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Wow, that seems like a complex setup! What exactly are you trying to make it do? I thought this thread was talking about doing simple "verse/chorus" type loop switching. --- Zoe Keating <cello@zoekeating.com> wrote: > For a while I had some patches programmed to do > that. For example, > Mute some/all tracks on RPTR1 and meanwhile start > recording on RPTR2. > > But in the heat of performance, it was too hard to > keep tabs which > tracks are muted or unmuted. Because...and this is > something I've > explained at great length to Elextrix...the Repeater > gives you no > visual feedback whatsoever as to what tracks are > muted! In some > songs, I often do things exactly the same, but I > need to stay > flexible in case accidents happen (and some of my > favorite songs I > deliberately leave open to the element of chance). > > Also, at the end of a song I often get absorbed in > what I'm > performing (the ends of songs are always different > and I'm > concentrating on silly little things like musical > phrase...;-)...). I > quickly forget what is muted and what is not. > Meanwhile, I'll start > the next piece, and the old loop will be erased, but > the mute > settings are still from the previous song! The only > way to "reset" is > to turn the power off. Often I'll turn the power off > between songs > for this sole purpose, because I just can't remember > what I muted or > unmuted. Add to this the fact that sometimes a foot > press might not > have been "forceful" enough, and maybe I didn't > unmute? No way to > know... > > Try it, you'll soon see how complicated it can > become if you have > songs where you already mute and unmute tracks on a > regular basis. > > Then we get into the issue of space within each > patch on the > FCB1010.... The FCB1010 allows you to send 2 CC > messages and 5 PC > messages per patch. I have one CC spot and 2 PC > spots controlling > RPTR1 and the same for RPTR2. So really I'm limited > to one 1 CC and 2 > PCs message per Repeater per patch (the 5th slot > controls the drum > machine). Combo muting (ie 1&2 and 3&4) is > accessible only via CC, so > the other 2 tracks have to be muted with 2 separate > PC messages. > That's 2 CCs + 4PCs to mute/unmute all the tracks on > the two > Repeaters. And then no room left for anything. It's > easier when there > are only a couple tracks running on each. But I eat > up tracks pretty > fast...! > > Instead, I started various combos of simultaneously > stopping RPTR1 > and starting RPTR2. But I'm midi synced and the > Repeater "ramps up" > to the tempo when starting from a full stop. > > Sigh. > > So now I've resorted to this: combination of > stopping RPTR1 and a > volume pedal on RPTR2. I can start a Repeater with > the volume down so > it has time to ramp up to the clock, then I'll bring > up the volume at > the right moment. I've had a hard time operating 2 > volume pedals and > the FCB1010, so I've arranged the songs to make use > of just one > Repeater coming in and out with my feet. And the > other Repeater I'll > start it before with my feet, let it ramp up, and > turn volume knob up > on the mixer in a "breath" when I 'm not playing the > cello... > > > On Jun 10, 2006, at 1:36 PM, mark sottilaro wrote: > > > I've never tried it, but I imagine that with the > > fcb1010 you could also do mute track shananagans > to > > achieve the same effect. > > > > --- Zoe Keating <cello@zoekeating.com> wrote: > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com