Geting an RC-505? What else will you need? And what will it cost? [loop tips] 505 essentials.

The RC-505 Loop station has revolutionized the world of looping and been widely adopted by performers. If you're thinking of getting one or if you already have one this video will let you know what else you'll need and which things might be nice to have along for the ride.
Contents:
00:00 - introduction
00:27 - RC505
01:28 - 505 & 202
02:12 - Power
03:26 - Control Inputs
04:59 - Outputs
06:30 - Inputs
07:47 - Line In & Mixers
08:40 - Midi In/Out & USB
09:35 - what it comes with
09:49 - what are the costs?
11:36 - signing off
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[@stonedphilosophy5326]

Ive been diging deep into the functionality depth on the MK2 Anyone want in depth tutorials on functions, settings and practical uses. Hit a thumbs up. Im thinking about giving tutorials on every aspect of the Mk2. Hope yall want it

[@RexRyuJin]

Just got a 505 to loop my handpan and this video has been super useful. Thank you bro!

[@LiveLoopers]

Glad to hear it. If you post any audio or video online please come back and share the link.

[@MacLamar]

Best video I have seen so far on this machine. Thank you.

[@LiveLoopers]

Thank you very much.

[@Jenkies757]

Thank you for showing the back and set up. Literally been looking for 2 hours and noone has talked about cable set up

[@LiveLoopers]

This video was made well before the MKII was announced. Sorry.

[@andrewlee3037]

ive wanted a 505 since i heard about it 4-5 years ago, but always 'talked myself out of it'...(kids to feed, bills to pay..yadda)...Music used to be my entire life, but then life went a different path, had to get a 'normal job' to compensate...long story short, playing in bands became an absolute 'nope'...and to be quite honest, the job pretty much killed my drive for music altogether. I Still have that creative 'itch' though...i literally purchased a 505 yesterday and should be arriving in 3 days..im very excited...yet also scared...the internal questioning dialog begins asking: "what u gonna do? sell a million records now? hmm?.. u gonna be able to quit your job and still manage to put food on the table?"...when faced with all that internal BS, i simply replied "Nope!"...i have no 'plans' for this...but i am extremely curious what "I" personally can achieve with it...i have no expectations of it changing my life entirely...but...what if??? ....bahh..just kidding...i'll probably only use it a few times and turn round n sell it on ebay..................or will I?

[@LiveLoopers]

I can relate. I bought the RC505 about 10 years ago and needed to do a fund raising campaign and then needed a big discount from my friend who worked at a music store to get it. And the fund raising took 2 months (time which I used to start reading everything I could find about looping). I can honestly say the RC505 really changed my life a lot and I am very happy for the things it taught me and the path is set me along. Here's to hoping you use it a lot more than just a few times.

[@JohnDurso82]

So, how did it go? Still playing?

[@cerratonics]

straight forward and chillllllll brooooo thanks a ton!

[@LiveLoopers]

You're very welcome.

[@SammySideFX]

Excellent advice!!! Killer video!

[@LiveLoopers]

Thanks!

[@BarryGrueter]

Very nice thanks for sharing 👍

[@LiveLoopers]

Thanks for visiting

[@broadwayjunkie09]

Thanks for the vid!!! Mine ships on Wednesday so Gonna use my iPad/iPhone with irig keys!!! Loop on

[@LiveLoopers]

That's a very good set up. I used that set up for a couple years except ipad instead of iphone. It works really well plugging all those great sounds from an idevice directly into it.

[@MatONeill]

Hey man - this is a great video. Really useful info and reminds me how awesome the 505 is. If it had a few more assigns, and could be controlled entirely with your feet, I'd probably consider ditching the rc300

[@LiveLoopers]

There are many good choices for people who prefer to loop by foot. There are some pretty good foot control options though it you'd like to get a better foot controller. But at that point you may as well get a foot controlled looper.

[@AZTEC_ARTS2023]

Great info, thanks. Question : If you only could get ONE speaker for now (to start) What dynamic speaker would you recommend, on a budget ...

[@LiveLoopers]

What kind of budget do you have? I had something like this for use with my RC505 for a while. It was good while it lasted. www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/B210D--behringer-eurolive-b210d-200w-10-inch-powered-speaker

[@soulance8342]

Bro, idk y but i feel like i could watch a whole series from you where you just get progressively closer and closer to the camera😂. Thanks for the video!!

[@LiveLoopers]

That would, of course, be a series I would be totally into. But I find that once my face is actually touching the camera I can't get any closer. So that's kind of a limitation. Maybe there's some way I can think outside the box.

