinds of gigs that I wouldn’t have been able to previously. so I am always considering practicality. The Looper is supposed to work for me lol it’s not my job to show off all the things it technically can do… well… Except for here on this channel lol

@@EmilyMcVicker Yeah. I've got a Fractal FX8 pedal (which I love!) and its architecture is at least as deep and formidable as the RC600. In fact, the guy I traded it off just found it too complicated, and I totally get that. Like the RC600, it has a small screen, with small buttons to select parameters. Unlike the RC600, it has a great little app to tun on the computer that gives you relatively simple access to all that functionality. So simple. Sit or stand in front of the computer and experiment on the device at your feet That makes all the difference. I'd love to see Boss come up with something similar. Hey... you're something of an ambassador for Boss here. Maybe you could have a word with them? ;-)

On nice! Ya I love how that one has all the knobs accessible at all times! Such a great pedal 🤘🤘🤘

Oh Bridget! This is such a nice message thank you for writing! I’m so glad to hear my videos have helped you! I hope you have a great first gig with it and let me know how it goes with the rhythms. If they have work well for you, they can make a big difference! Keep in touch my friend 🫶❤️🤗

Thanks Bill :) glad u like! This was pretty fun to make! So much messing around haha

Oh! Good! I love that 🤘😆

Alberto!!! Good to hear from you friend. You too :)

Gracias amigo 🥰

You’re so welcome! Thanks for checking it out!

Thanks so much friend! Coming right up 🤘😆

Oh good! So glad you liked - nice to hear from you!

David 🥰🥰🥰 you’re the sweetest

Oh good! I share my point of view, but I’m learning from these comments too. Hive mind!

Thanks!

Thank you Lucio! You’re sweet to say it 🥰🥰🥰

You’re very thoughtful Hroar ❤️ ya I was sick for a few weeks. I’m still a little raspy when I recorded this video, but I’m feeling much better now and back to performing. Stay safe out there!!

not as much on this one. next one definitely!

@@EmilyMcVicker are you planning on doing another video on this?

You’re very sweet! Ya the builds can’t be too long. They should be part of the performance or integrated with the song. So many ways to do it! Keeps the game exciting :)

Hey, thanks! 🙏

Interesting! Sounds like you’ve built a system. Id love to see what you do

Oh good!!!

Aw shucks thanks Harry!

Oh nice! So you’ve been using them?

I’ll give it a listen Harold! Thank you for the recommendation. Really cool song!

@@EmilyMcVicker The best one is the live performance from Fields of Japan with incredible "Sister Moon" at the end.

Thanks Dan 🥰

Thanks Bill! It will premiere right before Tuesday stream :)

@@EmilyMcVicker can't wait!! BTW I'm typing up a chart for you...

Thanks homie! Are you a looper also?

Thanks friend! You sound like pro. It’s pretty clever some of the work arounds people have and how everyone chooses their own tricks. I always try to make my transitions smooth as possible so I don’t really want to be messing with the pedal at all. So it feels natural. But if I wanted to use the drums, I would either have to pre-plan my arrangement a little more, or I would have to futz with my settings. That’s probably the main caveat for me

Aww you’re sweet :) glad you like the videos! Welcome aboard!

De nada! 🤘❤️

Oh good! Glad you dig it!

There is!!! Click enter to go to the mixer, the click to the right until you see a slider that says rhythm

@@EmilyMcVicker Thanks!

Thank you! Working on it!

Thanks 😊 🙏

Have you used a foot switch to work with it? Do you have any tips on how to work with all these variations?

Aw ya rock on!

Sounds like you’re a real techie! The pedal can do a lot that i don’t even really need it to. I try to make my arrangements as simple as possible so I know I can reproduce them anytime.

here his a video that will awser exatly what you looking for kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rK5jiM9muqimZok.html

Thank you friend! ❤️🫶❤️

Aww Thomas! You are too kind 🥰🥰🥰 I might take a look at that beatbuddy thing you mentioned! If you have videos, I’d love to see!

