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1. independently as DirectMIDI commands So with MIDI reset is not a problem 4 40 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual RecordMode Continued Also note that if you are using MIDI there is a DirectMIDI command for independent sustain action Record This command is called SUSRecord and is located at Source 14 RECORDMODE SAFE RecordMode Safe is just like RecordMode Toggle except that after a Record the Feedback is always set to 100 This will be true regardless of the Feedback Knob or Feedback Pedal position When the feedback is changed the Echoplex starts to respond as normal This setting is useful for people who change Feedback but then tend to forget to set it back to 100 before recording a new loop This can be frustrating if you recorded something perfectly and then a little while later realize it is gone because you left the Feedback down RecordMode Safe is meant to protect you from that The disadvantage is that if you want to start a loop with the Feedback down you can t do it with RecordMode Safe In that case you would probably just continue to use RecordMode Toggle RecordMode Safe is disabled when Loop Delay DelayMode Reference Parameters 4 41 Reserved Parameter Row Switches Now Presets This is now called Presets on current Echoplexes and it accesses the Preset Editor If you have an older Echoplex with a Reserved parameter see the Preset section 4 42 Echoplex Digital Pro Pl
2. 9 28 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Timing LED Front Panel Indicates the Timing Row of the Parameter Matrix is selected Indicates 8th notes during Play Mode PARAMETER EDITING MODE The Timing LED is illuminated when the Timing Row of the Parameter Matrix has been selected for editing with the Parameter Button The Multiple Display will also show P1 when this row is selected in the Parameter Editing Mode The Timing Row mainly consists of the Parameters related to Timing and Synchronization of the Echoplex These are Loop Delay Quantize 8ths Cycle Sync Threshold Reverse and StartPoint PLAY MODE During Play Mode the Timing LED is part of the Visual Tempo Guide It blinks at each Sub Cycle Point as determined by the 8ths Cycle parameter and the Global Clock Usually this is set to indicate 8th notes but it can be set for any rhythmic division of the loop This is helpful for you to get a visual indication of the tempo of your loop See also Parameter Button Multiple Display Parameter Matrix Visual Tempo Guide Reference User Interface 9 29 Visual Tempo Guide Front Panel Blinking LEDs to indicate Loop Tempo and Synchronization points It is often difficult in looping to feel the length of a loop before there are any good rhythmic clues recorded into it This can make it frustrating to overdub new material that is intended to be in rhythm To aid in this the Visual Tempo Guide of the Echoplex
3. 2 pset param set for future use so far 127 l 3 1 2 2 COMMAND GLOBAL PARAM DATA 11 17 Sets a range of global param values to new values FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 11 from length pset val 1 val_n 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 17 from length pset val _1 val_n 247 byte bits description 0 i from param index range start 1 7 length param index range end 2 7 pset param set for future use so far 127 3 n 7 value param value s If there are less values than defined by from and length then these parameters will be reset to their default value 3 1 2 3 COMMAND LOCAL PARAM REQUEST 12 18 11 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Continued Reads a range of local param values and returns them as a LOCAL PARAM DATA command FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 12 from length pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 18 from length pset 247 byte bits description from param index range start l 1 7 length param index range end pset param set number 127 means the current preset selected in the Echoplex l 3 1 2 4 COMMAND LOCAL PARAM DATA 13 19 Sets a range of local param values to new values FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 13 from length pset val_1 val_n F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 19 from length pset val_1 val_n 247 byte bits description from param index range start il
4. As the dump progresses the numbers in the display on the Echoplex Digital Pro will change You can cancel the Load at any time by pressing any button Example 4 12 Loading a Sample with Handshaking Echoplex ad gt 5 Initiates Handshaking allows the transmission to occur faster and more reliably It is possible with a 2 way MIDI connection if your sampler supports it Load the contents of a previous dump into your sequencer or load a sample into your sampler Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port on your sampler or sequencer to the MIDI In port on the Echoplex and connect another one from the MIDI In port on your sampler or sequencer to the MIDI Out port on the Echoplex Press the Parameter button on the Echoplex until the light next to the word MIDI is lit and then press the NextLoop Load button to wait for the dump The display will show moving dashes to indicate a wait state along with the numbers 00 that indicate that no bytes have been received If your sampler recognizes MIDI Sample Dump Requests then a second press of the Load button will initiate a dump As the dump progresses the numbers in the display on the Echoplex will change You can cancel the Load at any time by pressing any button See also Sample Dump Chapter Dump Reference Functions 5 19 LoopDivide Quantizing Action Play Mode Allows a loop to be divided up into discrete quantizing points so that functions can be ex
5. Changes to FeedBack are displayed briefly on the LoopTime Display while it is being changed The value appears as a red number 0 127 in place of the LoopTime The display shows the change whether it is made by the front panel Feedback Knob a footpedal in the Feedback Jack or through MIDI continuous controller Reference User Interface 9 13 LoopTime Display Continued This is very helpful in controlling Feedback since it is often difficult to tell exactly what you have set when using a foot pedal In the case of Feedback you don t know the result until the next repetition of the loop which can be frustrating if you didn t really set it where you wanted The visual display makes this much easier to manage VOLUME CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER DISPLAY When the MIDI continuous controller for Loop Output Volume is sent to the Echoplex the value appears on the LoopTime Display in the same way as with Feedback COMMAND DISPLAY Several functions that do not have their own obvious LED indicator are displayed briefly with some letters on the red LoopTime Display These are Display Command rE Reverse Fd Forward H SP HalfSpeed FSP FullSpeed S Un Short Undo L Un Long Undo AL ReAlign St S QuantMIDIStartSong S Pt StartPoint sent cS P QuanitStartPoint Pr E Preset Editor Pn Preset Change received LOA Load Preset SAF Save Preset RES Revert Preset to default These become especially useful with the DirectMIDI commands that c
6. If a BeatSync pulse is received during Reset while Sync In MIDI Clock is sent out at the corresponding tempo The purpose of this is to receive a Sync at the BeatSync of the Echoplex and send the Sync on to other devices as MIDI clock BrotherSyne Sync in should not be used for BrotherSync unless there is an external sync source for all the units to follow In general all Echoplexes using BrotherSync should set Sync Out If you are also using MIDI Clock from another device note that if a MIDI clock is received at the MIDI In Port BrotherSync input is ignored See also 8ths Cycle MIDI The Synchronization Section BrotherSync BeatSync ControlSource 4 58 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default O Threshold Parameter Row Timing Tells the Echoplex to wait until you play before starting to record Values 0 8 When a non zero value for the Threshold parameter is set the Record function waits until a large enough audio signal appears at the Input jack before it actually starts recording When Threshold 0 this waiting is disabled and Recording begins immediately Each successive number represents a 6dB increase in the volume necessary to trigger recording so is very sensitive while 8 requires Pete Townshend like moves The next example illustrates the use of Threshold Example 4 19 Using Threshold See also Record 1 Set Threshold to a medium value like 3 2 Return to Play mode 3 Press
7. If you changed the Preset while playing and you really did want the MoreLoops to change and have everything Reset you will need to Reset the current loop and then reload that Preset 8 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Parameter Presets Continued UNDERSTANDING THE PLAYING STATE PRESET Preset O is the Preset used and edited while playing These are the Parameters active while you use the Echoplex When one of the fifteen presets is loaded for use what really happens is the values in that saved Preset are copied into Preset O to be used while playing When you save a Preset using the Preset Editor what really happens is the values in the Preset O playing state are copied into the Preset location you are saving to If you make a change in a parameter value while you are playing it is only changed in Preset 0 and the Preset you loaded is not affected This is really helpful because it means you can freely reach over and change something as you play without affecting any Presets When you decide you like a setup you can then go into the Preset Editor and save it Or you can load up another preset you have saved to get back to a known state Changes made in Preset O are preserved when the power is turned off When you turn the Echoplex back on again it will be setup the way you left it We call the playing state Preset O because that is the actual location in memory where it lives This will matter to you i
8. Leave the parameter mode and select the loop with the Next button RECORD Changes current loop number The default is the loop you where listening to Maximum range from 0 to 16 depends on the number of loops Ln is shown in the green display MULTIPLY Changes the device ID The default is 1 Range from 0 to 127 127 is used to broadcast to all receivers accept all senders Id is shown in the green display OVERDUB Changes current sample number The default is the current loop number Range from 0 to 999 Sn is shown in the green display INSERT Reserved MuTE Reserved 10 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Sample Dump User Guide Continued UNDO DumpP Send the current loop The receiving unit will store it as the current sample number Next UPLoap Request a dump from the other unit The current sample number will be sent by the other unit and stored in the current loop This works only in a closed loop 2 MIDI cables The three value buttons Record Overdub Multiply work the same way The first press shows the current value Subsequent presses increment the value Ifyou press the button for a long time it starts repeating The repeat rate speeds up the longer you press The maximum speed is reached after approximately 100 increments When the maximum value is reached the value is set to minimum usually 0 or 1 and the repeat rate slows down to give you the possibility to r
9. Parameters 4 21 Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued to normal LoopMode except that the pedal will now control the Loop Output Volume and Feedback will be controllable only from the front panel FeedBack Knob The following table shows how Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states Table 4 x OutMode State Feedback Loop Loop Pedal NoPedal Input Output Playing Knob 0 Pedal Overdubbing Knob 100 Pedal Substituting 0 100 Pedal Recording NA 100 0 Multiplyin Knob 100 Pedal Insertin 0 100 0 Replacin 0 100 0 Mute 100 0 0 INPUTMoODE Loop DELAY In The In choice for the Loop Delay parameter is only available when a pedal is plugged into the Feedback Pedal Jack InoutMode behaves just like LoopMode except that the pedal controls the Loop Input Volume in the states where the input is open Feedback is only controlled by the 4 22 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued front panel FeedBack Knob InputMode does not exist without a Pedal connected The following table shows how Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states Table 4 x InputMode State Feedback Loop Loop Pedal NoPedal Input Output Playing Knob 0 100 Overdubbing Knob Pedal 100 Substituting 0 Pedal 100 Recording NA Pedal 0 Multiplyin Knob Pedal 100 Insertin 0 Pedal 0 Replacing 0 Pedal 0 Mute 100 0 0 REPL
10. SUS commands available for the front panel buttons is greatly expanded through DirectMIDI Every Play Mode function has a SUS version separately available through MIDI allowing each to be accessed at any time through a MIDI controller using NoteOn and NoteOff messages The SUS MIDI commands are detailed in the MIDI Command List Usinc SUS MIDI COMMANDS With the SUS MIDI Commands the NoteOn message starts the function and the NoteOff ends it This opens up a whole new range of expressive possibilities with the Echoplex that are quite different from the standard toggling action For example it is possible to jump in and out of a function very rapidly with this feature enabling glitchy effects impossible to do otherwise The SUS commands can also be controlled with Continuous Controller messages where a positive value turns the function on and a 0 value turns it off THE SUSNEXTLOOP SPECIAL CASE SUSNextLoop is an interesting special case of the SUS MIDI Commands described in the MIDI section SUSNextLoop is only available as a MIDI command and is located at Source 20 Reference MIDI Control 7 13 SUS MIDI Commands Continued With SUSNextLoop pressing it puts you into the Next Loop and releasing it returns you to the previous loop In other words NoteOn puts you into the Next Loop and the NoteOff brings you back This allows you to bounce in and out of an alternate loop from your main loop Note that only
