How to use GR-55 & RC-300 as a powerful live looping setup
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- UPDATE: Take a look at my new live looping video at: • RC-300 & GR-55 Live Lo...
Tutorial on how I use Roland GR-55 & Boss RC-300 as a powerful live looping setup. I'm talking about the sounds I use, how to set up the midiclock to sync the tempo, how to arrange songs for looping. And finally I play a little song that takes you through the things I talk about.
Hope you enjoy :)
PH
Check out my cover of Seal's "Crazy" here:
• Seal - Crazy. GR-55/RC...
Hi Per, I know you posted this a long time ago and I’m a little late to the party, but just wanted to personally thank you for the time and trouble you took to post this. I have both of these pieces of gear and this was really, really helpful and well explained. I’ve watched this video at least 10 times and really gotten a lot from it. You are not only a talented musician, but a great teacher as well. I also like your songs and arrangements.
Your approach of looping a 2 bar phrase of floating guitar that will work over all changes in the song is simple, but brilliant as well.
Please post some more videos of your playing a looping sometime. Would love to see them.
Many thanks Per!
Same here and now its 2022, so your video is great Per, thank you
You Playing Is Natural With Feeling And Heart.....You're Bringing Out The Best Of These Pedals And Guitar And Also Have A Good Vocal........Take It To The Masses.......They Will Know What I Mean....Gave Me Goosebumps.And That Is What It Is All About.
Struggling trying to get my GR-55 and looper talking to each other. Best video I've seen for instruction (out of many). I've been playing over 50 years and have an "old guys" sense when it comes to tech learning curves. Thank you for your kindness. Bless you... Eph. 5:1,2
thanx mate, this was pretty helpful. no messing about, no rambling, no wasting time... just good, well-founded information. and a demo at the end that shows you know what what you re talking about. this helped a lot.
Thanks for spend your time and for all informations here! You need to know that you have helped many people! Congratulations from Brazil, man! wow.
This was super helpful and your cover of “What if God was One of Us” was amazing!
At first, I was a kind of disappointed because you talked a lot, but at the end... Oh, man, I love this song so much. It brings me a lot of high school memories. Nice video.
Thanks from Nova Scotia for sharing your knowledge in a humble way. Just got a GR55 a few months ago and see I'll want an RC 300.
Per, thank you very much for this extremely informative video. I'm considering purchasing an RC-300 and I'm trying to get my head around what all it can do. You really showed a lot more than that by combining it with the GR-55. I appreciate how clearly you demonstrated each step and had a zoomed in picture-in-picture to let us see exactly what you were doing. Nice job. Thank you! I wish you well.
You are very generous to invest such time and attention to detail in explaining how you use the loop station. Thank you very much from someone who will benefit greatly from your knowledge and experience and the kind investment of your time!
This is an incredible tutorial. I'm convinced to buy GR55 just based on this. Thanks, I suspect this will make things much more interesting for my Electro Blues/Folk/whatever duo in the States.
Simply AMAZING in every way. Setup, patch tones, looping, singing, playing! its all good. keep it up.
Hi Per,
I have been on and off trying to work with an RC-300 and GR-55. I have a very similar setup - except I use a Presonus mixing board as my sound card. I just want to say what a lot of other folks have said - you have taken this to a new art form! Your musical skills and your technical skills are tremendous. I am a lifelong guitarist myself, I love your playing on this cover. In fact aI also have a couple of Godin guitars, the Multiac Nylon string and the LGXT steel string electric - both have the midi pickup. I run them both through an AxeFX that I put into the loop with the other two main devices. Great fun - I just haven't done much with the setup that I would call music yet, just too much of a learning curve to all this gear. But I am getting nearer retirement, so maybe in a year or two - after all this stuff is completely obsolete, I will have the time to learn it the right way. :-) Anyway - I didnt mean to make this about me - wanted to say thanks for your posts. They are fantastic!
Joe
Just remember the GK3 and Piezo pick ups are 6 channel acoustic not midi. The midi side gets processed inside the GR55.
Now thats what I call a tutorial ,it gives you a good insight on how to teemup your multi effects to this looper station and set it up in a real live situation, then demoing it at the end, that was great man! I hope this rubs off on these other reviews! Its a shame some people don't know what a real review is...Anyway hats off to you my man! You should get more reviews because you deserve it . "Rock on"
Great timing watching your video as my daughter is about to buy the GR 55. Great video and, thanks for taking time and effort to do this.