You’re too sweet my friend 🥰 @bossinfoglobal - hear that?!?

@@EmilyMcVicker You are welcome! Just a huge fan. :) @bossinfoglobal - here is your chance to get a true legit fan of your product. Oh and listen to the drum comment. :)

I bet there is a way to do that. But I haven’t gotten there yet! Haha lemme know how it goes :)

Oh wow! Congrats my friend. Thats awesome. Keep in touch!

Nice! 🤘😆❤️

Hermano! Aww you’re so sweet! Thanks for the love! 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Hey! Thanks for the comment. I played with having one track with just plain drums. But I’m pretty sure it doesn’t record the sound of the drums, it just plays along to an empty track. Because it will allows you to change the style after you’ve recorded. I’m interested in how you use the midi!

@@EmilyMcVicker if you set rhythm input, under routing, to loop, you can record the rhythm to a track.

@@NickleRock is there a musical advantage to doing that?

@@EmilyMcVicker if you mean creative advantage, I think that's up to the musician. The only reason I mentioned it is that you mentioned in your closing comments that it is not possible, if I recall correctly.

​@@EmilyMcVicker O I see now. I commented on your comment to Fernand.

Haha glad u like the bossa nova part! 🤪 ya I am open to hearing how others make these beats more accessible! I try to mess with the knobs as little as possible

Nice! Is that what you do?

@@EmilyMcVicker Actually no: I don't like how those drums sound very much so through the years I've recorded various tracks with real drum kits and when I play in front of people I always follow the same arrangements for the same "official" songs. At home, when I try new things I usually record some beat live with an e-drums kit and start from there.

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Oh! Great idea!!! 🤘❤️

Ya I agree needs some kind of external trigger that you can do easily without thinking. One for hands - even better. And YES! I always dance! It really helps with timing and groove (and of course I love to dance 🤘😆)

This is a great idea! Maybe this video needs a follow up…

@@EmilyMcVicker Can't wait to see it!

You might benefit from an external control switch like and FS-6 pedal. I started using one for my live shows too when I don’t bring piano 🫶

I made a video a few weeks about showing how to set it up!

@@EmilyMcVicker First of all, I wanted to say THANK YOU for the great content, I'm new to looping and your channel has been really helpful. Second, I went looking for the video on click tracks that (I thought) you were referencing here...but now, re-reading your comment, it seems like you might have been referring to the FS-6 video, which I did find. Have you done a video on the click track? If so, I'll look again, if not, please consider it. In any case, thank you again for the great videos.

Oh ya! So much to learn from this machine! Very creative with the variations

Oh nice! Thanks for sharing all that! Sounds like you don’t love the 600’s drums, but the 500 had better ones? Dang.

@@EmilyMcVicker The RC600 has better drums than the RC500, or at least more presets, and the drum editor. But I think all the RC's sound a like a drum machine and not a real kit, but still amazingly useful to pull up a drum track of a specific genre of choice. Personally I like the plugin Addictive 2 drums by XLN audio, I use it in Ableton. So I can also make drum loops in Ableton and put them on the RC600. I'm gonna watch more of your vids, you are so talented

Yes that is a good idea! That’s what I will do if I start using them more regularly

I totally agree! Its easy to get too into the gear and the toys and forget that it’s really about connecting and expressing yourself in a performance. 🥰

There are a couple ways to stop loops. You can click stop on the specific track that you recorded while the other loops play, or you can assign a button to be all start/stop. Depending on what I want the music to do, I use both. Does that answer the question? I’m not sure what you mean by ‘third button’

Thanks for the tip! Absolutely true! I could assign it to one of my switches if I really wanted to use it. But I would have to sacrifice one of my other functions that I constantly use. if someone was serious about using the built-in rhythms, maybe an FS-6 could be a good supplemental control switch. For me, I think I prefer to beatbox my rhythms after all

Yes! Thank you! Lemme play with these options and I’ll make a video I think 🤘😄

Hey! I do a live stream on twitch 3 days a week 🤘😆 and if you’re ever in Seattle I gig out too 👍

Hahaha! Thanks Darrell I try 😂

Oh interesting! Do you bring a computer or iPad to work your looper?