11. clock This allows for incredible new capabilities in the Echoplex to shift loops out of alignment from each other without losing sync and then ReAlign them perfectly with each other again at will After de aligning the loop the original alignment of the Loop StartPoint with MIDI beat 1 can be restored with the new ReAlign functions or with Reset ReAlign is available as the Mute Multiply combination on the front panel or directly by MIDI See the ReAlign section for more details All the following functions serve to bring the loop together with the sequencer again once the loop has been de aligned by one of the functions above m Reset start a new loop with the StartPoint at MIDI beat 1 m ReAlign Restart the current loop at the next MIDI beat 1 Reference Synchronization 6 9 Global Local MIDI Clock Continued m MuteReAlign same as ReAlign but the loop is muted while waiting to ReAlign QuvantMIDIStartSong stop the sequencer and restart it at next Loop StartPoint MuteQuantMDIStartSong same as QuantStartSong but loop is muted while waiting Each of those functions is available separately from DirectMIDI in any state not just Mute From the front panel the cross function Mute Multiply offers some of those functions depending on the Sync parameter and Sync events coming in to the Echoplex See Also ReAlign MuteReAlign QuantMIDIStartSong StartPoint Retrigger SamplePlay NextLoop 6 10 Echoplex
12. measured from the first press of Multiply is recorded In contrast if RoundMode is Off then the overdubbing of the new performance stops immediately although it still rounds off so the entire copy of the original cycle is included in the loop 5 28 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Multiply Continued lg Cycle2 lig Cycle 3 FIGURE 4 5 Basic operation of the Existing Loop PRA Multiply button Quantize Off al yle pal yl 5 Lg loycle M New Performance Button Actions Resu Its wh en F KXXXX KXXX XXX KKK xx COO RoundMode rnd RS SSI PALL Results wh OOOO DOOOO OOS OOOO RoundMode off propre be MLL QUANTIZED MULTIPLICATION When Quantize On a press of the Multiply button will cause multiplication to start at the beginning of the next cycle As in the previous example ending the multiplication with a second press of Multiply will cause an exact number of cycles to be mixed with copies of the existing cycle the loop will end at the end of the current cycle see Figure 4 6 Unlike before the setting of RoundMode will not have any effect When Quantize On music played after the second press of the Multiply button is overdubbed until the Multiply ends at the next cycle point Reference Functions 5 29 Multiply Continued FIGURE 4 6 Quantized operation of the Multiply button lg Cycle 1 poly Cycle2 a Cycle 3 a Existing Loop lg _lcycle
13. performs the Record function instead it finds a convenient phone booth and changes into the MoreLoops button able to increase the number of loops with a single push When we refer to this in the text we ll utilize both button names for example Press the Record MoreLoops button THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY All changes to parameters are active as soon as you make them and they re stored into permanent memory when you choose a different parameter or press the Parameter button Key Point Ifyou shut off the Echoplex Digital Pro and restart it all your saved parameters will remain the same although you will lose any music that you have in your loops You can reset all parameters to their factory defaults by holding down the Parameters button when you power up gt Status Indicator Lights As you take the Echoplex through its paces you ll discover that the lights directly under the front panel buttons change Here are the meanings of these lights Unlit The function is unavailable Green The button is ready to perform its usual function Red The button was the last pressed and its function is operating The button is the most likely candidate to end the function that it started While editing parameters Red indicates the current parameter column being edited Orange The button is available but will perform a function other than its usual one one that is especially appropriate to the current activity or state of th
14. sends a StartSong at the same time MuteQuantMIDIStartSong is a variation of QuantMIDIStartSong that first Mutes the loop until the StartSong is sent at the next loop StartPoint This is a DirectMIDI command only The MIDI location for MuteQuantMIDIStartSong is Source 41 MuteQuantMIDIStartSong is useful for having the loop drop out and then everything start up together and in time MuteQuantMIDIStartSong is also equivalent to using the Mute Multiply combination from the front panel when Sync OuS A key advantage MuteQuaniMIDIStartSong is the function can be executed at any time independent of the Sync parameter setting This allows you to always have a way to send a StartSong message in sync with the loop StartPoint even if the Echoplex is not the clock master See Also ReAlign MuteReAlign QuantMIDIStartSong Source StartPoint 6 12 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization QuantMiDIStartSong Send a StartSong at the next Loop StartPoint QuantMIDIStartSong is a MIDI command for Send a MIDI StartSong at next loop StartPoint This is a DirectMIDI command only The MIDI location for QuantMIDIStartSong is Source 40 When QuantMlIDIStartSong is executed the Echoplex sends a MIDI StartSong message at the next StartPoint of the loop The LoopTime Display shows St S momentarily when QuantMIDIStartSong is executed This similar to what happens when you press Mute Multiply from the front panel when Sy
15. then that 1 2 second will represent 2 measures or 8 beats Since there are 120 1 2 seconds in a minute each with 8 beats the effective timing would be 960 beats per second which isn t very common in musical usage and won t be transmitted by the Echoplex The moral short loops and high values of 8ths Cycle don t mix In older versions of the Echoplex hardware the 8ths Cycle parameter was labeled 8ths Beat See Also Sync Quantize Visual Tempo Guide LoopDivide MIDI Ports Reference Parameters 4 5 AutoRecord Default Off Parameter Row Loops Starts recording whenever you enter an empty loop Values Off On When this is on the Echoplex Digital Pro will start recording every time you enter an empty loop This only applies when the number of loops is more than one Example 4 3 AutoRecord 1 Set the number of loops to 2 with MoreLoops Record a short loop in loop 1 2 3 Press the NextLoop button 4 Start playing right away you ll be recording 5 Press Record or NextLoop to end recording in Loop 2 See Also MoreLoops SwitchQuant LoopTrig NextLoop 4 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default 1 Channel Parameter Row MIDI Determines the MIDI channel for all MIDI functions Values 1 16 This sets the MIDI channel for controlling Echoplex operations with an external MIDI controller or sequencer See also Source ControlSource MIDI Control Chapter Reference Parameters 4 7 Cont
16. when you first press the Overdub button the Echoplex copies the beginning of the existing loop to a free area at the end of memory In this case that segment occupies all of free memory the original loop was 40 seconds long Overdub is pressed at 10 seconds into the loop so 10 seconds is copied to free memory filling it Reference Functions 5 75 Undo Continued FIGURE 4 12 Existing L The difficulty of Undoing in xisting Loop tight memory situations New Performance Button Actions O U NY I gt gt 4 gt Final 20 seconds of Overdub i Ist 10 seconds of Overdub recording The total length of recording newly recorded material is 30 seconds from the start of the loop until the time Undo was pressed Playback loop O 102030 40 50 Remnants of original loop At this point there s nowhere to put the new material mixed with the old So the Echoplex starts overwriting the original loop By the time the Undo button is pressed 30 seconds of material have been newly recorded the 10 seconds copied from the first loop plus 20 seconds of mixed material This mixed material has overwritten the first 20 seconds of the original loop There s no way to Undo because the original loop is gone In this case that press of the Undo button will set the playback loop to play back seconds 0 40 of memory But what you will hear will not be the original loop instead it wi
17. you can also end the Insert by pressing any of the buttons whose front panel lights are on during the Insert You ll get some interesting results as illustrated in the next few examples UNDO If you end an Insert operation by pressing Undo the loop will be returned to its state before you pressed Insert See the Undo heading in this chapter for more information 5 12 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Insert Continued RECORD FIGURE 4 3 Ending Insert with Record changes the cycle length InsertMode Insert or Rehearse Quantize Off Ending an Insert operation with the Record button causes the insert to end immediately without waiting for the end of the current insertion cycle Since the loop can t contain fractional cycles the entire new loop will be considered a single cycle This is called an Unrounded Insert Figure 4 3 illustrates this behavior Existing Cycles Existing Loop New Performance Button Actions Results New Cycle OVERDUB Ending an Insert with Overdub is exactly like ending it with Insert except that you also toggle Overdub mode If you had Overdub off before the Insert it will now be on It s the equivalent of ending the insertion by pressing Insert a second time and then pressing Overdub immediately Reference Functions 5 13 Insert Continued MULTIPLY Ending an Insert with Multiply is exactly like ending it with Insert except that you are immedia
18. you can restart the sound with the mute button or with the Alternate Endings under the Mute heading in this chapter OVERDUB Ending a recording with the Overdub button ends the recording immediately and toggles Overdub mode It s the equivalent of ending the Record by pressing Record a second time and then pressing 5 48 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Record Continued Overdub immediately If Overdub was on before the Record this action will turn it off If Overdub was off it will now be on NextLoop If you have the MoreLoops parameter set greater than one ending a recording with NextLoop immediately ends the recording and puts you immediately into the next loop If AutoRecord On the Echoplex immediately continues recording in the new loop You can continue playing without any interruption and have what you play split into the two loops This is especially useful for filling the loops with the various parts of a song while playing continuously You just keep pressing Next as you play This is a great way to record a verse loop and chorus loop in one pass as you play them live If you continue to press NextLoop at the end of each part you can use this method to record into all of the loops you have set up Similarly if LoopCopy Sound or LoopCopy Time you can continuously copy the audio or the time base into new loops as you record them in one pass When MoreLoops 1 ending Record by pressing NextLoop stops
19. 3 Results Two Three alel pa Cycle 2 a New Loop gt Time a Example 4 14 Adding Cycles Here s an example that shows how to use Multiply to change a 2 cycle loop to a 3 cycle loop Follow along in Figure 4 9 5 34 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual FIGURE 4 9 This diagram accompanies Example 4 14 It illustrates how you can use Multiply to increase the number of cycles in an existing loop Multiply Continued Record a single tap or note into a short loop to provide a pulse Make it slow enough so that you can carry out the following steps without the need for practice Set Quantize On Press Multiply right after you hear a pulse Count One Two together with the pulses and hit Multiply again immediately after the word Two Now you have a loop that counts from 1 to 2 as shown in the figure Press Multiply right after the word One and again after the 1st repetition of the word Two as illustrated Note that the loop now consists of the words Two One Two First cycle After Step 2 Button Actions In Step 3 Results One lg Cycle 2g New Loop gt We ve shown these examples with Quantize On Try the same ideas with Quantize OF to see the difference You may find the Quantize is very useful when you want to keep your loops rhythmically precise When Quantize Off on the other hand you have the freedom to define exactly
20. 5 71 Undo Immediate Action Play Mode Cancels the previous action or erases the previous Overdub pass Undo can be used to cancel a function that you ve already started or to erase your last few Overdub passes Multiply cycles or Insert operations In situations when your loop length is short compared to the total amount of memory available in the loop Undo is easy to use When memory gets short you may be limited in the number of steps that you can Undo BASIC UNDO OPERATION The basic operation of Undo is simple m Ifyou have pressed a button by mistake press Undo to cancel the operation The loop will be restored to the state it was in before you started the operation if possible In this way if you accidentally press something like Record you can recover your loop The Echoplex even keeps track of where in the original loop you would have been so you can go back to it without even falling out of rhythm m After an operation like Overdub that changes the loop a Long Press of Undo will erase the entire last layer of sound added if possible Additional long presses will erase as many layers of sound as memory permits from the most recent to the most remote m AShort Press of Undo will only remove the tail end of the last layer beginning at the time of the button press In this way if you Overdub a passage and play a bad note at the end you can Undo just that note and keep the rest of the Overdub m Undo can even r
21. Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization MIDI Sync Indicators Play Mode MIDI output indicators help you track key synchronization points The MIDI Sync Indicators are MIDI notes are transmitted out at various synchronization points related to the current loop These are shown at the top of the MIDI Command List in the MIDI section MIDI notes are sent to indicate each Loop StartPoint Global MIDI StartPoint Cycle StartPoint and 8th Note The Global MIDI StartPoint note is only sent if it is different from the Local StartPoint which happens if the loop has been De Aligned from the external clock The 8th Note Indicator note is sent at points determined by the 8th Cycle parameter and the loop length The purpose of these notes is to provide a convenient marker point when recording the Echoplex output into an audio sequencing or hard disk recording program If you also record the midi output at the same time as the audio output you can easily see the Loop StartPoints Cycle StartPoints and 8th Notes of your loops in the track windows Another use of these notes is a metronome You can use them to trigger sounds on a synthesizer or sampler to serve as an audible tempo indicator for your loops See Also MIDI Command List Source StartPoint Global Local MIDI Clock ReAlign 8th Cycle Reference Synchronization 6 11 MuteQuantMiDIStartSong Synchronization Mutes the Loop until the next StartPoint then UnMutes and
