How to create AMBIENT DRONE Sounds || EMPTY LOOP Method || with BUDGET PEDALS

[@projectiveplane]

I love your videos. Congratulations on the work!!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much indeed 🙏🙏🙏

[@pangur780]

That is beautiful, just beautiful.

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@tomlacey9972]

Genius. Makes sense as the overdub carries. Wouldve never thought to try this though! Thanks for this man! Legend.

[@PerryFrank]

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[@ashamael]

THANK YOU! I never could quite get things sounding the way I wanted, and I never thought to record an empty loop first!

[@PerryFrank]

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[@herosquadlivemusic4815]

Hey man great video! I'm embarrassed by how long I've been at this without thinking of your method, what an ingenious idea!

[@Normandy_Mike]

I'm surprised by the tones you're generating there. Lovely & inspiring - thanks

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much indeed 🙏

[@teahen9435]

Brother!! The empy loop shit saved my cheap looper from going to garbage bin. Thanks!

[@PerryFrank]

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[@gmouse1250]

thank yolu for the tip beautiful person

[@PerryFrank]

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[@stanley1976]

Amazing how simple a set-up you can use and make such amazing sounds!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@joaosennaification]

Thank you for sharing this. I was struggling. It's precious info.. 🙏🙏

[@PerryFrank]

Glad to be useful someway

[@Normandy_Mike]

Back to this for the 3rd watch & realising that you really have to know your harmonic & melodic stuff to make this music evolve like that.

[@nerdebynature]

Great tip! I appreciate how approachable you make your videos!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@willtremain2854]

legend, I was trying to think of ways around this for live play without buying even more pedals, this is so simple and clever, thanks for sharing!

[@anthonyludington8320]

This was helpful, thoughtful, and concise, thanks! I enjoy the end where you turn into the guitar too🤣

[@travis2333]

You became the band Hammock, which is the highest compliment I could ever give someone!

[@PerryFrank]

What a nice comment! Thank you very much indeed! 🙏

[@FreeformRock]

Beautiful man

[@PerryFrank]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@PlazaMoon]

Wow! Nice. You sound like Robin Guthrie

[@PerryFrank]

Thanks yes I do 😊

[@moonglimmers]

Nice.

[@PerryFrank]

🙏🙏🙏

[@dediarieswan4099]

Mesmerizing ✨

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@stubbulon5]

Thanks for demonstrating the technique

[@jcrogers3854]

Stunning brother love it and a great tip for looping drones !

[@thegamblefish]

Awesome. Also, beautiful Strat!!!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@crimsonhawk4912]

Thank you. The magic sexrets are mine !

[@martinespinomusic]

Beautiful brotha!!!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@kolkmeiester]

Thank you!

[@handoromper7987]

Cheers very clever👍🏻

[@Nghilifa]

Great! Thanks for explaining this, I was wondering why you did it after watching one of your previous videos, but now it all makes perfect sense. Stay safe & healthy!

[@rossconran2333]

Very Sweet Loop

[@BishopEddie5443]

AWESOME!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much

[@davebraxton]

That sounds amazing. You’ve inspired me! I’ve got a Keeley Caverns pedal and am borrowing a Boss RC-1 so see what I can do with my Taylor acoustic. Won’t be the same as electric but this is opening up a whole new world of possibilities!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@electraazteca6002]

No, it won’t be the same but it will be very cool because the looper just goes with you get it, if you give it a “volume swell”, it will loop It and I would create a bunch of beautiful loops, in different keys of course or at least a variety in their structure and then you can save it and play them “live” in performance. Good luck and thanks Perry nice work it would be nice if you can explain how that work. How the empty look work what is actually happening within the machine?

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

Beautiful. And with 3 simple pedals. Liking that zcat verb. Microcosm I think is next.

