It's kind of that yeah, but the tracks also have Pre effects on them, the Boom track has EQ to make the bass frequencies louder, and only takse input from the guitar. The Guitar trackis a clean guitar channel that only takes the input from the guitar. And the RC20 track takes input from the guitar and his spare microphone, so you can record both at the same time

No, doesnt have a click at any point in the show, m

Hey, Ed’s pedal has 8 Tracks, but only 4 are visible at a time, Bank switches from tracks 1-4 to tracks 5-8, although in this song he only uses Tracks 1,2,3,4 and 5.

True, it Could be two tracks, but it’s divided into two tracks because the first loop he records has a reverb effect on it. Here’s a video showing him doing it: www.dailymotion.com/video/x5daa9e It’s also shown at the end of the Songwriter documentary, when he’s preparing for the live shows, it’s explained to him that different channels can have different effects, and demo’ed with castle on the hill

Here's a video of him playing the song where you can see the pedal:kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5C9q42kftOCes0 I've looked all over youtube and found many videos that show him adding layings on the guitar channel throught the entire song. The vocal part needs to be on a different channel becuase it is only played once, at the end of the chorus.

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 I don’t know how I ended up commenting on this video but I meant to comment on the one for Castle on the Hill. That one should definitely only be two tracks.

@@musicbyalexdawson True, it Could be two tracks, but it’s divided into two tracks because the first loop he records has a reverb effect on it. Here’s a video showing him doing it: www.dailymotion.com/video/x5daa9e It’s also shown at the end of the Songwriter documentary, when he’s preparing for the live shows, it’s explained to him that different channels can have different effects, and demo’ed with castle on the hill

Hey, he names the third one after the RC20 because that loop station had no distinction between the microphone input and the guitar input (they would both be recorded together no matter what) but the other channels isolate either guitar or microphone, hence the name RC-20, it functions like the pedal does

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 Ahhh, that makes sense! Thanks for the reply. I wouldn’t have figured that out on my own, but now I get it.

For real bro you need a partnership

I just got the Looper X and it is soooooo nice. It follows the same logic as his stage looper with the different tracks and muting and such.

Hadn’t thought of doing that one. Interesting idea

This is mentioned in the description.

@@bloodblits1 Thanks. As described in the description, for this songs, Ed has a technician that turns the vox channel on and off throughout the song. The pedal flashes yellow when it's not Ed pressing it, and Green when it is Ed pushing the pedal

I think that the Guitar input is clean, and hte BOOM one has an EQ cutting out the mids and maybe boosting the ~90Hz frequencies

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 hmm, how about RC20 and VOX?

@@Robin_0011 RC20 and VOX dont have anything, but RC20 takes input from the guitar and mic at the same time, VOX just has the microphone's input. This isn't universal, as for different songs he has different setups, for example on the Castle OnThe Hill video, he has a Reverb effect on the RC20 channel.

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 Whaat, so he switches modes between songs?

@@Robin_0011 Yes, his team will queue up the next preset depennding on his setlist

He used to do it himself, in the X era, but I know from experience it's annoying to turn on and off contantly, this way he can focus on his performance more, rather than concentrating on turning this one pedal on and off (something most of the audience wont even notice takes an effort)

I'll do I see fire, I've started it already. Just need to find a good recording of him playing it, nicest I have found so far is the BBC Radio 1 big weekend but we'll see

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 I found this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGLJl6ika6uAlZIsi=rm0bgrbYuNxZEtwq but not so much loop station footage in this

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 This is my favourite: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpikYYyJhN2geNU

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 It's called Southside 2014 - Ed Sheeran - I See Fire [live] if KZbin decides to delete the link

Just uploaded it kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoGoXoiGis-sgaM

@@brodyoliverbassett7579 I love you

That loop station is specially built for him, and wuoldnt cost nearly that much to build, the pedals used are repurposed Boss Twinpedals, most likelly RC20's, 6 of them, assuming you can find them, or RC30's instead. The switches, would cost around £1200, then a MIDI controller board, which let's say is £20, there are two screens in it, which could be old laptops, but will still need 2 LCD controller boards, around £25 each. And then the LEDs, other wiring and connectors on the back, around £15. The most expensive part would be the machining of the metal casing, which is custom done, I've no idea how much that would be, but I doubt it's be more than a couple thousand at most. And the looping is all done in software on a computer. He used to use Mobius, a free software for live looping, but since Chewie II, they've made a custom VST plugin to do all the looping. So it presuming you have a computer and Audio interface, it wouldn't surpass £3500. I figured out what pedals he's hiting from first listening to the performance, and hearing what tracks come in and leave at what times, and then trying to find concert videos of him playing this song so I can be more precise with the order he actually presses them in, and exact timing

He is, he's layering the guitars through out (except for when he adds the kick during the 2nd verse) - so you notice the guitars getting more complex and progressively louder. It's the same chords so it isn't dissonant.

When he presses stop and then play again, it starts from the beginning of the loop

​@@brodyoliverbassett7579ooh okay thanks! I was pretty curious about that since I'm looking to get a looper. Thanks!