MY BOSS RC 202 LIVE LOOPING SETUP 2023 🌈

#livelooping #setup #arturiaminilab #bossrc202 #homestudio #studiogear
every week i get a lot of comments and questions about my live looping setup. so this video will answer many of your questions about anything that has to do with my gear during my performances, the hardware connections and experience with live looping. featuring the BOSS RC-202 loop station, working in pro tools, the arturia minilab MK2 and more of my gear.
if you miss anything in this video or have suggestions about future videos feel free to drop a comment🧡
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01:22 - LIVE LOOPING GEAR
04:57 - GUITAR EFFECTS CHAIN
06:21 - DAW/SOFTWARE
07:18 - PEP TALK
07:56 - HARDWARE CONNECTIONS
09:48 - MIDI KEYBOARD
11:33 - MY WEBSITE
www.mvndamusic.com/ - music blog & news
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you find all of my gear down below😍👇
MY GEAR🎧 (affiliate links supporting this channel)
2020 Macbook Pro M1💻 geni.us/I2Pp8F
Arturia minilab MK2🎹 geni.us/oYhZ4Cl
Beyerdynamic DT250🎧 geni.us/Nkyixs
Mackie Pro FXv3 series🎛 geni.us/KsExOi
BOSS RC-202🎛 geni.us/sP34c
Shure Beta 58A🎤 geni.us/ZU6wehp
Neumann U87 AI🎤 geni.us/Kxa0Glj
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[@therealHeaDKasE]

Yay get it girl!

[@MVNDA]

wwiieeeeee🥳🥳

[@3xAudio]

amazing setup. thanks for sharing

[@MVNDA]

thank you!🧡 love it very much🙏

[@SebaLibre9]

💚🙏🏻

[@MVNDA]

🧡🥳🙌🌈

[@inforestsandlands]

Amazing video!!! Keep it up 👏👏👏

[@MVNDA]

thank uuuuuuu🫠🥰😘

[@jamesaita]

This is great! Would love to see more walk through breakdowns of performances !

[@MVNDA]

awesome! ill bring that with me🙌😊

[@Barteksksk]

Fantastic!!! So I leave it once again, as u ask… Arturia + software and how to set everything up (like drums for arturia pads etc.). Waiting for it so much ❤️

[@marcelomag5174]

thanks a lot for this tutorial, can you also do the same with a Boss RC-5?

[@MVNDA]

happy to help!🤩 the day i get my hands on the 505 ill definitely make a tutorial for that but im not familiar with the RC 5 yet🧡🙏

[@DJyos]

Amazing. Really nice to see what you do in your studio. And you are very motivating to continue music. Thank you very much and good luck to you🧡

[@MVNDA]

thank you for being so supportive! love to share🙏🧡

[@DJyos]

@@MVNDA ❤️🎸❤️

[@DJyos]

@@MVNDA a question . How did you also learn to play the guitar very nicely? also produce music. And edit a video? It's really impressive

[@MVNDA]

@@DJyos it all spells practicing. spending a lot of time doing them, theres really no way around it😂

[@DJyos]

@@MVNDA I also really want to know everything 🥲 but it must take a lot of courses to know everything and it must also be a lot of investment.. in how long did you learn everything?

[@yokohamaborn]

Ambient guitarist here. Just bought a Boss RC-202 after seeing your performances and video review. I have been using two Boss RC-5s (footpedals) but I'm going to now try to link the RC-202 with an RC-5 and hopefully achieve a 3 track recording set-up (I'm also going to use my FS-7 dual footswitch with RC-202). Any idea whether you can midi sync RC-202 and RC-5?

[@MVNDA]

ohhhh wow that sounds really cool. unfortunately i have no idea if that work. i do know that the RC202 and RC505 are possible to sync and since the RC5 is the same brand it might work🙏🤗 let me know if it does!

[@kingabdolbig4306]

I'm grateful for the complete explanation you gave us but finally mixer is connected to where? i mean just from RC looper to the input line to the mixer but how about the output of the mixer. Thank you in advance for explaining this one also

[@MVNDA]

check this out, it might help you since he's using a mixer! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYeYiqKAjMd7ntk

[@amycaroline23]

This is wonderful thankyou for sharing with us! I just got the RC-202 and looking to get a bit more gear, but just hard ware if that's possible right now. I'm very much a beginner and not techie lol. I was wondering, can a person hook up the Arturia to the looper and be able to use them together without any soft wear? Or does the Arturia need soft wear for you to even operate it? Thanks!

