Korg R3 and Loop Pedal

[ifoam]

I have a Line 6 Loop pedal I'd like to hook into the Korg to make some music. It has stereo in and stereo out.

I also have a drum machine with stereo outs that I'd like to hook into too.

How do I get both of these into the loop pedal? Do i need a passive mixer and send the main outs of the mixer to the loop pedal and the loop pedal to the amp? I plan to add a few more instruments into the loop.

[OpAmp]

Hi.

The passive mixer seems a good idea to me. If you have a channel per instrument, you can record then easily one instrument by one into the looper, because they typically allow also to overdub the loop.

With a more advanced mixer another setup is possible:
* connect each instrument as a channel to the mixer
* connect the stereo out from your looper as well to a channel.
* connect the aux output from the mixer to the input of the looper.

By using the aux knobs you can send then instrument by instrument to the looper for recording.
Use the faders to send your instrument to the amp/speakers directly, without going through the looper.
Loopers support also a bypass mode, but using the advanced setup your looper does not need to be connected straight to the amp.
Pay attention with feedback (keep the aux from the channel where the looper is connected to down!)

Bye.

[ifoam]

Hi.

The passive mixer seems a good idea to me. If you have a channel per instrument, you can record then easily one instrument by one into the looper, because they typically allow also to overdub the loop.

With a more advanced mixer another setup is possible:
* connect each instrument as a channel to the mixer
* connect the stereo out from your looper as well to a channel.
* connect the aux output from the mixer to the input of the looper.

By using the aux knobs you can send then instrument by instrument to the looper for recording.
Use the faders to send your instrument to the amp/speakers directly, without going through the looper.
Loopers support also a bypass mode, but using the advanced setup your looper does not need to be connected straight to the amp.
Pay attention with feedback (keep the aux from the channel where the looper is connected to down!)

Bye.

OpAmp,

That's perfect. Thank you for the reply. I had one concern about this. I see the Aux Out but they usually seen to only have a single (mono?) out but then a stereo in (back from the looper).

Does this mean the stereo effects on the R3 will be lost when it sends to Aux?

[OpAmp]

Yeah, the stereo is indeed a bit an issue... Some mixtables have more than one aux bus. That could help. Otherwise you'll lose indeed the stereo effect. Refer to the manual of your mixer.

If your mixer does not support that, you'll need to stick to the simpler setup. Connect the instruments to the mixer. (Use then a stereo channel for the R3) and insert the stereo out into the looper. The looper out runs then to the amp. This seems not ideal to me, but if it fits your needs...

Ciao.