[@soulance8342]

@@LiveLoopers 🤣, maybe find an animator and once you get close enough the video shifts to inside your body and one of your body cells is DJing for your other cells, like that movie Osmosis Jones!

[@LiveLoopers]

@@soulance8342 - You sir, have a beautiful mind. The hunt for an animator is on!

[@Jenkies757]

Damm finally got the back panel info but the mk2 is different 😂😂

[@LiveLoopers]

Yeah. Radically different. This video shows the MKII back pannel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ7Mo2Z3mcaXqNk

[@EyalNimrodi]

Very good content, thanks!

[@LiveLoopers]

Our pleasure. Glad you got something out of it.

[@jamesbearvr]

I'll be getting into LiveLooping soon. I'm getting the BossRC505 as well so I've seen a lot of videos on it and can't wait to experiment with it.

[@LiveLoopers]

It's a quality machine. My favorite thing about it is a huge user community so there are tons of places to go to to get help if you can't figure something out.

[@phowell333]

If you haven't bought one yet, check American Music Supply. They have a couple of units that are listed as returns that are discounted. But I just received mine and it has never been taken out of the box - it is obviously brand new. Can't explain it but I saved about $100

[@LiveLoopers]

@@phowell333 - Thanks! Great info!

[@phowell333]

@@LiveLoopers Get it while you can. $437.95 + tax, with free shipping

[@DmytroRawk]

Hey man, thanks for the humor ;) Btw, how could I connect a midi keyboard with RC-505? Should I connect midi to my PC first and then connect the midi and PC through the USB port?

[@LiveLoopers]

If you want to loop the sounds from your keyboard send signals to your computer as normal and rout the audio from your computer into the RC505. If you want midi clock and control funtions sent to the RC505 from your keyboard plug the keyboard directly into the RC505. I don't know enough about it to know about getting both.

[@egodeathbliss]

Just an FYI, There IS a headphone jack on the RC-202. It's a mini-stereo jack on the front of the unit.

[@LiveLoopers]

Thank you. I only saw that it was absent on the back.

[@xchn2]

Awesome video. Thanks!

[@LiveLoopers]

Thanks for watching.

[@GaryLucasMusic]

Thanks for this video! If you have a second, I wonder if you could help with an issue I've encountered. I've plugged my condenser mic, piano and guitar into a mixer and then I'm going from the stereo out of the mixer into the L/mono input of the loop station. The piano and guitar sound exactly the same but for some reason the quality of the mic is not the same. It's as if there is a boxy, extra mid-frequency which is slightly grating to my ears. I've tried so many things to fix this but am yet to solve it. Any thoughts? Much appreciated!

[@LiveLoopers]

Audio engineering is one of my weak areas. I'll ask on our facebook network and see if anyone has any suggestions.

[@GaryLucasMusic]

@@LiveLoopers Thanks so much, i really appreciate that!

[@rickmorty4921]

Is it possible to connect Boss mk with mashine mk3 nativ instrument directly? or I will need mixer?

[@LiveLoopers]

Yes. You can send audio from NI Maschines directly into RC505 without a Mixer. If it is a RC505 MK1 you will need a mixer if you want to send additional instruments to it, if it's a MK2 you would still have space for more inputs.

[@andrewcostanzo3066]

I’m confused, I️ want to get this to play live percussion. I️ can plug in my mic and then use a guitar amp to play it out loud right?

[@LiveLoopers]

Yes. If you want to use a guitar amp as your speaker it will work.

[@youtubenatan]

I got some SBN Lifestyle music videos right here on my channel using the RC-505 that I use with a Roland JD-XI, and they go together really well. All of the sounds are coming from the Roland JD-XI, and the extra fx are coming from the Boss RC-505, with some fx also coming from the Roland JD-XI. I been saying this for a long time, but I am going to revolutionize these stand alone synth/drum machines. I'm going to put the Roland JD-XI on the map, and when I either get an mpc one, mpc live or Maschine plus, that's when it's really gonna get crazy. I got tons more stuff on the way, these are just unedited/uncut vidoes with mistakes and everything. These are nowhere near a finished product. You can find some of these on my playlists section under SBN Music Videos/Instrumentals. Welcome and enjoy...SBN

[@LiveLoopers]

I listened to a couple of em. Pretty cool.

