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RE: Rép : Multi-tracks loopers questions





How many "tracks" can I have in an LP1 can each of these have overdubs?
  8 tracks with overdubs, with the caveat being there is about 4 minutes of total record time so you do have to manage your time,
to some degree if you are wanting to do a bunch of long loops. This has never been an issue for me as I don't like to use prerecorded tracks. I usually record a bunch of short loops and a couple of long ones for progression and a melody ideas. Also since the LP-1 defaults to feedback at 100%, it is possible to overdub to the point of over loading, so if you want to do sound on sound track saturation I suggest adjusting the the feedback to 99% or less.
the problem I for see unless someone has predicedand safeguarded against this version of multiplying by adding onto differant tracks is that if 

track 1 has 1 bar drum beat
then 
track 2 is 12x as long for a chord pattern

do i have ot mentally keep in mind which tracks are which lengths or is there indications?

there is a numerical display in seconds that tells you how long your track is, but yes, you would have to learn to manage your tracks. I find I rarely use more than 4-5 tracks and when I do its usually tracks of the same length as my master track , incidental  melody and  riff stuff that I'm constantly adding to and subtracting from via replace, quantize replace or any combination of those two commands couple with track speed and or reverse and I'm always aware of where my rhythm track is . Also I use feedback to fade tracks out so i will stay in overdub for extended periods of time and morph ideas in and out.

reason being that presuming i can overdub on either of these tracks, i know i would end up  accidentally trying to  add a chordal overdub onto the 1 bar loop  thus creating a mess lol.

Well there is an undo function, and I've done that very thing on occasions until I figured out how to manage multiple tracks, Kind of like juggling cats!. I was used to multiple tracks with the Repeater, so perhaps it was an easier transition. 

Bill