[@PerryFrank]

Thanks so much 🙏 I love that zcat reverb, Microcosm will probably be my next addition

[@adpitts1]

I learn more with each video. This method is perfect for my ambient music efforts. Once again, thank you for sharing!

[@PerryFrank]

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[@AmbientMusicItaly]

Great job Perry

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

[@michaeltihon3485]

Nice tip and awesome melody to demo it. Thanks for sharing :)

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@niloben659]

lovely jam

[@ChristoJota]

Great Sounds! And thanks for the trick!Will check it out…

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you!

[@antonioapicella5413]

Ciao Perry, rimango incantato nel vedere la semplicità... con cui crei melodie che fanno sognare... che fanno volare con la mente... lontano! Ti seguo sempre, con ammirazione. Tony.

[@PerryFrank]

Grazie infinite 🙏🙏

[@RDiefenbach]

Great tutorial, man! Your ravish sitar ambient vid is what set it off for me to get back into music and remix a sample of yours - and now I'm also doing some guitar and ambient synth music. SO enjoyable to see your process and glad you're sharing your knowledge with the world :)

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

[@deathstramy7272]

Love your guitar

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you 🙏 Stratocaster Blue Flower Made in Japan

[@donaldtownsend6737]

That was very awesome.

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@krokus5714]

grande amigo!!

[@PerryFrank]

Thanks a lot!

[@bruno_gatti]

This was sooo helpful and inspiring, thank you very much! Great video and an instant sub

[@PerryFrank]

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[@DanPratt]

This was a great simple overview.

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much!

[@areamusicale]

veramente interessante ; :-)

[@PerryFrank]

Grazie infinite Sam 🙏

[@LioFuzz]

Nice

[@PerryFrank]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@AmbientMusicSoundtracks]

thanks for this tip Perry!!!

[@PerryFrank]

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[@teknical100]

Thank you.

[@DanMark7094]

So beautiful...

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much indeed 🙏

[@JuanArias-xr6je]

Thanks so much for this!!!

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you for your words

[@joshadkins-kv9zn]

This is super helpful, thank you for posting it! My loops/drones always have that clunky and obvious gap. Stoked to try this approach. Also - absolutely beautiful piece here. Wow.

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you 🙏🙏🎶

[@congce]

thank you

[@adrianhudson2114]

Wonderful, what a great idea - Thank you

[@PerryFrank]

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

[@lukeskywalk9773]

Love it! Great tutorial.

[@PerryFrank]

Thanks a lot!

[@jonasalejandro5927]

Muy bueno! Me gustaría tener un sample de esto

[@PerryFrank]

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[@artemkan3040]

great video, which tuning is this?

[@fififinance7469]

It's a marathon not a sprint.... Small steps towards success which is what savings are.😀

[@drcockles]

Great stuff, thanks, subscribed🤟🏼

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Tutto bello tranne che il reverbero non è per niente budget a 200 euro. Cmq hai qualche video in cui usi anche il chorus visto che tra le tue influenze figura il più grande utilizzatore di questo effetto (a mio avviso), ovvero Robin Guthrie nei Cocteau Twins.

[@jaersee]

Greetings from La Paz, Bolivia!!! Those 10 seconds are because the pedal work in that way? I like your music

[@PerryFrank]

Hello, greetings from Sardinia. Those 10 seconds are because the drone I wanted to create had that timing. It depends on what you want to play

[@jaersee]

@@PerryFrank thank you ¡MAESTRO! 👌👌👌

[@arjunlama3446]

Ciao Perry, qui non capisco una cosa: una volta che sei partito dal loop a vuoto non vedo che stoppi e fai l'overdub...suoni sempre senza mai interrompere la registrazione del loop eppure partono le varie sequenze a ripetizione ... è una tecnica di utilizzo del loop oppure mancano i frame in cui stoppi e riparti con l'overdub di nuovo? non capisco..grazie !

