My GUITAR LOOPING vision & setup explained!
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2020
- My looping setup and vision explained! I'm showing all the gear I use, and how to use it on the basis of a loop I did in the Acoustasonic video.
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Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on UA-cam.
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Sometimes I forget how good of a player Paul is because I’ve been watching him for years. Then he goes “and if you wanna add last layer, pfft whatever...” and pulls out the most AMAZING lick!
Indeed, he is, but... When you try to listen to his music seperately, forgetting about video and recording tips (which are actually fascinating!) - it become boring like elevator music :( I've tried to listen to his music on Tidal - it was hard to bear.
That last layer "whatever" was the most beautiful piece i have heard from you till now.
ikr lol. it was just "thrown in" but sounded so beautiful
So incredibly helpful, easy to understand and straight to the point - the perfect tutorial!
Paul never seems to amaze me, both your playing & production knowledge are vast. Also your ability to teach is truly a gift to YT. Thank you for the inspiration!!! That acoustasonic fits you VERY well.
Your enthusiasm & accent are beguiling along with the lighting, editing & playing. A great listen. A great watch! A great learning clip. Easy to understand why you have so many subscribers!
As a looper, this ment a lot. Keep doing more looping videos. It's so inspiring!!
Always inspiring. Beautiful playing and you always have the topic I'm looking for! Appreciate you, Paul.
I am so glad you made it. Your content is brilliant and you are such a humble person. Thank you!
„if it goes wrong... you’ll never see this cause I cut it out!” 🤣😂
I would love to see a uncut video or a “outtakes” video! 😍 would be cool for my own motivation to see that even you have struggles sometimes 🤷🏻♂️😅
If you struggle, think of how long it took for people, the author of this video included, to build their mastery. Years, man, tens of years...
Watching the relationship between the controller and the DAW was exactly what I needed to see!! And then you throw in the most tasteful playing this side of Gilmour! Fantastic video!! Thank you!!
I seriously love your channel so much because it's a great example of not having industry secrets! The fact that you explain everything that you do and are so transparent means so much to us! One day i'm sure ill be jamming with you, until then, please continue to make awesome content!
Really like this explanation of the looping setup. I’ve watched loads of looping videos and it’s hard to find the exact way people are doing it. Thanks 🙏
One of the best looping videos, specially for the music you created in this exercise. I just bought a Novation Launchkey Mini MK3 and I'm learning on how to create some chord progressions and drum fills. Thanks for a great lesson
Thank you so much for this video. I've made the most progress playing guitar after getting a looper pedal and this seems to me like the next step.
You are such an incredible artist Paul, love the way you play and explain it !
Paul is inspiring. He gives so much to the music community. More than just "how to play this or that". I tellay appreciate his videos.
I discovered Paul through the acoustasonic video and that gave me the motivation to learn the guitar “properly” so I purchased his beginners course and I don’t regret it! What a discovery, what an artist and thank you Paul so much for all these videos! Wish I’ll be looping myself one day!
Watching Paul always inspires me either as a guitarist, composer, or a producer.
This vid he did all three 💪🏽 Salute
This is the exact setup I was trying to build but wanted to see in practice. Thanks for making it!
Thanks! I've been waiting for this video since your first loop video!
I cannot thank you enough for taking me from a covers band guitarist to a completely different level! Creativity. Creativity. Creativity. Thank you!
best music man on utube, all his instructional videos are so pleasant to watch, and are of a great help. MANY THANKS.
Fantastic tutorial. I enjoy your teaching style. So down to earth. Thanks Paul for sharing.
thats why these videos are so important to businesses, without you guys on youtube doing all their demos makin me drool for everything you play. Paul, you are one of the best on youtube i call you by your name like i know you or something, its just that ive watched you for a long time and love just about everything you put out. your in my top 3 guitar players of all time not just youtube, you are a true inspiration for me, you are heartfelt and honest. you just come across the screen as a guy i would be proud to know. your music just makes me feel like im floating away on a cloud or something its always so melodic and interestingly fresh every time, thank you for doing what you do if i werent disabled and on a fixed income i would be a proud patron! you are making the world of music a better place one day at a time, the only way it can be done. thank you for doing what you do. your style is so relaxing to hear i cant get enough.
