Re: Sp-202 loop pop

["klem klemmingberg" <klem_klemmingberg@worldnet.att.net>]

This post gave me the clever idea to ride the record level on the 202
while I was recording my loop (to do a fade in/fade out kind of thing),
but I found out you can't change the record level during the actual
recording.  My next brightest idea was to ride the level on my synth's
vca, but I haven't got the coordination tonight to make everything work
smoothly together.
Maybe tomorrow.
T om
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: Sp-202 loop pop


> yeah, what your getting is a pop due to a sudden change in frequency
because
> you've cut a waveform at a point where it isn't at "zero"  This is called
the
> zerocrossing point.  You're probably better off sampling it into a
computer
> and using a decent audio editor to either fix the loop in and out points,
or
> do a very quick fade to nothing at the begining and end of the loop.
Then,
> use a smart media reader/writer to put it on the Flash card that goes 
>into
> the 202.  I have the 303, but I imagine the 202 works pretty similarly.
>
> Another way of doing it is to use the fine loop length control to try and
get
> at a point where the sound is at "zero"  There should be specific
> instructions in your manual.
>
> Mark
> (sine@zerocrossing.net ha ha)
>
>
> klem klemmingberg wrote:
>
> > I was slapping a loop into my SP-202, a repeating pattern from a synth.
> > My problem was that regardless of how I set the length, I always got
> > a pop.  I sampled at different levels, through a compressor, etc.,
> > but still got the pop.  I don't know if this is  a common occurrence
> > with the sp-202 (I've only had it a couple of weeks, & this is the 
>first
> > instance of this problem.)
> > My suspicion is that it has to do with varying volume levels & 
>frequency
> > content at the start & end points (the synth patch has rises & falls,
but
> > is never free of a little noise.)  I suspect the problem could easily
> > be solved by a crossfade function, which the 202 does not appear to
have.
> > My questions are two:
> > 1.  Any one have any suggestions for disposing of the pop on the 202?
> > 2.  Are there any relatively inexpensive looping devices out there with
> > a crossfade feature of some sort.
> >
> > thanks
> > T om
>
>