Record and play loops
By Landon McCoy · Updated October 3, 2026
Stratus’s looper records up to five minutes and supports playback, overdubbing, pause, and clear.
Software preview · September 2026. This guide includes the latest app and firmware workflow. Recent changes are not yet verified as available in every public release. If your controls differ, use the update available to you; do not install development firmware just to match this guide.
Use the Multiknob in Looper mode
- Select Looper from the app’s mode settings, or send MIDI CC18 value 0.
- Click the Multiknob to start recording.
- Click again at the end of the phrase to start repeating it.
- Click during playback to overdub; click again to return to playback.
- Double-click during playback or overdub to pause. Click to resume.
- Hold the Multiknob to clear the loop. This erases the current recording.
Volume and effects
While recording, playing, or overdubbing a loop, turning the Multiknob adjusts loop playback level. When no loop is running, including when paused or cleared in the documented firmware, it adjusts master output level. The purple volume display briefly replaces the loop-state display while you turn it.
The footswitch toggles the effects chain. With no active loop display, blue indicates the chain is engaged; dark LEDs can indicate bypass, so darkness does not necessarily mean the powered pedal is off.
| LED feedback | Loop state |
|---|---|
| Blinking red | Recording the first pass. |
| Blinking green | Playback. |
| Blinking yellow | Overdubbing another layer. |
| Red clearing animation | The current loop is being erased. |
Hold the Multiknob until the clearing animation begins; the tutorial demonstrates a hold of about three seconds. Recording length is up to five minutes, with repeated overdubs on that loop. Double-click to pause and single-click to resume playback.
MIDI looping in other modes
Preview: Recent firmware allows MIDI CC17 to control the looper while playing in Preset or Stompbox mode. The hardware controls keep their current mode’s functions. See the MIDI command chart.
Keep a recording
The loop is held in working memory, not saved as an exported audio file. Record the audio externally if you need to keep it after power-off.
Watch this task
From the Full Uncut Stratus Tutorial, recorded October 2, 2026. App screens and available controls can vary by version.
- Use Looper mode and chain bypass (9:57)
- Record, play, and overdub (10:46)
- Adjust loop level, clear, and pause (10:58)
More visual references
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