Thank a lot my friend. I'm glad to hear that my video helped you out. I'm looking forward to see some loopstation videos from you in the future! :)
Seriously, this is my go to video for setting the two units up. Thanks
+john espin I'm glad to hear that! :)
Aloha Per, I see that this was uploaded back in 2012. I'm just starting to look into looping and connecting other gear using midi. Your video is a great learning tool and I thank you very much for putting it together and online. Thank you for all that you are sharing...Please keep up the great work....Aloha'z...
i love how you gave specifics on what you were doing during the part where you play the song. great tutorial. thanks for the info.
"Thanks so much for the great teaching video'..I am using my Boss RC-50..& it's been great'..I mainly use it for my original music & have not tried using it for covers..but I see how you have done it..& I imagine it took a great deal of hours to get the RC-300 & The Gr55 to work in sync together..& also to design a system to enable you to fully gig with this system..& to have your click & drums & patterns work together..
Many thanks for showing me what is possible with good precise looping..Cheer's..Doc J in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD Australia..😎🎸🎤🎹🔊🎩🌞.."KEEP ON ROCKIN BRO!!"..
You are most welcome, and thanks a lot for the trust in my chances in a contest :) - but the reality is that I'm a photographer and all this looping is just for fun. So I'm just glad to be an inspiration to you and the others who wrote me a massage. Mabye some day I'll upload more songs if I get the time. Thanks a lot my friend! :-)
Excellent, you have extended looping to an art form. I would say that your looping skills complement your skills as a guitarist, rhythmatist and singer...wow...you are a true Multi-TaskingTalent. Keep it up :)
Per I am coming late to looping/synthesis but you videos have been invaluable to me on my long journey. You are so kind and giving to share your secrets with us in UA-cam and so thank you. Your voice and playing style is terrific. Don't know if you ever come to the US but I'd love to hear you play live. PLEASE PUT UP SOME MOVE VIDEOS IF YOU CAN. And thanks again.
Thanks a lot my friend :)
I'm working on some hole new videos so stay tuned /Per
one of the clearest and most pleasant videos about such a technical topic. Thanks so much!
Hey that was absolutely awesome! I watched the pub gig first on the VG forum and then back to this and BOOM. The most enlightening experience Sir. Your a great artist and composer as well as an engineer I see. It was brilliant application and top notch video considering the application of the items. Live and close look and recording. Genius. You have just helped me out so much see the big picture and the song to boot. Many Thanx!
Thanks for the demo...i bought my rc300 last week in addition to my gr55 bcos of this video...and now i am playing Bach's stuffs....super cool setup...
Sir i got goose bumps during solo.. so much taste in your playing!! also very informative, i'm looking to buy both units, they are pricey but in good hands it turns to gold! Cheers
Very helpful. Thanks! I wanted to mention, in case it might be helpful to you or someone watching this, that the GR-55 provides a MIDI map feature that can map any program change event (e.g., PC #4) received from the RC-300 to any location on the GR-55.
Hi. The way that the RC-300 is transmitting PC does, for some strange reason, not work with the PC mapping in the GR-55. That is why I came up with the workaround in the first place :)
Well done man, really explained a ton of relevant concepts here, and anyone capable of paying attention should be able to put these tips into play. Keep it up, you sound great and have apparently put plenty of thought and effort into what you're doing. Cheers!
Just ordered my GR55 and new RC 300 and Godin Multiac Spectrum guitar. Cannot wait now for it to arrive an play and loop till my hearts content ha ha ha
Thanks this is the first useful tutorial i have found on the rc-300 I will definitely get a GR- 55 as well. Great music .
Dude! That was awesome!
Greetings from Wisconsin,USA
Assigning the FX pedal to turn the mic on and off? Game changer mate, thank you!!!!
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL DEMONSTRATION AND EXPLANATION...GREAT JOB..
Thanks a lot my friend 👍👍
Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to record this video. I have been thinking about using my GR55 and my RC50 together and this has given me a few ideas. And how brilliant that you speak such understandable English! Thank you 😃😃
I have setup like that from years back on tour, but never really used.. Thank you for the encouragement. Love the song. Praise God!
Thanx a lot for all those tips.. I'm planning to do gigs with the rc 300 and this is really helpfull ! especially for the "assign Mic switch" that I won't aware of.. Hope you are still playing and enjoying the pedal... and keep on looping !
Excellent tutorial very informative. I've been thinking getting gr55 for a while. This has made my mind up to get one thanks
I have the GR-55 and just bought the RC-300! This is excellent! I wanted to do stuff like you're doing! ThanX for this Vid! I'll post a Vid when I get all this going good! You're the MAN!!!
Fantastic arrangement and performance.
Thank you PH for sharing your set up. I'm new to this and there is a lot of good info here that will help me on my new endeavor. I’m looking to pick up the GR55 soon. You did a great job on the demo and the song.
I have an RC-50 and a GR-33 and I am having some serious gear envy now. I BLAME YOU SIR:). Seriously, your rig sounds great, and I appreciate your insight on making it all work. It is no small task.
