Looperlative LP1 Gen B, User Manual

Page 1: ...LP1 Gen B Version 2 49 User Manual July 26 2020 ...

Page 2: ...ons 11 Switch Record 11 Switch Play 11 Switch Play CKSR 11 Using Switched Commands 11 Changing Switch Behavior From End of Part to End of Clock Source 12 Changing Switched Tracks 12 Track Bouncing 12 Cue Track 13 Replace 13 Quantified Functions 13 Q Replace 14 Q MIDI Sync Rec 14 Random Restart 14 Audio Manipulations 15 Volume Control 15 Fade Swell 15 Pan Control 15 Feedback Control 15 Audio Level ...

Page 3: ...he LP1 to use MIDI pedals or dials 20 CC De jitter 21 MIDI or USER Button Configuration 21 Advanced MIDI or User Button Configuration 21 Network configuration 22 Assignable Functions 22 Tips and Special Techniques 27 Chorus Verse Bridge deprecated 27 Software Upgrades 28 LIMITED WARRANTY 28 ...

Page 4: ...pty Light blinking red Audio recording to the track Light blinking green Audio overdubbing on the track Light solid red Audio recorded to the track but the track is not playing Light solid green Audio recorded to the track and it is playing 7 Enter Button is used to select current menu item or select currently showing value on the display See Menu Operation 8 Play Stop Button is a multifunction bu...

Page 5: ...1 4 MIDI through sends back out everything received on MIDI in 5 MIDI out is used to send MIDI clock out to another device 6 Audio In is two inch unbalanced audio connectors that accept line level inputs 7 Audio Out is two inch unbalanced audio connectors that are the main outputs 8 Aux 1 Out is two inch unbalanced audio connectors that are the aux 1 outputs Getting Started Quick Start Unpack the ...

Page 6: ...put audio level is too low or too high adjust the volume on your audio source Audio levels should be set as high as possible without distortion When using multiple tracks or overdubbing it is possible to overdrive the output of the LP1 and cause distortion If this occurs adjust the All Main Level from the All Tracks menu A setting of 1 or 2 is often enough Recording your first loop Press REC DUB t...

Page 7: ...ck is selected the menu shows information about the track The basic display which is the default looks like this From the main menu item Simple Display you can choose the option Expert instead of Basic The expert display is slightly different as can be seen in the following images Tracks that are designated in the configuration as switched tracks see Creating Song Sections will have a small s to i...

Page 8: ...ng Sync Record will be indicated on the display Tracks recorded with the normal Rec Dub show up as an asynchronous track This also includes a clock source track because clock source tracks are recorded as asynchronous The subsequent child tracks will show as synchronous as shown in previous picture ...

Page 9: ...DUB button or press the MIDI button assigned to this function Play the audio that you want to record Press the PLAY STOP button or the MIDI button assigned to this function to begin looping the audio Recording a new internally synchronized loop Synchronized loops are loops that are locked in time with each other In other words if you have two tracks the music in those tracks will always stay toget...

Page 10: ...a MIDI sync track you need to tell the LP1 how many beats per measure there are This allows the LP1 to create loops which consist of only complete measures To set the number of beats measure Press the ALL button on the front panel Turn the knob until the bottom line reads Beats Measure Press the ENTER button Turn the knob until the current number of beats per measure are displayed Press the ENTER ...

Page 11: ...ith multiple sections the LP1 can use different tracks for different sections These tracks are called switched tracks By default tracks 3 4 5 and 6 are switched tracks Switched tracks can be asynchronous tracks or synchronous tracks Typically track 1 will be recorded as a rhythm track As the first track recorded this track will automatically become the clock source track The following functions wh...

Page 12: ...ce track Track bouncing can also be used to capture a small portion of a larger loop and repeat it There are three bounce functions the same as there are three record functions bounce sync bounce and MIDI sync bounce The bounce function is asynchronous The first tap of the bounce button starts the recording and the second tap immediately ends the recording The sync bounce function is nearly the sa...

Page 13: ... number of measures In these situations we use quantified functions There are three ways to set the quantization value 1 Each track menu has an option Set Q Steps 2 MIDI CC message can set the value for all tracks 3 Button programming can be used to assign a value at a button press Set Q Steps in the track menu sets the quantization value on a per track basis and saves the new value to the configu...

Page 14: ... exact length of the loop is predetermined the loop is set blank and immediately changes to overdub mode It will automatically switch from overdub to play mode at the end of the loop Random Restart This function triggers a track to play once then pause for a random amount of time before playing again After each playing of the loop the pause length is randomly chosen resulting in a track that plays...

