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I can't speak for the hardware loopers, but Mobius can do all 3 modes in a manner of speaking, though it approaches them slightly differently. The different "tracks" in Mobius are like individual loopers that can run in or out of sync with eachother. Each can be overdubbed or multiplied over. To get completely out of sync, you'd be forced to use a new track, but for either of the sync modes you describe, an overdub or a multiply can begin right on a loop point or anywhere in the loop. --Josh On Mar 8, 2007, at 3:29 PM, aaron leese wrote: > > I wonder ... Do you suppose we can come to a consensus on the words > that most concisely describe these "looping modes" ... though I > guess even that phrase is suspect .... > > This requires a picture ..... > please see http://www.flyloops.com/semantics/loopingmodes.html > > Now for the questions: > > 1 - unsynced ..... this is what happens when you have two loop > pedals in the same room, and neither one really cares when the > other is doing. We have all tried looping in a band setting and > for many of us, we thought we would be slick enough to have two > people looping and stay in sync ... sadly it doesnt work that way! > > So ..... > > 2 - full syncronization ..... more advanced looping devices started > syncronizing loops ..... that is, you can tell the second (slave) > loop pedal to only start or stop recording when the first throws a > repeat. This is the typical master/slave set ..... I think. > > 3 - partial syncronization ... latching ??? ...... Here the loops > are also syncronized, but the pedal will start recording > immediately once pressed .... it just knows to only stop recording/ > start playback when the master loop is at a certain offset ....... > > > > More importantly .... lets talk hardware ..... > > --- The RC20 and original boomeraang are of course, only > layering ... so you could think of this as full syncronization but > without the ability to have phrases of different lengths, or to > turn phrases on/off once recorded ..... > > ---- The RC50 has 3 loop banks ... They are unsynced I > believe ??? Or you can set a midi clock and preprogram a length?? > Can they be different lengths then, but synced (like the EDP > multiply function?). Forgive me, but I haven't checked one out yet. > > ---- If you have the cash two EDPS, you can have a master slave > and set up the EDPs as fully synced .... > > ---- Mobius behaves as fully synced I believe ... though I have > only used it a little. Do you have to preprogram the loop length, > or can it just work off the length of the recorded "master" loop, > and then go from there .... > > ---- Does anything do that other one ..... partial synced / > latching .... I imagine Ableton could with some work ..... > > > Anyway .... I look forward to the responses .... lemme know what > you think the proper words area here for what I call synced/ > unsynced/ latching modes ...... > > _________________________________________________________________ > Win a Zune™—make MSN® your homepage for your chance to win! http:// > homepage.msn.com/zune?icid=hmetagline > > >