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CHAPTER 21. LIVE AUDIO EFFECT REFERENCE 312
specied time and then switch to Play or Overdub, as determined by the button next
to this chooser.
 Song not running: If Looper's Record Length chooser is set to the default x bars,
Looper will make a guess about the tempo of the material you've recorded as soon as
you press Overdub, Play or Stop. But this might result in a tempo that's twice or half
as fast as you'd like. If you rst specify a xed number of bars, Looper's tempo will
adjust so that your recording ts into this time.
The Song Control chooser determines how Looper's transport controls will affect Live's
global transport:
 None means that Looper's transport controls have no effect on Live's global transport.
 Start Song will start Live's global transport whenever Looper enters Play or Overdub
mode. Looper's Stop button has no effect on the global transport.
 Start & Stop Song locks Live's global transport to Looper's transport controls. Entering
Play or Overdub mode will start Live's transport, while pressing Looper's Stop button
will stop Live's transport.
The *2 button doubles the length of Looper's recording buffer. Any material that you've
already recorded will simply be duplicated. This allows you to, for example, record a series
of one-bar ideas, and then overlay a series of two-bar ideas. The length and tempo of
Looper's buffer is shown in the display area.
Similarly, the :2 button cuts the length of the current buffer in half. The material in the
currently playing half is kept, while the other half is discarded.
The Drag me! area in the display allows you to export Looper's buffer as a new audio le.
You can drag and drop to the Browser or directly to a track, creating a new clip. The newly
created clip's Warp mode will be set to Re-Pitch by default. You can also drag audio les to
the Drag me! area, which will replace the contents of Looper's buffer. You can then use
this material as a bed for further overdubs, for example.
The Speed knob adjusts Looper's playback speed (and thus pitch). The up and down arrow
buttons to the left are shortcuts to raise or lower the pitch by octaves (thus doubling or
halving the playback speed). These buttons are subject to the Quantization chooser setting.
Enabling the Reverse button plays the previously recorded material backwards. Any material
that you overdub after enabling Reverse will be played forward. Note that disabling Reverse