[@youtubenatan]

@@LiveLoopers Oh hey man, yeah I just want to show people that their are tons of possibilities with the Roland JD-XI and the Boss RC-505, or any other stand alone unit if you put in the time and effort. These are only music videos of me messing around and messing up, because I have this thing that alot of people probably won't understand, maybe, but I am doing this to get over my perfectionism and procrastination all at once. I know this is hard to "believe" or trust what I'm saying, but I actually cringed uploading every one of these to my channel, but the message that I am conveying with this is that so many of us wait for so damned long, and we try to hard to get every single part perfect, at least for me that's how it is, and I know that perfect is not real, there is no such thing, but I have a ton of beats, songs, cinematic type stuff that I have yet to put out. The only thing holding me back in a way is the workflow, it's still not how I like it, but it's still not an excuse. I'm waiting to get either an MPC One, the Live, or Maschine Plus stand alone, then it's really on. Anyway, I got alot more stuff on the way, and it ain't gonna be this rough draft/unedited music with mistakes and all stuff anymore, that was just a phase that I had to put myself through. Be on the lookout for much better material, because it's coming...SBN

[@LiveLoopers]

@@youtubenatan - I can relate. I have a ton of really bad mess ups on KZbin too. I just see them as stumbling blocks along the path to getting better. I hope you will let us know when your finger drumming is added to the mix.

[@mxadi6322]

Hei, thank you for the video! It's so explanatory. Xx One more question, who is the guy at 8:34?

[@LiveLoopers]

That is a Loop Artist called BinkBEATS and he is definitely worth investigating. His music is pretty magical. kzbin.info/door/Pdp_RAwS93XCBeAnSTLq7gvideos

[@mxadi6322]

Thank you, that was very kind!

[@rickmorty4921]

Second question, I have Tascam x8 mic. Can i use this with RC505?

[@LiveLoopers]

I don't see any reason why you would not be able to use your Tascam x8 as your microphone. I have never done it personally, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

[@rickmorty4921]

I saw people making beats by hitting the microphone with their hand. I thought that such a delicate microphone would be a limitation and it probably is, but the important thing is that I can use it without any problems. Thanks@@LiveLoopers

[@LiveLoopers]

You're welcome. You absolutely wouldn't want to strike an expensive microphone with your hand very hard supper often. You can make a good bass drum sound with just a light tap on a mic, but I would get a much cheaper dynamic mic if you intend to do that.

[@Dthepianoprincess]

What is this janky af website at 10:12 ? I NEED TO ORDER FROM IT NOW

[@LiveLoopers]

That's actually SweetWater. And it actually is my favorite place to order.

[@Dthepianoprincess]

@@LiveLoopers Well they seem to have hired some web developers since this video lmao thanks!

[@peneleapai]

Just checking ... ehm.. So, you need a laptop as well to use the RC505 with, right ? just checking. ..

[@LiveLoopers]

No. Not at all. If you fill up your 99 memory slots with songs and you want to free up memory then there is a USB port you can use to save your songs to a computer, but otherwise a computer or laptop are not needed at all to use the RC505.

[@maritessburgos1910]

That’s weird mine doesn’t have the AUX

[@LiveLoopers]

Which machine do you have? 505, 202 or 505mkII?

[@maritessburgos1910]

@@LiveLoopers 505mk2

[@maritessburgos1910]

And help I don’t know how to use this!!! lol like where do I start!!! So excited I’m so new to music. I got into a bad car accident where I can’t work so I gotta learn and work on my skills and practice!

[@LiveLoopers]

This video was recorded before the mk2 was announced. They dropped the aux in favor of more stereo channels.

[@billychan4633]

2023/05/11

[@LiveLoopers]

A good day to leave a comment!

[@aleishaleonard8690]

Wish you actually said what cables are needed!

[@LiveLoopers]

Sorry. It will vary depending on what your needs are. You mostly need quarter inch cables to plug into the RC-505, but what you will need on the other end will depend on what you're plugging in.

[@darkraft1020]

Bro.. Can you appear in my head and explain shit to me when it's needed? like, can you explain my life for me? Thanks man!

[@LiveLoopers]

I'm not sure the technology is there yet for that. I mean I like explaining stuff and all but...

[@darkraft1020]

@@LiveLoopers So.. your saying if I smoke more drugs it might be possible? Thanks man!

[@LiveLoopers]

@@darkraft1020 - that's it exactly.

[@kentmartell8445]

watching this makes me feel uncomfortable

[@LiveLoopers]

Sorry to hear that.

[@Professor-kaoss]

Damn dude motherfuckers didn't pay attention to the golden rule in kindergarten. I've been thinking about getting a 505 and really enjoyed this video on it. Thanks for taking the time to make it man

[@soulance8342]

You dont enjoy those up close, intimate conversations while cuddling in bed?!?!