Good Looper vs Recording for simple task

[Snake Aces]

If you can, get a digitech trio. You play a few chords and it gives you bass/drums to solo over the chord progression. It feels more like playing with a band than just looping over your own guitar again. I picked up one a several years back for 60-70$ - they've been out of production for a while, you can probably get an old one for cheap.

I'm going to look into one and compare it.

 

[Snake Aces]

I typically create a loop in GuitarPro.

I don't have a complete recording setup or GuitarPro. Someday, I want to get all that set up. I just don't think it's necessary for this specific task. I could be wrong...

 

[Snake Aces]

usb audio coming out of my rig? ooof im a dinosaur

If my HK has that option, I've never used it. There are a bunch of options on it I haven't used yet. Such as the MIDI interface that can only be used with an iPad. I'm not an Apple guy but I'm eventually going to buy an iPad to get the most out of my HK.

 

[Snake Aces]

I'm using Loopy HD (simpler version of Loopy Pro) on my iPhone, connected with my usb-c audio interface (Axe IO One).
So if you already have a usb-c interface, Loopy HD is like $5. If you don't have a usb interface, Hotone Jogg seems a nice way to integrate with your rig.

My playback volume needs to be pretty high to pair with my bass rig I'll be playing over the guitar loop. My surround sound could do it, but then I have to connect it all. I'm trying to avoid that for such a simple task for practicing.

 

[Securb]

I don't have a complete recording setup or GuitarPro. Someday, I want to get all that set up. I just don't think it's necessary for this specific task. I could be wrong...

I like GuitarPro because I can easily change tempo, key and play with the chord voicings.

 

[Mincer]

Hearing rhythms through your guitar rig blows...it really does. Also if you get your distortion from the preamp of your amp, put the looper in the effects loop, otherwise it will distort the audio in a bad way. If you are going to use it in-line, make it the last pedal on your board.

 

[Snake Aces]

I like GuitarPro because I can easily change tempo, key and play with the chord voicings.

That's cool

 

[Snake Aces]

Hearing rhythms through your guitar rig blows...it really does. Also if you get your distortion from the preamp of your amp, put the looper in the effects loop, otherwise it will distort the audio in a bad way. If you are going to use it in-line, make it the last pedal on your board.

That's what I'm worried about. I think I tried hooking up a keyboard with drum tracks through a guitar amp about 19 years ago and it sucked. But... I'm still not opposed to trying it again because I'm a stupid lemming.

 

[Mincer]

Guitar amps are very mid-focused, so they wind up sounding a little like an AM radio. But thing is, for improvising, you just need a handful of chords played at a steady tempo- you don't need a drum machine.

 

[GuitarStv]

I like GuitarPro because I can easily change tempo, key and play with the chord voicings.

You can do that with the trio pedal too. There's a knob to raise/lower tempo. Just bang out whatever chords you want to play over to change the key. Chord voicings are limited though, I don't think it does any higher extensions of chords.

 

[Securb]

You can do that with the trio pedal too. There's a knob to raise/lower tempo. Just bang out whatever chords you want to play over to change the key. Chord voicings are limited though, I don't think it does any higher extensions of chords.

I get it but with GuitarPro if I stumble on something I like I can, build on it, add other instruments if I like or export it to my DAW as a midi file .Also I am hearing it through my refrence monitors not my amp.

 

[GuitarStv]

I get it but with GuitarPro if I stumble on something I like I can, build on it, add other instruments if I like or export it to my DAW as a midi file .Also I am hearing it through my refrence monitors not my amp.

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong. I love and use guitar pro regularly for writing music. It's pretty flexible and very awesome. (There's also an open source version of it called Tux Guitar - I find the interface a little less intuitive, but maybe that's just a me problem because I'm so used to running GP - all the main functions are there.) But I really like how simple/portable the trio pedal is for general practice. You can just plug it in and go whenever you want to work on something - no computer necessary. There's a headphone out, so you can bring it instead of a headphone amp if you're travelling. It even works as a metronome if you want to play to drums instead of clicks - you just turn the bass level knob all the way off.