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    Quote Originally Posted by ronjazz
    As far as timing with a looper goes, I've played many thousands of gigs with live bands; most produce tempo variations during performance. The art of looping a backing track doesn't need metronomic time, it needs your foot to hit the switch at the right time. You'll then be playing over a typically imperfect, human backing. Unless your time is really atrocious, even you as the player won't really notice.
    That's pretty much true.

    I've played a lot of solo gigs with a live loop pedal and timing hitting the buttons with your foot is often more crucial than keeping perfect time...but having a good metronomic sense of time will help with both the backing track AND when to hit the on , off or overdub pedals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidKOS
    That's pretty much true.

    I've played a lot of solo gigs with a live loop pedal and timing hitting the buttons with your foot is often more crucial than keeping perfect time...but having a good metronomic sense of time will help with both the backing track AND when to hit the on , off or overdub pedals.

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    With summer coming up I've been practicing my repertoire and have send out my first emails looking for solo gigs today.

    Once I finish teaching at the end of June it'll be all systems go.

    I play a little jazz, a little classical, some originals, folk and pop etc.

    Ibanez AFJ85 into a Roland of some sort (I have several). I've gotten many compliments about the sound of this set up.

    In fact I receive many compliments about my playing. I am certainly no Joe Pass but I do play in time unless it's a rubato intro or ending.

    Frequently I am grateful for all those that have complimented my sound or playing over the last few years. It helps to make it all worthwhile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidKOS
    I've played a lot of solo gigs with a live loop pedal and timing hitting the buttons with your foot is often more crucial than keeping perfect time...but having a good metronomic sense of time will help with both the backing track AND when to hit the on , off or overdub pedals.
    I had a Boss RC30 for several years and loved it for select solo gigs. But it (like some others I've tried) seemed to have a time correction built in when you use the built-in rhythm beat. When I hit the pedal to record, play, overdub or stop, I think it corrected minor time errors if I was a tiny bit early by running the bar out.

    The only problem I had with it was that it's very, very hard to use a looper with even one other player. I tried it on duo gigs with a great bass player, and one of us often ended up a tiny bit "out of the loop". And I never found a drummer who could stay with it for more than one or two choruses before losing it, even with IEMs or great stage monitors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
    And I never found a drummer who could stay with it for more than one or two choruses before losing it, even with IEMs or great stage monitors.
    I've been meaning to try this with a drummer. I seem to be able to play to my own loops very easily.

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    Drummers with studio experience often play with click tracks, and can function with a looper as long as there is a click somewhere, like a cowbell or cross-stick sound consistently. In order to play with a looper in a group situation, everybody needs a click track.