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RE: Multiply Function on EDP



>They are close but they are not exact. It'll be a persussion part that's
>just a groove so if it were only to take half of the phrase for the last 
>one
>it would be fine but not for the entire song so I guess Hans' first method
>wouldn't work and the second one is too much to deal with when I don't
>really know how many bars they song really is when I start the loop.
>I used the number 19 as a random number for getting my point across.
>I run into this problem when I loop a long Dylan song that has odd 
>measures.
>I know I'm taking a chance when I do it cuz I'm doing it on the fly but it
>would be nice if it would just quantize itself.

well, its not that easy, if you think about it: when executing that 
function, the whole cycle structure has to be changed to half as long 
cycles, or we would have to allow half cycles which then turns the 
whole display and understanding more complex.

>Thanks for pointing this Matthias. Any other ideas? Maybe this could be a
>change for the next software edition.

I hope we make it!


>
>-Arthur Lee
>www.arthurleemusic.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matthias Grob [mailto:matthias@grob.org]
>Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:28 PM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: Multiply Function on EDP
>
>
>Sorry, I did not see that when I posted my answer (because you
>screwed the subject, Hans ;-)
>
>Amazing different answers. It seems that Hans understands that the
>two bars of the original loop are equal... are they, Arthur?
>
>>Arthur,
>>
>>I'll assume that you're not syncing to a drum machine, since in that
>>case what you want to do would be automatic with Loop4.
>>
>>One simple way, which would work with any version of the Loop software,
>>would be to end Record with Multiply after the first bar, and then to
>>close the loop with Multiply (Roundmode=ON) at the end of the second
>>bar.  This will create the loop as two cycles.  Then just multiply it
>>out to 19.  This should also work if you're synced to a drum machine but
>>using Loop3.
>>
>>In Loop4, you could set 8ths/Cycle to 2 with Quantize=8ths, record it as
>>a two-bar cycle, and then when you multiply it out end Multiply with
>>Record during the 19th cycle (the cycle count will read 9).  This will
>>redefine the loop as a single cycle, so you would then have to change
>>8ths/cycle to 19 to be able to quantize to the end of each bar.  I'd
>>probably go with the first method.
>>
>>
>>Happy Camping,
>>
>>-Hans
>>
>>
>>P.S. Thanks Andre :)
>>
>>
>>>   Does anyone know if there is a way to have the Multiply function
>>>   quantize to
>>>   odd bar multiples?
>>>   E.G. Say you have a 2 bar drum loop and you use the multiply function
>>>   for a
>>>   song that is, say, 19 bars long. Is there a way you can get the
>>>   Multiply to
>>>   quantize the extra bar (since it's not a multiple of 2) so you don't
>>>   have a
>>>   bar of silence until the next multiple of 2 cycles around?
>>>
>>>   I would be one happy camper if it could pull that off!
>>>
>>>   -Arthur Lee
>
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