Owner's manual

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Overdubbing Loops
To overdub means to layer on top of a loop track. While Voice Jam Studio allows you to record
and play loops on 4 separate tracks simultaneously, it also allows you to add unlimited layers
onto each loop. For example you could record a loop of a simple melody, then on each
progressive cycle through the loop you could overdub a new vocal harmony part. You can add
as many layers as you want without taking up the other loop tracks. To toggle overdubbing,
simply press the record icon on an existing loop.
Overdub Sessions
Each time you start overdubbing you start a new overdub session. You might notice a grey box
containing the old audio data shows up on the left side of the loop waveform. This represents
the sound of the loop just prior to starting your new overdub session. You can continue to
overdub as long as you want for as many cycles around the loop as you choose during an
overdub session. Once you end the overdub session by pressing the record icon again, you
can then create a new overdub session, or you can go back into the past by undoing the last
overdub session (and everything you layered over however many cycles long your last overdub
session was). Voice Jam Studio remembers the last 4 overdub sessions you recorded and you
can swipe back and forth between them at will. See Undo/Redo from Waveform Touch Modes
below.
Waveform Touch Modes
There is a control to the right of each loop waveform showing a finger pointing at an icon. This
determines the current waveform touch mode for the track. Waveform touch modes can be
changed at anytime during your performance. To switch waveform touch modes you hold your
finger on the control until a three segment overlay pops up, and you slide your finger towards
one of three icons depicting the available modes:
Undo/Redo
Every time you create a new overdub session, the state of the loop just prior to your new
session is frozen in time. Much like an image editor or word processor lets you undo/redo
through historical changes, Voice Jam Studio lets you swipe between the last four overdub
sessions. You can only swipe through the previous overdub sessions when the Waveform
Touch Mode “Undo/Redo” has been selected. Swiping to the right will bring back past overdub
sessions and swiping left will move back into the present. For example, you might create an
initial loop with a simple melody, start a first overdub session and add a third above harmony,
start a second overdub session and add a fifth above harmony, and finally start a third overdub
session and add an octave up harmony. At that point you would see 3 grey boxes to the left of
the waveform. If you swiped to the right once, the most recent overdub would go away (the
octave harmony would be gone) and you would now see one grey box to the right of the