Boss RC-5 Loop Station - Features, Demo & Quick Start Guide - How To Use The Boss RC 5!

[@e.paradigm7415]

I just got this pedal a few days ago, and literally just tried it out for the first time a few hours ago. I was feeling sick from a graphic documentary I had to watch for film class, so I needed to get my mind off things. Decided to bring out the new pedal at 10pm at night, made sure my Fender Pro Jr was at 2 and just started cranking out tunes on my Fender Strat Pro2 with the RC5. Let me tell you, a whole hour felt like 10 mins! I went to another place. Looped a few basic cords and just played around them. Love this pedal, small, simple to use, tons of fun, seems durable. I highly recommend it. Never owned a looper pedal before so this was a good choice.

[@willkoestner4159]

What was the graphic documentary? I love a good downer.

[@proofalleyeson4889]

how long can a loop be for example can you have 12 bars

[@martrinshyde]

@@proofalleyeson4889as many as you want! 3 hours sample time or something like that.

[@TheWayneCreativeComboBands]

Thanks man been eyeing this up for a few years now and need some guitar positivity your comment has secured my interest prior was Looking at the boss rc-3 for several years and then they release the rc-5 and rc-3 is discontinued !! Thanks for The comment boss has another customer

[@e.paradigm7415]

@@willkoestner4159 Oof, I can’t remember to be quite frank, however it was concerning cartel violence. That documentary was so graphic that I was physically ill after watching it. The music helped me forget about it. Anyway, sorry I can’t remember the documentary’s name.

[@seanc.5310]

Just picked up my RC-5 yesterday. This was a fantastic video, Boss should use this as their startup guide! Cheers

[@PMTVUK]

Glad it helped Sean! 🤘

[@nicholasdorazio10]

@@PMTVUK hey buddy!I'm having trouble figuring out why when I first loop it in a clean guitar sound,and then go to play over it distorted it distorts my already clean loop as soon as I press press distortion pedal!have any idea how to stop this??

[@syexe]

@@nicholasdorazio10 is the loop at end of chain?

[@nicholasdorazio10]

@@syexe yes it was,i do use overdrive channel on my Blackstar and a sparkle drive to boost it so o figured that was why,so I plugged it into the effects loop in the back with my reverb and that worked,but now I can't change the reverb without it changing the sound again🤣

[@russbrown8272]

Sam, thanks for this video. This looper can do SO much that it's a little intimidating just to get started, but you broke this down so well that I know I'm going to keep coming back to it. There are a lot of RC-5 videos out there, but of all that I've watched, this is one of the best. And great playing!!

[@slimwellie]

Thank you for a clear demo, easy to understand without the "look at me shred" guys on other videos. Now back to my pedal for more practice.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Just got this pedal as a birthday present. It is a BEAST of a loop station, and already with very instructive videos like these very easy to use.. It gives credit to Boss once again that 13hrs of loop memory once again has been fitted in the already known pedal shape. I am also a big EHX fan of which I also own several pieces, but Boss outmatches them for fitting even the most complex of functions in the same pedal shape. I was already floored by the Boss SY1 synth pedal, but this loop station...well. enough said. Try one and you will see what I mean.

[@DiggoryDiggory]

I've just been ploughing through the user manual for my new RC5 and my head was spinning. This is the best and easiest to understand user guide I've come across. Nice work

[@Matt-iz9pe]

Highly recommend picking up a 9V power supply for this. It runs through batteries fast!

[@chrisjamesies]

I read somewhere 2 hrs but mine is going on almost 4! And well, that still sucks lol but much better than I expected.

[@Matt-iz9pe]

@@chrisjamesies the battery life is definitely long enough if you are taking it to a gig, band practice, etc. but for just practicing at home getting a power supply is the way to go.

[@chrisjamesies]

@@Matt-iz9pe Ok yes I am learning the harsh reality of this today. It's so bad they should just ditch the space and add a new feature lol.

