User Manual

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Controlling the Looper
With the use of either MIDI Note On or MIDI CC messages, you can control all aspects
of the Looper. Be sure to read through "Using the Looper" on page 19 to get familiar
with all functions, then try sending the following MIDI messages to DL4 MkII for your
looping performance. Incidentally, Line 6 follows Yamaha’s MIDI note spec, where middle
C is “C3” (unlike some other gear manufacturers that prefer to say middle C is “C4”).
NOTE: DL4 MkII will respond to the following MIDI Looper commands regardless if the
device is currently in the Classic Looper mode or not. However, you won’t see any switch
LED indication of the current Looper function (record, play, overdub, etc.) unless you turn
the Classic Looper Mode on, or have the Global Settings > TAP switch configured to control
the 1 Switch Looper.
Looper Control - MIDI Note On Messages
Message Function
Note C -1 Toggles on each press between Record and Overdub
Note D -1 Toggles on each press between Play and Stop
Note E -1 Play Once
Note F -1 Record
Note F# -1
Toggles on each press between Undo and Redo, for overdub
recordings
Note G -1 Overdub
Note G# -1 Toggles on each press between Forward and Reverse
Note A -1 Play
Note A# -1 Toggles on each press between Half Speed and Full Speed
Note B -1 Stop
Looper Control - MIDI CC Messages
CC
Value Function
0
0-63: Off
64-127: On
Classic Looper Mode On/Off
60
0-63: Overdub
64-127: Record
Record/Overdub
61
0-63: Stop;
64-127: Play
Play/Stop
62 64-127 Play Once
63
0-63: Undo;
64-127: Redo
Undo/Redo overdub recordings
65
0-63: Forward
64-127: Reverse
Forward/Reverse
66
0-63: Full;
64-127: Half
Full Speed/Half Speed
TIP:
You can also utilize MIDI CCs to control the Classic Looper’s built-in Echo parameters
while in Classic Looper mode—see the table within "Controlling Parameters" on page 51.