Challenge accepted! I think you “note on” as the trigger for a MIDI translation from 1 to 2, then “note off” to end it is probably the way. You could use note on to trigger a translator to be active (with the MIDI code from my video) then note off to inactivate the translator. How does that sound?

@ thank you so much for your answer.. I’ll try this out and will let you know!

Thank you so much for the comment! I hope your looping and tapping grows from strength to strength!

Thank you Syke! I hope you are well?

​@@olivergearingvery well sir. Great to see you're still putting out music. Haven't missed a beat. Great track.

Very good point! Within this set up, the ability to have only one of the tracks flowing into the loopers is why I use the single arming function, but there are some great expansion options if you try this!

So sorry to hear that! Can you help me understand how you’re using the space bar? Are you using this to trigger a note? You need a separate MIDI track to play the notes (on channel 1), that trigger the MIDI that starts the looper…

Great!

Thank you very much! I’m afraid I don’t know much about loopy pro - definitely 1 for me to look into!

@@olivergearing It's incrediby flexible and enlessly configurable. Anything can trigger a loop, so I wouldn't doubt it could be done. Version 2.0 dripping soon with even more features.

@@professordeb I’m intrigued! I’ll check it out

@@olivergearing Fair warning, there is a steep learning curve for this! But well worth it, and there are many great tutorials out there. Also, iPad only right now. Mac version coming in the near future.

@ cheers

They look very cool! I’m definitely less casual than them!

Thank you!

This sounds like the sorts of problems I had when I first tried to set these up. The ‘tempo control’ setting needs to be ‘follow song tempo’ and the ‘song control’ needs to be ‘none’. Quantisation should be 1 bar - which then means the looper starts and stops everything on the first beat of the next bar. Try those settings, see if it works?

@@olivergearing Thanks for the reply. I actually did get it working. I needed to set the fist looper (or master looper) to Quantization = none, Song control = Start & Stop song and Tempo control Set & Follow song tempo. Now that I have this working, I'd like to be able to use it in a live improv setting where I am often switching instruments but also switching which instrument starts the initial loop without a bunch of hassle, changing all the settings around and just using a single midi foot controller button press. Hopefully Im not dreaming :)

@ definitely possible mate! If you put a looper on a return or send track, then use the record arm coupled with auto monitoring on your instrument tracks, this might work

@ Sounds an awesome set up. Let me know if you get it flowing!

Thanks for the tips

Thanks for the feedback

Thank you for your comment, this makes me happy

Thank you!!

Good question. For me, I like to keep the input track separate from the looper track. It gives you greater flexibility. For example - if you wanted to change the volume of the looper - it’s easier as a separate track than using the level k ie inside. Or applying different effects. But as you say, using 1 track works as well

@@olivergearing thanks! I appreciate the response!

You definitely need to program the pedal itself. At first it seems a bit unintuitive - but once you’ve got your head around it it becomes easy. The problem for me, when I bought the pedal, was that I didn’t understand MIDI data well enough. To be honest, that issue would have made any MIDI pedal difficult to use! Now I y seat and MIDI, and have invested time in learning how to program the pedal, I think it’s one of my favourite bits of gear

@@olivergearing Ok, that makes sense. Thank you for the reply! I appreciate it.

Anytime mate

Yeah it’s a bit off

@@olivergearing hey man its alright your having fun and thats all that matters id like to see more of it

Thank you! Great to hear that you’re looping!

Thank you!

You might need to programme the FCB buttons to output MIDI notes. There are some really helpful guides on KZbin, or you can get a software tool which helps you map

Thank you for saying that! Good luck with the looper!

There are always solutions my friend!! I use BOME midi translator a lot - this could convert the signal from pedal to (say) a keyboard press, or a MIDI note. I’ve got an offer code in one of my other videos (my secret weapon) - or you can try the demo version to see if it works

Thank you! I hope it works out for you!

@ finally done! I am a beginner of this, now I have to learn how to use a pedal and how to save the project 🤪🤪🤪🎹🎹🎹

Thank you for the comment - I agree wholeheartedly with you!!

Oh no - I’m sorry to hear that. There are so many reasons why this can happen - I would advice updating everything to the latest version if you can - but this sucks!!

That’s great news! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! The performance track is a send track - called a ‘return track’. I like to use these as a place to send all of the outputs of my input tracks. This means that on each of the looper and input tracks, they have the send level at 100% - but they have have their output as ‘sends only’. I find this gives me the maximum control - you can treat the performance track like an ableton track - add effects to it - and it keeps the Main output clean. Hope this helps - if not - comment back and we can get into the specifics!

Sorry if it wasn’t for you ! Thanks for watching - you can find the chords written out in the description of the video if that helps?

Appreciate that! Thanks and enjoy looping!

It might be the monitoring settings for the channels. What I do is have an input channel - where I route my mic, or guitar into. This one I set as "In" in the monitoring settings. Then I route this to a second channel - with the looper installed on - then this is able to record the first channel

You can definitely use this with one mic if that is your set up. Play around with the settings as you want to make sure you only record the microphone in the channels when you want it to!

Sorry about the baiting, it’s not something I’ve done much of before! Thanks for your excellent comment

Thanks! Sounds like a classic MIDI foot switch problem. These things always seem to send more messages than you want them to. I have 3 potential suggestions: 1) buy BOME and use it as a filter - use the pedal to trigger then send exactly what you want through to your Ableton session. 2) check what exact messages the pedal is sending to Ableton - there might be more than one message. 3) check the settings in Ableton - make sure the the pedal is only set as ‘remote’ - maybe switch off ‘track’ and ‘sync’. If none of these work - sorry! It’s a bloody minefield!

Lol!!

Hey. Lite is a free version that comes with hardware, whereas intro is a paid version. I think that intro currently has looper…

Cheers mate!

Thanks!

Thank you! One day!!!

Thanks for the feedback! Good luck in your looping journey!

@@olivergearing Thank you!

@@olivergearing actually I have a question: maybe you already have a video on this. How do you handle record arming automation in ableton when doing live looping? For me i play multiple sounds with one keyboard for example and i don't want multiple tracks armed since I then hear the monitoring then from multiple instruments. I have started by midi mapping the record arm and triggering this from the midi trigger track - is this the best way?

@ good question. My technique was to have 1 track with an instrument chain - multiple instruments on it. I can change from (say) piano to organ using midi mapped ‘chain selector’. This way I left the channel on monitoring “in”, which meant I the keyboard was always triggering a sound, but I could select which sound using MIDI CC. Does that make sense?

@@olivergearing this is a great way to do this. Thank you for taking the time for writing that tip. Have a great day!

Thanks for the comment!

Hey, thanks for the comment. To be honest, I don’t know! The good news is you can try a free trial of BOME (I think) which should allow you to test this. My gut instinct is that it probably won’t work - I think the Ableton GUI stuff doesn’t get impacted by BOME but why not give it a try!!

Such a great name LOL… I can’t get the words out!!

Ah shame! So much power in MIDI with live tracks - I promise!

Thanks for listening

Great to hear! Happy looping!

Great to hear! I hope you are having fun

can you configure the fcb1010 in Logic Live Loops? How?

Thank you for the kind words!