[@jakejudy5455]

Ain't that true my battery was low a day or so after getting the pedal lol

[@jwalkrr]

Man tbh its kind of a no brainer lmao idk anyone that regularly uses batteries for pedals anymore. like 50 bucks for a donnar power supply that includes all the cables and 9v power for up to 8 pedals. You can mount it under your board and power a whole board with one physical plug into the circuit.

[@jinjxmusic]

Money's been something else though I just bought this yesterday and can't wait to dig in. I have been looping for many many years though after using the Ditto X4 and having it MIDI sync'd to my drum machines/interface using the RC3 just wouldn't do. Not being able to pick the BPMs and not having MIDI made it almost unuseable for me. I'm excited to see the upgrades and just ordered the MIDI 2.0 cable. I'm excited and want to say thank you for doing this video breaking down some of the product.

[@mattlau]

Having a lot of fun with the new RC5. I came from the RC2 and the sound quality on the 5 is so much better. The drum beats are inspiring

[@jwalkrr]

Im gonna pick up an rc5 tomorrow just because of the drum machine. Id rather buy one loop station instead of shelling out an extra 300 for a beat buddy

[@proofalleyeson4889]

How many bars can you record on

[@pibstarr]

I have an RC-3 and its great but the reverse loop effect is awesome might have to upgrade soon

[@PeterKertesz2013]

Thank you for sharing, great video! I thought the rc-3 is the best but obviously this one is much better with the 32 bit and extended drum options. These Boss pedals are perfect.

[@michaelgreen6367]

Brilliant set up video. It’s a complex bit of kit but this was super clear. Red records, green plays back, yellow overdubs. Simples

[@tbarnesclassicalflamencoguitar]

just ordered one! This is very helpful, I'll have half a clue as I open the box- thanks😎👍🎸

[@StupidEarthlings]

Just got one yesterday!!! Hells bells yo!

[@markyboyz1300]

Me too, (it's my birthday) have you worked out auto record yet? Rc3 did it but I'll watch this video till the end and hope it's mentioned

[@StupidEarthlings]

@@markyboyz1300 congrats not yet, still just playing without readin manual..lol. If I get bored, thats when I read the manual. ;)

[@gurtana]

Very talented demo. Nice, tasteful stuff - not crazily overdriven, but good tempos in those compositions.

[@chadross]

I've just rented one of these but feel completely overwhelmed given my lack of experience w pedals in general. Thanks for providing some insight, even if I'm still confused.

[@SuzanneNuttall]

I really appreciate you creating such a clear instructional video. Many thanks from Canada! 🐴🔥🇨🇦

[@SuzanneNuttall]

The thing I do find difficult is the double-tap to silence to end a song. I will need to practice that a lot for endings to sound seamless!

[@SeabeeBuckeye]

Just got mine yesterday and the manual that IS INCLUDED with a brand new, unopened pedal is not that helpful. Great bit of pointers you provided. Thanks!

[@ticocastrillo]

Thanks so much, love your videos!! AS a non English native speaker, I wish close caption were included.

[@abject_fail]

That guitar looks incredible

[@greggriffiths9053]

I bought one today this video is a great help to get me started thank you.

[@Mark-es3cx]

Great simple video by Sam. Excellent introduction to the RC-5.

[@gregzen3458]

Fun video. Really enjoyed that fire loop at the end. Planning on diving into my new RC5 today

[@davelip6992]

Great video very easy to understand. What is the maximum time for each loop phrase you want to record? Thanks again and great job!

[@MrMetalclay]

This is a major upgrade from the RC-3. Cool!

[@ReturnToNormal777]

Excellent demo and quick start guide! Thank You so much!!

[@gggian7]

Awesome! I was about to get the rc1 but now I decided ! Thank you for the info and creativity!

[@rexbenemerito1943]

Very well explained. Thanks for sharing this demo.

[@charrua4108]

I've had this pedal in a bag since I bought it intimidated by it till now Thank you. thumbs up given Subscribed.

[@tonecommander6578]

Thanks for shoring it works on -9V like most guitar effects

[@jeremiahdavis6012]

one thing that can up the game on this is, a small attachable remote control for all the hand controls instead of bending down everytime you want to change something.

