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>Hi Loopers, > >I've recently noticed that when I try to swell the volume on the beginning >of a loop on my EDP, you don't hear the whole swell, the sound just cuts >on >at a certain point, maybe when it hits an audio threshold(?). I have the >threshold parameter set to 0 and when I hit record the EDP does start >recording instantly but the audio still cuts in abruptly not gradually >swelling in. I seem to remember in the early days of Looper's Delight >someone, maybe Andre LaFosse(?), had a problem with this, and since I >didn't have an EDP at that time I don't remember now what the solution >was/is. I don't have time to search the website right now so I thought >someone here might comment or have some suggestions until I get time to >look around. Seems like you are encountering the software noise gate we have in the loop path, which is supposed to be very unobtrusive. Andre was having a similar problem once upon a time. Andre's complaint had to do with the old Loop3.3.2 software, where the gate threshold was set too high, so it was much too obvious and irritating. In the current software we set it much lower, where it shouldn't be obvious now. If you are hearing it, I think maybe you have the gains set a bit off. Try turning the input up a bit (but not enough to clip!) and the output down to compensate. Ideally, you should have no trouble with volume swells cutting in like that. The gate threshold should be far below usual signal levels. Since I *know* you're gonna ask, the gate is there to serve two purposes. One is so you can leave Overdub on (or have it in delay mode) without normally small system noises building up to a huge level in the loops. The second reason is for Undo. If you have left Overdub on, we use the gate threshold to tell if you are actually playing something into the loop. If you are not, we want to stay in the same memory rather than recording into new memory. That way, when you press Undo it takes away something you meant to record into the loop, rather than some little bit of noise that you were not aware was being recorded. This makes Undo much more predictable and easier to use than it otherwise would be. (this is in the FAQ, BTW :-) again, try adjusting the in/out levels to a better spot. hope this helps, kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com