22. FLIPMobDE Loop DELAY FLI FlipMode is an unusual and interesting InterfaceMode in that the pedal controls both Loop Input Volume and Feedback simultaneously The interesting thing is that Feedback on the pedal is reversed When the pedal is all the way in the toe up position the Loop Input level is zero and the feedback is at 100 When the pedal is all the way in the toe down position the loop input is at 100 but the feedback goes to 0 In use this is like a Hold pedal but with a more fluid action You can also think of the pedal as a soft replace since operating the pedal lets you smoothly crossfade a replacement section into your loop UsING FLIPMODE To get the hang of FlipMode use loops of about 1 second keep the pedal in the toe up position most of the time and turn the front panel FeedBack Knob to zero Set the loop time with a couple presses of Record and experiment with the pedal as you play new material To record an ordinary loop in FlipMode put the pedal in the toe down position and end Record with Overdub In Overdub the Feedback is taken from the front panel FeedBack Knob which also operates in reverse so once you ve made an interesting loop by crossfading in Play you can keep it by pressing Overdub You can then Overdub onto it using the pedal to control the Loop Input Volume By setting the front panel FeedBack Knob you can make the Overdub state into a simple delay which can be used as a contrast t
23. Function Description BeatSync TriggerSample The loop is triggered to play once from the start Repeated pulses on BeatSync retrigger the loop for stuttering effects BrotherSync MuteReAlign The loop is triggered out of Mute to play from the start No reaction and continue playing This ReAligns the loop while BrotherSyncing to other Echoplexes If a MIDI clock has been received BrotherSync is ignored Global MIDI MuteReAlign If MIDI clock is already being received when Mute Multiply StartPoint is pressed the Echoplex waits for the Global MIDI StartPoint and then retriggers the loop out of Mute MIDI StartSong MuteReAlign If no MIDI clock is present and a MIDI StartSong is received followed by MIDI clock the loop triggers immediately from the start and continues playing in sync Local StartPoint N A No reaction to Local StartPoint 6 16 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual ReAlign Continued Mute Multiply with Sync Out Sync Event Function Description BeatSync N A No response to BeatSync BrotherSync MuteReAlign The loop is triggered out of Mute to play from the start and continue playing This ReAligns the loop while BrotherSyncing to other Echoplexes Global MIDI N A MIDI clock input is ignored when Sync Out StartPoint MIDI StartSong N A MIDI StartSong input is ignored when Sync Out Local StartPoint N A No reaction to Local StartPoint when Sync Out Mute Multiply with Sync Out User Start OUS Sync Event Function
24. G 8 NextButton Virtually presses the Next Button A 9 ReplaceButton Virtually presses the Replace Button A 10 SubstituteButton Virtually presses the Substitute Button 11 InsertOnlyButton Virtually presses the Insert Button regardless of InsertMode C 12 SpeedButton Virtually presses the HalfSpeed Button C 13 ReverseButton Virtually presses the Reverse Button DirectMIDI Note Source Function Short descriptions offset D 14 SUSRecord Sustain Action Record D 15 SUSOverdub Sustain Action Overdub E 16 SUSRoundMultiply Sustain Action Rounded Multiply F 17 SUSRoundedInsert Sustain Action Rounded Insert F 18 SUSMute Sustain Action Mute G 19 ShortUndo Immediately execute the ShortUndo function Undo to end G 20 SUSNextLoop Sustain Action NextLoop NoteOn NextLoop NoteOff PreviousLoop A 21 SUSReplace Sustain Action Replace A 22 SUSSubstitute Sustain Action Substitute 7 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Command List Continued 23 SUSToggleReverse Sustain Action Reverse C 24 SUSToggleSpeed Sustain Action HalfSpeed C 25 Reset Immediately reset current loo D 26 GeneralReset Immediately reset all loops D 27 Exit Parameters Exit Parameter editing and return to Play state E 28 SUSUnroundedMultiply Sustain Action Unrounded Multiply F 29 SUSUnroundedInsert Sustain Action Unrounded Insert F 30 SUSMute Retrigger Sustain Action Mute Retrigger NoteOn Mute NoteOff Retrig G 31 Lo
25. Interface 9 11 Loops LED Front Panel Indicates the Loops Row of the Parameter Matrix is selected The Loops LED is illuminated when the Loops Row of the Parameter Matrix has been selected for editing with the Parameter Button The Multiple Display will also show P4 when this row is selected in the Parameter Editing Mode The Loops Row consists of the Parameters related to multiple loops These are MoreLoops AutoRecord LoopCopy SwitchQuant LoopTrig Velocity and SamplerStyle The Loops LED is not used in Play Mode See also Parameter Button Multiple Display Parameter Matrix 9 12 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual LoopTime Display Front Panel Displays length of the current loop Alternately shows other information depending on context STANDARD LOOPTIME DISPLAY When you are in a Record Multiply or Insert operation the LoopTime Display will keep track of how much time you ve recorded so far You will see it counting the time as the operation progresses Once something has been recorded into a loop the time display will show the length of the current loop When you have reset a loop the LoopTime Display will be blank until you record some material in the loop ALTERNATE DISPLAYS SYNC TIME DISPLAY After the second Sync pulse is received or a sync is established by MIDI Clock the resulting Cycle Time is displayed on the LoopTime Display This only appears while in Reset FEEDBACK DISPLAY
26. L 1 L 2 L 3 etc Additional presses of NextLoop or received MIDI LoopTriggers will update the display to show the target Loop Reference User Interface 9 15 LoopTime Display Continued PRESET DISPLAY When you are in the Preset Editor the LoopTime Display shows the Preset number as Pr No dot after Pr indicates that this Preset is the last one that has been loaded into the playing state Preset O If there is a dot after Pr it is not the one currently loaded When the display shows PrE it means that the Preset O parameter settings have been modified since the preset was loaded to them With the display indicators it should be easy to tell in the editor which Preset you are currently using and if there are new changes made that you may want to save When a MIDI Program Change command is received or when you use the front panel buttons to select a Preset the LoopTime Display briefly changes to show the preset you are selecting It displays it as P n where n is the preset number See the Preset section for more details See also Record Multiply Insert Sync Feedback FeedBkCont VolumeCont Parameter Button Quantize SwitchQuantize NextLoop Presets 9 16 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI LED Front Panel Indicates the MIDI Row of the Parameter Matrix is selected Indicates Loop StartPoint during Play Mode PARAMETER EDITING MODE The MIDI LED is i
27. Load Sample Dump Chapter Reference Functions 5 3 Feedback Immediate Action Play Mode Enables fadeouts and evolution of your loops The Feedback level is the amount of signal that is fed from one pass through the loop or delay to the next This is a familiar feature from the world of delays For most looping operations Feedback is set to 100 meaning that the loop will go on forever Unlike a traditional delay the Feedback control in the Echoplex is available at all times whether you are Overdubbing new material or not If you wish to have the Echoplex behave like a traditional Delay in this regard try setting Loop Delay Delay When you have Loop Delay Loop you can also emulate a traditional delay by reducing the Feedback level and leaving Overdub on Because Feedback occurs at the end of a loop you won t generally hear the effects of changing the Feedback level immediately If you set the Feedback to 0 for instance the current loop will play out to its end before you hear the volume drop to 0 CONTROLLING FEEDBACK Feedback can be set by the Front Panel Feedback Knob by a footpedal inserted in the Feedback Jack in the rear of the unit or by MIDI Continuous Controller messages The specific MIDI Continuous Controller used is set by the FeedBkCont parameter FEEDBACK DISPLAY While you change the Feedback setting the value appears briefly on the LoopTime Display so you can easily see where you are setting it Th
28. MIDI Sample Dump that may help you GENERAL SAMPLE DUMP INFO Connections The minimal MIDI patch is to connect the MIDI Out Port of the sending unit to the MIDI In Port of the receiving unit MIDI In MIDI Out MIDI In MIDI Out Unit A sender Unit B receiver Figure x 1 MIDI Dump open loop connection 10 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Introduction Continued Unit A sends a header first containing general information about the sample to be sent Then it divides the sound data into packets and sends one packet at a time Unit A sender Unit B receiver Dump Header Data 8265 Figure x 2 MIDI dump transfer with open loop connection pf di MIDI In MIDI Out MIDI In MIDI Out Unit A sender Unit B receiver Figure x 3 MIDI dump closed loop connection This allows unit B to acknowledge each package as it arrives This is faster and safer than the open loop method Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 3 Introduction MIDI Sample Dump Continued Unit A sender Unit B receiver Dump Header Data 1 Data 2 Data 8265 Figure x 4 MIDI Dump transfer with closed loop This gives the receiving unit B an opportunity to check each incoming packet and ask for a retransmit if necessary Unit A sender Unit B receiver Dump Header Data 1 Data 2 Data 2 Data 8265 Figure x 5 MIDI Dump closed loop allows packet checking 10 4 Echoplex Dig
29. Multiply a second time and then pressing Overdub immediately If Overdub was on before the multiply this action will turn it off If it was off it will now be on INSERT Ending a multiplication with Insert is exactly like ending it with Multiply except that you are immediately put into Insert mode It s the equivalent of ending the multiplication by pressing Multiply a second time and then pressing Insert immediately Ending a multiplication with Mute is exactly like ending it with Multiply except that the audible sound will shut off as soon as the Multiply ends Once you re in Mute mode you can restart the sound with the Mute button or with the Alternate Endings listed for the Mute entry later in this chapter 5 32 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Multiply Continued UNDO If you end a Multiply operation by pressing Undo the loop will be returned to its state before you pressed Multiply REVERSE Ending a multiplication with Reverse is exactly like ending it with Multiply except that you immediately toggle Overdub mode after the Multiply rounds off It s the equivalent of ending the multiplication by pressing Multiply a second time and then pressing Reverse immediately If the loop was in Reverse before the Multiply this action will put it back into Forward CHANGING THE NUMBER OF CYCLES IN AN EXISTING LOOP Do you want to change the number of cycles in a loop In particular would you like to keep a
30. Record The display will read 000 this symbol means the Echoplex is waiting for something 4 Begin playing Recording will start with your first note 5 Press Record to stop recording Reference Parameters 4 59 Velocity Default Off Parameter Row Loops Determines the effect of MIDI velocity on loops triggered by MIDI Note messages Values Off OFF On On If Velocity OF loops that are triggered by MIDI NoteOn messages will be played back at their full volume If Velocity On loops that are triggered by MIDI NoteOn messages will be played back with their volume scaled according to the velocity portion of the NoteOn messages velocity 127 will play back a loop at full volume while velocity 1 will play it back so quietly that it may be inaudible See also LoopTrig LoopTriggering SamplerStyle 4 60 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default 7 VolumeCont Parameter Row MIDI Determines which Continuous Controller will control the output level Values 1 99 Incoming MIDI Continuous Controller messages can be used to control the Loop output level of the Echoplex Digital Pro Only messages that are on the MIDI channel specified by the Channel parameter will be recognized This only affects the volume of the loop output not the direct signal See also Channel FeedbkCont Reference Parameters 4 61 4 62 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 35 Functions Reference Functio
31. StartSong StopSong and Continue 6 22 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization StartSong StopSong Continue The Echoplex can send and receive MIDI StartSong StopSong and Continue messages in various ways MIDI includes three important messages for controlling synchronized devices These are called StartSong StopSong and Continue and are part of the System Real Time commands in MIDI These commands are commonly used with devices like sequencers drum machines recording equipment and software arpeggiators and loopers The Echoplex uses all three in a variety of different ways to give you maximum flexibility and control in synchronizing your loops to other devices The MIDI StartSong message commands slaved devices to start at the beginning of their material and begin playing as soon as the next clock pulse is received They should proceed in tempo with the MIDI Clock after that The MIDI StopSong message commands slaved devices to stop their playback immediately The MIDI Continue message tells a device to restart playback from the position where it was last stopped or from a position defined by another type of MIDI command called SongPositionPointer In this section we will deal primarily with StartSong and StopSong Please see the section called SongPositionPointer and Continue for more details on how the Echoplex uses the MIDI Continue command START AND STOP AT YOUR COMMAND One of the valu