[@GeorgeFalconer]

Top notch article - great presentation; clear, comprehensive and comprehensible. Excellent presenter.

[@danielsun444]

Such a great video thank you! Will be coming back to this again after buying it.

[@-siranzalot-]

Thanks for the Intro, covers a lot of useful things! I have a question though: Is it possible to control, or rather toggle the drum kits via an external footswitch? If so, would I need a MIDI footswitch for that or would a regular one like Boss FS-6 do the trick? I know that this scenario might not be the most common but I'd like to have the option to have the rhythm section not kick in as soon as I begin recording, but say as the second or third layer of the loop.

[@ScottPhillipsCreative]

Did you find a solution?

[@-siranzalot-]

@@ScottPhillipsCreative I have not bought either but from what I gathered afterwards a MIDI footswitch is the only solution. There are small ones like the MIDI Baby by Desaster but they are quite pricey

[@agenerichuman]

Wow. This is exactly what I'm looking for. Great video. Really cool device.

[@Vern859]

Will this looper sync the drums to a loop? Example If i play a basic loop first, then can you just sync the drums to the loop you just previously played, or do you have to start drums first, then loop your loop???? 👍

[@daithiod]

What a superb explanation. Thank you. I’m going to start practicing as soon as I get home from work!

[@raymagnan4968]

Great job explaining it all, as always. Thanks.

[@josephhicks4]

Getting one this week!! Super excited!

[@Claytonkava]

How has it been for you!! I got to mess around with one at my friends house the other day and I liked it so much that I ended up buying it. Definitely a huge upgrade from the 50 dollar one I’ve been using for the past while.

[@JeffJacobsonMusic]

This was super helpful. Thank you!

[@ToddLorencUkuleleMusic]

Awesome demo my friend

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

I upgraded from RC-3 last November and I had about 20 songs recorded and saved. I play full backing with tempo set, guitar, bass then extra guitar. I noticed recently that even though they were saved it put the generic beat under the songs in the incorrect tempo! I put a lot of effort into these and now they’re useless. I’m very very angry now as it seems this thing scrambled and botched my tracks for some reason. Anybody else experience this?

[@jorgelucero4231]

I've had MANY loopers, three this year alone..... boss my favorite. I've purchased two RC-5 about a year apart. This second one seems to have a volume issue with the drum tracks being excessivly LOUD! since I never experienced the problem with the first RC-5 ..... I'm gluessing the second one might be damaged? I have tried finding a global volume control with no avail. I ran a factory reset twice, with no change. I hate to sell it and pass on the problem to someone else, I also hate to take a $175 dollar loss! Any thoughts?

[@deanhenthorn8674]

Excellent overview. I just had a session with mine for the first time and found it pretty frustrating. Hence the video search. This was excellent. Boss should thank you for making this. Probably save a lot of returns. One Question - when I created a loop, the playback was louder than my guitar through the amp. How I set the playback to be at a lower volume than my guitar? Is it possible?

[@lenavleugels860]

You click on the loop level button, there should be written "loop level" on the screen, if not click another time, and then turn it anticlockwise, normally it should work

[@proofalleyeson4889]

How many bars can you record

[@Coltrane45]

What a fantastic and informative video. Perfectly done, thank you!

[@staffa74650]

Hi and thanks for the review. Do you know if it's possible to make drum fills ?

[@southempire7379]

At the beggining of the video, how did you manage the loop not to record immediately after the button was pressed, but, the record started when precisely you started playing guitar?

[@adrianqlol2235]

Setting

[@patricelongchamps9880]

Question: Where the looper output goes In? Because drum sound in my Fender Reverb Deluxe seems to be really weird for me especially with the tremolo on.🤣

[@SqweakySqwizard]

Two words: Thank you.

[@gaberyanstube1]

Your internal metronome is sick.

[@DarrenMalone253]

Just wow you’re a guitar playing is cool and it makes me wanna get the rc5 Thanks.

[@markstewart8171]

How do you play some clean tones, save it then switch your amp to gain without changing the clean tone previously saved, without it switching to gain tone as well?

