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List of the LOOP button operations and functions
LOOP LED status
Short-press LOOP
button
Twice-press LOOP
button (*1)
Press-hold LOOP
button
Suspended (does
not record)
Turns OFF
Turns OFF
(The twice-press and press-hold functions
are not available.)
Recording standby Blinks red
Recording starts
Recording
Lights up red
Recording ends
Plays back
Recording ends
Stops
Cancels recording,
Stops
Suspended
(recorded)
Blinks green
Playback starts
Stops
Erases
Plays back
Lights up green
(*2)
Overdubbing
Stops
Undoes/Redoes (*3)
Overdubbing
Lights up orange
(*2)
Plays back
Stops
Undoes
Plays
back
*1 Press the button twice within half a second.
*2 The LED turns off for a moment at the beginning of a loop.
*3 If you have never overdubbed, the recorded phrases will be erased.
Synchronous operation of rhythm and looper
The looper function can be used together with the rhythm function.
Looper recording during rhythm playback (quantize)
If you record a looper during rhythm playback, the loop length is automatically adjusted
to match the rhythm beat or bar length when recording is stopped (quantize).
[TIP] The rhythm tempo is quantized to one beat, two beats, or a well-separated bar length.
If the genre is 3/5/7, the rhythm tempo is not quantized to two beats long.
[TIP] The relative position between the beginning of the rhythm and the beginning of
the looper is stored, and when simultaneous playback is performed, the rhythm
and looper are played back while the same relative position as Recording mode
is maintained (refer to "Simultaneous playback of rhythm and looper").
Rhythm playback during looper playback (Automatic tempo adjustment)
If the rhythm is played back during loop playback, the rhythm tempo is automatically
set based on the rhythm tempo before playback and the length of the recorded phrase.
[TIP] Calculate the tempo at which the looper's phrase length is one beat, two beats, or a
well-separated bar length. The number of bars is 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, or 48.
If the genre is 3/5/7, the rhythm is not set to a tempo that is two beats long
[TIP] When the looper is recorded and quantized during rhythm playback, the tempo
will not change even if you stop the rhythm and play it back again.
Simultaneous playback of rhythm and looper
When a looper has already been recorded and both the rhythm and the
looper are suspended, if you press both the RHYTHM button and the LOOP
button, the rhythm and looper start playback at the same time. If a looper is
recorded during rhythm playback, the rhythm and looper are played back
while the same relative position as Recording mode is maintained.
[TIP] The looper is always played from the beginning, and the rhythm is played from
the middle according to the relative position.
[TIP] The rhythm tempo is automatically adjusted even in the case of the
simultaneous playback.
If a looper is recorded while the rhythm is suspended, the relative position is cleared to 0.
If the rhythm tempo is changed, the relative positions of the rhythm and looper are cleared to 0.
Looper : Quantize
( fill )
( cut )
( fill )
( cut )
Rhythm
Pattern
Looper
. . .
Rhythm: Auto Tempo Adjustment
40 - 60
Loop Phrase
Rhythm Tempo[bpm]
40
60 - 120
80
120 - 240
160
1.5 sec