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While you wait, I'll share my favorite Loop4 feature so far: SyncRecord. SyncRecord is a record mode which is active when Sync=In and Quantize=Off. If you're like me, you always use the EDP synced to an outside MIDI source. In Loop3, in order for your Loops to be in sync with the drum machine(s), you have to keep Quantize=On, in which case recording will only start at the StartPoint. This can cause difficulties if you have a pickup note before the one, or if you lose track of the one altogether, as I often do. Of course, you can redefine your start point, but that may interfere with the Mating Dance. With SyncRecord, recording starts immediately upon pressing the Record button and rounds to the next cycle upon releasing it. If you wish to have your loop unsynced (with Sync=In), you can press Overdub while in the Reset state, and sync will be ignored for the next Record. The EDP must receive one full measure of sync to figure out the cycle time, after which it displays that time on the screen. If you press Record before that happens, you won't be in sync. That reminds me of another cool pair of additions, Quantize=Loop and Quantize=8th. In Loop3, you have Quantize=Off or Quantize=On, in which case your button presses sync to your cycle length. Now, Quantize=Loop quantizes button presses to the length of the entire loop (i.e. multiple cycles), while Quantize=8th quantizes to the nearest 8th note. That's all for now. Believe me, even though I already have the new software, I can't wait for it to be released either. I'm looking forward to some other list members getting their feet wet, so that we can have some discussion and try to figure out what all of these new features actually do, and how to use them! The beta test guys must either be sworn to silence or else they just have everything figured out already ;), because I notice that they're keeping tight-lipped. In case anybody in the know is still reading this: Are presets the proper way to drop in and out of quantize? I notice that there are no DirectMIDI commands listed for quantize settings. Now that I've programmed the PMC-10 to perform the basic functions, and I'm really digging the unquantized SUS functions, I realize that I'd like for HalfSpeed and Reverse to remain quantized. I haven't figured out how to store and recall presets yet, but it seems like you could possibly add a preset call to a button press to control the quantization of a given function; for example, to have an 8th note Replace or a cycle-length Insert. ??? -Hans Lindauer At 20:57 29/05/2002, you wrote: >Not being overly cautious, let me be the first to point out the obvious >wait >for the other shoe to drop with regard to the Echoplex Upgrade. It's >been a >while since the first batch was distributed to those who were in >attendance >at the Pre-Release Showcase--over a month by my reckoning. Heck, it was >over a month ago that Kim predicted the Loop IV software would be ready to >ship in a week. >Hey, don't get me wrong--I can be as patient as the next manual-lovin' >technophile. Actually, this IS me being patient (if still tweaked that I >couldn't be at Loopstock OR the Oakland party). I am simply giving voice >to >the (obviously) silent majority who are waiting to see what years of hard >work will mean to EDP owners. >In the meantime, any San Diego loopers out there? I'm in the 92064 area-- >Gary