Recording samples by looping (LOOPER)

This unit has a looper, which lets you record the sound that’s currently playing back as a sample.

  1. Set the value of MARK Function parameter to “Looper” by following the steps in “Editing the settings related to this unit (System)”.

  2. MEMO

    1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button, and press the [VALUE] knob to switch between skip-back sampling and the looper function.
    2. You can’t use skip-back sampling and the looper function at the same time.
  3. Press the [MARK] button to switch to looper mode.
  5. Configure the parameters for the looper using the following controllers.

  6. Controller

    Parameter

    Value

    Explanation

    [CTRL 1] knob

    MEAS

    Free, 1, 2, 4

    Sets the sample length (number of measures).

    • With the “Free” setting, you must stop the sampling manually.
    • For all of these settings, you can sample up to 16 seconds of audio (depending on the tempo setting).

    [CTRL 2] knob

    AUTO TRIG

    OFF, ON

    When this is “ON” and the input audio signal exceeds the level set in the AUTO TRIG parameter, the looper starts recording.

    [CTRL 3] knob

    BPM

    40.0–200.0

    Sets the tempo while sampling.

    PLAY-RATE

    1.0–199.0 (%)

    Sets the playback speed while the looper plays back.

    [SHIFT] button + [CTRL 1] knob

    BUS

    DRY, BUS1, BUS2, LOOPER

    Sets the bus to which input audio signals are sent (meaning which effects are used).

    • When overdubbing in looper mode, this must be set to “LOOPER”. With this setting, effects are not applied to the looper playback audio.

    [SHIFT] button + [CTRL 2] knob

    Routing

    Mix, ExtIn

    This selects the source to sample (the input source).

    When this is set to “Mix”, the unit samples the mixed audio from this unit (the playback audio) and the input from an external source.

    When this is set to “ExtIn”, the unit samples only the audio input from an external device.

    [VALUE] knob (turn)

    Sets the recording level or the amount of feedback.

    • To switch the parameter to configure between Rec Level and Feedback Rate, press the [VALUE] knob.

    Rec Level

    0–127

    Sets the recording level.

    Feedback Rate

    0–100 (%)

    Sets the amount of feedback.

    [SHIFT] button + [VALUE] knob (turn)

    METRO VOL

    0–5

    Sets the volume of the metronome.

  7. Press the [REC] button.
  8. Sampling begins.
  9. When you press the [RESAMPLE] button to make it light up before sampling begins, the unit automatically switches to overdubbing mode after recording the first loop pass.

  10. MEMO

    You can control the start/stop of recording from an external MIDI device using the start command (FA)/stop command (FC).

  11. You can use the following controls when sampling with the looper.

  12. Controller

    Explanation

    [REC] button

    Starts/stops sampling.

    [RESAMPLE] button

    Activates overdubbing mode.

    [DEL] button

    Deletes the content sampled by the looper.

    This is enabled only when the sample is stopped.

    [COPY] button

    Assigns the sampled data (result) to the pads.

    Press pads [1]–[16] to select the save destination pad, and press the [VALUE] knob.

    [SHIFT] button + [PATTERN SELECT] button

    Undoes (UNDO) the data you just input (recorded).

    Operate this again to cancel the undo action (REDO).

    This is enabled when the sampled data is played back in a loop or stopped.

    [SHIFT] button + [EXIT] button

    Press the [EXIT] button quickly four times.

    Stops the playback of all samples.

    [PITCH/SPEED] button + Pads [1]–[16]

    Sets the looper’s tempo as the tempo that was set for the pad sample.

  13. To finish the looper mode, press the [MARK] button.

MEMO

When the unit is in looper mode, you can operate some of the controls from an external controller by using control change messages.

For details, refer to “*8 Control change message numbers and corresponding controllers in Looper mode”.