Reference Manual

3 31 Live Audio Effect Reference
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 final 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.
22.21 Looper
The Looper Effect.
(Note: the Looper effect is not available in the Lite Edition.)
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 predefine a
loop length before recording and Live’s tempo will adjust so that your loop fits into the speci-
fied 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 cur-
rently stored in Looper. Overdub continues to add additional layers of incoming audio that are