32. When the MuteMode Continuous the loop continues counting even when it is silenced by pressing Mute Then when you press Mute a second time to allow audio output again the loop will become audible wherever it happens to be at that time This is probably most useful if you want to silence the loop for just a beat or two to play a fill or have your loop stay in time with other musicians even while it is not heard ALTERNATE ENDINGS You can also end Mute with a number of other buttons as follows UNDO Acts like the second press of the Mute button except that it uses the opposite value of MuteMode In other words if MuteMode Start then the Undo ending behaves like the Mute button would if MuteMode were Continuous Similarly if MuteMode Continuous then the Undo ending behaves like the Mute button would if MuteMode were Start INSERT Plays the loop once and then goes back into Mute state If you press it again it will retrigger Useful for stuttering effects This ending is affected by Quantize If Quantize On the loop will be played once starting at the end of the current cycle MULTIPLY Executes ReAlign which allows you to get lined up with external devices that have been stopped and restarted See ReAlign for more info Reference Functions 5 39 Mute Continued THE LONG PRESS When you press and hold the Mute button the loop output will be silenced until you release the button at which time it will continue pla
33. a SimpleCopy This function creates exactly one copy of the current loop in the new loop without doing any multiplying It ends by itself when it reaches the end of the loop so you do not have to do anything Overdub is on automatically upon entering the new loop so new material can be immediately added while the copy occurs 4 54 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual gt Record SwitchQuant Continued If the destination loop has material in it already pressing Overdub during the quantize period will turn Overdub on when you switch to the new loop Pressing Record during the quantize period will cause the Echoplex to begin recording immediately as soon as it enters the next loop This is like having AutoRecord on except that AutoRecord will only start recording when you move into an empty loop and it always happens in such a case automatically In this case pressing Record during the quantize period lets you choose when to record in a new loop and it will work whether there is a loop recorded there already or not Caution This erases the existing contents of the next loop SWITCHQUANT AS A QUANTIZE ALTERNATE FOR THE CURRENT Loop ConfirmCycle and ConfirmLoop also give you an alternate method to quantize actions in the current loop similar to the way you might use the standard Quantize parameter After you press NextLoop to enter the quantize period continue pressing it until the current loop is displayed as the desti
34. additional times You may also arm another function to execute in the new loop when the switch occurs This value is useful when you have used Multiply or Insert and wish to always quantize to the overall loop length ConFIRMLooP SwiTcHQUANT CLP Similar to ConfirmCycle After a confirming action is done the Echoplex additionally quantizes the loop switch to the next loop StartPoint Example 4 x Using Confirm Cycle CCY 1 2 3 4 5 Set SwitchQuant CCY Set MoreLoops 2 and record two loops Press NextLoop it waits for you to do some action Press the function you want Record Overdub Multiply Insert etc The action will begin in the new loop after the next Cycle point of the current loop DISPLAY DURING SWITCHQUANTIZING With SwitchQuant on a press of the NextLoop button will turn the front panel LEDs under the Record Overdub Multiply Insert Mute and Undo buttons orange while the LED under NextLoop will be red The orange color indicates that all of these buttons take on interesting functions during the quantize period as the explanations and examples on the following pages will illustrate During the quantize period the LoopTime Display changes to show the destination loop It will be displayed as L 1 L 2 etc This is the 4 50 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual SwitchQuant Continued loop you will go to when the quantize period ends If you continue pressing NextL
35. and back panel THE FRONT PANEL The front panel of the Echoplex Digital Pro contains a Power Switch Knobs that set critical levels two multicolored Level Indicator Lights to monitor levels a 6 character Display that shows timing and other information and a row of eight multi function Buttons for setting parameters and operating the unit It also contains four Row Indicator Lights controlled by the Parameter button that determine which set of functions or parameters correspond to the buttons Each button has a multi colored Status Indicator Light gt Level Control Knobs The four Level Control Knobs control the input and output levels the mix between the input signal and the looped or delayed signal and the feedback level The Quick Startin Chapter 1 describes how to set these levels and you ll find more information in the entries for Input Knob Output Knob Mix Knob and Feedback Knob in the Reference chapter Front Back and Underfoot 2 1 gt Level Indicator Lights These multicolored lights monitor audio levels The Input Indicator monitors the levels that are received at the audio input jack on the back panel while the Feedbk Indicator monitors the volume of the material that is recorded in the current loop When one of these lights is dark it is measuring very little or no signal When it is green the signal is healthy Orange indicators are fine too with the signal at a good level The orange color indicates t
36. capable of all of these possible protocols Some implement only the open loop protocol some require a closed loop and don t operate on an open loop It is even possible that your sampler has no Dump button but can still handle MIDI Sample Dump when the Echoplex is sending the appropriate commands via MIDI How long will it take Your Sample Dump will probably take a long time MIDI is slow and samples used in looping tend to be big The Sample Dump Standard adds a lot of overhead to that to make it even slower The exact time depends on how long the sample is and whether the receiving unit acknowledges the data packages or not the Echoplex does Here are a few estimates for the open loop no acknowledges Sample Length Transmission Time 0 1 sec 50 sec 1 0 sec 8 min 20 sec 10 0 sec 1 hour 24 min 100 0 sec 13 hours 54 min 10 14 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Sample Dump User Guide Continued And here the closed loop with acknowledges Sample Length Transmission Time 0 1 sec 5 5 sec 1 0 sec 55 sec 10 0 sec 9 min 10 sec 100 0 sec 1 hour 32 min Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 15 Other Device Implementations MIDI Sample Dump ECHOPLEX Here are some known details about other devices implementing MIDI Sample Dump and how they interact with the Echoplex This is not a complete list If the device you use is not on here consult that device s manual or the manufacturer for more information on
37. couple of the cycles and throw away the others Do you want to add 1 cycle to make your repetition structure appealingly asymetrical You can do this by initiating a Multiply operation on a loop that s already been multiplied Example 4 13 Dropping Cycles Here s an example that illustrates one way to use Multiply to alter an existing loop If you connect a microphone to the Echoplex s Audio Input you can use it to illuminate the effects of this procedure as you ll see Whether you have a microphone or not it can be instructive to follow along with this example referring to Figure 4 8 to see the effects of each step Reference Functions 5 33 Multiply Continued 1 Record a single tap or note into a short loop to provide a pulse Make it slow enough so that you can carry out the following steps without the need for practice 2 Set Quantize On 3 Press Multiply right after you hear a pulse Count One Two Three_Four together with the pulses and hit Multiply again immediately after the word Four 4 Now you have a loop that counts from 1 to 4 as shown in the figure Press Multiply right after the word One and again after the word Three Note that the loop now consists of the words Two and Three Cycle 3 sg Cycle 3 FIGURE 4 8 jig Ta This diagram accompanies Example 4 13 It illustrates First cycle how you can use Multiply to change the number of After Step 2 cycles in an existing loop Actions In Step
38. discussion under the SwitchQuant heading in this chapter for a full explanation and examples See also NextLoop SwitchQuant AutoRecord 4 30 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default 84 LoopTrig Parameter Row Loops Determines which MIDI note numbers will trigger loops Values 0 127 When multiple loops are set up using the MoreLoops parameter incoming MIDI NoteOn messages can trigger any loop s playback This function is called LoopTriggering and is described in more detail in the functions section The LoopTrig parameter sets the value of the MIDI note number that will trigger Loop 1 The other loops are triggered by successive note numbers i e if Loop 1 is triggered by note 84 then Loop 2 will be triggered by note 85 Loop 3 will be triggered by note 86 etc Note The default value of 84 will be displayed in your sequencer either as C5 or C6 See also Channel LoopTriggering SamplerStyle Velocity MoreLoops Reference Parameters 4 31 MoreLoops Default 1 Parameter Row Loops Divides memory into multiple loops Values 1 16 This function lets you divide the Echoplex Digital Pro s memory into up to 16 separate loops You can switch among them with the NextLoop button or with incoming MIDI messages The Echoplex Digital Pro s memory will be divided evenly among the loops for instance if you have 198 seconds of memory installed then setting MoreLoops 4 will give you 4 loops of 49 5
39. in sync with the Loop StartPoint even if the Echoplex is not the clock master MuTEQUANTMIDISTARTSONG SouRCE 41 When the MuteQuantMIDIStartSong command is received the Loop is muted instantly and then waits until the next StartPoint The display will show St S When it reaches the StartPoint a MIDI StartSong message is sent out the MIDI port to start up the sequencer and the Loop comes out of Mute 6 18 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual ReAlign Continued This is similarly useful for when the Echoplex is the clock master and we need to restart the sequencer In this case both the loop and the sequencer can be muted and brought back on together MuteQuantMIDIStartSong works the same as the Mute Multiply combination from the front panel when Sync is set to OuS but provides amore direct access since it only requires a single command instead of the two button combination Unlike the front panel function MuteQuantMIDIStartSong works for any setting of the Sync parameter and can be executed at any time This allows you to always have a way to send a StartSong message in sync with the Loop StartPoint even if the Echoplex is not the clock master MIDIREALIGN souRCE 38 MIDIReAlign executes ReAlign with a single MIDI command The loop is not muted prior to the ReAlignment If Sync In the display shows AL until the Global StartPoint defined by the sequencer s clock arrives at which point the loop
40. is lit and then press the Undo Dump button to start the dump As the dump progresses the numbers in the display on the Echoplex Digital Pro will change to indicate dump progress This type of exchange over MIDI is never fast unfortunately Transmission time will be 10 to 15 times the length of the current loop You can cancel the dump at any time by pressing any button 5 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Dump Continued Example 4 8 Responding to a Sample Dump Request 1 2 5 Record a loop Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port on the Echoplex Digital Pro to the MIDI In port on your sequencer and connect a second cable from the MIDI In port on the Echoplex Digital Pro to the MIDI Out port on your sampler Press the Parameter button on the Echoplex Digital Pro until the light next to the word MIDI is lit and then press the NextLoop Load button to start the dump The Echoplex will go into a waiting state where it is ready to respond to Sample Dump Requests Send a Sample Dump Request from your sampler The current loop will be sent to the sampler As the dump progresses the numbers in the display on the Echoplex Digital Pro will change to reflect the percent of the dump already transmitted This type of exchange over MIDI is never fast unfortunately Transmission time will be 10 to 15 times the length of the current loop You can cancel the dump at any time by pressing any button See also
41. made The simplest type of confirm action is to press the Undo button which will send you immediately to the loop you have selected You can also confirm the loop switch with Record Overdub Multiply Insert or Mute which will switch you to the selected loop and immediately execute that respective function Cycie SwitcHQUANT CYC When NextLoop is pressed the Echoplex will wait until the next Cycle point to switch loops During the quantize period you may select a different loop to switch to by pressing NextLoop additional times You may also arm another function to execute in the new loop when the switch occurs For example if you press Record during the waiting period the Echoplex will wait until the current cycle of the current loop ends switch to the next loop and immediately begin recording CONFIRMCYCLE SWITCHQUANT CCY ConfirmCycle is a combination of the Confirm and Cycle values When you press NextLoop the Echoplex goes into an indefinite waiting period while the current loop plays just like with Confirm After a confirming action is done the Echoplex additionally quantizes the loop switch to the next Cycle point as it does when SwitchQuant Cycle Loop SwiTcHQUANT LOP When NextLoop is pressed the Echoplex will wait until the next Loop point to switch loops During the quantize period you may select a Reference Parameters 4 49 SwitchQuant Continued different loop to switch to by pressing NextLoop
