Re: Re: Re: Any news on LP2, anyone?

[Ben Edwards <astralmnemonics@gmail.com>]

Yeah mine is working great too and I'm going to use it for an upcoming solo performance at a winery. I've only had it for a month but I feel like the MIDI syncs well (still lots of experimentation left to do), here is a sample of LP2 jams with Ableton Live as the MIDI master : 

http://soundcloud.com/chapel-peril-us/sets/bass-and-laptop-loop-jams/

I still have a lot of practice to do with regards to using multiple functions together to morph the loop in real time but I think the sync holds together pretty well.  I'm not sure of the specifics of how it cuts/quantizes the loop especially if you start doing odd time and glitched out replace morphing but it seems to follow my internal groove.  Sometimes if it doesn't feel right I record a new loop and it usually syncs up nicely right away.  Once I get my Behringer Virtualizer Pro back from a friend I'll post on how the LP2 syncs up with it.

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Jim Bjorklun <jbjorklun@yahoo.com> wrote:

Well, I'm getting close to knowing enough to make a purchase now...  Thanks so much to Rick for filling in the dots thus far!

A few more (final) questions it'd be great to have answers for:

1) When you press "Play/Stop" (and the loop is playing), I assume the loop ceases right when you hit the footswitch. If this is true, I'm wondering if there's (also) a way for the loop to play all the way to the end when you press "Stop".

2) When synching a LP2 loop to MIDI clock, how does the loop recording start and stop work? For example, the Pigtronix Infinity does this:

--> Rec – Recording starts at the start of the next measure after the switch has been pressed.
--> Stop – Stops loop audio at the start of the next measure after the switch has been pressed.

This strikes me as an elegant method, and I'm curious if the LP2 also operates like this, or in a different way.

3) If you play a pre-recorded loop from the card, does MIDI clock also get (re)generated from that, so you can sync other devices to the LP2?

4) It *would* be nice to verify for sure that -- when an LP2 is synced to MIDI clock -- the MIDI clock can simply pass THRU the LP2 to other devices.

Thanks again,

Jim


--- On Fri, 10/12/12, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

> From: Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Any news on LP-2, anyone?
> To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 6:53 AM
> On 10/11/12 3:36 PM, Jim Bjorklun
> wrote:
> >
> >  So I'm wondering if the output (sic, LP-2) is
> stereo (like on my RiffBox)?
> >
> *mono only*,
> >
> > 2) The Usage Guide says that "Using the SDHC card for
> audio storage results in a few rules about audio recording
> and overdubbing". The most interesting of these is that some
> SD cards may not be fast enough to read the incoming audio.
> This begs the question of whether it's possible to not
> record to the SD card (say if you don't want to retrieve
> your loop later).  Is there a mode where you simply
> record your loop straight into the pedal, which can play the
> loop back with 100% reliability?
> >
> *The SD is completely reliable and holds up to 8
> tracks.   These can be imported into a
> computer
> and effected and returned to the card to be able to play on
> the unit. It ships with a 4 gig card that has been tested
> specifically to work with the unit.   You
> merely buy that exact same card and you are golden.
> *
> >
> > 3) Can the MIDI out port also be configured as a
> Thru?  Since I'd always be synching the LP-2 to a drum
> machine's MIDI clock, I'd like to pass the MIDI clock
> through to another effects processor.
> > *I don't use a lot of midi in my life so I'm not 100%
> of this answer, but it's always been my
> > understanding that if you put midi into a unit and send
> it out that you can daisy chain things.
> >
> > Am I incorrect here.........Bill Walker would know
> because he uses the LP-2 to control a lot of his downstream
> devices (other loopers, digital delays, other time based
> effects. *
> >
> > 4) What are the dimensions of the LP-2?
> >
> *It is just minisculey larger than a DL-4*
> >
> > Thanks for any additional info. that can be given on
> this beguiling box!
> >
> > - Jim
> >
> >
> > --- On *Thu, 10/4/12, Tim Thompson /<me@timthompson.com>/*
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     From: Tim Thompson <me@timthompson.com>
> >     Subject: Re: Re: Any news on
> LP-2, anyone?
> >     To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >     Date: Thursday, October 4,
> 2012, 12:44 PM
> >
> >
> >         They've really
> been holding up well and they have to work, I"m
> >         going to
> >         do my entire
> performance
> >         with them at
> Y2K12 in two weeks time
> >
> >
> >     People will also be able to
> play with the LP-2 when Rick
> >     demonstrates it at the "Touch
> the Loopers" event (Oct 18).
> >
> >          ...Tim...
> >
>
>