From: Ricky Graham <rickygrahammusic@gmail.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: The looper in AxeFx II
Dub mix and threshold are a nice
touch!
Ricky
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Per Boysen <
perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just was surprised reading about what a nice looper comes as part of
> the guitar amp Fractal Audio Systems Axe Fx II. See for yourself in
> the manual quote below:
>
>
> The Axe-Fx has a full-featured Looper which allows you to create
> multi-layered performances in real time. The
> maximum loop time varies from 15 to 60 seconds, depending on your
> choices for mono/stereo/undo.
>
> Looper functions can be operated from the Axe-Fx front panel, or
> remotely via MIDI. Looper CC# assignments appear on the CONTROL page
> of the I/O menu
>
> Looper Basic Controls
> RECORD – When you press RECORD, the Looper starts recording (if you
> hadn’t
guessed as much we have to wonder...) Here’s something that’s
> not as obvious: press record again to stop recording and instantly
> start
> playback. This prevents you needing to hunt around for more than one
> footswitch to start a loop. If the record length reaches the maximum
> allowed for the current mode, recording will end and playback will
> stop automatically.
>
> PLAY – This switch has two functions: use it to stop recording and
> begin playback, or use it to instantly stop playback that is already
> rolling. A momentary switch can be assigned to PLAY for stutter
> effects.
>
> ONCE – Toggles “auto-stop at loop-end,” so that if playback is
> running, the looper will stop automatically when it reaches the end of
> the loop. If playback is already stopped, ONCE will start playback,
> play through the loop and then stop. You cannot go
directly from
> RECORD to ONCE.
>
> STACK – Overdubs audio on an existing loop. Pressing it again stops
> the addition but playback continues. Existing audio is faded every
> time through the loop based on the setting of the DUB MIX parameter on
> the Looper’s MIX page.
>
> UNDO – This removes the most recently recorded overdub. Undo removes a
> given “take,” defined as everything between when you pressed STACK to
> start overdub recording and when you turned it off.
>
> REV – Pressing this reverses the direction of the Looper. Playback and
> STACK recording are supported.
>
> HALF – Slows the Looper’s speed to half. Playback and normal or
> overdub recording are supported at half speed. For double speed
> playback, record in half speed and then switch back to normal. Note:
> Halving the speed slightly reduces high-end frequency
response.
> Each Axe-Fx II preset can use one Looper block. Looper Advanced Controls
>
> MODE – Selects the Looper mode, determining mono/stereo, looper
> length, and undo. Whenever you change the mode, the looper memory will
> be entirely cleared.
>
> MONO – Recording and playback are in mono. Maximum loop length is 60
> seconds. Undo is not possible.
>
> STEREO – Recording and playback are in stereo. Maximum loop length is
> 30 seconds. Undo is not possible. MONO UNDO – Recording and playback
> are in mono. Maximum loop length is 30 seconds. Undo works.
>
> STEREO UNDO – Recording and playback are in mono. Maximum loop length
> is 60 seconds. Undo works.
>
> QUANT – With quantize enabled, loop length is perfectly set to some
> whole number of beats) with reference to the pulses of the Axe-Fx
> GLOBAL TEMPO (see p.
146)).
>
> THRSH – The Axe-Fx Looper can start recording automatically when the
> input exceeds a set level. Turn this feature ON or OFF using this
> parameter.
>
> THRSH LEVEL – This sets the level which must be exceeded at the input
> of the Looper for recording to start automatically.
>
> DUB MIX – Actually located on the Looper’s MIX page, this determines
> how much layers are reduced when you STACK new layers. If you never
> want old layers to decay, set this to 100%, but be aware that adding
> additional layers in this way can result in excessive signal and
> clipping.
>
> Looper Mix Parameters
> The Looper has a MIX page with LEVEL, BALANCE, and BYPASS MODE parameters.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
>
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen>
