Reference Manual

333 Live Audio Effect Reference
Diagram of Looper’s Multi-Purpose Transport Button Behavior
Looper’s Multi-Purpose Transport Button is optimized for use with a MIDI footswitch. To assign a
footswitch, enter MIDI Map Mode (page 482), click the button and then press your attached
footswitch. Then exit MIDI Map Mode.
The Tempo Control chooser affects how Looper determines the tempo of recorded material:
None: Looper’s internal tempo is independent of Lives global tempo.
Follow song tempo: The speed of Loopers playback will be adjusted so that the recorded
material plays back at Lives global tempo.
Set & Follow song tempo: Live’s global tempo will be adjusted to match the tempo of mate-
rial recorded into Looper. Any subsequent changes to Lives global tempo will adjust the
speed of Looper’s playback so that the recorded material plays back at the new global
tempo.
The Record Length chooser is used to set the length of recorded material. Its behavior changes
depending on whether or not Lives global transport is running and, depending on the setting of
the Tempo Control chooser, can set Lives global tempo:
Song running: If Loopers Record Length chooser is set to the default ”x bars,” Looper will
Empty
Record Play
Overdub
Stopped
Clear
Undo/Redo
Click
Doubleclick
Hold