Re: How does Schon Sync?

[matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias Grob)]

>It seems to me that getting a perfectly in-sync loop of a
>rhythm guitar part that the drummer (and the rest of the band) can
>reliably play to is an extremely dubious proposition.
>
>Playing a rhythmic, strictly in-time loop, and triggering the start/stop
>points manually from a footpedal, is a quite demanding task.  Take all of
>the possible rhythmic quirks that could crop up in that process, and then
>compund that with the entire band having to groove to the loop, and what
>have you got?  A potential train wreck.

The band would have to send the cues, for example in form of a kick to the
beat sync input. Or something very clear is looped like a bass line or a
drum beat. Then the band folows that loop and the rambling musicians sync
to it.

>So I'd be very interested to know if the band does indeed use some sort
>of time code with which to sync the band (and the Plex) together.

Me too.