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kylewalz
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Joined: 06/30/2013 - 13:07
using Caustic to create tracks for live looping

It's been a few years since I've posted, hope that's ok.  :)  Doing lots more music.  To go along with my solo performer show, I've started creating tracks in Caustic to use with a looper. The process is create a track for a song (think like Sweet Home Alabama), produce/master/normalize (btw, saw some info on the mastering app, really need DR and LUFS metering for international standards), play from phone with guitar into looper, and have one-man-band live show.  This has been a game changer for me.  Just wanted to share some of the ways Caustic is being applied.  I may be able to link a Facebook vid if anyone is interested.  

 

Edit: Forgot to add that why I'm using Caustic over other things is it's nice to tap the tempo, and tune a drum kit to be similar to the recorded version.  I'm always adjusting the Tune and Decay knobs in Beatbox to get closer to a recorded kit. From Mustang Sally to Pride and Joy to Melt With You, fun stuff.

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Do the (guitar) loops drift

Do the (guitar) loops drift out of sync with caustic if you don't' run caustic through/inside the looper? I guess looping a machine with a built in MIDI sequencer seems counter-intuitive to me, but I think I can imagine why you would do it that way.

 

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I play along with the

I play along with the recorded track so it stays in sync.  Have a little Saturn Works mixer pedal to combine phone and instrument and that goes into a Ditto Looper.  Use a Key9 pedal to add other sound layers on top in addition to guitar.

 

Oops, forgot to answer your question.  :)  I'm guessing it would go out of sync.  Anytime I've run 2 loopers in parallel, did a duo with a looping friend, it is impossible to sync.  Now, if there was like a turntable like interface so you could resync and remix a la a DJ, that would be awesome.