Re: Maple and Bidule... success! Kind of

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Ah! That's perfect! I think I can make use of that feature in Live as  
well...

Most appreciative,

Mark

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On Aug 21, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Jeffrey Larson <jeff@zonemobius.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure I fully understand the situation, but the rules for  
> sending sync
> go like this:
>
>  - the first track on which a loop is recorded becomes the sync master
>    and determines the tempo
>
>  - if the sync master track enters a state where the loop length is  
> unknown
>    output sync stops, this can happen in these situations
>
>    - reset (obviously)
>    - record (throw away the current loop and start over)
>    - loop switch to an empty loop with Auto Record turned on
>
> It is this last case that causes the most surprises.  Even though you
> had something cooking in the first loop, if you switch to another loop
> that is empty sync will stop unless you are using one of the various
> sound copy or time copy methods.
>
> If you need to keep sync going as you record new loops use
> LoopCopy=Timing to copy the cycle length from one loop to the
> next.  Rather than start a recording from scratch, you'll start with
> an empty loop of a known size and immediately start overdubbing.
>
> Jeff
>