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The looper in AxeFx II



Hi,

I just was surprised reading about what a nice looper comes as part of
the guitar amp Fractal Audio Systems Axe Fx II. See for yourself in
the manual quote below:


The Axe-Fx has a full-featured Looper which allows you to create
multi-layered performances in real time. The
maximum loop time varies from 15 to 60 seconds, depending on your
choices for mono/stereo/undo.

Looper functions can be operated from the Axe-Fx front panel, or
remotely via MIDI. Looper CC# assignments appear on the CONTROL page
of the I/O menu

Looper Basic Controls
RECORD – When you press RECORD, the Looper starts recording (if you
hadn’t guessed as much we have to wonder...) Here’s something that’s
not as obvious: press record again to stop recording and instantly
start
playback. This prevents you needing to hunt around for more than one
footswitch to start a loop. If the record length reaches the maximum
allowed for the current mode, recording will end and playback will
stop automatically.

PLAY – This switch has two functions: use it to stop recording and
begin playback, or use it to instantly stop playback that is already
rolling. A momentary switch can be assigned to PLAY for stutter
effects.

ONCE – Toggles “auto-stop at loop-end,” so that if playback is
running, the looper will stop automatically when it reaches the end of
the loop. If playback is already stopped, ONCE will start playback,
play through the loop and then stop. You cannot go directly from
RECORD to ONCE.

STACK – Overdubs audio on an existing loop. Pressing it again stops
the addition but playback continues. Existing audio is faded every
time through the loop based on the setting of the DUB MIX parameter on
the Looper’s MIX page.

UNDO – This removes the most recently recorded overdub. Undo removes a
given “take,” defined as everything between when you pressed STACK to
start overdub recording and when you turned it off.

REV – Pressing this reverses the direction of the Looper. Playback and
STACK recording are supported.

HALF – Slows the Looper’s speed to half. Playback and normal or
overdub recording are supported at half speed. For double speed
playback, record in half speed and then switch back to normal. Note:
Halving the speed slightly reduces high-end frequency response.
Each Axe-Fx II preset can use one Looper block. Looper Advanced Controls

MODE – Selects the Looper mode, determining mono/stereo, looper
length, and undo. Whenever you change the mode, the looper memory will
be entirely cleared.

MONO – Recording and playback are in mono. Maximum loop length is 60
seconds. Undo is not possible.

STEREO – Recording and playback are in stereo. Maximum loop length is
30 seconds. Undo is not possible. MONO UNDO – Recording and playback
are in mono. Maximum loop length is 30 seconds. Undo works.

STEREO UNDO – Recording and playback are in mono. Maximum loop length
is 60 seconds. Undo works.

QUANT – With quantize enabled, loop length is perfectly set to some
whole number of beats) with reference to the pulses of the Axe-Fx
GLOBAL TEMPO (see p. 146)).

THRSH – The Axe-Fx Looper can start recording automatically when the
input exceeds a set level. Turn this feature ON or OFF using this
parameter.

THRSH LEVEL – This sets the level which must be exceeded at the input
of the Looper for recording to start automatically.

DUB MIX – Actually located on the Looper’s MIX page, this determines
how much layers are reduced when you STACK new layers. If you never
want old layers to decay, set this to 100%, but be aware that adding
additional layers in this way can result in excessive signal and
clipping.

Looper Mix Parameters
The Looper has a MIX page with LEVEL, BALANCE, and BYPASS MODE parameters.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen