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The Looper
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SERIAL
When you choose SERIAL in the Sync sub-
menu, Loops are played back one after the other,
waiting for each loop to finish before proceeding
to the next.
In SERIAL mode, Loop tracks A, B and C play in-
dependently and cannot be played at the same
time.
This mode is useful if you have three song sec-
tions or progressions and want to alternate be-
tween them. Of course, you do not have to prog-
ress from Loop A to B to C in that order – you
may play back loops in any order.
QUANTIZE
Just like SMART, QUANTIZE uses VoiceLive 3’s
LoopAssist™ feature. It will make your loops fall
onto the nearest beat of the current tempo. But
other than SMART, QUANTIZE does not extend
or trim Loops.
For a good example of the difference, try this:
– In the Sync sub-menu, select SMART.
– Record a
short loop on Loop track A.
– Record a longer loop on Loop track B.
– Let them play back and take note of how it
sounds (and looks in the display).
– Delete both loops from Loop tracks A and B
(see “Erase sub-menu”).
– Now, record a longer Loop on Loop track A.
– Record a shorter Loop on Loop track B.
– Notice that the shorter “B” loop is automati-
cally extended with empty space to match
Loop track A.
– Once again, delete both Loops.
– In the Sync sub-menu, select QUANTIZE.
– Record a longer loop on Loop track A.
– Record a shorter loop on Loop track B, and
try to make it divisible into Loop track A.
For example, if Loop track A is four bars long,
make Loop track B two bars.
Notice how Loop track B now loops multiple
times for each loop of Track A.
This is a better mode if you would like to re-
cord a longer Loop track A (perhaps a chord
progression) and a shorter Loop track B (per-
haps a beatbox section).
Our apologies for such a long list of steps – but
it’s probably best to see and hear the differenc-
es in action to fully understand how Smart and
Quantize modes work.