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CHAPTER 21. LIVE AUDIO EFFECT REFERENCE 309
and sets an appropriate release time automatically.
The meter gives a visual indication of how much gain reduction is being applied to the
signal.
Note that any devices or channel faders that appear after Limiter may add gain. To ensure
that your nal output will never clip, place Limiter as the last device in the Master track's
device chain and keep your Master fader below 0 dB.
21.18 Looper
The Looper Effect.
Looper is an audio effect based on classic real-time looping devices. It allows you to record
and loop audio, creating endless overdubs that are synced to your Set. If the Set is not
playing, Looper can analyze incoming audio and set Live's tempo to match it. You can also
predene a loop length before recording and Live's tempo will adjust so that your loop ts
into the specied number of bars. Furthermore, audio can be imported to Looper to create
a background for newly overdubbed material, or exported from Looper as a new clip.
The top half of Looper's interface is a large display area optimized for easy readability
during performance. During recording, the entire display area turns red. After recording,
the display shows the current position in the loop and the total loop length in bars and
beats.
Looper's transport buttons work in a similar way to other transport controls in Live. The
Record button records incoming audio until another button is pressed. This overwrites any
audio currently stored in Looper. Overdub continues to add additional layers of incoming