[@MVNDA]

hello! the arturia is a midi controller which means it doesnt have any internal sound, it needs midi signals from some kind of software to run! i use my daw to trigger it. so no, you can not connect it straight to the loop station😊

[@TuuliKauri]

Something you can look at is AKAI MPK mini play - it has BUILT IN SOUNDS and its similar in size and function to the Arturia, has only 4 knobs though, 8 pads, 25 keys, completely remappable if you want (later?) to control different things via MIDI, and the knobs give you some basic builtin effects. I love mine, and connect it to my looper using just a 3.5mm to 1/4" TRS adapter for its 3.5mm headphone output. So I can loop it's built in sounds on my RC-202 using only hardware. So its kind of a mini controller, but also kind of a keyboard. AND it runs either on a USB, or on batteries!

[@TravelinChina]

Arturia mini lab connected to mac via USB and then...? What's the output back to the boss rc?

[@MVNDA]

its a little complicated but its explained in the video that the output is routed inside the software (daw) by changing your playback engine to RC 202. there are no further hardware connected to the keyboard. the output is the rc 202 and that way the loop station will pick up the output of the keyboard.

[@TravelinChina]

@@MVNDA Thanks for the reply. I kind of got that. But I mean what physical wire links the mac back to the RC 202? An Aux line?

[@MVNDA]

@@TravelinChina oh sorry i misunderstood😊 well the physical links from the laptop is: one usb connection between macbook and rc 202🎛 one usb connection between laptop-arturia keyboard🎹 one usb connection between laptop and the interface🎛 the rest (instrument, mic, footswitch and stereo outputs to interface) are linked from the rc 202 itself.

[@TravelinChina]

@@MVNDA Thanks! I didn't know the RC202 could be linked up to Mac via USB. That's great to hear. I'm assuming if you wanted to use the midi keyboard with an iPad, that'd have to be via an Aux input. Great video. Thanks again.

[@MVNDA]

@@TravelinChina yes indeed!🤗 the minilab doesnt have any aux input but i did catch a video with a producer using an aux/usb adapter to connect midi controller to ipad so i guess that could be possible🤙

[@user-gu8dk7dx9n]

Thanks so much for this video! It helped me finally figure ish out. One thing though, I am able to record directly from my RC202 to Ableton without using an interface, even with the I/O Lin on. My ableton audio i/o & midi are set to RC202, as is my mac mini system output and input. I don't know if it's because of our different computers and DAWs, but I was able to make it work. One question I did have though is if you've upgraded recently to Sonoma? The RC202 driver in Jan/Feb did not work at all then they released a new driver for my Ventura (os 13) and it worked finally! I'm afraid to upgrade now to Sonoma because it was such a headache before...

[@MVNDA]

thats awesome that you made it work! how did you connect the RC 202 to the computer (hardware)? be very careful when upgrading mac! i always tend to wait for many months before doing that so that the manifacturers keep up with the updates... trust me i learned that the hard way😂

[@user-gu8dk7dx9n]

@@MVNDA Good call, re: mac updates! I just have my 202 plugged in via USB. I spend *hours* trying to figure out routing via blackhole, etc. but the simplest approach was the best, I guess!

[@MVNDA]

alright😊 i haven't made it work that way. should maybe give it a try again haha@@user-gu8dk7dx9n

[@lucyluanlovesmusic]

Hey Mvnda, thanks for sharing, it's really helpful. I have a question about recording the sound, as I use the USB wire to record what I loop on RC505, it has a noise in the background and the volume is really small. From the video I see you use 2 Macs, one is connected to the midi key to have the sound and the big one is only for recording, is that right? Also, what wire do you use to record the sound and how's the quality? Is the volume fine? ( I turned it really big on loop station) Thank you so much~~~💖

[@MVNDA]

are you using an interface at all?😊 i only use one computer, the second screen is used only as my second monitor/screen.

[@lucyluanlovesmusic]

@@MVNDA yes, I put all the instruments in a mixer/interface (not sure which one is a more accurate way to describe it) and then goes into one effects pedal and then RC 505:)

[@edumaker5314]

Just, amazing! I'm preparing myself and my wallet to buy a 202 and a minilab. Today I have a zoom RhythmTrak234 to make my drums a I use my Multi effect to looping, but I'm not happy with that! Soon, I'll have something greate like yours! Ps.: I'm in love for Gravity!

[@MVNDA]

wow thats so cool!! hopefully you will really love them. i definitely do🥳 i do prefer less is more too, so if i would crave new gear, i would upgrade with new (or thrifted) and sell the old gear to another user. it comes down to personal taste and needs really🙌 hope you find a nice setup that you will love🔥

[@MVNDA]

and thank you for streaming gravity i appreciate it!🧡🧡🧡

[@mygoogle1525]

I've just moved to loopy pro. I think it is tge best looper at the moment. Pricey as you need an ipad but the posibilities are unbelievable. Any one wants to buy rc505 mk2 near paraguay? Almost like new. Nice spacy music ypu make😉

[@MVNDA]

never tried but sounds really neat🤘 its nice to find something that fits the workflow and feel🙏 happy for you! and thank you for listening🥳✨️

[@vertigev]

Hello and thanks so much for this video! Do you have to do anything special to save setting changes? I change the clear mode to double tap but when I power cycle it it's back to having to hold the button for 2 seconds to clear. Thanks!