The best case I've seen for owning a Acoustasonic. Sounds great.
Paul, amazing sound! Very helpful tips, thanks for sharing your knowledge and music from your heart.
Loved your video man, thank you! I’m an old-school guitar player and you help me to catch on to tech. So lucky to have these tools today!
Those are some great progressions and solos. Gave me the motivation to play around with my major scale.
You deliver a great tutorial with professional editing, and easy to learn from. Hats off sir.
Very cool. What a great explanation making this complicated scenario totally non threatening and approachable. You really are a gifted teacher my friend.
Paul I gotta say that you were one of, if not the biggest inspirations for my musical journey so far.
Eres muy buen maestro paul muchas felicidades 🎉 sigo tu canal desde hace mucho y he aprendido bastante muchísimas gracias!
Saludos desde mexico
I just recently discovered your channel. Man, every time I see a video of you making music, I gotta say, it feels like watching a Bob Ross video. Soooo relaxing. Keep it up!
Hi Paul !
I'm watching your video right from France, and I must say your content is so great. You are inspiring. Thank you for that. 🙏🏻
Great Vision Paul, and mastery of the setup to support it.... super smooth! Thank you.
Thank you so much for showing this. I'm just beginning to play guitar though on an old 60s Strat from my girlfriend. While I love the sound of that guitar, I seriously think about getting that Acoustasonic once I get over playing the most basic chords ;)
Paul this is beautiful what you're doing here. I've just downloaded Ableteon live this morning. Its very daunting of course, because I've no idea about home recording. But you inspire us with your video. Its amazing. Thanks so much. Philip
Truly love the way you play man, absolutely perfect phrasing
Excellent tutorial, thank you. Loving the Knopfler vibe in your playing too.
Makes is look so simple... huge learning curve. I enjoy seeing him make it look easy. Sounds amazing as usual. His production value is always amazing.
the learning curve is not that high at all, in fact I dare to say it's really easy. I bought my gf one 2 months ago, without having any previous knowledge she's enjoying and making really cool stuff with it. It's not the best way to loop guitar pedals are way easier the push is way to elaborate, like he said, but to learn the simple basics and making music with it, it's really intuitive...Just watch some tutorials on the ableton channel like my gf did and you are up and running in no time. I really hope it doesn't scare you away from making music yourself. Even if only for a hobby...Good luck to you...
@@Lalaland.001I could have been more clear. I use pro tools and loop live in a similar way to him and your gf. I think you and I and your gf come from similar demographics. Easy for us but not for all. I appreciate your comment and more importantly you motivation to do it. You and your gf are good people.
@@hitnorcal thank you for getting at me. But I really think that most people get intimidated by the look of that thing with many buttons, when it's really not that complicated at all, in my personal experience and my Gf's. I think that even by Paul saying that it's a steep learning curve, he might have unconsciously made people even more afraid of something they shouldn't be afraid of at all. Especially if those people might actually want to try it out, if worst comes to worst you bought one second hand and if you can't get to grips with it you just resell it and almost the same price you bought it for. A push 1 second hand costs about 150 euros these days. add to that ableton intro for about 99 dollars and you are good to go. Let me tell you my personal story. The first time I ever touched anything remotely like this thing was when the mpc 2000sl came out. I wanted to own one, but many producers at the time told me it was a really hard to learn machine. I never looked at that machine again for about a year. Until one day I ran into a friend of mine. Who invited me over to the studio and had one. He asked me if I wanted to try it out. But I declined, he asked me why and I replied, because it's a really hard to learn machine with a steep learning curve. He then responded with whoever told you that is either afraid of you making something better or is really insecure. Let me show you the basics, he took me for a spin on that machine taught me that each button always does the same thing and that each step can be undone, as well as the fact that you can't do anything wrong on it, since it is a machine. It took me an hour to grasp the basics of it. The next day I bought one and well. Up until this day I still own that same machine. If it wouldn't have been for that one friend that told me to not be afraid of the machines. I might have had a whole different life today. All I'm saying is that a steep learning curve is nonsense. If you apply yourself to something that you really enjoy, the journey itself and all it's obstacles become part of who you are as a person. And you become a better version of yourself because of it. Especially if you feel it something that you might truly enjoy.