@@EmilyMcVicker iPhone and iPad

@@EmilyMcVicker kzfaq.info/love/CJn-0BvH0qNHucQdeYURhQ

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Yep 👍 that is a great idea 🤘😜

Yes I think it can! It has 2 inputs for expression pedals. I have played with it a bit but didn’t commit to using one yet

That sounds like a great idea! And that’s working for you how you want it?

@@EmilyMcVicker Yep, I had to alter a few settings to record the drums sounds into the loop, but it’s working exactly as expected for me. Thanks for the inspiration.

Oh that’s very clever! I bet that is a nice touch 👍

Oh nice! Are they able to sync their clocks with midi? If you have a separate drum machine doing the main rhythms, it’ll be like having a 4th track available. Sounds like it could be really cool!

​@@EmilyMcVicker I haven’t tried to sync clocks yet. Will let you know if I suss that out!

@@EmilyMcVicker so I managed to hook them up. I used Maschine as my Midi Clock out (midi cable out) and used RC600 as MIDI clock in. I can now tap my beat on my Machine and it correctly syncs to the RC600. I can use the drum beats on RC600 and they follow what I tap out on the Machine. Nice and easy to get a beat going!! Ie RC600 a slave. MIDI in only.

For those who are interested Re: Maschine/RC600 sync To use Maschine MK3 and RC600 together you can use Maschine as the clock master and RC600 as the slave. This allows you to tap out the tempo on Maschine and RC600 is automatically at the same tempo. You can use “Loop Start” button on Maschine to play everything on RC600 as well as whatever you have on Maschine. This will cause all loops on the RC600 to play (and if you have the rhythm switched on that will play too). If you have nothing on RC600 then the rhythm will play if you have it enabled. There are 2 modes I’ve played with that seem to work well. 1: Machine records synths loops (the usual machine workflow, record drums/synths/pianos/etc). Once playing you then record to RC600 through a footswitch press to a track, effectively storing a bounced loop. 2: you use Maschine as a synth input device and you just record to RC600 as you would any other instrument. Using Quantize on RC600 really helps. I’m sure there’s a possibility of using RC600 as a clock master and it can then tell Maschine to play whatever you have loaded (eg a whole song with parts etc). I need to play with this. I have a NI keyboard too that integrates really well with Maschine for the record.

yay!!!!

@@EmilyMcVicker what are you using for background Harmonies??

Hey Darren! In the rhythm section, I mentioned there are 3 screens of options. On the 3rd screen, there are fill intros and endings, but I didn’t mess with them in this demo. I don’t know if there are organic drum fills for between sections.. If i find, I’ll let you know!

I'm learning a lot from you, in addition to going going through the relatively useless manual, and the somewhat more helpful parameters PDF 👊🤣 From what I gather, if you have fills activated in the menu you mentioned, the unit will automatically trigger fills for you if you trigger another track before the current loop ends. Surely we can assign one of the 9 foot switches to toggle rhythm on and off, or trigger a fill. I don't really have room for an fs7 LOL. Great job, and thanks for your help. I'll post a picture as soon as I get my board sorted. (I'm a reasonably accomplished guitarist who pretends to be a singer, I bought the RC 600 because it essentially replaces my mixer, and it will hold the backing tracks that I've already made. But what a learning curve LOL.)

Oh, that would be a really cool feature! I don’t know if it’s possible, but if you figure it out, I’d love to see and hear!

Ya that would be such a good idea 👍

For me, personally: I am a beat boxer and auxiliary percussionist. So you’ll notice in my performances I like to make my own beats

Some of the beats are nice. Some are better than others to my ears

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@@EmilyMcVicker Thanks !😘

Oh man! So you programmed a fade, but the rhythm didn’t fade? That seems glitchy … hmmmm 🤔

@@EmilyMcVicker I think the problem is that I haven't actually recorded the rhythm so I am just listening to the machine not a track. So maybe you can show me how to actually record?? Or is it the case that the drum machine is not really part of a loop but playing along behind the loop? In which case it will never go along with a fade but will need to be coded stop with loop.

