Operation Manual

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Looping
What is Looping?
Allmusicislayered.Forexample,abandhasvariousmembers,eachaddingsomethingto
thefabricoftheirmusic,whileasoloartistoftenreliesonaguitarorkeyboardtoaccompany
theirsinging.Loopersofferaninnovativealternativeforlayeringandaugmentingthemusic
makingprocess.Aloopertakesadvantageofthecyclicalnatureofallpopularmusicbyfirst
allowingyoutorecordasmallchunkofaudio(usually4to16beats)andthenplaysitbackin
arepeatingloop.Asthelooprepeats,youcanoverdubandcontinuouslylayernewsoundon
topofiteachpass.Therealtimeandnonstopnatureofloopersmaketheminstrumentsin
theirownrightandhavebecomeessentialintoday’smusicindustry.
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EveryfiberofthedesignofVoiceJamStudioisbasedonthenotionthattoloopistoperform.
VoiceJamStudioisaninstrument.Throughaninnovativesetofindustryfirstlooping
features,VoiceJamStudioallowsyoutobreakthroughtheboundariesofmonotonoussingle
barloopingtocreatecompellingfullyexpressedperformances. 
Metronome
Theeasiestwaytocreategreatloopsistoconstructthemaroundanexistinggroove.Before
yourecordyourfirstloop,you’llwanttoestablishyoursessiontempo.Themetronomelets
youspecifyatempobyeithertappingarhythmdirectlyontheBPMindicatortext,orby
tappingtheleftandrightmetronomearrowstoincrementordecrementthetempoby0.5BPM
ineitherdirection.OptionallyyoucansynctoanexternalMIDItempobyusingApple’sVirtual
MIDIsystem.RefertotheVirtualMIDIsectionformoredetails.
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VoiceJamStudiohasseveralbuiltinMetronomeSounds,aswellasamutedmodewhere
themetronomebeatscanbeseenvisuallybyaflashinglightbulbicon.Touchthepulsating
metronomeicontoselectfromthevariousmetronomesounds.Note:it’spossibletousean
externaldrummachineviaAudioBustoreplacethebuiltinmetronomesound.Refertothe
AudioBussectionformoredetails. 
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Note:  Onceyou’verecordedatleastoneloopatagiventempo,thetempoofthesession
becomeslockedsothatloopscanbesynchronizedtoeachotherfortheremainderofthe
session.Toselectanewtemposimplyerasealloftheloops.
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BesidesselectingtheMutemodeforthemetronomesound,themetronomeisalso
temporarilymutedwhenyoutouchAllStop.KeeppressingAllStopandyoucantogglethe
metronomeOnandOff.ThemetronomealsounmuteswhenyoutouchAllStart. 
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ThelevelandstereopanningofthemetronomecanbeeditedfromtheMixercontrols.Itcan
alsobefilteredthroughalowpassfilter.RefertotheMixersectionformoredetails. 
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