Looping tutorial - BOSS RC 505 with Guitar & Akai MPK Mini mk3 (Midi Keyboard)

Links to equipment I use
Hello and welcome to my channel!
I make videos using my guitar and looping with the BOSS RC 505
www.boss.info/au/products/rc-...
I also use the MPK Mini Mk3
www.akaipro.com/mpk-mini-mk3
The guitar that I am using is call the Maton Mini (diesel edition)
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Getting right to it, here are a few ideas on how you can layer your tracks using the BOSS RC 505, a guitar and a midi keyboard.
This is a shortened version of the previous video which gets right to the good stuff.
This is one of many ways that this can be done. More to come in future.
If you have any questions. Please leave them in the comments.
I use this method when playing live and also when I’m jamming online during a stream.
There are so many options with this machine, and using your hands can make it tricky… so i hope that this video helps.

[@OutsideOurCave]

Killer intro

[@cheese9580]

Wow! Wish I had the whole track. Gonna loop it now as close as I can.. You, like the pain in me ..

[@lachlancarr9860]

Thank you! I know… I should really make whole tracks out of these. I’m glad you liked!

[@subtlesigns]

bro, I'm 1 midi keyboard from this set up. your tutorial is awesome and now I'm ready to get started

[@lachlancarr9860]

Wow I’m glad I could help out with this!

[@seancambern1235]

Yes! Thanks for sharing your awesome technique.

[@lachlancarr9860]

Thanks Sean. Means a lot!

[@nickw22689]

I’m beat-repeat-aholic too mate 😂 lovely little ensemble there though dude

[@lachlancarr9860]

Hahah - its such a good lil trick. Thanks man. Would love to see your stuff! Do you have a channel?

[@sashamillarmusic]

That was a fantastic tutorial, thank you!! And you sound amazing! Great vibe :)

[@lachlancarr9860]

Thanks for watching! Means a lot!

[@seven7sseven7s83]

Really cool bro, cheers from St George area, Sydney

[@lachlancarr9860]

Thank you mate! Im from Liverpool Sydney!

[@jaydevmukhia]

Thank you for this 🤘🏼

[@lachlancarr9860]

You are most welcome!

[@BarryGrueter]

Very nice 👍

[@lachlancarr9860]

Thanks Barry!

[@ckambient872]

Hi bro, how u set the guitar playing looping method on the looper, when u on it, when u play guitar it start recording. Thanks

[@camiloochoa1239]

great stuff, how do you connect the midi piano into the looper? thanks

[@lachlancarr9860]

Hey! Sorry for the late response. So the midi goes into the laptop… fro lm the laptop is an aux going into the looper

[@js_bbx]

hello, i buy a midi keyboard i can ear it in my loop but i cant record loop with it, do you know how i can do ? :(

[@carlobuongiovanni7934]

Can you save a track on the fly to free it for other loops during the performance and then reload the saved track on the fly?

[@lachlancarr9860]

You can have pre set tracks that you have saved prior… but you can’t switch between them during a performance… Alternatively… you can layer a track… and then delete a layer then add it back again if needed, provided that you haven’t recorded anything again since… this has to be during a performance

[@sundvisson]

how do you connect the akai mpk? does it have to go to the computer first, then loopstation? Or does the mpk have a built in memory?

[@nickw22689]

Looper connects to your computer, USB. Keyboard also connects to your computer, USB. Select the looper as your sound output device inside your music software and you’re sailing.

[@lachlancarr9860]

Hey! So with my set up, the MPK goes into the laptop, then from the laptop is an aux chord going into the looper

[@kelchr58]

You are doing the exact same setup as I have....guitar / RC505 / MPK Mini....could you do a diagram or video showing how its all connected? Sorry I'm a newbie

[@JVJF7]

Funfact: if you have the mpk mini play mk3, you don't need a laptop in your setup

[@lachlancarr9860]

Teach me your ways!

[@lachlancarr9860]

I’ll see what i can put together

[@JorDANKa007]

Did you end up making a video of how you have everything setup ?

[@lilAady]

how did u make the rc 505 to take inputs from your midi? can u make a tutorial

[@lachlancarr9860]

Hey mate! It s simple fix really! I run an aux chord from the computer to the 505. So all sounds from the computer come out into the 505 and I can loop them!

[@FABisz]

@@lachlancarr9860 no external sound card required? You need to connect the rc 505 via usb to the computer and mpk the same? What program do you use to sample mpk?

[@FABisz]

@@lachlancarr9860 aux chord - it's the same cable as for headphones ?

[@rahulkothari1563]

Can I connect akai mini mk3 to rc 505 mk2 directly ?

[@lachlancarr9860]

I’m not sure! I’m using mk1

[@zaidableezy]

yea you can. I put an aux cable in the "phones" jack on the akai, and then I use an AUX to 1/4 TS converter/splitter and insert them into the L-INST-R jacks on the RC-505.