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Performance Effects: Looper & Sample
The performance effects – Looper and Sample – are
not really effects for your voice, but are great tools
to enhance your performance. Both give plenty of
opportunity for creative experimentation and
unorthodox songwriting.
The loops and samples you create on Perform-VE are not stored with any preset. Loops and samples persist
between preset changes, although they will not be saved when you turn off your Perform-VE.
Both performance effects are off (buttons unlit) when you power up Perform-VE. Recording a loop or sample
will activate the relevant performance effect until you disable it. A red button indicates recording is underway,
while a green button indicates the effect is activated.
Looper
The Looper acts as both a drum machine and an audio looper.
Typically, you will start by laying down a beat with the kick, snare and
HEADPHONE (works as hi-hat) buttons. Then you’ll record the audio loop
on top of the beat.
Alternatively, you can record the audio loop first and record the beat on
top of it - the choice is up to you!
Looper: Workflow
As shown above, pressing the loop corner button drives the LOOPER through its paces, with the kick, snare,
HEADPHONE and TAP buttons making guest appearances. The LOOPER states are as follows:
Unlit Looper off / loop cleared
flashing red Armed for 1
st
loop recording
solid red Recording in progress or loop is armed for either overdub/pause
flashing green Loop paused
solid green Loop playing
Aside from single presses of the loop, kick, snare, HEADPHONE and TAP buttons, the only other button actions
to remember are the ‘
double-tap loop
’ to pause the loop when recording and the ‘
double-tap loop + hold
’ to
clear the current loop.
NOTE: Once you pause the LOOPER, playback will resume at the very beginning of the loop, not where you
paused it. This means you always ‘punch in’ from the top of the loop when overdubbing.