Electrix Repeater - Manual (Page 11)

R E C O R D I N G B A S I CS
Loop recording works a little differently
than conventional recording. Capturing
a good loop is all about being in touch
with the rhythm of your musical figure.
¥ Start by playing your groove to get a feel for the tempo.
¥ Press Record right on the downbeat of the first bar of the loop to start recording.
¥ Assuming a four bar loop, press Record again on the downbeat of bar five to end
recording (bar five is essentially the first bar repeated).
Now you've captured a complete 4 bar loop that will play back perfectly every time.
Sound Design Considerations
Repeater is a great sound design tool for music production. By using Repeater's excep-
tional time stretching algorithms you can combine and synchronize loops of different
tempos together into one new loop (see sidebar). By utilizing Repeater's FX loop you can
add an external Filter or effects unit to shape the sound of each track. Once you're satis-
fied you can re-sample the loop and export it to your PC via the CFC or Digital output.
Recording a Loop
Set your levels so that the Signal bi-color LED goes red every once in a while.
Keeping it in the yellow will assure great
levels and no harsh digital clipping.
¥ Select a track or a pair of tracks to record
to by pressing the Track Select but-
tons (above the Track Level faders.)
¥ Set the Track Level(s) to the top which
is unity.
¥ Press Record to start recording. The
next time you press Record or Play,
the recording will finish, and the loop will
immediately start playing back.
¥ Selecting a pair of tracks simultaneously
sets Repeater to record in stereo. The
Stereo LED will go on to indicate that the pair of tracks have
been linked for stereo.
Note. If you are recording in stereo on your initial pass,
Repeater automatically pans the tracks hard Left and hard Right.
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GETTING STARTED
Recording and
Combining Loops
at Different
Tempos
Say you've got a drum
loop at 100 BPM and
you want to add a shak-
er loop to a new track
but its tempo is 94 BPM.
With Repeater you can
record samples that
were different tempos
and synchronize them
into the same loop,
here's how:
á First load the drum
loop just like we've been
teaching you.
á Now select BEAT
DETECT SYNC.
á Play your new sample
at the new tempo.
á Wait for Repeater to
get a lock on the tempo
á You will now hear that
the two samples are syn-
chronized.
á press Record on
the downbeat and press
Record again to
stop the recording.
á Now switch back to
USER SYNC and set the
tempo back to 100 BPM.
Press both tracks to create a stereo pair
Track Select Buttons
A typical 4 bar loop