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<smile> -or quantize your functions as Kim suggested. <smile> -Thanks Kim... Laters, C At 10:11 PM 6/24/03 -0600, you wrote: > Terry, regardless of how good sync is on any looper, if you record a >loop >forward, and have it play in time with a drum machine, or some source, and >then decide to reverse the loop, right then and there, you've disturbed >the >sync just by the very nature of what you've just done. Does this make >sense? As an example, if you have a four beat loop playing along with a >four beat measure on a drum machine, and then reverse the loop on beat >three, then flip it forward again, one beat later, beat three of your loop >will now be synched with beat 1 of the measure on the drum machin. I'll >write it out below. > >12323 >12341 > >The top row are the beats of your loop, and reversal, and the bottom row >are the beats on the drum machine's measure. You'll need to retrigger or >realign the loop to bring it back into sync. -or, you could go on like >that, and beat three of your loop would then always fall on beat 1 of your >measure. They should still stay in relative sync, -just not the way you >recorded the loop in the first place. Does this make sense? > Anyway, -hope this helps... > >Smiles, > >Cara > >At 11:19 AM 6/24/03 -0700, you wrote: >>> > (I have quantize on and set to LOP, 8th cycle is >>> > set to 8, and sync is set to out, switch quant is >>> > off. I set the tempo to 140.) If I need to change >>> > any of these settings let me know. >> >>> I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want to >>> do, but did you try with switch quant set to some >>> value? >> >>Hi Per, >> >>Thanks for trying to help me out. >>No I haven't tried setting the switch quant to some >>value. What value should I set it for? >> >>> > I tried setting the half speed button to a >>> > parameter with double the value of everything else >> >>> > and it did keep the drum machine at the same speed >> >>> > when I hit half speed but, If I hit half speed >>> > again later to return it to normal speed, the drum >>> > machine doubles it's speed. >>> >>> To use this workaround you need to program two >>> different foot switch commands: >>> >>> 1) HalfSpeed/PC with 16 8th/cycle >>> 2) FullSpeed/PC with 8 8th/cycle >>> You can not use the "speedbutton" command. >> >>I will try that. >> >>> >It is also out of sync. >> >>> ...switch quant? ;-) >> >>I have this set to off. What sure it be set to? >> >>> > Are any of you out there able to use all of the >>> > functions in the echoplex and keep a drum machine >>> > going steady and in time for 10 minutes without >>> > drifting, and without going schizoid when you hit >>> > any button besides overdub? >>> >>> If that's what you want it might be a good idea to >>> put the drum machine as master and slaving the EDP? >> >>I've tried using the echoplex as a master and slave >>and had similar problems. >> >>> But then, this thread has been all about using the >>> EDP as master with a slaved drum machine, or am I >> >mistakenhere? >> >>I don't really care which is the master or slave as >>long as it works and stays in sync. Which way stays in >>sync best? >> >>Ideally it would be nice to be able to start a song >>I'd programmed on the drum machine with a four count >>countoff, then hit record on the echoplex and start >>recoring along with the drum machine right away. Then >>I'd like to be able to use the echoplex as I normally >>would and it stay in synce with the drum machine even >>if I played for 45 minutes which I frequently do. >> >>All the very best! >>Terry >> >>> All the best >>> >>> Per Boysen >>> >> >>__________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! >>http://sbc.yahoo.com >> >> > > >--- > > "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. >-Then, anything is possible..." > >http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates > >Please visit BadFiction and The Guitar Cafe. > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/badfiction > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe > > > --- "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates Please visit BadFiction and The Guitar Cafe. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/badfiction http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe