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Re: The looper in AxeFx II



The II is newer and better than the Ultra.

Greetings from Sweden

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


On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Laurie Amat <voicesound@att.net> wrote:
> Hi Per,
>
> Since you know so much about this all, can you tell me the difference 
> between the Axe FX II and the Axe FX Ultra?
>
> On Jul 30, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Per Boysen wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>