Looping a recording

[gdgross]

Interesting idea i had.

I do some guitar looping with pedals for live performances, and I'd like to try something like that for a live video with my band, while recording to a full PT session with a click/etc.

Would it be possible to do this?

For Example: after the count off, protools records 2 bars of some instrument playing something, then continually repeats those two bars back for the duration of the recording while recording normally on the other tracks. I don't want to record in loop mode, as we'd be recording a full song, and unwinding loop recording and piecing back together would just be a nightmare.

I'd like the live loop to be in sync with the click for the duration of the song. Any way to do this? (I might just be creaming here...)

I don't believe any of my external looper pedals will sync their loops to midi clock or anything like that unfortunately.

Thanks all!

[64GTOBOY]

Why not just create your loop and hit copy or duplicate until its as long(or longer)as you think you will need to be able to jam to?

[junkgear]

You can use the Clip->Loop feature.
Looped clips repeat the source clip as many times as specified in the Clip Looping dialog.

[john1192]

Originally Posted by gdgross

Interesting idea i had.

I do some guitar looping with pedals for live performances, and I'd like to try something like that for a live video with my band, while recording to a full PT session with a click/etc.

Would it be possible to do this?

For Example: after the count off, protools records 2 bars of some instrument playing something, then continually repeats those two bars back for the duration of the recording while recording normally on the other tracks. I don't want to record in loop mode, as we'd be recording a full song, and unwinding loop recording and piecing back together would just be a nightmare.

I'd like the live loop to be in sync with the click for the duration of the song. Any way to do this? (I might just be creaming here...)

I don't believe any of my external looper pedals will sync their loops to midi clock or anything like that unfortunately.

Thanks all!

i do not think PT can do this without stopping and starting why not use a looper pedal .. and record that to pro tools LIVE ..

the thing that might work is using Ableton LIVE .. setup the looping in there / locked to pro tools ..

[amagras]

You have to research how Louis Cole does it but I think he uses Ableton
https://youtu.be/IxEIQQkhyeI
Ps. Watch the whole vid, it's awesome
Edit. John said it ^^^

[JCBigler]

Protools is a recording software, not a sequencer. To do what you want your u need a different piece of software, like Ableton.

[gdgross]

Thanks guys -

An external looper pedal is my best option so far, and the one I probably will go with, unless looking into Ableton looks super attractive for some reason.

The main thing I'd need is the loop playback, but I'd also like to have a click running. Seems like an impossibility in PT.

[gdgross]

For anyone following along at home, I figured out how to do this, although not 100% in protools.

Just need a MIDI track and a looper pedal that accepts midi CCs to start and stop the looper. Mine does (fractal audio ax8 has this capability, although I'm looping a recorded percussion loop, not guitar, so I'll need to mic/preamp/adapter into the ax8).

Just need to set up a midi track in PT with the appropriate CCs to trigger my external pedal. Good enough for me, loop and click will be in sync for the entire recording time.

[the.engineer]

Ah man...Louis Cole.


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