Recording drum machine and electric guitar on the looper during live performance
I want to record drum loops, and guitar loops, during the live performance. For example, I want to begin with guitar riff, loop it, and then overdub with sequence played on the drum machine. I wonder how to do it, and what gear should I use. The configuration should be something like this:
I've done some research, and I think that I could use Alesis SR-16 as drum machine, and Behringer MICROMIX MX400 as mixer, whose output signal will be an input for the looper. Will it be OK? I'm afraid of problems with the impedance, besides I don't want to destroy the amplifier. Do any of you use a similar gear configuration? Do you have any tips? I will be grateful for your help.
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Regarding destroying the amplifier, this is not going to be a problem with the Looper. It is designed to be in line with a guitar or a keyboard, and you can set the volume levels of your loops.
You shouldn't worry about or output impedance either. Input is 1MOhm, and output is 100Ohm - which are fine for this usage.
You may not need the mixer - the looper is stereo, so you could run the guitar on one channel and the drum machine on the other. This obviously won't work for stereo drum signal, and your guitar level would be much lower than the default drum level so this may not be the most useful configuration, but worth thinking about.
I think I am getting a better idea of what you want to do following your comments!
It would be a good idea to make sure that the drum machine that you choose has good playable pads - a lot of people only use the pads on drum machines to sequence things in step time or play simple parts that are then quantised later, so the pads aren't always that good.
You might want to make sure that you are happy with the sound of your drums through the guitar amplifier - drums often sound terrible through guitar amplifiers, as the amplifiers are often very midrangey.
Also bear in mind that you won't be able to use distortion or any effects on the guitar amp without also affecting the drums. You might consider using a guitar effect pedal after the guitar but before the looper. In fact I am assuming that you'll be using something between the guitar and the mixer - the MX400 is a 'line mixer' and only has an input impedance of 4.7kOhm, so might not work well with a guitar plugged straight in.
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