MC-707 tutorial: the looper track

Hey Guys!
In this tutorial I dive into the Looper Track and go over how to set it up, which settings to choose and so on. This is part II of a 3-parter so stay tuned for part III.

[@markgiddings8382]

Thanks Todd …….. love ur fresh style of teaching - Thank you 👍

[@ToddMakesMusic]

Thank you very much!

[@andrevanderschueren4826]

Hey Todd Thanks like this kind of tutorials looking forward to the next 😃😇

[@ToddMakesMusic]

Thank you, that is good to hear! I'll keep working on them for sure

[@paulbarton6659]

Nice work Todd, thanks for sharing the knowledge 👍

[@ToddMakesMusic]

Thank you!!

[@BDKabrini]

I just started experimenting with the looper. I thought it wouldn't be efficient as far as time/secs etc. But i was wrong. Its wayy better than i expected.

[@ToddMakesMusic]

Yeah, one can get quite a lot out of it

[@andresluque8702]

Thanks Todd. Really useful video. A question. How do you build a 'library' of longer samples, which later on you can use for different ways. For example, I would like to sample parts of songs from my vinyls (say, 10 to 20 seconds), which later on I can use in projects for chopping (short sounds in drum tracks, or longer sounds in looper tracks). I know how to record a sample from my vinyls, but I don't know how to do it in a way that lets me reuse it in a flexible way in the future. Any help with this would be super!

[@deemarr9151]

Diamond in the ruff...just a deep dive to deal with but try packs the zen...import and🎉😮especially drum packs ..like a new groove box dont forget to set on clip mode ...just learn it ...take your time ⏲️

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Is there a way to record the loop and then switch over to the record ed loop without playing external-in in the background? For example having a base synth playing its pattern and then switch over from the live audio to the recorded

[@ToddMakesMusic]

When you play a scene and you have a looper track, then you can select a clip on the looper track and record from external an possibly another track as well. After the defined recording length in measures the looped recording will automatically be played, so the keyboard player can stop. All while the MC is in playback mode. Is that what you are looking for?

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

@@ToddMakesMusic in my case, the base synth keeps on playing its programmed sequence when the loop is recorded and being played. It want the MC 707 to stop playing the external input when the loop is playing. The I idea is to be able to change settings o. The base synth, while the recorded loop is playing and the at one point switch back to playing the external input again and stop playing the loop. This is something you often see people do on the Octatrack. Maybe there is a way to change the looper input track on the 707 with a midi cc command.

[@khalylehagood3222]

The time stretching on the 707 sounds like ass in both type 1 and 2.

[@ToddMakesMusic]

Yeah, it does not stretch well beyond ten bpm or so. If possible one should only loop once the bpm ate fixed.

[@mango4two101]

I just wish that the stretching algorithm was better because it is pretty bad tbh.

[@ToddMakesMusic]

Yes, the bpm range is somewhat narrow. I mostly use the looper track last, when I no longer change the bpm. But yeah, depending on the genre of music one works in, it might not be ideal

[@bff6434]

Bad gear

[@ToddMakesMusic]

Yeah, I share that kind of humour, if only I'd share his quality:)