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The Looper
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4. At the end of the chord progression, press
REC again. Play Acoustic will immediately be-
gin to play back the guitar chord progression
you just recorded.
5. Begin playing your guitar solo over the record-
ed chord progression.
6. When the solo section ends, simply stop the
loop by pressing the Stop/Era(se) footswitch
and play/sing again.
This is a very basic example of how a loop can
be seamlessly incorporated into your perfor-
mance. A subtle loop coming “out of nowhere”
can be a great experience for your audience.
Stopping loop playback
Press the Stop/Era(se) footswitch to stop loop
playback.
Erasing the loop
Press and hold the Stop/Era(se) footswitch to
erase the loop completely.
Loop Undo / Redo
To undo a loop overdub, press and hold the
DOWN footswitch.
To restore the overdub (Redo), press and hold
the DOWN footswitch again. Restoring a loop
overdub this way is only possible if you have not
recorded another overdub after using Undo.
You can use Undo when you have made a mis-
take – just remove the overdub that went wrong
and do it again. You can also use Undo and
Redo creatively for a part/track that you would
like to come and go: Record a basic chord pro-
gression for a song, add a catchy melody as an
overdub, undo that overdub so you can sing the
verse and use Redo to bring the melody back for
the chorus.
Looping tips
When it comes to looping, practice is the key!
You might notice that your loops have a small
gap between the end of the phrase and when
the loop restarts. This happens when you mis-
time pressing the PLAY/REC/ODUB button(s).
Pay careful attention to coordinating your button
press with the down beat, so that the loop begin-
ning and end align seamlessly.
Experiment with exiting Loop mode and picking
a different vocal sound for the next ODUB layer.
You can get some great results by simply varying
the sounds that are part of the loop.
When adding an ODUB layer, you can record
multiple passes (ODUB parts) without starting
and stopping the Looper. This allows you to add
numerous parts, which can all be removed with
a single undo action (they can also be brought
back by repeating the undo action).