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Section Four - Other Functions

Phrase Looper

The RP355 features a built-in 20 second Phrase Looper for creating on the ﬂy performance

loops of the music you play. The Phrase Looper can be accessed any time during performance

and used with any of the RP’s presets.

To use the Phrase Looper, follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the AmpA/BFootswitch for 2 seconds until LOOPER appears in the

display. The Looper LED in the matrix will also light indicating the Looper is now active.

2. Arm the Phrase Looper to record by pressing the AmpA/BFootswitch again. The

display will read ARMED meaning it is ready for you to start playing (You can also start

recording immediately when this footswitch is pressed).

3. Begin playing a phrase on the guitar. The Phrase Looper will begin recording anything that is

played. The display will read RECoRD.

4. Once you are ready to set the loop point, press any footswitch. The display will brieﬂy read

PLAY and the recorded phrase will now begin playing back.

5. To add an overdub to the looped phrase, press and hold the AmpA/BFootswitch. The

display will read OVRDUB. While holding the footswitch, begin playing the overdub phrase

to be added to the loop. When the AmpA/BFootswitch is released, the display will

brieﬂy ﬂash PLAY and the looped phrase will continue with the newly added overdub

phrase added.

6. To stop the Phrase Looper, press and release the AmpA/BFootswitch quickly. You can

resume playback by pressing this footswitch again.

7. To clear a recorded loop, stop the loop playback ﬁrst as outlined in step 6 and then press

and hold the AmpA/BFootswitch for 2 seconds until the display read CLEARD.

To exit the Phrase Looper mode, press and hold left AmpA/BFootswitch for 4 seconds until

the display reads LPEXIT. Exiting the Looper clears the recorded loop.

While the Phrase Looper is active, the AmpA/BFootswitch cannot be used to select the amp

A/B channels in the RP’s presets. The preset Up and Down Footswitches can still be used

navigate through all of the RP’s presets.

Note: While the Phrase Looper feature is active, the Drum Machine and the Learn-A-Lick

feature are not available.

Drum Machine

The RP355 includes a built-in drum machine loaded with 60 useful patterns and 5 metronome

settings that are easily accessible at the touch of a button (the Drums button, speciﬁcally).

Pressing the Drums button will enable the drum machine and start playback of the selected

drum pattern (except when in Store or Bypass mode). When you turn the drum machine on,

the display reads Drums ON; when you turn the drum machine off, the display reads Drums

Of.

When the Drums row is selected (using the Edit buttons), Knob 1 selects the drum Style,

Knob 2 adjusts the drum Pattern, Knob3 adjusts the Tempo of the drum pattern and Knob 4

adjusts the drum machine playback level. Press the Drums button again to stop playback of the

drum loop.

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