Reference Manual

334 Live Audio Effect Reference
record until you press another transport button. If you specify a fixed number of bars to
record by selecting another option in the chooser, Looper will record for the specified 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 first specify a fixed number of bars, Looper’s tempo will adjust so that your re-
cording fits 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 al-
ready 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 file. 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 (page 131). You can also drag audio files
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 but-
tons 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.