42. press Record by mistake while in Reverse pressing Undo returns you to where you were As a consequence starting Record does not automatically force you to be Forward but leaves the loop in Reverse All of this means that Reverse and Forward are really equal with the exception that the green Multiple Display counts backwards when you are in Reverse See also InsertMode Quantize Multiply Insert Undo Record Reference Functions 5 61 SamplePlay Immediate Action Play Mode Trigger a loop to play once Can be used to retrigger loops for stuttering effects The SamplePlay function triggers a loop from the StartPoint plays it one time and then stops by putting the loop into Mute While SamplePlay is running the loop can be retriggered repeatedly to give stuttering effects Pressing Undo during a SamplePlay puts you seamlessly back into PlayMode so your loop keeps going instead of stopping at the end This is really useful if you are doing a lot of retriggers for stutter effects and then finally decide to let the loop keep playing You just have to press Undo and it seamlessly continues ACCESSING SAMPLEPLAY MuTE INSERT Mute Insert allows you to do a SamplePlay from the basic front panel or footpedal controls Using this method is simple First press Mute When you want to trigger the loop press the Insert button The loop will trigger from the StartPoint and play once and then return to the Mute state Repeatedly p
43. sending the NoteOff component of SUSNextLoop gives you the command PreviousLoop See also MIDI Command List DirectMIDI MIDI VirtualButtons SUS Commands SUSNextLoop PreviousLoop 7 14 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action Transmitting MIDI Commands Play Mode MIDI Commands are transmitted with each button press When ControlSource is set to Notes each press of an Echoplex button will send that button s specific NoteOn message out the MIDI Out Port The NoteOn message is sent when the button is pressed and the corresponding NoteOff message is sent when the button is released Similarly when ControlSource is set to Controllers a pair of MIDI Control Change messages will be sent for each button press Pressing the button in sends the specific MIDI Continuous controller with value 64 Releasing the button sends the controller with value 0 See also ControlSource Channel MIDI Command List DirectMIDI MIDI VirtualButtons Receiving MIDI Commands Reference MIDI Control 7 15 7 16 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 8 Parameter Presets Reference Parameter Presets 8 1 Parameter Presets All Modes Save and recall your favorite Echoplex parameter setups Echoplex parameter settings can be stored and recalled as Presets There are 15 memory spaces to save sets of all local parameters plus Tempo The presets are stored in non volatile memory so they are still there even if you t
44. setting InsertMode Reverse The Insert button then becomes the Reverse button and Reverse will take the place of the Insert function If you only need to access Reverse occasionally and want the Insert button available for a different function there is an indirect method from the front panel to control Reverse In the Parameter Matrix there is a space labeled Reverse in the Timing Row under the Undo button At any time if you want to access Reverse press Parameter once and then press Undo Reverse is also available by MIDI There are several different flavors of MIDI Reverse m The MIDI VirtualButton ReverseButton is Source 13 This behaves exactly like the front panel buttons do in this case as if there were a front panel Reverse button The NoteOn message presses the button and the NoteOff message releases the button If you do a short press tap 5 58 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Reverse Continued of the ReverseButton you go into Reverse and then into Forward when you tap it again If you do a long press of the ReverseButton it will become SUS action and stay in Reverse as long as you hold the button and then go back to Forward when you release it DirectMIDI SUSToggleReverse is Source 23 This is Reverse with SUS action so Reverse will be engaged as long as the midi button is held When it is released the loop will go Forward again If you are already in Reverse when you use this command it will actuall
45. that Record a loop Press the Insert button Your loop is playing backwards Now press Overdub with your loop still in Reverse Play something interesting over your backwards part Your Overdub will now be playing in the loop forwards while the original part is playing backwards Press Insert again Your original part will be going forwards again and the Overdub you added is now Reversed You can go on like this adding as many forwards and backwards parts as you like See the InsertMode and Reverse sections of the Reference Guide for more details on these features Quick Start 1 7 Digital Pro Plus Echoplex e 0 0 Mix Feedback Level Indicator Lights Level Control Knobs FiGurE 2 1a The Echoplex Digital Pro Plus front panel left half Status Indicator Lights Record a ca ara r mar ee ere Buttons Parameters ae ey eee FeedBkCont Dump Load MuteMode Overflow Presets Loops MoreLoops Pre dee gee ee MIDI Channel ControlSource Source VolumeCont Switches RecordMode OverdubMode RoundMode InsertMode Timing Loop Delay Quantize sthscycle Sync Threshold Reverse StartPoint Power Switch Row Indicator Lights Parameter Grid FIGURE 2 1B The Echoplex Digital Pro Plus front panel right half 2 i Echoplex Digital Pro User s Guide C HAPTER 2 Front Back and Underfoot In this chapter we ll discuss the physical elements of the interface the front panel optional EFC 7 footpedal
46. that different functions can be available from the front panel according to your needs All of these functions are also available independently by MIDI INSERTMODE REHEARSE When used in Play mode Rehearse has the same meaning as if InsertMode Insert described fully under the Insert heading The effect of InsertMode Rehearse is felt when you end a Record with the Insert button The cycle that you ve just recorded will be played back exactly once regardless of the feedback setting The underlying timing of the cycle will continue and any new audio played is fed into the loop If you play something that you really like and want to keep for more repetitions press Insert again immediately after you ve played it One cycle s worth of material prior to that point will be kept as the loop and will repeat according to the feedback setting Rehearse is useful for practicing an idea before keeping it as the loop See Rehearse in the Functions section for more information INSERTMODE INSERT When used in Play mode this causes you to go into Insert mode when the Insert button is pressed fully described under the nsert heading in this chapter Reference Parameters 4 11 InsertMode Continued If InsertMode Insert pressing Insert at the end of a Record ends the recording and immediately inserts a second cycle as it continues recording in other words it puts you into Insert mode The insertion continues until memory runs out o
47. the Echoplex Once Overdub is turned off and or FeedBack brought back up true sync returns In most cases you would not have noticed anything at all unless you left Overdub on or Feedback down for a long time will receiving Sync and the clock drifted significantly during that time We developed a trick to help this situation for some cases and it runs automatically in the background It is called AutoStartPoint This runs for the case where you reduce FeedBack a lot resulting in a total change of the song for example In that case you probably do not really care to have your old fading loop stay in sync with the clock anymore but you will want to stay in sync with whatever new things you overdub So when FeedBack is reduced enough and the Echoplex detects that the sync has drifted considerably off we do an automatic StartPoint function This sets the internal StartPoint of our loop to the time of the Global MIDI StartPoint defined by the external clock and that point is then used for sync Then when you bring FeedBack up again the StartPoint of the Loop and the external sequencer will be very close together and syncing resumes easily See also StartPoint Global Local MIDI Clock 6 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization BeatSync Back Panel Accepts and transmits a pulse that can synchronize to external devices or trigger loop playback Good for producing stuttering effects The BeatSync jack accepts a 1 4 mon
48. the Presets section See also Parameter Presets Preset Editor Reference Parameters 4 39 RecordMode Default Toggle Parameter Row Switches Affects the behavior of the Record button Values Toggle tOG Sustain SUS Safe SAF RECORDMODE TOGGLE When RecordMode Toggle the Record button works as described in the Record section Press Record once to begin recording and press it again to stop RECORDMODE SUSTAIN However when RecordMode Sustain you can only record sounds while you hold down the Record button as soon as you release it the recording stops When RecordMode Sustain you lose the ability to Reset a loop from the Echoplex front panel or EFC 7 Pedal normally accomplished by a long press of the Record button This may not be a great loss for you since a short press of Record while you play nothing will create a short loop with no contents However there are two consequences of this approach m Aloop that is pseudo cleared this way will not go into AutoRecord if you enter it with NextLoop m There is no way to do a GeneralReset of all loops in this situation except to enter a loop with AutoRecord Off that has not been recorded since power up The orange light under the Multiply button signifying that a long press of that button will execute GeneralReset and clear all loops does not go on unless the current loop is completely empty If you are using MIDI both Reset and GeneralReset are available
49. time or when you release it see The Long Press below Overdub is however affected by the setting of OverdubMode also discussed under The Long Press below BASIC OVERDUBBING The Overdub function is started by pressing the Overdub button The existing cycle is mixed with the new playing Every time the cycle reaches its start point you ll be adding another layer over that which you ve just recorded Figure 4 10 demonstrates this behavior Reference Functions 5 43 Overdub Continued FIGURE 4 10 Basic operation of the Overdub button In the Results row each cycle is the result of mixing the contents of the previous measure with the current measures new performance 1 cycle Exiting loop _ New Performance Button Actions Results SSSA EPG ALTERNATE ENDINGS The only way to end an overdub operation is to press the Overdub button a second time You ll get the results illustrated in the example above However you can execute other functions while Overdubbing by pressing any of the buttons whose front panel lights are on during the Overdub The function will execute as normal and when you end it Overdub will still be on THE LONG PRESS Pressing and holding down the Overdub button for longer than half a second has the same effect as a pair of short press and releases In other words overdubbing will start when you press and hold the button and end when you release it
50. to experiment a bit to find a pedal that uses the full range of the pedal in the best way For some Echoplex units values as low as 5 KOhm may work better Reference Parameters 4 27 Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued A third way which is less useful is to insert a dummy connector into the Feedback Pedal Jack of the slave without connecting it to anything Then you will be able to at least set the slave to any of the InterfaceModes and use some of their functionality but on the slave you will not be able to control some parameters that the pedal controls in some of the InterfaceModes Any Feedback settings controlled by the pedal will be sent by MIDI from the Master so InterfaceModes that use the pedal for Feedback will work fine But Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume will not be transmitted so any InterfaceModes that use the pedal for those will not work very well this way for Stereo See also Feedback Knob Feedback Pedal Jack Overdub Substitute Replace Record Multiply Insert Mute Undo LoopCopy 4 28 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default off LoopCopy Parameter Row Loops Copies the current loop into the next in several ways Values Off Timing Sound When LoopCopy is set to Sound Snd or Timing ti The Echoplex will do a copy function anytime you switch into a reset loop Copy THE AUDIO TO A New Loop If LoopCopy Sound it will cause the audio content of the current loop to be a
51. true for the SUS DirectMIDI commands These use the NoteOn message to start their function and the NoteOff message to end it similar to the way SUS commands work from the front panel See also ControlSource Channel MIDI Command List DirectMIDI MIDI VirtualButtons Transmitting MIDI Commands Reference MIDI Control 7 11 SysEx Immediate Action Play Mode MIDI SysEx messages can be used to backup and edit Parameters and Presets All Parameters and Presets in the Echoplex can be edited by MIDI System Exclusive messages or SysEx SysEx is a useful way to backup your settings and Presets send song parameters from a sequencer or control single parameters from a capable MIDI controller Since the sound is interrupted during this edit you may hear a pause for a longer sequence of SysEx commands For a single parameter change the dropout is not audible All SysEx information is piped by the MIDIpipe functionality This enables you to set two Echoplexes to different Device IDs and set them up independently even with MIDI connected simply from the MIDI In Port to the MIDI Out Port Make certain you have set the Echoplex device ID to something If the Device ID is left at 0 SysEx will not be received See also SysEx Chapter MIDI Pipe 7 12 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action SUS MIDI Commands Play Mode MIDI Commands that execute functions with Sustain Pedal action The concept of Sustain action or
52. where things happen as they fit your sense of the music Now try similar ideas using Unrounded Multiply as described above in the Alternate Endings section You do this by using Record as an alternate ending to Multiply With Unrounded Multiply you can Reference Functions 5 35 Multiply Continued easily create a new loop length that is unrelated to the previous cycle lengths This is very useful for changing tempos or editing out a small fragment of a larger loop for the basis of something new Your taste and the musical situation will determine which of these different techniques is most appropriate at any given time FORCING UNROUNDEDMULTIPLY WHILE ROUNDING UnroundedMultiply can be executed while a Multiply is Rounding by pressing Record during the Rounding period This means that in addition to doing an UnroundedMultiply by pressing Multiply to start and ending with Record you can press Multiply to start then Multiply again to finish Multiplying and start Rounding and then press Record while it is rounding to force it to stop Unrounded This is especially interesting when you use alternate functions to end Multiply Since ending Multiply with an alternate function does a rounded ending pressing Record after that forces it to go into that function immediately and end the multiply Unrounded For example you could press Multiply to multiply your loop out as you add something over it press Reverse to end the Multiply
