RE: repeater loop multiply limitation?

["Damon Langlois (Electrix)" <Damon@electrixpro.com>]

At 01:46 PM 2/26/01 -0800, Damon wrote:
>>anyone else bothered by the requirement shown in the manual that after
Loop
>>Multiply one must overdub or record through the entire new (& potentially
>>long) loop?
>Multiply does take place immediately. It's just "virtual" until an overdub
>it done. The FIRST overdub onto the multiplied track has to complete one
>full loop record cycle which "flattens" the track. If you leave the 
>overdub
>early Repeater will finish the cycle for you. Once the multiply is
>"flattened" you have no restrictions.

>hmmm.  still a bit confused here.  i guess my question is, if i leave
>overdub early, can i immediately begin to work w/ the flattened track in
>other ways, or am i forced to wait til an entire loop completes?  

Yes. Unless you choose to record to a new track where you would not have to
wait


>a followup question: if i trim a loop down from, say, 4 bars to just the
>1st, then multiply, do i end up w/ 2 copies of the original 1st bar?

You got it.

Respect,

Damon Langlois
Creative Director
Electrix 
Tel (250) 544-4091 Fax (250) 544-4100
http://www.electrixpro.com


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