Looper question.

[Lindsey]

Stupid question maybe but I'm considering getting a looper pedal. I already picked one out that has everything I want but there's one thing I haven't thought of before.

Do loopers record the guitar with effects when there are other pedals in front of it, or does that vary per pedal?
or are the loop and what you play over it using the same effect?

 

[idssdi]

My looper does include anything input in front of it. If I use a different effect after it

Basically the only effects that can be added to the recording are the ones you use after the looper in the signal chain.

 

[Lindsey]

My looper does include anything input in front of it. If I use a different effect after it

Basically the only effects that can be added to the recording are the ones you use after the looper in the signal chain.

Just to clarify, the looper does play the looped part with the effects in front of it, even if I turn those pedals off?

That makes sense to me. But now that I think of it the pedals after the looper will still effect the loop.

 

[idssdi]

Just to clarify, the looper does play the looped part with the effects in front of it, even if I turn those pedals off?

That makes sense to me. But now that I think of it the pedals after the looper will still effect the loop.

Yeah, I have my looper last in the chain. It's a recording device that saves something you put into it to it's memory until you delete it so if you record something with pedals turned on the recording you hear will always have those pedals turned on.

 

[Ed Seith]

Follow the signal. A looper of any kind has an in, and an out. If something is before the in, it goes in. If something is after the out, the looper itself doesn't even know it exists.

 

[Lindsey]

Thanks for the replies. It all makes sense, I’ve been overthinking this haha.