Re: Deconstructing LP1 LoopBegin and Quantize replace issues

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

I doubt it will ever work.
Why not sync the DAW to the looper instead?

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:43 AM, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> 
wrote:
>  Like you Phil I have had mixed results using my DAW clock to midi Sync 
> my
> LP-1, If I'm doing normal loops and I'm using the technique of pre arming
> the tracks by hitting a play stop command as I move to each new track 
> (and
> I'm aware for where my 1st loop start point  is when recording my next
> track) things will stay pretty stable, though i might get some drift over
> time.  When using  multiple tracks of quantize replace, its much more
> difficult for them all to stay synced to an external clock source, i 
> suspect
>  because the very nature of the technique has timing considerations due 
> to
> the slight delay while the microprocessor is initiating the command, add
> those milliseconds up when you keep building a track using this technique
> and what you thought was your downbeat pulse is no longer.  Its also so 
> easy
> to get carried away in the process of creating the note sequences that 
> one
> simply forgets where that loop point really is. Compound that with 
> creating
> multiple tracks of this stuff and wanting it all to slave  and be hunky 
> dory
> with your DAWs midi clock is a tall order. One thing I have found to be 
> true
> is i get better clock results if I mute tracks rather than stopping and
> starting them, and group commands where multiple tracks are being turned
> stopped and restarted only serve to create further midi clock drift if 
> it is
> acting as the slave .  Also if I'm in doubt of my downbeat on a track as
> relates to the master clock track, stopping it,  and restarting it by
> initiating a replace command (yep, if a track is pre armed and stopped, 
> you
> can restart it with a replace command)   can help to realign the two 
> tracks
> to some degree. lastly  i've worked hard at learning to initiate Q 
> replace
> commands on the beat that anticipates the beat i want to replace so if i
> have a quantize  replace factor of 16th I'll initiate my command a 
> little a
> head of schedule on the 16th beat to have it arrive on the 1.
> Bill
>