SOMA Pulsar-23, Manual

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73 The Pulsar-23 Notebook : Reference & Guide
Looper & Clock
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3.13 Looper Recorder Tips and Tricks
The basic process for working with the looper recorder is essential to
understand how it works and to get the best from it. In addition there are
many creative options than may on first glance appear less obvious.
• Erasing recorded loops requires holding [DEL] when in record mode
for the duration of the loop or part of the loop to erase. This is a real
time process and can take some time. Adjust the (TEMP) knob to
temporarily increase speed while deleting a full loop to quicken this
process up. Restore to the desired tempo afterwards.
• The LR ‘CLK’ Pin allows individual clocks patched per channel. This
will enable interesting intervals. The master clock does not always
need to be the source, try the SHAOS function or an LFO trigger.
• Use the 8 looper recorder partition segments to mash up and remix
a beat. Stop the looper with [BANK] + [L] and [BANK] + [M] + one of
the channel ADD and DEL buttons to start the section.
• Use a roving patch cable from the ‘GND’ to touch on the channel
clocks. This can throw the synchronisation off and introduce creative
ad libs and sections. Press ‘RST’ to re-synchronise the master clock
and looper.
• Try modulating the master clock to develop more interesting and
less predictable patterns.
• Creating variations recorded into banks allows on the fly bank
changing. Copy and pasting banks also helps develop a set while
easily reverting to the starting point. This can bring improvisation
and variations into a live performance.
• The sound module ‘TRIG’ Pin is an input for patching a trigger into
the module. It is also an output. Any manual trigger from the [ADD]
button or the looper recorder will also output on the ‘TRIG’ Pin. This
means loops recorded on one module can trigger another. Try the
circuit bending capacitors in-between patching the ‘TRIG’ Pins.