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H OW TO E XPAND Y OUR V OCAL L OOPING
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If not already, you will most certainly one day ask yourself "I've built up
this great loop, but now what?" We call this lonely-loop-syndrome. All
traditional loopers on the market suffer from it.
Loops Mode
Loops Mode is an exciting way to self-medicate lonely-loop-syndrome ,
and it's dead easy to use. Loops Mode allows you to start with a basic
loop and use it as the foundation for several more that you can flip
between at will. For example, let's say you record a drum beat. Next
you want to add a bass line, and then a guitar part. So far so good. But
at a critical moment in your performance you want to pull it all back to
the original drum part. Loops Mode makes this easy.
In and Out of Loops Mode
Step 1: Start with a clean slate. Hold erase before continuing (note, once
you learn how to use Loops Mode, you'll be able to switch seamlessly
between the modes even when playing or overdubbing.)
Step 2: Getting into Loops Mode - This requires a multi-touch action.
You'll need to press and hold the touch slider and then the REC button
immediately after. Don't hold the slider too long before pressing the
record button as doing so will activate the preset search mode (consult
the manual for more information on searching).
Hint: double click the slider at any time to leave special modes like Loops
Mode and to return home.
Step 3:You should see "LOOPS" on the display. Next, record a loop in
exactly the same way as you did in step 3 of Getting Started.
Step 4: You should see "1:N" with an animated progress bar at the far
right of the display. The "N" will be the number of available loops based
on the size of the recorded loop. The shorter the original loop, the
larger "N" will be (up to a maximum of 25). The progress bar indicates
the progress through the playing loop (for very short loops, the progress
bar will be rapidly pulsating, for long loops, it will give you a visual
indication of when the loop is about to loop to the beginning).
Step 5: Try stopping the loop. The display should switch to show
"LOOPS". Hitting play again will bring back the "1:N" display. Try double
clicking the slider to go back to Presets Mode (home). You should
momentarily see "HOME" then the display will let you chose a preset
with the slider. Now get back into Loops Mode with the multi touch
action (S lider first then quickly the Record button).
The Multipurpose Touch Slider
In Loops Mode, the slider acts differently. You can always jump back
home (double click) to use it for selecting presets, but when in Loops
Mode, here's what it does:
Left Arrow: Jumps to the previous loop at the next bar transition.
Right Arrow: Jumps to the next loop at the next bar transition.
Swipe slider Left: Shortcut to the "undo" feature, saving you from the
time it takes to hold the left arrow.
Swipe slider Right: Clear. Clear silences the current loop but does not
stop or change the loop length. Picture in your performance where
Appendix: Looping Tutorial
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