Page 15: ...l alter the volume setting of the track to create the effect After using fade you will need to restore the volume to normal levels to hear any new material placed on that track This can be done in one of several ways Swell will slowly restore the volume back to its normal level in a reverse effect of fade An expression pedal assigned to track volume can be used to move the volume back to full The ...

Page 16: ... be recalled from a single button press or via the front panel menu To save a preset set track volume pan and feedback on all tracks to the desired levels From the ALL track menu select Save Preset where is the preset number that you wish to save Preset 0 is special because it is automatically loaded when the the LP1 is turned on Track Volume Fade Swell The fade function will slowly lower the trac...

Page 17: ... Octave Lower Minor 2nd Major 2nd Minor 3rd Major 3rd 4th Diminished 5th 5th Minor 6th Major 6th Minor 7th Major 7th 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...

Page 18: ...want in this group The track buttons are toggle controls The first press adds the track the next press removes the track The display shows which tracks are selected on the second line Press ENTER when you have selected the tracks that you want in this group Press MENU to return to normal operating mode MIDI Channel To change the MIDI channel that the LP1 responds to Press the MENU button until the...

Page 19: ... the beginning If you prefer to see this reversed where the display indicates time until the end of the loop you can change the setting from the main menu Press the MENU button until the main menu is selected The main menu says Looperlative LP on the top line of the display Turn the knob until the second line of the display reads Time Display Press ENTER The top line will read Time Display Turn th...

Page 20: ... to change volume or feedback the LP1 can be programmed to automatically change track to the last track modified by a MIDI CC message To enable this feature Press the MENU button until the main menu is selected The main menu says Looperlative LP on the top line of the display Turn the knob until the second line of the display reads Track Follows CC Press ENTER The top line will read Track Follows ...

Page 21: ...variety of functions To program a button on a MIDI controller follow the following procedure Press the MENU button until the main menu is selected The main menu says Looperlative LP1 on the top line of the display Turn the knob until the second line of the display reads MIDI USER btn Press ENTER The display will read Press button Press the MIDI button or USER button that the LP1 will respond to Th...

Page 22: ... configure the LP1 network parameters All of the network parameters are assigned from the the main menu These parameters are IP Address This is the IP address that the LP1 will respond to If you are creating a link from an LP1 to a computer then the recommended value for this parameter is 192 168 99 2 Gateway Addr This is the address of your network router If there is no router then it is recommen...

Page 23: ...ayed play and stop it uses the play now and stop now functions Play Stop This is the same as the Play Stop button on the front panel This is a multifunction button that starts or stops playback of a loop creates an empty synchronized loop or closes a loop depending on the current state of the loop Replay All Stop If any tracks are running this button immediately stops all tracks If no tracks are r...

Page 24: ...e loop to fill the new time Reverse Track Reverse direction of playback of the currently selected track s Half Speed Tr Toggle between normal speed and half speed for the currently selected track s Feedback 100 Set the feedback level for currently selected track s to 100 Feedback 10 Increase the feedback level for currently selected track s by 10 Feedback 10 Decrease the feedback level for current...

Page 25: ...e current track or group to be assigned to the main output MIDI Stop This function sends a MIDI STOP message to the MIDI output MIDI Start Stop This function is a toggle that sends MIDI START on odd numbered presses and MIDI STOP on even numbered presses Fast Scramble Splits the loop into 0 1 second long pieces and randomly reorders the pieces Medium Scramble Splits the loop into 0 4 second long p...

Page 26: ... volume to fade the track If the track volume is at its faded level then this function cause the track to slowly increase in volume until it returns to its original volume before the fade Fade Only fades a track as described in the Fade Swell function Swell Only swells a track as described in the Fade Swell function Copy Creates a copy of the current track in an empty track It will always copy to ...

Page 27: ... very versatile and does not impose song structure on your composition However there are situations where musicians will use the LP1 in a traditional song structure of three parts This section is intended to assist people attempting to do this Our goal here is to assign five buttons 1 REC DUB 2 PLAY STOP 3 Change to section 1 4 Change to section 2 5 Change to section 3 Buttons 1 and 2 are simple B...

Page 28: ...re Upgrades The LP1 is designed for future upgrades Looperlative will periodically offer new features over the Internet Upgrade announcements and instructions are posted to the Looperlative support site Go to the Looperlative web site http www looperlative com for more information LIMITED WARRANTY This product is warranted to the original consumer purchaser to be free from defects in materials and...

Page 29: ...ll be limited in duration to the one year duration of this written limited warranty Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may not apply to you In no event shall we be liable for any special incidental or consequential damages for breach of this or any other warranty expressed or implied whatsoever Some states do not allow the exclusion o...