RE: Mobius first impressions... and questions.

[Jeff Larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com>]

> On the repeater you have 2 rotaries... in Trim Mode,
> one trims the start of the loop the other trims the end of the loop.
> ...
> So if I trim the end all the way to the beginning, (So i am hearing a
> loop that is just the first second of the first loop i played)

So it's non-destructive start/end points like you see in "DJ" oriented
sample players?

I'd like to add more of these kinds of "playing the loop" features,
but the architectural issue I have is what happens when you do this
while you are overdubbing or feedback decaying and how this fits in
with undo.

You say the Repeater has to be in "Trim Mode", does this make it behave
more like a static sample player with no undoable loop modifications
allowed?

One option would be to put the loop into "lockdown" mode where you
can trim, slip, pitch, window shift, and retrigger all you want but
nothing you do is undoable and you can't be overdubbing or applying
feedback at the same time.  Then the moment you start Overdub or any other
destructive modification the loop is "unlocked", whatever was last
playing becomes the new loop, and we resume the undoable layer
list as usual.

Jeff