# Sampling within Tidal **URL:** \ **Category:** TidalCycles\ **Tags:** questions\ **Created:** [28 April 2020 01:50 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/sampling-within-tidal/508 "2020-04-28T01:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 71
**Author:** ![mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/mrreason/32/3203_2.png) [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)\ **Post date:** [20 February 2022 14:31 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/sampling-within-tidal/508/71 "2022-02-20T14:31:19Z")
Hey @bbquan and thanks for trying out the tidal-looper quark. It looks like that the tidal-looper is installed correctly. It would be helpful to see how your Tidal code looks like. When you have problems with the usage you should look at this thread: > [@Live recording into tidal - getting audio input working](https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/live-recording-into-tidal-getting-audio-input-working/2695/8): > > Hmmm this is not how it will work. I'll try to illustrate a procedure that should work. First things first: Did you execute the SuperCollider code in Looper.scd ([https://github.com/thgrund/tidal-looper/blob/master/Looper.scd](https://github.com/thgrund/tidal-looper/blob/master/Looper.scd))? Then you should try the following code and see if the recording works and keep it running: d1 $ stack [s "looper" # n "\<0 1 2 3\>", s "loop" # n "[0,1,2,3]", s "808 cp!3" ] Now I try to explain what's happened with your code. Basically you control the reco… But to your question how to debug the audio input: > [@bbquan](#): > > I also set my input device to the default mic on my macbook ( any way to confirm that sc is actually using that as input? ) Sure - there is a good chance that his thread will help you too: > [@Live recording into tidal - getting audio input working](https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/live-recording-into-tidal-getting-audio-input-working/2695/5): > > What @mncmncmnc says is absolutely correct. There is even a thread about audio interfaces here in the forum [https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/gear-talk-usb-audio-interface/1477](https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/gear-talk-usb-audio-interface/1477) But whether you use an USB microphone, a webcam, an onboard microphone or an audio interface, the audio device must be available in SuperCollider. I also believe (hope) that the default device is used without further configuration. You can check this as follows: Open SuperCollider Start the server Open under Server -\> Sh… If some of these answers helped you, I would be happy if you let me know what was missing in the README of the tidal-looper repository. --- _[View the full topic](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/sampling-within-tidal/508)._