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# sketchbook: a sooperlooper jam
- URL: https://wootangent.net/sketchbook-a-sooperlooper-jam/
- Published: 2010-06-19T09:20:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T08:23:07.000Z
- Author: Leigh Dyer
- Tags: Music, Releases, Sketchbook, ardour, jam, rakarrack, sooperlooper, #Migrated-1792830072870, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 08:21

Download [sl3.ogg](http://electronaut.linuxgamers.net/~lsd/music/sketches/sl3/sl3.ogg?ref=wootangent.net)

[SooperLooper](http://sonosaurus.com/sooperlooper/?ref=wootangent.net) is proving to be a lot of fun! Last weekend I fired it up and did some impromptu jamming, following this basic formula:

- Slap together a basic four-bar drum pattern in Hydrogen
- Export that pattern as a loop and import it in to SooperLooper as loop 1
- Play a bunch of random crap over the top, and if it sounds okay, grab a loop of it
- Lather, rinse, repeat

I saved those sessions, and had a quick stab at turning one of them in to a proper track, which I call "sl3", by importing the loops in to Ardour and moving/coping them in to an arrangement. I also threw in some effects for good measure: EQ, a couple of delays (can't help myself with those!), and an insert out to Rakarrack to add some guts to my fairly limp bass loop. I'm sure I could make it more interesting by re-recording a few parts -- replacing the drum loop with a properly programmed part with a bit of variety, for instance -- but hey, for an hour-and-a-half's work, I think it sounds okay!

[mp3](http://electronaut.linuxgamers.net/~lsd/music/sketches/sl3/sl3.mp3?ref=wootangent.net) | [vorbis](http://electronaut.linuxgamers.net/~lsd/music/sketches/sl3/sl3.ogg?ref=wootangent.net) | 2:27