Method 1 for creating a new synchronized track:
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Select an empty track.
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Press the PLAY/STOP button or equivalent MIDI button. This will create an empty loop of the
same length as the clock source track.
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Press the REC/DUB to begin overdubbing on the new empty track.
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Play the audio that you want to record.
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Press the PLAY/STOP button to end overdubbing and continue looping.
Method 2 for creating a new synchronized track:
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Select an empty track.
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Choose the Sync Rec/Dub function or equivalent MIDI button. This begins the recording of a new
synchronized track.
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Press REC/DUB or the same button as in the last step to end the track and enter overdub mode on
the new track.
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Press REC/DUB or the same button as in the last step to stop overdubbing and simply replay the
loop.
Recording a new MIDI synchronized loop
It is possible to use an external MIDI clock source such as a drum machine to create loops that stay
synchronized. Recording new MIDI synchronized tracks is very similar to method 2 of recording
internally synchronized tracks. However, before you record a MIDI sync track, you need to tell the
LP1 how many beats per measure there are. This allows the LP1 to create loops which consist of only
complete measures. To set the number of beats measure:
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Press the ALL button on the front panel.
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Turn the knob until the bottom line reads “Beats / Measure”.
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Press the ENTER button.
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Turn the knob until the current number of beats per measure are displayed.
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Press the ENTER button.
After the measure length has been configured and the MIDI clock source is sending clock messages to
the MIDI input port of the LP1, you may now record a MIDI sync track. To do this:
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Select an empty track.
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Choose the MIDI Sync Rec function or equivalent MIDI button to start recording.
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To end recording and enter overdub mode, press the same button used in the last step.
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Finally, press the same button one last time to exit overdub mode.
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Your new loop will now be synchronized with the MIDI clock.
If your MIDI clock fluctuates a bit, the LP1 will adjust playback to remain synchronized. The LP1 will
try to remain synchronized even if you alter the MIDI clock speed. The results of changing speed are
unpredictable and if the speed is changed by a large enough amount the LP1 will lose synchronization.
However, this can be an interesting musical technique.