In this installment of Synth Setup Tips, Doctor Mix walks us through his live-looping setup with the RC-505 MK2. We explore MIDI transport and clock, tempo-synced effects, layering, and ways to handle timing differences between devices.
Timeline
0:00 Intro
1:40 Doctor Mix!
2:00 The “Brain”
2:45 The inputs
3:15 Piano rig
3:35 The pedal
3:55 Setting BPM
4:15 Transport/clock
4:45 Loop & undo
5:15 FX tempo sync
5:50 Breakdowns
6:20 Prod vs DJ
6:45 Setup 2
7:05 Tap delay sync
7:30 Layering
7:50 Splitting clock
8:10 Fixing lag
8:45 ERM Multiclock
9:50 Outro
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