A lot of people are throwing around fancy terms and steep learning curves because of their own insecurities or because they want to sell you something. NOt saying that Paul does that. Technology leveled the playing field and anyone can enjoy making music, even for free these days. Some use outboard gear some go in the box. It;s something that I think anyone that has even the slightest interest in, should try out for themselves. There is no such thing as steep learning curves or secrets, there are no rules in music. Everyone understands the language of music, even if you are not fluent in it. We all have a voice, we all know music in our hearts and if we want to explore it we should. There shouldn't be any boundaries in a world were the sky isn't even the limit. Where words fail, music speaks.
Have a magnificent day...
@@Lalaland.001 I agree with everything you said. I am constantly challenging myself to continually learn and grow each day. I appreciate your comment and your genuine outlook on music, self worth, and applying one's self. I will leave you with this, "If you love what you do you will never work a day in your life." For those people there will never bee a steep learning curve, just adventure.
@@hitnorcal live is all about the journey and the adventure you make of it. Thank you for your reply, I truly do appreciate it. It's rare these days to find people to have a normal conversation with...
I needed this for looping inspiration purposes ..
Haven't completed my loop song yet ..
Hope it gets done soon ..
Daryl Vargas id it done dude?
Always good to learn from you Paul.
This video cleared up about a million questions for me. I can't say thank you enough. Also beautiful music!
awesome. I cracked up when you mentioned the "Steep Learning Curve".. LOL I been using Ableton for ten years and still fall down the hill regularly. I dig your style dude.
AWESOME! I purchased my first guitar several weeks ago. I am 62 and really looking forward to adding a new instrument! Thanks for sharing! Don
Amazing!
Really beautiful!
Kind of complicated, but very sweet to watch and hear.
Thanks man!!!
Thanks for doing this, it's nice to watch and it's always nice to discover something.
I am using Digitech Trio+ pedal, which loops, snaps to grid, adds bass and drum parts matching your initial chord progression, supports multiple layers and 5 parts for each track. It is incredible tool for practicing and songwriting and it is also fairly cheap for what it does.
Trio one has just drums and bass, tempo with styles and variations. I use a looper pedal after that..... and it loses time of the beat. I can’t use my looper pedal with the trio one. I guess that’s why the trio + is better!
Digitech
We need more of this man. By far the best sound on UA-cam 😍 would love to be able to play like this. Any suggestions on scales and things I should learn to be able to noodle like you 😊
He has a guitar program
utubejuan a very good guitar program
practice your triads and arpeggios :)
Jason Ceballos I’m feeling blue in b minor
I really enjoy watching your videos. Your instructions are always Wellcome.
Enhancing at every level. Beautiful. Thank-you.
You’re the only person who seems to like the strataccoustic. Most everyone on UA-cam seems to recoil in horror. I think they
Look and sound cool. Keep up the good work.
I think its cool, and very versatile. I have something similar, but little different. An acoustic with vibarm, its a gretch. The cool thing is that because of the strings, neck lengt etc its much more easy to bend. And does guitar are really cool to play blues with. But just listen in this video, you just hear how versatile it is. No problem adding som fuzz to this if you need to.
I have both, telecoustic and stratocoustic and there are not many days i pick up "normal" guitar. Even my custom prs's are dusting in. 😁
Playing these fenders through mooer 200 and headphones and you got pretty perfect set.
J Karra cool. I really like the versatility of the Strataccoustic. The Telaccoustic looks (and to some feel) like a cheaply made toy. And so, the search for the perfect axe goes on; be it Guitar, bass, or increasingly nowadays synth. I know this sounds like heresy. But I’ve always had soft spot for instruments that have many, many twisty knobs. The ideal for me would be an instrument that brings together the best quality of each.
