Measure Settings Tutorial || BOSS RC-505 || Don't Worry Be Happy || Ki5

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Note:
Track 1 could have been set to 1, but there was no need. Track 5 could have been set to 2, but Free did the trick just fine. As long as the looper knows what the settings are, that's all that matters.
What other questions do you have?

[@gustavovillordo2661]

I was finally able to get an rc-505 and you are a great inspiration to want to learn more and get better thank you so much and your videos are great

[@Ki5loops]

Thanks so much Gustavo!! That's so great to hear you have a 505 now!! I'll keep making new videos and include more explanation videos too. Cheers!

[@gritsguitar]

Well done. Thank you. I have been using just the AUTO setting for so many of my songs. Only now I am looking at different styles of music and the FREE setting is very useful...very helpful video. Thanks again.

[@Ki5loops]

I'm so glad to hear that!!! Using the FREE setting gave me so much flexibility

[@tylerhowell9166]

DUDE....wow.

[@Ki5loops]

haha thanks Tyler!!

[@smokeweed9662]

Wow more like tutorials like this bro

[@Ki5loops]

I'll have to do more!

[@cjthelooper]

Nice, been trying to find out how to do this for a while now. Thanks😀

[@Ki5loops]

You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful! Def let me know if you have more questions

[@MatthewBrooksMusic]

This helped tremendously. Appreciate you.

[@Ki5loops]

So glad to hear that!! Cheers!

[@JanineHogan]

you ever have them refuse to stop the loop and flash for more measures even when they're all on free?

[@Ki5loops]

Yes definitely! By default it seems like the loop station will stick to the most common combinations of loop lengths, 1 measure, 2 measure, 4 measure etc. so when I have to do something atypical like 3 measures I make sure to explicitly set it.

[@DRUMMERCALL]

If you have the setting on Free, can you recite say a 2 minute poem on Track 1?

[@Ki5loops]

I don't see why not! :)

[@galekountz1031]

On the boss rc 505. What if I wanted a sound to produce every eight measures then change to 4 measures of a song.

[@-_AjB_-]

I'm curious to know how you take advantage of track effects. Is it possible to record a part, then add a track effect, then record that affected part back onto the loop. Then use a different set of track effects?

[@Ki5loops]

Great question!! I'll make a video next week explaining track effect options and what I use the most - Thanks for asking Anthony!

[@-_AjB_-]

@@Ki5loops thanks. I have since discovered the answer, but look forward to your take on it. Played your Bad Guy version to my wife, on Sunny England's south coast, and it had her dancing round the kitchen. I'd say that's a hit!

[@Ki5loops]

@@-_AjB_- For sure! Lots of diff ways to set things up - Excited to give you my take. Haha oh that's awesome!! Thanks for sharing the tunes and the story - Made me smile and I'm delighted you both like Bad Guy :)

[@SuzziSwanepoel]

Howzit, omg my Rc 505 is freaking out! Loop sync and tempo sync is on but it doesn’t loop over if i setup track measure? Eg: if i want to loop 1bar it doesn’t click over until i press the button, it used to just click over as per my measure setting! Please help! 😅🤯

[@jaywest174]

Hi I have a couple of trouble shooting errors which I am having with my 505, I wonder if you could shed some light on! 1: I can’t seem to get mine to stay within the limits of whatever measures I set each track on. When set on free it’s fine, but if I choose to set a track on 4 measures, the 505 seem to overplay into more measures instead of the settings of 4 measures. Why is this? Would appreciate a come back from you. Thanks in advance.

[@Ki5loops]

Hi Jay! Thanks for the question and I'm sorry you're having trouble. Sometimes I'd get tripped up, because the way the 505 counted measures wasn't what I expected. Here's what I'd do: With nothing saved on a channel, I'd make a simple beat on Track 1 for 1 measure. Track 1 could be set to Auto, Free, or 1 measure for this - doesn't matter. After verifying the 505 made it 1 measure, I'd then set Track 2 to be 4 measures. After it begins recording, the loop should "start over" after said 4 measures. Let me know if that doesn't work! Moral of the story: I've found it WAY easier to set short lengths first and then define longer loops based off those. I almost never set measures anymore and when I do, the first one is usually a measure to make sure things scale the way I want them to. Hope this helps! Happy Looping, Ki5

[@jaywest174]

@@Ki5loops Hey. Thanks for a quick comeback. Much appreciated. I will try your method soon and let you know the outcome.

[@JayDee1414]

I'm having an issue where I set the measure to 4 bars then as soon as I tap to record it automatically changes it to 1 bar. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[@Ki5loops]

I've heard of this issue before but I don't know how to fix it. I don't have any great idea other than a factory reset. That may be a BOSS support question :/

[@JayDee1414]

Thanks anyways!

[@discoHR]

Why the FREE tracks always revert to AUTO whenever I quick-clear them (double tap on stop button)?

[@Ki5loops]

weird. no clue! never seen that myself