Re: Loop station/Echoplex emulation with Emagic Logic

[Dave Budde <dbudde@mac.com>]

Per,
Thanks very much for responding.  Let me clarify.  I'm really looking 
for just some simple looping and overdubbing capability in a live 
performance situation.  I don't really need all the complexities of the 
Echoplex.  It seems to me that Logic has all the tools to do this (I 
can do it manually using the keyboard and Logic commands). But this 
doesn't work in a live situation (it needs to be automatic and 
activated from midi foot-switches).  It requires some mechanism to 
allow one to generate macro command set to effect a given function.  
For instance, if you press one foot-switch then this could initiate a 
set of Logic commands to set the cycle begin point, begin cycle mode 
recording and with auto-create new track in cycle record as you 
suggest.  Press a second foot-switch (to end the loop) would set the 
loop endpoint and go to cycle begin for instance.  Pressing a third 
switch could enable an overdub function.  Pressing a fourth switch 
could reset the track(s) to some initial state.

This is all I'd need.  So my question really is: has anyone done 
something like this already, so I don't have to reinvent the wheel.  
Also, how does one do macro key commands initiated from a midi 
foot-switch?  Quickeys can do this from keyboard commands for instance, 
but cannot do it from a midi device.

On Apr 10, 2004, at 9:45 AM, Per Boysen wrote:

> On 04-04-10 14.51,  "Dave Budde" <dbudde@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I'm new here.  I was wondering if anyone here set up Emagic
>> Logic to do something similar to a Boss Loop Station or a Gibson
>> Echoplex emulation? I'd like to do some simple live looping and am
>> wondering if anyone has figured out how to do this easily with Logic
>> and a foot pedal controller of some sort.
>>
>> Is this even feasible with Logic? Seems like all the commands exist to
>> allow this, one just needs to set up some macro commands and assign
>> some foot controller keys to initiate them.
>
>
> I don't think it's possible. The closest to audio layering you would 
> come in
> Logic is to set up "cycle recording" with "auto create new track in 
> cycle
> record" (or whatever this setting is called in the Logic pref's). Most 
> of
> the cool looping functions are not available for external midi control 
> in
> Logic; like reverse audio file, multiply etc etc.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Per Boysen
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