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Here is a happy man! Listening to his AABA-loops made on the JamMan. Thanks folks (Rick, Dan, Gary, D.t/s-c) for all the advice you gave me. It made me think things over in a logical way and finally my first ideas turned out to be the best. Now, instead of being just a lurker on this list, I finally can contribute something to loopers with a Jamman. For those who are interested, I'll describe things below. Kim, maybe if you think it can be useful, you could put it on the JamMan pages of the Loopers-site?! I could make a midifile and send it to you, downloadable for us all. Just let me know. Here is what I did: "How to make AABA loops on the JamMan using Midi" 1. Download the midifile and get it into your Midi-sequencer. Channel 1 is reserved for program-change commands (CUES), TAP-commands and LAYER-commands. Channel 10 is reserved for a clicktrack (Agogo-bells in a General Midi setup). Put the tempo to 60 or more. 2. Do *not* use the normal clicktrack generated by your sequencer. The JamMan is a little lazy, so in order to get smooth transitions between loops it is essential that you fool yourself by listening to a pushy click, which you will find on channel 10. I actually shifted it 70 midi-clocks forward. You'd probably just need it for the first 2 AABA's, then you could put your headphones off. 3. Connect any Midi-device (master) that can send Midi-clock to the Midi-in of the JamMan (slave). You should see the tempo-light start flickering like hell. Good. 4. Put the MODE knob into Phrased Loop with 16 Midi-quarter notes. 5. Check your MIX and OUTPUT settings, then lower the INPUT knob all the way down to zero. 6. Start your sequencer from the beginning. A *silent* Loop 1 is recorded and then "played". Loop 2 is cued and "recorded". While loop 2 is "playing" silently, turn up the input knob to a good level and prepare to play. 7. Play your first A (8 bars). 8. Listen to your second A, which starts automatically and prepare to play. 9. Play your B. 10. Listen to your third A and prepare to go back to step 6. 11. Groove! With love from Holland! Frank -- The Music Lab Frank Bilsen Timmermanswerf 6 1474 JL Oosthuizen Netherlands tel: +31 299 404823 or +31 6 54226182 fax: 0299-404834 e-mail: musiclab@planet.nl site: http://home.planet.nl/~musiclab