I use mine as a "3 stereo tracks multi-tracker" (albeit with infinite overdubs). It really doesn't take many songs to max out the hd space on the unit if you do full songs. Fortunately, you can backup onto PC, but, it takes a while. Lovely piece of gear though. I use mine with a Boss ME70 plugged-in, then, from RC300 out into a Roland Cube 20xl. More than loud enough for bedroom rocking/chilling. Shure SM58Beta mic works nice with it aswell as do electric drumkits.
Excellent demonstration of both the GR-55 & RC-300 looper. That just blew me away. Thx for posting! :-)
Thanks! :) You tap the tempo in at first, before recording, and then the RC-300 have a quantize function that correct minor untight playing according to the tempo you tap in.
man, this is great! I loved everything about this video, and I felt that you are a very humble and good person! the world needs more people like you! very nice man, very nice. very nice singing and voice too! I have one question - How did you connect the pedal to stop & play all tracks?
great vid, im looking to get an rc300, but the first thing i will do is add seperate footswitches for the floor and use the rc300 on a stand. so i have best of both worlds, probably add 2 other floor switches for the drums and tap tempo too...no more bending down to change settings.... easily done.
Per Haar, I know this may sound kinda freaky but please don't take it that way. I go to sleep almost every night listening to and watching various performances on my iPhone, and yours, including that live performance you did at a pub or bar of approximately 43 minutes, are always on my viewing list.
I have watched this tutorial about 100 times, and I never get tired of it. Mate, you can play and sing man, you are good...., no not good..., Great !!! I don't know why you are not well known worldwide !!
I have a Boss GT 100 and an RC 300 and now, because of constantly viewing your tutorial, I am now contemplating purchasing a GR 55.
Do you have any tutorials on combining the use of the GT 100 with the RC 300 ?
Thank you for the tutorial and for uploading the pub video bloke, I just keep on enjoying them. Please do some more. Thanks again.
I came back to watch this again. This is very educational, and you go into great detail with how are you setting up your arrangements on each track. are you still playing around with the RC 300 and gr 55?
Great explanations of setup. Much needed by many I am sure, (me being one of them). Take care and keep rockin.
Thanks for sharing, I'm just starting up with the RC300, this is very helpful
Very informative & the pictures helped. The performance at the end (with text) at the end was well done.
Very well explained, with no frills just straight information on how you set up & use your rig with some first class playing as an extra. Thank you for taking the time to share this. :-)
Thanks a lot! :) /Per
Thanks for your outstanding contributions Per, best wishes from the UK. You are an inspiration.
+TaffmanGuyo Thanks a lot! I'm only glad to help and inspire. :)
Thank you for this video! This was a great demo of using the two units together, and I like that you use the extra ctrl pedal for start/stop. I have the GR-55 and an RC-20. I'm saving up for the RC-300.
Man, you're magik. Thanks very much. So simple and too beautiful. Unfourtunetly, these kind of effect processor last for a long time to come to Brasil, but was a really very good performance, arrangement etc. Thanks again.
Great tutorial (thank you) followed up with a great performance. Indeed as you say sounded like you were having a lot of fun.
Excellent Video , thanks for taking the time to do this , the RC300 and GR55 are awesome instruments and you help enlighten many on how many cool ways to use these 2 tools! THANK YOU!!!!! Keep on rocking!!!!
Tak for din sharing, det var rigtig god info! Fed solo!
thanks a lot to YOU!! for sharing all of this.
Very clever. out a month ago i got the gr55 and a week ago the rc300 so this is purely awesome that you made this kind of videos bro!!
rock on!
I love this vid. Really appreciate the fine details like time sync and other parameters
Thanks 👍
Impressive demonstration, thank you for that. You really explained it very well and then you put theory into action, excellent execution much appreciated have a great day!
Danni
Im one of ur fans now… godbless u
Fantastic! Absolutely shocked by power of GR55 and RC300 alliance!
Hey buddy that was very very nice.. Thanks for sharing.. Just got myself an old rc-50.. I'm gonna dive in to the world of looping after your inspiring video.. And BTW you have a lovely voice .. Thanks
Ciao
Very nicely done. The tech part, explanation and the performance are all inspiring
Very cool, PH. Seems like the perfect rig!
Thanks for posting,,I have the exact same two units myself..For an old analog guy such as myself the learning curve is a little daunting to say the least..I'm going to set it up like yours and give it a try...
Man that's great. Love your style and got to look into those awesome machines. 👍🏻👍🏻
Not only was the setup instruction informative, the final product sounded if it was mixed and recorded in a professional studio.
