Live Clinic: Looper + footswitch

Ableton's lead clinician Huston Singletary shows how to use Live 8's new Looper with a footswitch. Guitarists, watch this movie!

Got a question for Huston? Send your questions to:
liveclinic@ableton.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Live 8
• ableton
• huston singletary
• Suite 8
• guitar looper
• looper
• effects looper

[lechafou]

hello

such a great feature!

know you now which of these footswitch pedals are ok in order to use with an APC ?

[AbletonInc]

All the pedals you have listed will work fine. As long as they have an instrument jack on the end of the cable they will fit into the APC's dual footswitch jacks.

[cast390]

I dont have the APC unit nor am I going to buy 1, so HOW DO YOU HOOK UP THE FOOTSWITCH??????

[AbletonInc]

(continued)

Once you have the controller setup in the preferences and you have MIDI activity designated by the yellow flashing activator in the upper right of the interface you can select MIDI mapping and then click on the record switch in Looper. This will allow you to punch in and out with Looper as shown in the video.

Hope this helps.

[TheFisherable]

Hi,

anyone know the exact name of that Guitar?

not seen one like that before.

thanks

[AbletonInc]

It's called "The Traveler Guitar"

[ashmuz]

quick question, If you've just recorded 3 different parts in over dub mode on the looper, how can you just listen to 1 of the parts on it's own. do you have to have x amount of loopers set up on different channels so you can mute individual parts or is there a way of doing this on the looper. thanks

[JTSKATE12]

sweet guitar

[camiloco448]

I have a Fast Track Pro, i can connect a footswitch in the inserts?

[TheCrackerBrony]

@r0g3r it is with fl studio

[CrucializerRVA]

Tip: Use a second switch and assign it to Clear. Completely hands-free, 2 button looper~

[scottydrumbass]

I use looper for all my ableton stuff too, check my vids out

[SamIves85]

@solidgooold I would say instead of holding your foot on the pedal, just tap it once to get it going then tap it again to stop recording (like he did in the video).

Think of it like a mouse; the click registers on the release, not the click down. I hope this helps :)

[alphasxsignal]

Glad to see a software looper. Ive been looking for something like this.