RE: Glitch in Repeater's loop

["M. Steven Ginn" <sginn@airmail.net>]

Mark,

If you are able to figure out how this might be done on the fly, would
you mind posting the instructions?

Thanks,
Steve
 
> 
> Hmmm interesting.  I bet/wonder that this might be done to a 
> blank loop, so you'd be able to create your drone on the 
> fly.... I will try this for sure.
> 
> Mark Sottilaro
> 
> S V G wrote:
> 
> >      As I was working with my Repeater last night, I came upon a 
> > workaround that many people here on the LD list have complained 
> > about... the glitch at the end/beginning of a loop, especially 
> > noticable with a sustained sound like a drone.
> >
> >      This can be gotten rid of with the "trim" function.  
> One tap of 
> > the trim switch puts you in "beats" mode, the second tap 
> puts you in 
> > "seconds" mode.  It is this second mode that you want. The process 
> > looks like this:
> >
> >      1) Record your loop, either stopping at the end or 
> continuing in 
> > playback mode.
> >
> >      2) Hit the "trim" button twice to enter "seconds" mode.
> >
> >      3) Turn the "Loop" knob two clicks to the right, trimming .02 
> > seconds off the beginning of the loop (or whatever amount 
> works best 
> > for you).
> >
> >      4a) One more hit of the "trim" button gets your back into the 
> > regular screen.  This trim then can be undone.
> >
> >                  OR
> >
> >      4b) Hold the "trim" button for 1/2 second to enter "Trim Cut" 
> > mode.  Hitting the button one more time confirms the cut 
> operation and 
> > the unnecessary tip is then forever circumsized.  At this 
> point, even 
> > the pills that make your loops grow 3-4 inches will be of 
> no avail.  
> > :)  In other words, this is destructive editing, it cannot 
> be undone.
> >
> >      All this is detailed on page 26 of the Repeater manual.
> >
> >      I tried this using a microphone and singing into it, 
> the loop has 
> > a very obvious glitch in it every time it loops around.  The trim 
> > function almost completely erases that glitch.  The only 
> glitch that I 
> > could detect was from the difference in my singing voice at the 
> > beginning vs. the end of the loop.
> >
> >      Even though this is a bit of a hassle, still I can 
> complete this 
> > operation in less than one second.  Unfortunately, there 
> are currently 
> > no MIDI commands to control this aspect from a pedalboard.  
> To those 
> > who would complain of having to do even this, perhaps this 
> is a small 
> > price to pay for other benefits that would otherwise not 
> appear on the 
> > instrument.
> >
> >       Cheers,
> >
> >           SVG
> >
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