Re: EDP loop capture

[Sylvain Poitras <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com>]

> It does send a message at the end of each cycle, and of each loop.
> ...but it does it all the time.

well, it seems to me all you'd need to do is gate that midi output so
that it gets to the LP1 only when a button is pressed.  Not sure if
hardware exists that allows one to do this, I live mostly in the
laptop.  Maybe something from
http://www.midisolutions.com/products.htm

Sylvain



On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
wrote:
> Sylvain Poitras wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> this is an interesting problem, but I have neither of those loopers,
>> so my contribution will be rather theoretical...
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>> To that end, I'd look first at what midi messages, if any, the EDP can
>> send at the begining or end of a cycle.
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> It does send a message at the end of each cycle, and of each loop.
> ...but it does it all the time.
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> Interesting idea but not workable.
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> Luckily the edp sends out midi time clocks
> which the LP1 can sync to.
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> The LP1 has a Midi Sync Record function...not sure if sets the length
> automatically, or waits for record to end and rounds to a multiple.
> (I'm patiently waiting for Xavier to implement foot switchable
> midi routing in his Little Giant 2 before I investigate that).
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