I bought an Acoustiasonic Telecaster and find it very useful. It's another tool in the tool box and is useful when experimenting with songs. I love it!
TJJ7 I’m sorry, but it seems too limited to me. Where I can see how the Strataccoustic might be useful, especially in a DAW centered recording environment, I can’t see the Teleaccoustic filling that same kind of role. I think it has to do with the fact that it was introduced first. The Strataccoustic seemed like it was tweaked using the marketing data that Fender got from the Teleaccoustic’s rollout. I see it all the time with music gear. The manufacturers introduce so much stuff that over the years they’ve kind of made an art of building approximations of something that will sell big to finance the next cycle of gear. It seems to be a breakneck bloodless business to make musical stuff.
That solo at the end broke my mind. Amazing.
It was very pleasant to hear. The guy knows how to get the sound with simple chords! For thoses who wonder about the plugins not mentioned in the description it is VMR 2.0 - MIX BUNDLE ONE and VALHALLA Vintage Reverb.
Your explanation is one of the best that I've heard. I really enjoy your energy within explaining the process 👍🏼👌🏼💪🏼👏🏼Many great wishes and continued success from me here in California US
That guitar is such a beautiful hybrid! I always found acoustic electrics amazing! Cheers for this showcase!
"you can just noodle around"
Yeah... i dont get what are you trying to say lol
John Vlasiou its just noodling man
@@Titantitan001 yeah but why did he say that in the comments lol
John Vlasiou quoting the video/making a joke about someone’s noodling around might be different than his. Not everyone that watches this channel is good at guitar I’d wager
@@johnvlasiou3222 bruh it's a joke let it be
The way you play and clip is so cool. I liked so much. Thanks for your effort!
love the compressed tone on your noodling right before recording the power chords.
Excellent video! I love Ableton and I just started using it a few months ago. I am amazed at how professional my recordings can sound. But I prefer the built in drums in Ableton, I use the Session Dry kit and I add dozens of extra pieces so that each drum can have at least 5 levels of volume and attack to make it sound more human. I also vary the tempo slightly on some turnarounds to sound more human. Digital instruments and DAW can make human sounding music with just a LITTLE effort :) Thanks for posting this!!!
awesome content
Well done, Paul. Thanks for this. Happy to see that you kept this nice Fender guitar. I think this guitar really suits your style.
You had to wait for me to finally be able to do this to make such simple and powerfull tutorial on the matter ? Fantastic work ! not only do you bring knowledge but you do it with grace. I would love to see more in depth tutorials from you in the future.
Your noodles: Michelin Star with sauce. My noodles: takeaway leftovers 🤦♂️
This video deserves a comment, thanks! It's still be hard for me to play Smells Like Teen Spirit, but that looping tutorial is awesome. One more reminder to keep getting better 👏
Lol
This was great and we'll explained. I was trying to understand how to do guitar looping from while with push2 and I finally found your video! Starting tonight to use it! Thanks again!
Paul, you are a brilliant musician/guitarist! You are so good at what you do!
“El mágico” hahahaha
Really cool video as always
please share the full track. I could legit listen to this all day
Awesome video! Really interesting seeing how you work and seing your process, you're a great composer! Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and your good taste Paul!!
The guitar solo at the end reminds me some buckethead stuff.
Aside from the magical music, i like how you politely asked for a like hahahaha bless u man, huge fan!!! And yep you get the like.
Just recently subscribed to your channel. I am infatuated with your knowledge, skill, and your presentation. I’m excited about playing guitar again. Thanks for your inspiration.
Chord progress and space building remains me band From Monument To Masses. It was first band I seen live which used looping (about 15 years ago). That Fender guitar sound is very raw. Thanks for a video.
Wow... So beautiful ❤️
Whoever wants to get a hybrid guitar that doesnt break the bank , go for the godin a6 ultra. Trust me , i spent a lot of time searching. Great sound , quality for the price .
Interesting indeed ! Does it have an amplifying body as well ? To do percussion on it.
