speed is increased again, the overdubbed audio will increase in pitch.
Speed can be toggled between half and normal using the track menu or by using a button assigned to
the half-speed function. The LP1 also allows you to assign a MIDI controller such as a pedal to speed
control. This allows you to adjust a track speed to values between half and normal.
Stretching/Shrinking
The LP1 can stretch or shrink a track without changing pitch. Note that this is an imperfect
transformation that can result in some artifacts in the audio. Use at your own discretion. From the
track menu, you can select on of the following menu items:
Shrink to 50%
Halves the time of the loop
Stretch to 200%
Doubles the time of the loop
Stretch
Allows selection of various stretches from 5% to 200%. Note that some of the
values may have significant artifacts depending on the audio.
Mellotron Mode
The original Mellotron used tape loops to generate notes from different sounds. The LP1 offers a set of
functions to alter the speed of a loop to generate different notes in a scale. These functions are Octave
Lower, Minor 2
nd
, Major 2
nd
, Minor 3
rd
, Major 3
rd
, 4
th
, Diminished 5
th
, 5
th
, Minor 6
th
, Major 6
th
, Minor
7
th
, Major 7
th
, and Original Note. These functions change the speed of the looping track. Original Note
is normal speed and Octave Lower is half speed. All the other steps are in between Octave Lower and
Original Note. Because of this, you will need to select Octave Lower before recording if you wish to
use notes higher than the original note.
Scramble
A unique feature of the LP1 is the ability to randomly scramble a track. The scrambling divides a loop
into smaller chunks. These chunks are then randomly reordered during playback. Three different
varieties of the scramble function are available: slow, medium, and fast
Pressing scramble on a scrambled track will restore it to normal. Each time a track is scrambled, it is
scrambled in a different order. If a track is left scrambled, the pattern will repeat each time through the
loop.
Re-trigger
The “play re-trigger” function does two things. If the track is stopped, it will begin playing it from the
beginning of the track. If the track is already playing, it will instantly rewind back to the beginning of
track and start playing from there again. Repeatedly using this function creates a stutter effect.
Configuring the LP1