Re: boomerang question

[Jeff Duke <jmar@bellsouth.net>]

Hi Mike,
will you have to stop the loop to switch between the different slow rates?
jd

"Mikell D.Nelson" wrote:

> Hello all you little loopers, :)
>     The response below is correct. Does any looper have a variable
> sample/playback rate? It's a cool idea. You could get those psychedelic 
>swooshes
> like on the old tape based echo units.
>     The upcoming Boomerang V2.0 software does not add this feature, but 
>will
> offer 5 different slow rates. You can drop your loop a musical 2nd, 4th, 
>5th,
> 7th or an octave. The octave is half-speed; what the others are, I have 
>no idea.
> Of course you can go the other way, too, by recording on slow and 
>playing back
> at a faster speed.
>     I'll scream and holler when the upgrade is ready. The software's 
>done and we
> are finishing up one final mod to the little circuit board.
>
> >          hmmm....well without rerecording the loop I don't think you 
>can
> > ...unless it is part of the upgrade they will/or do offer. But the 
>ones' I
> > have do not do this. But, you can set it at 1/2 speed which will slow 
>the
> > tempo in 1/2 approx. but even then you have to stop the current loop 
>and
> > then restart it.
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know for sure if the boomerang allows one to manually 
>adjust the
> > tempo of a current live loop?
>
> --
> Mike Nelson
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