@@pinkynoise5380 No not specifically for percussive use , but you can do it with the piezo on the bridge. Ive done it many times . There is only the taylor ( over 1800) , the fender now which is over 2k and the godin . Ive played the godin and the taylor side by side and for a realistic scenario use , no difference. If you have any other questions let me know.
At least someone shoes how to use push for somthing else than electronic music!!! Options are awesome, myself even did a video using it to play a videogame :D
Godin always has fantastic value for money.
@@arn999 indeed. I see it apl the time . Every working musician i see on stage , plays a godin . Even the seagull acoustics are great quality. I mean i got my a6 ultra when it came out new , at 997 and it felt like a steal
. Imagine now.
Paul, this is really cool. I will certainly use this as inspiration and as advice when getting gear when I advance in my looping.
I love all your videos but this one was special.... and inspiring!
I love this guitar! Looks dope 🔥 sounds even better haha
Not worth the money
Rodel Advan why is that?
I’m debating between buying this guitar or a Taylor t5z, about the same price.
@@itsromanrudenko i checked some reviews, its an allright guitar but you can just get a good strat and a decent acoustic for that money.Still best of luck to you on finding what suits you!! :D
the day they make a sub 700 bucks MIM of this it will sell like hot cakes.
Awesome thanks Paul :)
Could you add some pictures of how you set up your templates for the different sounds / channels? Or maybe do a video on how to "make electric guitar sound huge"? ;)
Sven Neudecker this!
Great looping with the acoustic guitar sounds. Awesome. Thank you for showing us how to use guitar looping. Very nice sounds.👍
MUST WATCH for everyone who plays guitar and has a DAW.
Thank you Paul for showing how anyone can make and record a piece of music.
You break things down so well, and make complicated things seem easy. Much appreciated Cheers!
I recently got into guitar looping, and looping in general, and OMG it feels like falling in love with music again
Looping is so freaking fun. Building something out of nothing is so rewarding.
top David, cheers for the tips, and happy 2021
really like your videos. they are always made with a lot of passion and creativity for music and filming. 🙌
My ears died when you tuned on the delay of the drums.
Yes! I accidentally banged a delay on my drum track a couple of months ago ( a late night...it was supposed to go on the acoustic guitar) and it blew me away. I've added some subtle delays on more songs since...so good
same !!!!
Agreed!
there's one very important difference between a looper pedal and software looping like shown here:
software looping eg. with ableton or reaper might be a tad complicated to set up initially and is more expensive than a looper pedal
BUT
you can work on any layer separately once the looping is done and integrate it in a composition or fully build a song from it -
which you can't do with a looping pedal where's all layers mixed together in that loop so you can't separate them afterwards to use them.
Probably a good product idea....
In addition to normal looping,
Song mode: Each overdub is recorded as a separate track and u can get the wav files via USB later.
Can you recomend a video or an article on how to set this up in Reaper? :)
Wow, great stuff, Paul! Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful Paul. Just love this! Thank you for the insight! 💙🙏
Do you have a tutorial for ableton with guitar? like all the effects (delay, distortion and so on)?
I have ableton cause i got a Launchpad from way back. i love ableton but got no idea how to use it with the guitar :D
Ableton provides audio effects, but they're more generalized for any audio clip. If you want guitar specifically, look for a good guitar VST. If you're on a budget, Native Instruments has some good free plugins
@@BrendanH117 Thanks for the tip!
No one should be so damn attractive, talented, and cool at the same time! Hell I'd take one of them 😂
Yeah, but don’t he know it? 😉
Man i stumbled at your channel by chance. I must say you are a wonderful teacher, with lots of grace... Thanks and blessings to you
the tip you gave about putting delay on drums completely changed the way i make drum loops thank you so much
Feels like you are a dozen musicians on the stage, awesome
I think God cried when he heared this. This is so beautiful
Thanks for sharing, keep on inspiring others
All things possible.
Never give up on your passion.
Great playing man and a clear demo of live looping on push. I have a mk 1 apc40 and I do a similar thing. I like the fixed bar length facility on push.👍
I want to see a Danish Pete and Paul Davids looper jam off.
Miguel Rico best idea ever 🤘🏼