Hi @GMaq, @solobasssteve, and @broupe! I have added a new parameter to the Loopor plugin called “Dry Amount”. If set to 1 (the default) the behavior is the same as before. If set to 0, no signal from the input is routed to the output. Any value inbetween will of course only route parts of the input volume to the output.
Aha! Apologies, I’d missed that this thread was about Loopor not the original looper that was in the Duo (my fault for jumping into a resurrected thread without scanning far enough back for context)
I started using this same setup as @broupe described, using the Dub control as a single-button loop controller. This is great because it frees up 1 - 3 buttons on my foot controller depending on my use case compared to using the SooperLooper. Thank you for all of your work on this plugin @Stevie!
1st click starts recording (w/autostart)
2nd click is close loop: play (first play also still records, though…?)
further clicks: overdub
A double-click: stops & erase all.
so, in effect:
a 1-button looper - very nice!
I’m curious about the behavior of the additional dub that occurs in this mode (using Dub to start the recording), same as @broupe described. I took a look at the code but it wasn’t obvious to me, the state flow seems correct. But for some reason an additional record is triggered once you close the initial loop. Is that what you intended? Can it made to be work so that:
First Dub press starts the initial loop
Second Dub press closes the initial loop and enters playback mode
Subsequent presses of Dub would act as before once a loop is playing.
there are different buttons which are supposed to be behaving differently. The “dub” button is behaving as you describe. This is sometimes nice to have and was requested by some people. The “activate” button should behave exactly like you want it to. That was the first button I implemented and for me it does exactly that. Please try that one to see if it works for you. Otherwise it would be a bug and I would have to look at it.
In sum there are 5 buttons. Obviously you can use only at most 2 with the Duo, but it should allow everyone to pick their right setup, making it highly configurable.
…been revisiting Loopor, and the one thing that kills it for me just now is that it can stay in overdub… is there a reason why it only ever overdubs a single layer and then switches off? That’s not a function I’ve ever found in any hardware looper, and it’s not one I can ever imagine finding a use for
Now that it has the dry amount control, undo and redo, and is stereo, with a continuous overdub, I’d be using it on everything
slightly OT: am i right that there’s still no looper for the MOD which will sync to the MOD host tempo? this would be an unfortunate limitation, especially for the Duo X, which has external MIDI sync.
…the dub button looping and going straight into overdub is a huge bonus here, but I still can’t seem to work around the overdub closing at the loop boundary every time… A switch to turn that function off would be REALLY amazing
My skills don’t extend to integrating github and my Duo, but THANK YOU!! It’s been an amazing week for Duo discoveries for me, after having it for so long, I love that it’s evolving at such a pace (my Lexicon MPX-G2 had one chip upgrade in 20 years, which added a ring modulator and pretty much nothing else )
Hey tolmark, great that you’re digging into this. Did you try it with my additions? Stevie didn’t comment on them yet, and I haven’t had time to actually test them. If you are and anything seems out of sorts please reach out to me and let me know.
Thanks.
Wouw man I am blown away by all your knowledge on this forum. man amazing!
I do like to work with loopers and my oldtime favourit Looper is and will be the Boomerang Phase Sampler III. Although it sounds very strange, i have never had the opportunity to use one. by all have researched on this device / and seen it working . It has the most valuable tools for me. Main one is to record loops out of sync and create true ambient flow music - this with my didgeridoo, singing bowls, koshi chimes etc. Ofcourse when using my guitar / saxophone etc being in sync with a rhythm box is essential but with my Deep Sound Sessions being of sync and able to flow record the loops is essential.
I by no means have any coding qualities etc at all, yet I wise this shared experience and view is of some use. But perhaps you guys get inspired by this Ultimate phase looper - Boomerang Phase III looper.
Hi all,
I’ve been working on a new audio looper that synchronises with global BPM on the Duo - basically I need something that can sync multiple guitar loops to a click track with a live drummer.
The result is ALO. I’m using the x42 Step Sequencer to generate the click track: