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very simple. The JamMan is incapable of making loops of different lengths. Mark Sottilaro The Music Lab wrote: > Hi there! > > Okay, I know, the JamMan is not the newest looping device around, but >many > of us are still using it and feeling happy about it. I just recently got > mine, so I am pretty new to looping. Also I have basically just been >lurking > on the loopers-delight list. Last thursday I have posted to the list with > some questions about trying to make an AABA scheme on the JamMan. So far, > nobody replied. I understand that maybe I am asking to much, but I am > dedicated to make it work in some way. More stupid even is the fact that > I've committed myself to do an AABA-style loop performance next >wednesday, > here in Holland, without even getting things right technically...yes: > stupid! So you guys out there, being a really dedicated >looping-community, > please be so kind to help me out on this one!! Thanks so much, > > Frank > > Below are my JamMan questions: > > I am trying to play an AABA scheme with my JamMan (32 sec.), but I am not > succesful so far. > > I would like to record loop 1 (the first A) as follows: 4 bars in tempo >60 > with 16 midi quarter notes in punch in loop mode, actually resulting in >a 8 > bars loop in tempo 120 with 32 quarter notes). Then loop 1 should be > repeated (no layering, just playing) to form the second A. After that >loop 2 > should be recorded to form the B. Finally our first loop 1 comes back to > form the third A. So this would buid an AABA scheme, which I would like >to > repeat a couple of times, each time adding new sounds to the first A and >the > B. > > I've tried to do this with the sequencer being the master and the Jamman >as > a slave. I am programming in Logic on my Mac.I would like to copy the >final > sequence in Logic to a stand alone sequencer (Yamaha QY70) which I could > take with me on stage to drive the JamMan. I would like to use a >headphone > with a clicktrack for the first 2 or 3 choruses. > I have found out that after recording the B (loop 2), there is no way of > cuing the JamMan in order to continue playing loop 1 straight away. It >wants > to play loop 2 first. Well Okay....in that case I've decided to first get > both loops in the Jamman by lowering the input knob to zero and start the > sequencer. I programmed a Tap on the first beat of bar1 and it records >loop > 1 (4 bars, tempo 60), it plays loop1 and then goes into recording loop 2 > with the same lenght. I let play loop 2 (which is silent, since the input > knob is on zero) and raise the input knob to a good level. I cue loop 1 >and > start playing my instrument and recording my first A. It then starts >playing > the second A, I cue loop2 and sometimes it goes into record mode and > sometimes not. Then things are getting messy and out of sync. I've tried > dozens of diffent Tap commands but the JamMan just does what it likes. > MY JAMMAN-SLAVE QUESTIONS: > *is there someone who has already made a midi-file which can do an AABA > scheme? > *Could I record a click and then shift it forward to sound in sync. Will > there be any cutoffs on my recordings? > > So, not being succesful I want to try and use the JamMan as the master > controlling the sequencer. Before I spend another 20 hours on finding out > how to do this, could someone tell me the secret??? > > Thanks for reading all this. Help greatly appreciated! > > Frank Bilsen > > -- > The Music Lab > Frank Bilsen > Netherlands > tel: +31 299 404823 or +31 6 54226182 > fax: 0299-404834 > e-mail: musiclab@planet.nl > site: http://welcome.to/themusiclab