Problem w/ controlling two loops with one MIDI command
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 7:00 pm
So I have it setup so that my vocals and guitar both go into SL (from Ableton). They are on two different loops, (vocals on Loop1 and guitar on Loop2) and so they have different inputs/ouputs.
I have the MIDI commands set up so that one button can tell both Loop1 and Loop2 to "record" and "overdub" and so on, so it is pressing those buttons simultaneously. I have SL set so that everything syncs to Loop1, the vocals, and I have sync and play sync checked next to Loop1 and Loop2.
The problem: sometimes when I hit record, and both things record audio, and then I hit overdub --- Loop1 switches into overdub mode, and plays what I just recorded (like it should). But Loop2 reads "waiting for sync", and doesn't go to overdub mode right away, it stays in "record" mode. It waits til the next cycle, and then it switches into overdub mode. This is a problem because sometimes I'm only wanting to loop guitar stuff, and my vocal channel is just recording empty space. Then when I hit overdub, and expect to hear the guitar audio coming through, i don't hear anything, unless i wait til the next cycle hits then it comes through.
The weird thing is that this only happens every once in a while, it's like there's a timing threshold that i'm near, so that sometimes the guitar goes right into overdub but sometimes it waits and doesn't do it right away.
Any ideas?
I have the MIDI commands set up so that one button can tell both Loop1 and Loop2 to "record" and "overdub" and so on, so it is pressing those buttons simultaneously. I have SL set so that everything syncs to Loop1, the vocals, and I have sync and play sync checked next to Loop1 and Loop2.
The problem: sometimes when I hit record, and both things record audio, and then I hit overdub --- Loop1 switches into overdub mode, and plays what I just recorded (like it should). But Loop2 reads "waiting for sync", and doesn't go to overdub mode right away, it stays in "record" mode. It waits til the next cycle, and then it switches into overdub mode. This is a problem because sometimes I'm only wanting to loop guitar stuff, and my vocal channel is just recording empty space. Then when I hit overdub, and expect to hear the guitar audio coming through, i don't hear anything, unless i wait til the next cycle hits then it comes through.
The weird thing is that this only happens every once in a while, it's like there's a timing threshold that i'm near, so that sometimes the guitar goes right into overdub but sometimes it waits and doesn't do it right away.
Any ideas?