53. with any of the Alternate Endings listed under Multiply in the Functions section Reference Parameters 4 53 SwitchQuant Continued gt Insert gt Mute gt Overdub Pressing Insert during the quantize period will execute a TimeCopy in the new loop This copies the timing but not the audio contents of the current loop cycle into the next loop in real time This is essentially the same as putting you into Insert mode in the new loop using the base cycle time of the starting loop You will see the cycle count incrementing according to the cycle length of the starting loop and any material you play will be added to the new loop When you are ready to end press Insert again and the Echoplex will round off to the next cycle point This technique gives you a seamless method to quickly create a new loop based on the timing of an existing loop so they maintain the same rhythm This is similar to using the more automated method with LoopCopy time except you can more directly control it and the copy will proceed whether the destination loop is in reset or not Caution TimeCopy erases the existing contents of the next loop Pressing Mute during the quantize period will cause the Echoplex to toggle Mute mode when it switches to the new loop Pressing Overdub during the quantize period has two possible results depending on whether the next loop is reset or not If the destination loop is reset pressing Overdub will execute
54. your first layer in a loop or erase reset the current loop You press it once to start recording and press it a second time to end recording and start looping A step by step example is given in the Quick Start If you go over the amount of memory available for the current loop while recording one of two actions can occur depending on the setting of the Overflow parameter See the description of that parameter for more information ALTERNATE ENDINGS The simplest way to stop recording is to press the Record button a second time However you can also end the recording by pressing any of the buttons whose front panel lights are on during the recording UNDO If you end a Record operation by pressing Undo the loop will be returned to its state before you pressed Record This is particularly useful if you accidentally press Record and don t want to lose the existing loop If the Echoplex doesn t have enough memory to hold both the existing loop and the new loop you won t be able to Undo the Record See the discussion under the Undo heading in this chapter for a full explanation INSERT The effect of ending a recording with Insert depends on the setting of InsertMode Reference Functions 5 47 Record Continued If InsertMode Insert then pressing Insert at the end of a recording ends the recording and immediately inserts a second cycle as it continues recording in other words it puts you into Insert mode The insert
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56. 5 New Performance Button Actions Results when P RoundMode rnd Results when 7 I lt KK KKK KKK KK KKK RoundMode Of ALAA BEEP OVERFLOW HANDLING Watch the time counter when you re doing a multiply that might extend longer than your unit s memory capacity If you exceed this capacity the multiply operation will be undone and three dashes will appear in the display The Overflow parameter has no effect during Multiply it is only relevant when you Record your first cycle The Echoplex always keeps your current loop in memory when you do another function like Multiply This way it is always possible to Undo back to the original if you go into a function by mistake This means that the memory available for Multiply is reduced by the size of your current loop For example say you had 10 total seconds of memory available for a loop and recorded a 1 second loop When you Multiply this loop you can only go to 9 cycles since 1 second is used to store the existing loop It is useful to pay attention to this so you know how far you can go with Multiply 5 30 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Multiply Continued ALTERNATE ENDINGS The simplest way to end a Multiply operation is to press the Multiply button a second time You ll get the results illustrated in the examples above However you can also end the Multiply by pressing any of the buttons whose front panel lights are on during the Multiply Y
57. 5 44 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Overdub Continued Overdub can be held on in a sustain fashion with a long press while simultaneously pressing other buttons to execute other functions This is true whether Overdub is activated from the front panel buttons from the foot pedal or with a momentary switch in the Overdub Jack For example you can keep Overdub long pressed and then press Reverse simultaneously to go in and out of Reverse while Overdubbing Simultaneous Overdub is useful when using Overdub as a SUS function Note this only works with the Overdub button and no other functions Also it does not work to do long press functions on other buttons while holding Overdub They will be treated as short presses THE EFFECT OF OVERDUBMODE When OverdubMode is set to Toggle the Overdub button works as described above However when OverdubMode is set to Sustain you can only layer sounds while you hold down the button as soon as you release it the overdubbing stops This is similar to using the long presses of the Overdub button except it is guaranteed to always operate in Sustain fashion no matter how short or long you press it There are many situations when youre likely to want to set OverdubMode to Sustain for example M You want to overdub extremely short excerpts from a sound source If OverdubMode Toggle you have to press Overdub twice which can be difficult to do quickly With OverdubMode Sustain you can ca
58. 7 length param index range end pset param set number 127 means the pset actually selected in the Echoplex 3 an 7 value param value s If there are less values than defined by from and length then these parameters will be ignored 3 1 2 5 COMMAND ALL PARAM REQUEST 14 20 Reads a range of local param values and returns them as a sequence of one GLOBAL PARAM DATA command and as many LOCAL PARAM DATA commands as there are ParamSets Reference MIDI SysEx 11 9 MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference MIDI SysEx Continued FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 14 F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 20 247 3 1 3 COMMANDS RESET GROUP not implemented in version 1 Resets the global or the current local set 3 1 3 1 COMMAND GLOBAL PARAM RESET 20 32 Resets the global parameters to the factory defaults FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 20 pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 32 pset 247 3 1 3 2 COMMAND LOCAL PARAM RESET 21 33 Resets the current local parameter set to the factory defaults FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 21 pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 33 pset 247 4 CHECKSUM CALCULATION sa THE CHECKSUM IS REMOVED IT MAKES IT TOO HARD TO USE MIDI SOFTWARE LIKE MAX MAYBE AN OPTIONAL SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE x The checksum calculation is the same as in the MIDI Sample Dump All bytes AFTER the SYSEX F0 are
59. 99 are clipped to 999 The current sample number is then set to this value Sample numbers on the Echoplex range from 0 to 999 Device ID The device ID of the Echoplex can be changed while in Upload mode Press Multiply to see the device ID Press it again to start incrementing the value The longer you press the faster the value will be incremented Broadcasting device id 127 is implemented 10 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Sample Dump User Guide SENDING A Dump Dump BUTTON The Dump button in the MIDI P3 parameters of the Echoplex is used to send a dump to another device m Youseea d blinking indicating that data is dumped m Pressing the Parameter button while dumping aborts the transmission m The device ID is 1 m The sample number is the same as the loop number SENDING amp RECEIVING UPLOAD BUTTON Press Load to enter the Upload Mode Em Youseea blinking indicating that the Echoplex waits for specific commands which can come from the buttons or via MIDI m The Upload mode allows much more than just uploading You can also send a dump from it or change sample dump parameters Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 9 Sample Dump User Guide MIDI Sample Dump Continued Button commands in Upload mode PARAMETER Exits the Upload mode You will see the P3 display again If you received a loop it may be stored in a loop other than the one that you are hearing now
60. ACEMODE Loop DELAY rPL In ReplaceMode the pedal controls Loop Output Volume and Feedback simultaneously The result is similar to LoopMode except that you hear the reduction for Feedback immediately instead of on the next loop pass ReplaceMode makes it easier to sculpt the loop using the Feedback control If you have Overdub on the pedal serves as a Replace function Reference Parameters 4 23 Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued with smooth level control This allows you to add new material and smoothly drop out the loop underneath you as it is Overdubbed allowing for a smooth real time Replace The disadvantage of ReplaceMode is that if the pedal is in the toe up position the Loop Output Volume is also zero so it is not possible to create loops with only single repetitions ReplaceMode is also less interesting for any loops relying on reduced Feedback settings since the output is affected ReplaceMode does not exist without a Pedal connected to the Feedback Pedal Jack The following table shows how Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states Table 4 x ReplaceMode State Feedback Loop Loop Input Output Playing Pedal 0 Pedal Overdubbing Pedal 100 Pedal Substituting Knob 100 100 Recording NA 100 0 Multiplying Pedal 100 Pedal Inserting 0 100 0 Replacing 0 100 0 Mute 100 0 0 4 24 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued
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62. Because Feedback occurs at the end of a loop you won t generally hear the effects of changing the Feedback level immediately If you set the Feedback to 0 for instance the current loop will play out to its end before you hear the volume drop to 0 Setting the Feedback to an intermediate level is a good way to create a smooth fadeout 9 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Footpedal Jack Back Panel A place to plug in a cord to connect to the EFC 7 footpedal Use a standard guitar cord with 1 4 mono phone plugs on each end to connect this jack to the optional EFC 7 footpedal You can also attach an ordinary momentary footswitch to this jack and it will function just like the Record button See Chapter 2 for information on the footpedal Reference User Interface 9 7 Input Indicator Front Panel Displays the level of the input When this light is dark it is measuring very little or no signal When it is green the signal is healthy Orange indicators are fine too with the signal at a good level but nearing the maximum headroom Levels that cause the indicator lights to glow red will be engaging the limiter which may affect sound quality The limiter is there to prevent a surprising loud input from causing ugly digital distortion but it still affects the sound by squashing the dynamics You should avoid inputs loud enough to turn the Input Indicator red Set the Input Level Knob so that the loudest levels caus
63. Cycle 8th note FIGURE 4 x The Visual Tempo Guide display EXTERNAL CLOCKS When Sync ln and an external clock source is present the Tempo LEDs will initially reflect the StartPoints defined by the external clock If the loop is shifted out of alignment with the external clock the Tempo LEDs will then reflect our internal loop StartPoints The Global MIDI StartPoint LED lower right dot on the Multiple display will then blink in time with the StartPoints of the external clock This gives a visual indication of how the loops are aligned When a ReAlign is done to bring them back together the Global MIDI StartPoint LED stops blinking Reference User Interface 9 31 Visual Tempo Guide Continued GLOBAL CLOCKS AND Loop SWITCHING The Timing LED for 8th note Sub Cycles counts on 8th notes determined by the global clock The Switches LED for Cycles on the other hand blinks at the local StartPoints based on the local clock If multiple loops are used and the loops are switched Unquantized it is possible to see these move out of alignment with each other This can be a little disconcerting but it can also be helpful as a reference of where the Global Clock is in relation to your Local Cycle StartPoints as you switch loops TEMPO LIMITS If the tempo is above 400 BPM the 8th note Sub Cycle LED stops blinking since it becomes useless as a visual indicator at such speeds This is also the point where MIDI clock is no lo
64. Description BeatSync N A No response to BeatSync BrotherSync N A No response to BrotherSync Global MIDI N A MIDI clock input is ignored when Sync OuS StartPoint MIDI StartSong N A MIDI StartSong input is ignored when Sync OuS Local StartPoint N A A StartSong is sent at the next Loop StartPoint so the sequencer aligns to the Echoplex The Loop comes out of Mute at the same time so both start together in sync Reference Synchronization 6 17 ReAlign Continued ACCESSING REALIGN FUNCTIONS WITH MIDI There are several MIDI commands in support of ReAlign which give us much more flexibility than we have from just the front panel With MIDI the ReAlign commands can be accessed at any time with a single button press and don t necessarily require going into Mute first See the MIDI commands section for more info on other MIDI commands QUANTMIDISTARTSONG souRCE 40 QuantMIDIStartSong waits until the next Loop StartPoint and then sends a StartSong message out the MIDI port The Loop continues playing the whole time and St S is displayed during the waiting period to indicate what is happening QuantMIDIStartSong is useful when the Echoplex is the clock master and the external sequencer has been stopped The sequencer can be restarted right in time with the loop QuantMIDIStartSong can be executed at any time independent of the Sync parameter setting This allows you to always have a way to send a StartSong message