[@MVNDA]

hmm i actually dont know why it happends or how to fix that🤔 hope you find some answers online somewhere. or in the manual!

[@vertigev]

@@MVNDA So yours does the same thing? The manual doesn't say anything about the settings getting reset on power cycle. Thanks!

[@MVNDA]

@@vertigev well my standard setting is double tapping to clear, never experienced anything else😊

[@vertigev]

@@MVNDA Roger that, thank you!

[@ShenFM]

can I send midi messages from DAW to RC-202 to activate loop start or stop or recall loop playback? Automating it...

[@MVNDA]

good question! im not sure if thats possible. ive never done it before or seen anyone else do it😁 but i mean it has midi inputs so im guessing there could be a way!

[@galberger5279]

hey, great video very helpful question, are you using a guitar amp? or directly from the guitar to the rc? if not how do you get the "full guitar" sounds (exept the pedals that you use) thanks:)

[@MVNDA]

hello! i connect the guitar straight into the looper (after fx pedal chain) thats correct! no amp😊

[@galberger5279]

@@MVNDA thanks :) Don't stop sharing with us your creativity :)

[@MVNDA]

@@galberger5279 thank you! so happy to keep inspiring and creating. its what i live for. keep making music!🧡🙏

[@joahlnaik4701]

Hey really love your videos and music, super inspirational and just amazing! Just wondered, I’m thinking of buying boss rc 202. Is it possible to record higher than 16 bit in Daw? So can you record in studio quality day 24 bit? Thanks 🙏🏽

[@MVNDA]

hello thank you so much!😊🙏 i always record my projects in 24 bit and i havent experienced any issues with that🥳

[@joahlnaik4701]

@@MVNDA thanks so much for your reply, I’m abit confused as I read it only records in 16 bit. How do I record higher quality?

[@MVNDA]

@@joahlnaik4701 i run my daw projects in 24 bit, even if the recording from the looper is 16 bit.

[@joahlnaik4701]

@@MVNDA okay got yer, thank you 🙏🏽

[@maries6398]

Why do you still use your audio interface if you put the settings on the boss rc202 in your DAW ? Like you can record what you do thanks to your daw, why using the audio interface ? Sorry I am a beginner and I am trying to get in live looping… :)

[@Whatsamattau2]

I’m paraplegic so obviously a foot pedal isn’t useful to me. I was gifted an Evo 4 audio interface and an RC 202 but I’m new to using anything other than playing acoustic and some electric guitar. Can you connect the rc202 to an iPad and if so how would you go about (as in what goes where) ? I know creating a video showing how to create a guitar loop without a foot pedal would appeal to a small audience but any suggestions on this or above questions would be GREATLY appreciated Thx

[@MVNDA]

hello regarding the ipad i answered you in the other video you commented on😊 the footswitch is only a extra "luxury" and is not essential for looping. i only lately started using it, before i only used my hands.

[@martinpritchard4284]

Nice setup, listened to a lot of your tracks/compositions, really wel put together and sounding great. I too love this genre of music have being influenced by the likes of Tangerine Dream etc. I have a Roland Fantom 06 hooked up with Ableton and also using Reason rewire (PC). Was thinking of getting the RC505 MKII as I like that the possibilities could be endless. My plan is to connect my Fantom, Mic, Guitar directly to the RC505 MKII while also using my DAW and plan at a later stage to get a mixer. Sorry for the long winded blah, but do you think it would be a worthy set up. I have been composing and play for quire a few years so Im not new to the gig. Thanks again and keep the music flowing. ❤

[@MVNDA]

thank you i really appreciate that😩🙏 it sounds like an awesome setup to me. im extremely interested in the 505 MKII myself! would love to own one because of the endless possibilities. the 202 is awesome, but the 505 MKII is the elite✨️✨️✨️

[@martinpritchard4284]

@@MVNDA If its ok I will let you know when I have it all set up and give some feedback on the 505 MKII. Hope to have chapter 2 of this journey completed in the next 3 to 4 weeks and how it all dove tails together. Wont be doing any videos just yet until the learning phase is over...lol Thanks again for your music. ❤🎹🎹❤

[@MVNDA]

@@martinpritchard4284 yeah i would love to know more🙏🧡 good luck setting up🌈