Great video and thanks a lot and God bless.....D.O. Alabama, USA
Thanks :) I use stereo out from my GR-55, so yes...guitar 2 out. There is no efx on my looping mic. If you watch the first part of the video I explain how I connected everything in detail. About the mixer...and I belive you already asked me that, but I don't play at places where there are no P.A gear :) I'm sorry but I dont know anything about any other loopstations. This is my first and last one :)
Brilliant video.
Now I want even more gear.
Very impressive Per. You've given me a few ideas for how to get more out my RC-300. I think I will be getting an extra external pedal since I agree that the all start/stop switch on the RC-300 is a bit difficult to reach sometimes. Thanks again :)
Bra-Vo! What an incredible, in-depth review! Awesome demonstration at the end as well! Great playing and arranging as well! Thanks a ton for sharing!
Very instructive and clear explanation. great advice about the looper. I have an rc 2, but I am more and more tempted to get a 300. Great singing also. Thanks
Per mate, thanks so much for taking the time to teach us with your vid! It's been a big help. And love your work mate, i you certainly make it look easy and it's not really the case. Hope you go far with your music.thanks!!!
Hey Per, very good. With an own song using your very clever and well versed setup you are predestinated to stand on the winner's podium in a looping contest. Using a RC20 XL and a GR55 by myself for two years I thank you for your inspiring ideas :-)
Great work my friend!Bravo!!!
Invaluable detail, mate! (subscribed)
WAOOOH....great lesson and fab performance....its true to say that these setups are very hard to run and theres a lot of work and practice behind but the result is well worth it!!
There are also less band conflicts and transport is a bad memory!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for this video. At the moment I am trying to deal with the extremely limited looping capacities of the GR-55. Thinking about buying the RC300 or using a mac for looping. So this was a really interesting and helpful video. And congratulation for how you did this real time live performance of the song.
I have a GR55 and use it with a Helix, I think you just sold me on adding an RC300 to my rig!
drbilldc I'm going to get a Gibson LP Standard HP with a Helix and you just confirmed my idea. I think I'm going to add a RC300 and GR55 to the mix. I'd like to get the Roland TD50KV Drum set as well since I have Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate, and Komplete Kontrol S49, Maschine Studio, Ableton Live 9 Suite, Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2, etc, etc. I really want to add some traditional instruments to my studio.
Finally got my RC-300 - thanks for the video Per to give me the "push over the cliff!"
fantastic demo!
thanks mate ....very clear...exellently filmed , a pleasure to the eyes....your easy going and mellow voice made the explnation very inteligible...specialy when, out of ignorance, i get very stressed trying to understand technical manuals.... :-) please explain more about using both of the pedals....................by the way ...nice arrangement to the cover ...Alex :-)
EXCELLENT video!! Thanks for taking the time, found this very inspiring!! :))
Great demostration of this technology. I think this will do just fine for my Afro-Cuban duet. So far I been using a gr-33 with a jam looper. I been thinking to an upgrade of equipment and after this video I became convinced of what I will need to order to accomplish my purpose. Thanks a lot for sharing your time and wonderful playing
Best Of All, Rey :)
Hello PerFrits, I am glad I found you and this video. This was very helpfull in so many ways I would take so long to describe how many notes I took from watching it 3 times in a row.
I guess that by now my only remaining question is: That function where you press the "STOP" button on the RC300 to activate the tap tempo is it Facoty designed or do I have to make any manual configuration? I am not at home right now to try it, but maybe you could help me out with that little one! Thank is advance, you are amazing.
BTW, I watched your live looping (40 minutes). You were great up there. Congratulations, keep up with the good work.
hey there, well done with this vid. Love what u did with the vocals at the end and kicked back to just have some fun....I am getting these 2 things next week and found you coz i wanted to look the gear up that im getting soon. wish i found u ages ago.keep the videos comming...peace, Nik.
Really impressed with this. Great Job!... learned quite a bit... Thanks for sharing!!!
Enjoyed the vid and loved the song. You make that look easy.
I never do comments, but thank you so much for all that info! There should be more videos like this
Thanks a lot! I appreciate that. Maybe I will do more tutorials like this. It's been on my mind for some time now since this one is quite old :-) /Per
Very informative , thanks for doing this ! Nice cover at the end as well , peace from Canada
Thank you Per for the excellent "how to" and the fine performance example!
A lot of Thanks from Colombia!
Very useful, thank you. Great sounds, arrangement, song and performance, showing the way!
Thanks a lot sir :) My list is everything from Beatles to Prince and some Danish stuff of course. I'm about to do some new videos, so stay tuned for a couple of new songs :)
DAMN!
That was really great, man!
Great video. Thanks for the tutorial on how to build a composition. It was super-helpful in pointing me in the right direction.
Really nice person with a positive message and great musical skill.