# Save a loop for later **URL:** \ **Category:** Quad Cortex\ **Created:** [January 24, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/save-a-loop-for-later/9579 "2023-01-24T12:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![littlespaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@littlespaceman](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/littlespaceman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/save-a-loop-for-later/9579/1 "2023-01-24T12:05:55Z")
I was just thinking - as a solo guitarist these days, no band sadly - it would be a really great Looper function if you could record as you play a chorus, early on in a song, but rather than play it back immediately when you finish recording, save it to use when you solo later. AFAIK the current looper functions don’t accommodate this - has anyone come up with a workaround or is this a future feature request? ---
**Author:** ![bluzdog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/bluzdog/32/5660_2.png) [@bluzdog](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/bluzdog)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/save-a-loop-for-later/9579/2 "2023-01-24T13:05:14Z")
There’s been a couple of feature request for the looper to stop recording without playback that didn’t get much traction. ---
**Author:** ![YehonatanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@YehonatanV](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/YehonatanV)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/save-a-loop-for-later/9579/3 "2023-01-24T14:26:16Z")
During recording, the one shot button is grayed-out, so it could potentially be used for “stop rec without play”. A workaround is to use the undo button twice: Record, then click undo to stop the recording and undo it, then click redo to bring the recording back. I think it’s only useful for one layer, but I’m not around the QC to verify. But for a single layer it will definitely work. ---
**Author:** ![Scottiopause](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Scottiopause](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/Scottiopause)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/save-a-loop-for-later/9579/4 "2023-01-24T14:27:36Z")
Here’s the other post. This would be a really useful feature. In fact, I don’t really bother with the looper because this is typically what I would use it for. i.e., bring back an earlier section as backing while I bust out yet another mind-blowing solo. > [@Looper - direct stop after end of recording](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/looper-direct-stop-after-end-of-recording/8035): > > When I use a looper in Live situation , i first record a rythm part that i use later in the song to play a solo on top of it, but with the QC looper, when we stop recording , the recorded loop automatically starts to play immediately. So , to be complete regarding competitors, following feature should be implemented (maybe in place of the 1/2 tempo that is not used by so many people in my opinion) : When we stop recording, the recorded loop should be put in memory without playing at once and… ---
**Author:** ![YehonatanV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@YehonatanV](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/YehonatanV)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/save-a-loop-for-later/9579/5 "2023-01-24T14:34:32Z")
Haha, I see RexRemus already suggested the undo button in the other post. In any case, It’s a useful feature and I’ll cast my vote once 2.0 lands. Good luck with that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![littlespaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@littlespaceman](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/littlespaceman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/save-a-loop-for-later/9579/6 "2024-07-06T12:16:48Z")
Revisiting this, as I found an elegant, although external, solution to this; using an Airstep midi pedal, I’ve set up a foot switch to send the midi command for undo on initial press of the foot switch, and also a duplicate of the same signal on release the foot switch. What this does is send the undo/redo message twice effectively on one press of the footswitch so it ends recording immediately and doesn’t play back - and all without having you to tap dance with your feet and possibly mess it up. If you then want to activate the loop as a backing track for a solo later in the song, all you have to do is press play, and the loop will start. Quite pleased with myself I have to say! 😌