# Control looper without looper screen (tap to record/overdub, doubletap to stop)

**URL:** <https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/control-looper-without-looper-screen-tap-to-record-overdub-doubletap-to-stop/12994>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 2, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/control-looper-without-looper-screen-tap-to-record-overdub-doubletap-to-stop/12994 "2024-01-02T10:59:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![msquared](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@msquared](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/msquared)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/control-looper-without-looper-screen-tap-to-record-overdub-doubletap-to-stop/12994/1 "2024-01-02T10:59:02Z")

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I am surprised that an option for the standard control of a looper pedal (in style of Ditto looper) is not implemented. Just simply control it from stomp/scene mode by assigning it to a switch and then tap to record, tap to play, tap to overdub and doubletap/hold to stop. No looper screen required.

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**Author:** ![SlimDude](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/slimdude/32/3053_2.png) [@SlimDude](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/SlimDude)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/control-looper-without-looper-screen-tap-to-record-overdub-doubletap-to-stop/12994/2 "2024-01-07T17:43:53Z")

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I control the looper entirely from my MIDI Maestro pedal. I have a page on the Maestro dedicated to the looper. I have a button on the main page to activate/deactivate the tuner and another for gig view. A third button switches to the looper page. I have another page for patch changes on my synth. Works really well.

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**Author:** ![msquared](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@msquared](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/msquared)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/control-looper-without-looper-screen-tap-to-record-overdub-doubletap-to-stop/12994/3 "2024-01-08T10:13:07Z")

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Maybe it suits you because you use the midi controller for other devices as well, but for me it’s not an option. I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole and create another huge pedalboard just to get all the features I need - the purpose of QC was to get everything in one box (QC + expression pedal are the only things I wnat in my pedalboard) 🙂

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**Author:** ![tomfs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/tomfs/32/3645_2.png) [@tomfs](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/tomfs)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/control-looper-without-looper-screen-tap-to-record-overdub-doubletap-to-stop/12994/4 "2025-03-10T15:01:06Z")

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Workaround for now using external midi:

> [@One button looper over midi](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/one-button-looper-over-midi/17530):
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> Here’s a guide to use the QC looper with a single footswitch on an external midi crontroller, since there are quite a few feature requests relating to it.There are obviously some limitations which you will just have to work with, or find an alternative solution. This is based on a Morningstar MC6Pro, so you will need to translate this to whatever you are using. Ideally, you’ll want to use some kind of ‘Toggle Mode’ so that the footswitch can indicate when you are recording. State 1 - normal/pl…