cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35272958

I am looking into getting a BOSS RC-5 looping pedal for my guitar, and I am curious if anyone has any experience with using it with Linux?

It makes use of this BOSS Tone Studio to allow adding additional backing tracks, but it is only officially supported for Windows and macOS. I could not find many examples of people using it on Linux, but for the most part any discussion I could find was in the context of their amplifiers.

I wonder if it should be straightforward to run it through Wine? As far as I can tell, you only need to set it up as a storage medium and connect it to your machine, although you can’t just drag the files directly onto it.

It is not a deal breaker for me if I can’t get it working, but it would certainly be a benefit if I could.

  • OatPotato [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
    2·
    4 days ago

    In the RC-5 settings, if you have some USB settings, see if you can set it to “Mass Storage”. Usually Boss loopers can be used like any USB drive. Warning: if it works, keep the directory tree intact!

    • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      3 days ago

      From the tutorial video I saw (for Windows), that is how you would do it. But it seemed to me that it was not as simple as just dragging in the files, and that you had to use the software to write the files. Another reply here gave two solutions that had worked, so I am just about to order one now. I can update here with what I find when I just browse the file structure.

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    I feel strongly that I had done simple drag and drop before, but doing some searches it sure sounds like I must be imagining it. I never tried it with Linux. There’s a guitar pedals !guitarpedals@lemmy.world community that you might try cross-posting to.

    • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      3 days ago

      I got a reply from someone who had got it working under Wine before, so I will go ahead and order it. I will check if the drag and drop-approach works then as well, which would be preferable for any custom tracks. I’ll update on what I find out when I get the pedal!

      And thanks for the link to the community, I will definitely follow that one. I fear this can become a very expensive hobby, I have gone from 0 to 3 in a short time, and I find myself wanting ones that I currently don’t have the skills to make proper use of…

      • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        I have gone from 0 to 3 in a short time, and I find myself wanting ones that I currently don’t have the skills to make proper use of…

        One of us! One of us! 😅