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  • Hey I'm Angela Sheik and today we're looking at the BOSS RC-505. This is the first tabletop

  • loop station coming out by BOSS. So it's meant to be punched with a fist instead of used

  • on the floor. It's geared toward beat-boxers and vocalists and club performers and the

  • people in between. It's really easy to use. You've got five tracks that can be used simultaneously

  • or separately. Each track has a play button that also functions as a record button. So

  • you can hit it, it records, I hit it again and it starts to overdub. So it's stacking

  • and you can stack for hours. There are three hours of space on here. And then each track

  • also has its own stop button. The cool thing I like about this new pedal is the fader feature

  • that is right next to each of the five tracks. It snaps really quick so you can get a strong

  • beat on one. Or take it down. Really easy. There are twenty-one effects that effect just

  • the input. So as you are singing or playing, you've got a mic input, a line input, and

  • auxiliary, you can effect the signal as it's coming in and as it's being looped. So it's

  • going to be saved as it's looping or you can just sing over your tracks with some nice

  • reverb. And then separate from the input, you have effects for the tracks. So if you

  • have A lit up here, for granular delay, that means that all of the inputs are going to

  • have that granular delay effect. But the tracks that you've laid down, you can effect separately

  • over on this side. And there are twenty-five effects over here. Some really cool stuff.

  • My favorite are kind of at the end. Vinyl flick gives it that kind of a retro, vintage

  • sound and the beat repeat is a fantastic tool I found in just song writing with this thing

  • because it allows me to cut my chord progression in half. So all of the sudden there is my

  • bridge. Just changes it up. And you can choose which loops it effects with the touch of a

  • button. This unit has 170 rhythms on it. You can send it to the board or you can send it

  • to your headphones. I am using it as a click in my ear for some of these pieces. So I am

  • hearing the metronome in my ear but the audience isn't hearing it. And you've got everything

  • from just drum and hi-hat hit to straight metronome sound and then there's some crazy

  • like sambas and rambas and swing options. There are ninety-nine phrases that you can

  • save individual songs, you can name the songs. You see number one here I've named Sheik demo.

  • So this unit has USB. It goes right into your computer. You can back it up. You can even

  • plug it into a new unit for, god forbid this gets damaged. You've got your backup. Plug

  • it in and it just sets up all of your presets. And presets are what separates you from the

  • other loop artists. I am absolutely convinced. You can tell, with this machine, you can just

  • tell it to do the work for you so you can focus on performing and delivering. So I tell

  • this first track, for example, I want it to fade in, I want it to stop immediately when

  • I hit the stop button, and I want it to be a measure long. 4 beats. That's it. Then I

  • go to the next track and say I want that to start immediately and I want it to stop at

  • the end of the loop so I can hit it at any point and it's going to play all the way till

  • the end of the loop. So as soon as I am done hitting it, it continues to play, but I can

  • focus on signing what's next. Another cool feature that this unit has is overall compression.

  • You can add some compression to the signal before it reaches the soundboard. There's

  • some tweak-ability on that, and you can also add a little bit of reverb. This gives it

  • a nice gelled, polished, more of a studio sound. This board is gear more for someone

  • that's using their hands. Their hands are free. But you can also play an instrument

  • with it. There are control pedals 1 and 2. So I've used this with a FS6. Put it at my

  • feet. That way you can play keyboard, guitar, and tell that FS6 what function you want it

  • to do. It can stop all of the tracks, it can record track 3. That way you have your hands

  • free if you want to switch instruments because I know a lot of loopers are multi-instrumentalists.

  • Alright well once again I am Angela Sheik showing you the new BOSS RC-505 tabletop loop

  • station. Thanks so much for watching. If you have questions about this unit check it out

  • at UniqueSquared.com.

Hey I'm Angela Sheik and today we're looking at the BOSS RC-505. This is the first tabletop

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