[@sergiofigueroa9705]

Nice demo!! Wanna ask does this pedal have a volume control for drum kit

[@MsUUUUUUUUUU]

Does it save for each overdub recording a seperate audio track? would be awesome for importing into a DAW in mixing later

[@TaiChiBeMe]

Quick question. How do I get my guitar to sound louder than the looper? When I turn down the volume of the looper the guitar also gets softer. I'm trying to build my own backing track on the looper but want the looped tracks to be in the background and not so up front. thanks.

[@wkingsage]

How many tracks can it loop?

[@TruongGuitar]

Thank you Sir! Please show me, how can i adjusted up and down volume of rhythm (Drum) on RC5 pedal. I feel the sound of Drum is too loud for the guitar volume. I want down volume of Drum, while keeping the guitar volume, i hope you can help me. Thank a lot!

[@tylerrosier1068]

I know I’m a bit late, but if you didn’t figure it out yet, you can hold down on the rhythm button to access the rhythm volume.

[@joshl8159]

@@tylerrosier1068 do you have to do that each time for every single loop or can you adjust it globally?

[@piec11]

Thanks for the video! I have a question, there is the same undo function on the overdub track like the rc10? Thanks

[@jrhguitarbassdrums]

Can you set your drums to a half time? In other words, in 4/4, the snare on 3?

[@magnusjohansson295]

A question: just transferred loops to my laptop for the first time. No problems. Only - The drums are missing. Is there anyway to get them included into the wav file so to speak?

[@magnusjohansson295]

Question: the unit has drum fills, but how does one use/trigger/activate them?!? Only thru pedals?

[@bobmortimerisweird]

Can this one have the rhythm drum track go out B while guitar dubs go out A like the rc500?

[@ChrisDeJuanMusic]

Nice demo and awesome little pedal! I'm def getting one... maybe even 2 to synch them together for a 2 track looper! Were you'r tones coming from the Boss GT 1000? Nice playing and tones! :)

[@claytonmoss1]

Can I get this to stop with one press? 🤔

[@andi_mics]

Can i use it with a focusrite audiointerface/computer guitar rig etc?

[@larrylinville2811]

How do you replay and listen to a saved loop at a later time? No one on KZbin demos seems to go through this process. Thanks.

[@islandvoice8667]

great video so educational thanks

[@veragsenger8356]

Thanks for this! Maybe someone can help me with this, none of the tutorials I've watched cover it: How do I record just 1 phrase and then stop it without playing it back right away? If I record and then press the pedal (be it short, long, twice,...) it immediately plays back. But I want to just stop it and play back later on. Is this possible?

[@jakd602]

I just got one but it may be faulty? The looper is very loud and with my guitar full on it is barely audible over the looper. The "Loop Level" doesn't make any difference from zero to 100. Shouldn't that be the way to turn down the looper volume?

[@Bigjuergo]

can you plug in headphones directly to the looper?

[@kittisiri]

1 question here! Let’s say I set the footswitch to “MEMORY INC”. If I’m playing memory01 then press that footswitch (so it changes to memory02), will it continuously play memory02 right away? Or I have to press the pedal again to play that memory02 loop? If it plays right away, I could use memory01 as the verse section, and memory02 as the chorus section. This is a killer feature for me and I can’t see anyone demo it. I really wanna know if it works before buying the RC-5 + footswitch combo. Thanks in advance!

[@KevinToine]

When I want to save a loop it says 'Stop All'. How can I save a loop that's playing?

[@aevans692]

looks good , but seems over complicated .... can the outputs A & B be used to run the rhythm through a drum monitor ? and not my guitar amp ..

[@chemaleon7882]

I come from the infinity looper and I change few days ago to the boss rc 5 because I reduce the side of my pedalboard. I use ableton as a midi master clock for the looper and I use to Record at the start of the next measure after the switch has been pressed. That's work perfect in the infinity but I don't see this option in the Boss. How can I do this or similar with the RC 5?