The song where I’m demoing how the loops trigger? It’s a Sia song called “Cheap Thrills”

I don’t know why you would do that. This machine is for live. There are better tools and Daws for recording albums.

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Hmm I’ve never worked with the rc-10 cuz it’s just one track, right? I’m not sure when it came out. Are the rhythm options similar to the ones u see in my demo? Others have asked about it too

Supposedly, the 600 has the same sounds as the 10-R. Looks to be the case so far. The 10-R is easier to dial up what you want and add intros, fills, endings, and fades. However, the 10-R does add an auto fill every 4 measures that cannot be deleted, is limited to 2 tracks, and you cannot save the name of the memory. Still a great unit! The 600 gives you more control over all the parameters of the drums, but it takes more time to program them all. Still learning, but drum control plus more tracks is why I bought the 600 too. Still the 10-R is nice to have for quicker sessions. Hope that helps!

Im confused do you want ur recorded “verse” and “chorus” to play at the same time? Cuz that’s what would happen if you pressed the all start- right? Are u using the built in rhythm? And you’re trying to play the rhythm without using ur recorded loops? There’s an option for that in the rhythm menu. What I would do, is just hit track 2 like ur saying. Sounds like you’re trying to do something else also… but i might not be understanding why that isn’t doing all u want it to. I have mastered the technique of “double tap” which really comes in handy. You can start and stop again really quickly to reset where in ur loops you are. But you HAVE TO DO IT IN TIME so the audience is none the wiser. Sounds like if you let the audience run the show for a second, you might have to do that to get back on the rails. Please clarify if I am misunderstanding you!

@@EmilyMcVicker Hi Emily! Thank you so much for your reply. I hadn't read all at first on my phone. Sorry. I'm trying to cover "Chasing cars" from Snow Patrol, and the song has a moment where the chorus continues without the guitar, right? during that time the voice continues singing but this motivates the audience to sing louder...so, I will always have control, but yes, you mentioned the point of the double tap, sometimes it doesn't work for me and it was simpler a single click of the "All start/stop" button. I'm using the onboard rhythms. In my tests of a couple of days ago, when I pressed "All start-stop" everything stopped but only track 1 (verse) would always start. I was expecting that the "All" meant "all current/running tracks and rhythm" so when you press All Start, all the ones that were muted (active tracks) get triggered again. May this be due to a system bug? Thanks again.

Very true! I would recommend that to anyone who is serious about using any of these rhythms

I think a suplemental foot switch would be a good idea if you’re serious about using these drum rhythms.

Aww thanks friend! 🥰

@@EmilyMcVicker absolutely! Glad I have your channel and a few other looping peeps! Been making my life of navigating my loopers so much easier! Keep up the good work!

Yep. 100 presets 👍 although certain settings are per track and others are global

Lemme look! Do you need a drum roll specifically? Or some kind of fill would work?

Oh! I’ll have to play around with that thank you!!

Ha! I think you’re right. If I was using the rhythms in the machine, I’m sure I’d find a way to make it work. But I do like and prefer making my own grooves and working that way 😜👍

Great question! If you go that route, I would recommend using a click track and in ear monitoring. only because I see so many people lose their groove when they are making a guitar loop without any rhythm behind it. I am kind of picky about rhythm and groove

Yea I feel that was about all the synthetic drum sounds in general. Sounds karaoke ish…. I prefer to Record and loop my own rhythms usually

Lol I think u have to build that one urself with the loops 😉

@@EmilyMcVicker but it's written in rhythm patterns under "fusion"..

I agree. I know not everyone is a fan of cajone drums, but I think it sounds the most believable for a solo situation - which is probably the most common looping situation

Agree too... and also other types of percussion kits rather than "Full drum kits". :)

Yes they are a bit on your face. Maybe a bit of low pass filter, brushes kit and a low volume for the drums. There might be some other effects to tone them down a bit and make them a bit lo-fi.