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Re: new loop pedal
If it syncs to a MIDI clock and let's you do stereo
loops of a pre defined length, I'm interested.
Mark
--- Jeff Larson <Jeffrey.Larson@Sun.COM> wrote:
> Nemoguitt@aol.com wrote:
> > sounds like there's voodoo involved with this
> pedal....."things will
> > change and you don't even need to press a
> button".....wonderful!*
>
> From what I've read, this doesn't sound especially
> complicated, though
> they certainly like to boast about this "patent
> pending" technology.
>
> You set a threshold and what amounts to a beat
> count. Samples
> that exceed the threshold are considered beats.
> Keep a running
> average of the time between beats. Stop when the
> preprogrammed
> number of beats has been reached. This is not
> unlike what a drum
> machine does to determine the tempo from a stream of
> MIDI clocks,
> though it's harder of course to accurately determine
> where the
> audio beats are.
>
> I would imagine that if you play 4/4 rock accurately
> with some space
> between the notes it should do a pretty good job.
> But this isn't
> going to help you set up an eBow drone loop, or loop
> the intro to
> The Black Page.
>
> Jeff
>
>