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66. Editor There all the other buttons get a new function PRESET EDITOR COMMANDS Once you are in the Preset Editor the front panel buttons take on the following roles Mute counts up Preset Insert counts down Preset Multiply Sets selected Preset and Preset O to factory default Overdub long press saves the playing state settings Preset 0 to the Preset displayed Record loads the Preset displayed to the playing state setting Preset O for use 8 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Preset Editor Continued PRESET EDITOR DISPLAY The Display shows the Preset number as Pr No dot after Pr indicates that this Preset is the last one that has been loaded into the Playing state Preset 0 If there is a dot after Pr it is not the one loaded When the display shows PrE it means that the Preset 0 parameter settings have been modified since the preset was loaded to them With the display indicators it should be easy to tell in the editor which preset you are currently using and if there are new changes made that you may want to save TIME REQUIRED FOR SAVING PRESETS Please note that the saving of a Preset to the non volatile memory in the Echoplex takes about 400ms if the unit is power cycled before that it may come back on with different parameter values than expected Make certain you wait a second after saving for the Parameters to be fully saved before turning off the power See als
67. I as if they were separate buttons The MlDlInsertButton is the exception it still does what is selected in InsertMode for consistency VirtualButtons allow you to use MIDI to take advantage of the economical design of the front panel interface which lets you get a lot of functionality out of a few buttons See the Source section in the Parameters chapter for the command list and specific note or controllers needed for each VirtualButton See also MIDI In MIDI Out Channel ControlSource Source DirectMIDI 7 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action Receiving MIDI Commands Play Mode Use a MIDI controller to command the Echoplex Receiving MIDI commands is similar to transmitting There are two primary types of MIDI commands VirtualButtons and DirectMIDI They are described in more detail in the under their own headings in this section VirtualButtons always require two MIDI messages When ControlSource Notes a NoteOn message indicates pressing the button and a NoteOff or NoteOn velocity 0 indicates releasing it When ControlSource Controllers the appropriate Controller with a non zero value indicates pressing the button Sending the controller again with a value of 0 indicates releasing the button Unlike MIDI VirtualButtons in most cases DirectMIDI commands only require the NoteOn message or the single continuous controller message with a non zero value They do not need the NoteOff This is not
68. ING SUBSTITUTE Substitute can be used in several ways an Insert button press when InsertMode Sub a LongMultiply less accurate see below a Record Insert combination when InsertMode rhr the Substitute MIDI VirtualButton the SUS Substitute DirectMIDI command Reference Functions 5 65 Substitute Continued THE EFFECT OF QUANTIZE When Quantize Off Substitute is an instant function with Sustain action same as Replace This means it is active while the Insert button is pressed down and turns off when you release the button When Quantize Loop Cycle or 8th pressing Substitute down puts the Echoplex into the waiting state until the next Quantizing point Once the Substitute function starts releasing it also goes into a waiting state until the next Quantizing point is reached If you simply tap the Substitute button it will be active for exactly one Quantize period This is very useful for replacing an exact rhythmic element and letting the Echoplex keep everything precisely lined up SUBSTITUTE USING LONGMULTIPLY One way to activate Substitute is by doing a Long Press on the Multiply button This is convenient if you have the Insert button set for another function and are not using MIDI However there is a problem when using the LongMultiply option for Substitute During the first 400ms until the switch action is detected as a long press it is treated like a Multiply This means the old loop will still be pres
69. IT received CANCEL received junk received e g notes ignored nothing received Display for sent messages d data sent dump data packet 10 20 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Error values Sample Dump Trouble Shooting Continued dump request sent Cancel sent Header sent In case of an error display E the red display shows an error number These mean the following 1 2 overrun data was sent too fast buffer overflow too much data too fast timeout aborted transmission in the midst of a packet received value out of range unexpected value expected a specific value but received something else checksum error Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 21 10 22 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 1 1 MIDI SysEx Reference MIDI SysEx 11 1 MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference MIDI SysEx PROTOCOL FOR ECHOPLEX PARAMETER DUMP 1 GENERIC ECHOPLEX SYSEX FORMAT SYSEX AURISIS_ ID ECHOPLEX ID device id version command data checksum SYSEXEND SYSEX 240 SFO AURISIS ID 00 01 48 00 01 30 ECHOPLEX ID 11 SOB device id value 0 127 set in the MIDI Upload mode 0 is off no communication version format of this message for backward compatibility command see below data depends on version and command SYSEXEND 247 SF7 All Echoplex uni
70. List and DirectMIDI entries in the Reference chapter MIDI NoteOn messages can be used to trigger loops see the LoopTrig LoopTriggering and SamplerStyle entries in the Reference chapter MIDI clocks can be used to synchronize the cycle time with drum machines and sequencers see the Sync parameter entry and the Synchronization chapter in the Reference section MIDI Continuous Controllers can be used to control Volume and Feedback levels see the VolumeCont and FeedBkCont entries in the Reference chapter MIDI Program Change messages can be used to select parameter Presets see the Presets chapter in the Reference section One Echoplex can control numerous others by connecting the MIDI Out port of each one to the MIDI In port of the next as in the figure below Be careful not to complete the circle and make a closed loop MIDI 3 1 MIDI In MIDI Out MIDI In MIDI Out MIDI In MIDI Out Echoplex 1 Echoplex 2 Echoplex 3 Figure 3 1 Connecting several Echoplexes together by MIDI m Loops can be dumped to sequencers and samplers and loaded from these devices without any loss of sound quality see the Sample Dump chapter in the Reference section m Parameters can be directly edited using MIDI SysEx E Parameters and Presets can be uploaded and downloaded for saving on a computer or other storage device also using MIDI SysEx commands see the SysEx chapter in the Reference section 3 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s M
71. Multiply or Insert Loop StartPoint Flashes to indicate Cycle StartPoint fl JILL to LOOPTIME MULTIPLE Timing Switches Flashes to indicate Indicates Sync Flashes to indicate Flashes to indicate AutoUndo Correction Global MIDI StartPoint Sub Cycle 8th note FiGurE 2 3 The PlayMode display provides important information about current status and activity When you are in a Record Multiply or Insert operation the LoopTime Display will keep track of how much time you ve recorded so far You will see it counting the time as the operation progresses Once something has been recorded into a loop the time display will show the Front Back and Underfoot 2 3 length of the current loop And once you ve reset a loop the time display will be blank until you record some material in the loop During Play Mode the MIDI LED Switches LED Timing LED and the right dot of the Multiple Display flash to indicate the Tempo and StartPoints of your loop These are indicated in the figure above See Visual Tempo Guide and StartPoint in the Reference chapter for a deeper discussion of these LEDs and for how to reposition the loop beginning The left dot of the Multiple Display flashes during Sync operations when Sync is on and an external clock is present See the discussion of Sync in the Reference chapter for more information The Loop Display dot indicates AutoUndo explained in the Undo section of the Reference chapter The Loop
72. NextLoop button has been pressed Loop switching can occur immediately SwitchQuant Off after a confirming press of the Undo button SwitchQuant Confirm at the end of the current cycle or loop SwitchQuant Cycle or Loop or a combination of these SwitchQuant ConfirmCycle or ConfirmLoop Quantizing loop switches is useful for maintaining a tight rhythm when you are working with multiple loops SwitchQuant Cycle Loop Confirm ConfirmCycle and ConfirmLoop are also very useful because they give you time to take additional actions before the move to the next loop takes effect For the sake of this discussion we ll call the time interval between the pressing of the NextLoop button and the end of the current loop the quantize period SWITCHQUANTIZE OPTIONS OrF SwiTcHQUANT OFF When NextLoop is pressed the Echoplex immediately switches to the next loop with no quantizing For example if you are currently on loop 2 pressing NextLoop will instantly put you in loop 3 4 48 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual SwitchQuant Continued CONFIRM SWITCHQUANT CNF When NextLoop is pressed the Echoplex goes into the quantize period but then waits indefinitely with the current loop playing until a confirming action is made During this waiting period you may continue to press NextLoop to select different loops without actually switching to them The display shows the loop you will switch to when the confirming action is
73. On message again we end the Record or Multiply and do nothing else In this way you can start Recording or Multiplying by double clicking the NoteOn for the loop and then end it with another press of the same NoteOn message LONG Press RESET If you do a long press of the NoteOn trigger for the current loop the loop will be Reset This is not the case when SamplerStyle Att In that case the currently loop is just retriggered and played as normal for SamplerStyle Att See also LoopCopy SwitchQuant SamplerStyle LoopTrig Multiply Record Reference User Interface 9 27 Switches LED Front Panel Indicates the Switches Row of the Parameter Matrix is selected Indicates Cycle StartPoint during Play Mode PARAMETER EDITING MODE The Switches LED is illuminated when the Switches Row of the Parameter Matrix has been selected for editing with the Parameter Button The Multiple Display will also show P2 when this row is selected in the Parameter Editing Mode The Switches Row mainly consists of the Parameters related to how the various Function Buttons operate These are RecordMode OverdubMode RoundMode InsertMode MuteMode Overflow and Presets PLAY MODE During Play Mode the Switches LED is part of the Visual Tempo Guide It blinks at each Cycle StartPoint This is helpful for you to get a visual indication of the tempo of your loop See also Parameter Button Multiple Display Parameter Matrix Visual Tempo Guide
74. RAM RESET FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 20 pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 32 pset 247 LOCAL PARAM RESET FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 21 pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 33 pset 247 3 1 1 COMMANDS INFORMATION GROUP 3 1 1 1 COMMAND INFO REQUEST 0 0 F The info request contains no data bytes ES The header contains already all necessary information Reference MIDI SysEx 11 3 MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Continued Returns an INFO command FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 0 F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 0 247 3 1 1 1 1 COMMAND INFO 1 1 Essentially ignored FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 01 vers mem 1 mem 2 mem_ 3 F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 01 vers mem 1 mem 2 mem_3 247 byte bits description vers version number of this unit 1 3 21 mem soundmemory size a The version number of the sending unit may be used in further communications 3 1 2 COMMANDS PARAMETER GROUP The global parameters are accessed by indexes The indexes in version 1 are 0 VGPrmPrevParamSet VGPrmParamSet VGPrmMIDIChannel VGPrmMIDIReceiveCommand VGPrmMIDIFirstKey VGPrmMIDIVolCtrir VGPrmMIDIFBCtrilr VGPrmMIDIFirstLoop VGPrmMIDIDevID VGPrmMIDISampleNumHi VGPrmMIDISampleNumLo COMO OAD oO BF WN FP jai The local parameters are accessed by indexes The indexes in version 1 are 11 4 Echoplex Digital P
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76. TempoSelect state Your old tempo is still there SYNC IN AND SYNC OFF If Sync In the TempoSelect function can not be selected The Undo LED is actually orange indicating an alternate function In this case a different function is available where StartSong can be sent in Reset with a press of Undo See the Synchronization chapter for more details on this If Sync OFff TempoSelect is not available and StartSong messages are not sent The Undo LED is off during Reset STORING TEMPO IN PRESETS Tempo can be saved in a Preset Whenever you recall that preset it will immediately come up with the saved tempo To do this you simply save to a Preset while you have a tempo set and it will be stored See the Presets section for more information on how to save and recall Presets When you recall a Preset where no tempo has been set it is just as if this feature did not exist at all It comes up without any tempo and behaves normally When the TempoSelect state is activated with Undo it first displays the tempo value in the preset currently loaded If there is no tempo saved in the current preset it defaults to 120 BPM From then on as soon as the Feedback Knob is moved the new value is activated See also Sync SyncRecord 8ths cycle Presets 6 38 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 7 MIDI Control Reference MIDI Control 7 1 DirectMIDI Immediate Action Play Mode Directly access any Echoplex co
