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audio that are the length of the originally recorded material. The Play button plays back the
current state of Looper's buffer without recording any new material. The Stop button stops
playback.
The behavior of the transport controls changes depending on whether or not Live's playback
is running. With the transport running, Looper behaves like a clip, and is subject to
launch
quantization
as determined by the Quantization chooser. When Live's playback is stopped,
Looper's transport engages immediately, regardless of the Quantization setting.
The Clear button erases Looper's buffer. If you press Clear in Overdub mode while the
transport is running, the contents of the buffer are cleared but the tempo and length are
maintained. Pressing Clear in any other mode resets the tempo and length.
The Undo button erases everything that you've overdubbed since the last time Overdub
was enabled. Your original recording, and anything that was overdubbed in a previous pass,
is preserved. After pressing Undo, the button changes to Redo, which replaces the material
removed by the last undo.
The large button below the transport controls is the Multi-Purpose Transport Button. As
with the normal transport buttons, this button's behavior changes depending on Looper's
current playback state, and whether or not material has already been recorded. If the buffer
is empty, a single click starts recording. If Looper is recording, overdubbing or stopped,
a single click switches to play mode. During playback, a click switches to overdub mode,
allowing you to toggle back and forth between overdub and playback via additional single
clicks.
Quickly pressing the button twice stops Looper, from either play or overdub mode. Clicking
and holding the button for two seconds while in play mode activates Undo or Redo. Pressing
and holding for two seconds while stopped clears Looper's buffer.