[@aaron9142]

Can you send the drums to separate speakers? (Drum tracks sound bad through amp and cab)

[@makkdiver]

very nice demo, thanks :)

[@emreyilmaz2457]

Hello. I just want to use a simple amp with rc5 and a few effects. When I change the amp effect, the effect of the looper recording also changes. Can I prevent this? Is there such a setting in rc5?

[@Narotica]

No, the sound is in the amp and not in the pedal. You can buy some separate pedals to mimic the sound you want you guitar to sound too.

[@jakespencer431]

New to electric pedals does this have a drum machine built in? So could I plug into my blues jnr and drums will start playing and then I can start playing?

[@ricoval223]

Yes, I believe this has 50+ drum rhythm on it and you can download more, you can change the tempo of the rthytm pattern selected

[@Frranck]

The sound from the pedal replay is very similar, to what we hear when you play, my RC-5 replay sounds a bit muffled, is it a faulty device?

[@mattlau]

Also, is there a way to send the drum beat out to output A and have output B with no drums? I am connected to a guitar amp and bass amp and don't want the drums coming out of the Output B bass amp

[@KitkoMusic]

Nice video, thanks! Does this pedal just have a basic metronome click as an option within the rhythm presets? I don’t want any of that drum machine stuff… Just a simple tick tick tick.

[@mariagrnstad434]

It does!

[@davidemariottiguitar]

Odd time are possible? (11/8 7/4 5/8)?

[@markhill553]

Can you use one input for vocals and one for guitar? I need an independent channel for vox and an independent channel for guitar. Is that going to be something that I could do on this?

[@Riccochette]

Mannn how did you get that tone at 9:30 mins and what is that song 😍😍😍

[@markm493]

Why is it that I can't find anywhere, in writing or by video, anything about how to playback the "memorized" loop from the Memory?

[@MAP448]

Can u pick out an individual channel? Say like pick channel A & record 1 loop of music & send that loop to only channel A? And then choose channel B & record something completely different & send that to channel B only? That would be so cool. Being able to split the channels like that & stack competing recordings would be a game changer for anyone.

[@jsushahhd4735]

How many dubs can you do over 1 track?

[@digital_ritual8686]

How many overdubs can you do? Just one?

[@mariagrnstad434]

As many as you’d like I think

[@MariyaJohn]

How do you control volume of beat?

[@joshl8159]

Can you get the drums to save on the loops so you can hear them on the pc?

[@jugo_9348]

How many layers can you play? Infinite? or there is a limit?

[@andyferno9274]

Can you stop that Tempo light flashing when not using it?? Pleeease tell me you can .. drives me nuts lol

[@idontgivea1769]

Can you plug a distortion pedal in it? If so, in what jack?

[@Max-qi1yc]

You can put the distortion into your amp then with a patchcable to the looper and then in the guitar I think. Make sure you first put the cable from your amp in the distortion pedal tho because if your first put the looper it won’t record with the distortion pedal

[@TheNerdyMusician]

Actually i use this order(amp- rc3looper-distortion-other effects-guitar) and records effects perfectly

[@johnpower2018]

This thing eats up batteries. Can you use rechargeable 9v batteries and if so what type?

[@TheCryingMonkey]

Apologies if this has been answered, but I can't seem to find this anywhere. Does this, or the RC-1, have extended overdubing? ie where your first loop is 4 bars and your second can be 8 bars

[@danb5967]

Amazing loop pedal!!

[@teacher5376]

Keep it , as a gift 's ...buys 3 sets soon.( a gifts, for next player's, children's love it .very much ...me , too!

[@BWater-yq3jx]

1. When recording a loop over one of its drum patterns, does the RC-5 automatically quantize the parts you play to keep it in sync? (like my Zoom G1Xon does) 2. Does the RC-5 have any cool House or Drum n Bass drum patterns? Cheers!

[@garyniemenski6005]

Superb!!

[@lilybeejones]

I'm having trouble understanding from the videos I've seen, but if I have this hooked up to midi, could I switch loops back and forth like an A and B section, kind of like the RC10R?