[@PerryFrank]

Se tu non fermi la registrazione il pedale continua a sovraincidere per sempre, quindi non c'è bisogno di fermare e ogni overdub va ad aggiungersi al loop.

[@arjunlama3446]

grazie! @@PerryFrank

[@robertclarkguitar]

I never had Gaps in my loops. I use a Gt1 only 30 second. Sadly. Perhaps people aren't timing their loops? Or I missundertand ? Anyway I do things my own way and maybe thats a bad thing but I explore and so far I am in love with ambient blues atmos I create. Its a reflection of my inner self or emotions. Im not like most ambient channels. Some are more airy than others. But I use only Valhalla for my creations...reverb wise. Thanks for a great video!

[@edermasedagarcia84]

Thank You Perry!!! Reminds me Eno ,Fripp,... Very good tutorial.I love your music!!!

[@PerryFrank]

Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@danielleinad6019]

As I understand it, the reason for recording an empty loop is the gap between the end of the first loop and the repeat. So far so good. The second loop is an overdub, right? But why is there no audible gap when the overdub ends and starts all over again? The overdub has the same length as the first loop, so shouldn't there also be a gap or a "hard cut" when the overdub repeats itself? I've never used a looper for recording drone sounds (reverb/delay into the looper), so I'm totally unexperienced.

[@PerryFrank]

You've said you don't use a looper to create drones. So, tell me, which gear do you use?

[@danielleinad6019]

Perry Frank I've been listening to ambient music for more than 15 years, but I'm relatively new to pure guitar ambient music. I want to explore this territory and I know that the looper is an essential part. I've got a delay and several pitch shifters, but I'm still not sure which looper I want to have on my board. The empty loop method is absolutely new to me, that's why I was asking my question (see above). I've always wondered what's the best method to create lush sound textures with the looper at the end of the chain. With that being said, I've never created drone sounds with my guitar, but I want to be able to do so.

[@PerryFrank]

@@danielleinad6019 ok man, buy a looper and try this method, you can make drone sounds with a cheap looper too. All you need is to play and make experiments.

[@danielleinad6019]

Perry Frank I definitely will, thank you! But I still need some help to understand why the first loop has that unwanted gap, while the overdubs don't.

[@grandfab813]

@@danielleinad6019 I'm like you... Ok it works fine, but could someone explain why?

[@alidillen2965]

Can you achieve the same benefit if you have a looper set to Record:Record:play instead of Record:play:record?

[@PerryFrank]

Probably not, every looper has a minimum gap when you push the button. I've tried the Boss, Boomerang, Tc Electronic, Nux, Mooer and in the mode record-record-play there's however a little gap. I think the only way to hide it if you want to use it that way is to put the reverb after the looper and increase the mix of the reverb.

[@Murnauband]

Purtroppo sto tentando e ritentando con una boss rc5...ma non riesco!!! Qualche consiglio??? Complimenti per il video

[@PerryFrank]

Grazie infinite 🙏 in che senso non ci riesci?

[@Murnauband]

@@PerryFrank praticamente creo il loop vuoto e poi registro il loop suonato..ovviamente della stessa lunghezza del precendente...ma nulla si sente sempre “lo stacco”

[@PerryFrank]

@@Murnauband che catena effetti usi? Puoi scriverla in ordine chitarra - pedali - amp?

[@Murnauband]

@@PerryFrank overdrive modulazioni delay e reverb e looper

[@PerryFrank]

@@Murnauband allora forse può dipendere proprio dal looper boss, non è la prima volta che sento cose del genere sulla loop station della Boss. Non la adoro particolarmente

[@TheLordcasio]

Get a Slow Gear clone and a looper that is capable of going directly into overdub-out-of-record.

[@emperorwulf5645]

Why do you look like Al Pacino

[@PerryFrank]

Al Pacino is my grandfather LOL

[@region-ec]

the empty loop method a.k.a. the andy othling method :)

[@PerryFrank]

Oh yes, you can call it as you want 😂