77. Time Display is also used briefly to show other information when appropriate For example it displays the value as you change Feedback it displays various command names that don t have their own LED when you execute those commands and it shows the expected LoopTime when an incoming MIDI clock is present for synchronization This feature allows you clearly see what is going on with the Echoplex as you use it See the LoopTime Display section in the Reference chapter for more specific details gt Buttons and Row Indicator Lights PLAY MODE AND THE Row INDICATOR LIGHTS The row of 8 buttons on the right side of the Echoplex Digital Pro Plus control most operations The leftmost button labeled Parameters alters the meaning of the other buttons When none of the Row Indicator Lights to the left of the Parameter Matrix the printed names of all the functions arranged in a 4x8 grid under the buttons are lit then all buttons perform their primary functions Record Overdub Multiply etc This state is what we call Play Mode and is probably where you ll spend the most time while performing Pressing the Parameter button several times selects each row in turn lighting the corresponding indicator light When a row indicator light is lit then the buttons other than Parameters take on the meanings written in that row of the grid For 2 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual instance when the Loops light is on the Record button no longer
78. XORed This checksum is then transmitted as the last data byte before SYSEXEND F7 5 COMMUNICATION EXAMPLES 11 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Continued UNIT A version 1 UNIT B version 2 InfoRequest version 1 2 gt lt Info version 2 in format vers 1 LocalData version 1 4 4 gt stores 1 param 4 LocalData version 1 4 127 gt stores l params 4 last LocalRequest version 1 0 127 gt stores 1 params 4 last lt LocalParam version 1 0 last LocalRequest version 0 0 127 gt error unknown version lt LocalData version 2 0 last lt LocalRequest version 1 0 10 LocalParam version 1 0 10 gt stores 1 params 0 10 lt LocalRequest version 2 0 10 LocalData version 1 0 10 or error gt stores params 0 10 Similar behavior for global parameters Please note the special global variable VGParamSet at index 0 which switches between the local sets Note This example fully uses the info commands to find out the version of the different units In most cases this will not be necessary and the two units will simply assume to use the same protocol version Reference MIDI SysEx 11 11 11 12 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Man
79. aZz Zzo7 The arrows have the following meanings Press and release the button in one motion Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Press the button and hold it down Release the button Reference Il iii ll iv Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 4 Parameters Reference Parameters 4 1 8ths Cycle Default 8 Parameter Row Timing Synchronization parameter that determines tempo based on Loop time Values 1 96 128 256 When synchronizing with MIDI 8ths cycle determines the number of 8th notes that make up each cycle In order to use this feature you must have a device that generates or syncs to MIDI Clock messages This device will usually be a sequencer or drum machine In this discussion we will refer to a device that generates MIDI clocks as a clock source When editing 8ths cycle the most important values come first to make them easy to select 8 4 2 6 12 16 32 64 128 256 then it goes on with 1 2 3 96 While editing 8ths cycle the Feedback Knob becomes the DataWheel so you can use it to quickly change the value to what you want Note that with the DataWheel feature the top of the knob range ends at 54 instead of 96 This was done because we found it was easier to set the more typical values when the knob resolution was limited a little bit To reach the values between 54 and 96 you simply use the front panel button to continue incrementing the number in the usual way A long pre
80. able corresponding to MIDI Program Change 1 15 See also MIDI In MIDI Out Channel ControlSource Source MIDI VirtualButtons DirectMIDI MIDI Sync Indicators Transmitting MIDI Receiving MIDI LoopTriggering LoopTrig Presets 7 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action MIDI DataWheel Parameter Editing Mode MIDI DataWheel can be used for editing parameters The Feedback Knob value is transmitted by the MIDI continuous controller DataWheel Continuous Controller 6 when in Parameter Editing Mode and TempoSelect Likewise the Echoplex receives the DataWheel control for changing the parameter values from MIDI This is normally used when multiple Echoplexes are chained together by MIDI Some of the parameters have many values available and during editing the Feedback Knob becomes available as a DataWheel so they can be set faster This control value is sent from the master unit to the slaves by way of the DataWheel controller in MIDI The normal Continuous Controller you have set for Feedback is not used because that would just change the Feedback setting on the slaves instead of the parameter value Separating this functionality to the DataWheel controller keeps everything straight If you are using another MIDI controller you can easily use the DataWheel function for quickly editing parameters See also DataWheel Channel Feedback Knob Parameter Button Reference MIDI Control 7 7 MIDIpipe Immed
81. an directly access many of these functions 9 14 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual LoopTime Display Continued Memory SIZE DISPLAY The size of the memory is only shown for a short time after startup and after GeneralReset To see it again just do a Short Press Multiply in Reset and it will appear briefly on the LoopTime Display PARAMETER EDITING DISPLAY When you are editing parameters the value of the current parameter is displayed in the LoopTime Display QUANTIZING DISPLAY OOO When Quantize Cycle Loop or 8th most command actions are Quantized meaning the wait until a designated point before they execute During the Quantize Period while it is waiting to execute the LoopTime Display will change to ooo to indicate we are waiting Similarly if we are waiting for a Sync event to start Recording the LoopTime Display will show ooo If Threshold is set to something other than 0 Record will wait until an audio signal reaches the threshold before it will start recording During this wait time the LoopTime Display will also show ooo SWITCHQUANTIZE DISPLAY When SwitchQuantize Cycle Loop Confirm ConfirmCycle or ConfirmLoop the Echoplex waits for the designated point or action before switching loops after NextLoop is pressed or a MIDI LoopTrigger is received During this waiting period the LoopTime Display changes to show which loop we are about to switch in to It will display this as
82. and start it Rounding and then press Record to have it immediately start Reversing with the loop length redefined to that point Or you could chop out a short reversed snippet of your current longer loop in a new loop With SwitchQuant on you press Next Multiply Reverse Record to create a reversed snippet The Next Multiply portion begins a copy of the current loop into the new loop which is really the same as a multiply into the new loop The Reverse starts it Rounding with the Reverse command armed and the Record executes it immediately and redefines the new loop at that length This Rounding action also applies for using Insert 5 36 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Multiply Continued THE LONG PRESS Pressing and holding down the Multiply button has the same effect as a pair of press and releases regardless of the state of Quantize RESETTING ALL Loops When the number of loops the value of Moreloops is more than one the Multiply button can be used to reset all the loops at once First however you must reset the current loop The following example illustrates that Example 4 15 Resetting All Loops 1 Set the number of loops to be more than 1 see Moreloops 2 Record something in the first two loops 3 Use NextLoop to move to Loop 1 Note that the light under the Multiply button is green 4 Press and hold the Record button to reset the current loop The Multiply light turns orange 5 Press a
83. and the fourth press selects the Loops Row Once you have selected the row with the Parameter you wish to edit press the Function Button over that Parameter to select it The current value of that Parameter will be displayed in the LoopTime Display Continue pressing that Function Button to change the value of that Parameter When you have finished editing press the Parameter Button to cycle back to Play Mode A Long Press of the Parameter Button always puts you back in Play Mode which is convenient for when you are not looking directly at the Echoplex Your new Parameter setting will be saved even if you turn off the power 9 24 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Parameter Button Continued PRESSING PARAMETER WITH MIDI The Parameter Button can be virtually pressed with a MIDI command The MIDI VirtualButton command for the Parameter Button is located at Source 0 The Parameter VirtualButton works exactly like pressing the Parameter Button on the front panel You can also change Parameters on the fly by using Parameter Presets and MIDI Program Change commands RESETTING PARAMETERS The Parameters can be reset to the factory defaults To do this hold down the Parameter Button when you turn on the power to the Echoplex Once the start up screen displays you can release it When the Echoplex has fully booted up all of the Parameters will be reset See also Chapter 2 Reference User Interface 9 25 SmartB
84. antStartPoint is especially interesting if you start with a non rhythmic loop then bring the drums in later to define the rhythm and sync for further development of the loop The QuantStartPoint function is also available as a DirectMIDI command The MIDI location for QuantStartPoint is Source 43 See Also ReAlign Global Local MIDI Clock Source StartPoint 6 14 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization ReAlign Play Mode Puts your loop back in alignment with an external device THE REALIGN FUNCTION ReAlign allows the loop to be aligned again with an external loop or sequencer that it was in sync with after it has been brought out of alignment by the use of functions like Reverse Triggering HalfSpeed SamplePlay etc ReAlign is very useful in allowing you to create rhythmic variations by shifting loops to run out of phase with each other and then perfectly recover to have them back in perfect sync ReAlign is also very helpful when composing with a sequencer where you frequently need to stop the sequencer and restart it Being able to restart the sequencer and the Echoplex in sync becomes necessary and ReAlign allows you to do just that ReAlign works when the Echoplex is the clock master or the clock slave ReAlign makes use of the Global Local MIDIclock system described elsewhere in this section The Echoplex uses that mechanism to keep track of the Global StartPoint defined by an external sy
85. anual SECTION I I Reference Guide REFERENCE GUIDE INTRODUCTION This section is a comprehensive reference for the Echoplex Digital Pro Plus You can find any function or button name any knob and any jack by looking for its name in the upper outside corners of these pages This section is divided into the following chapters Chapter 4 Parameters Chapter 5 Functions Chapter 6 Synchronization Chapter 7 MIDI Control Chapter 8 Parameter Presets Chapter 9 User Interface Chapter 10 MIDI Sample Dump Chapter 11 MIDI SysEx Within each chapter the entries are listed alphabetically with their titles at the top of the page so it should be relatively easy to find what you are looking for If you have difficulty consult the table of contents Reference Il i KEY TO THE DIAGRAMS ll ii Some of the entries in this section contain diagrams portraying the way various Echoplex functions behave Here are some tips that will help you to interpret them Musical material is represented as boxes filled with patterns like this N N When musical material is mixed together the patterns are shown overlapping like this eh RANTS ZES ERR Button pushes are indicated by vertical lines with arrowheads at the ends labeled by the first letter of the button The button abbreviations are Record button Overdub button Multiply button Insert button e Mute button Undo button NextLoop button Z
86. are going to set it to become the Reverse button 1 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual In the Parameter Matrix printed on the front panel of the Echoplex locate the InsertMode parameter You should see it in the row labeled Switches under the Insert button Press the Parameter button You are now in the Parameter Editing Mode You should see P1 in the Multiple Display indicating we have selected the first row of Parameters The Timing LED is also lit to indicate that the Timing Row of parameters is selected We want the Switches Row since that is where the InsertMode parameter is located Press the Parameter button once more You should now see P2 in the Multiple Display and the Switches LED will be lit to indicate we have now selected the Switches Row Press the Insert button to select the InsertMode Parameter The LoopTime Display will show the current value of this Parameter Continue tapping the Insert button to step through the possible values for the InsertMode parameter We want Reverse so stop when you see the display show rEV Press the Parameter button to a few times to cycle back to Play Mode We ve now programmed the Insert button to be the Reverse button and learned about Parameter Editing in the process The InsertMode parameter has some other interesting functions in it as well like HalfSpeed Substitute Replace and of course Insert But we want to play with Reverse first so let s do
87. are neither sent or received They are piped through from the MIDI In Port to the MIDI Out Port by the MiDlpipe function 6 24 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual StartSong StopSong Continue Continued The exception is for one situation where we send StopSong in both Sync Out and Sync OuS cases When the MIDI Clock is stopped at Reset we send a StopSong This avoids the case of the sequencer or drum machine waking up in the middle of a pattern when the MIDI Clock happens to get restarted again WHEN IS STARTSONG AND STOPSONG SENT The following lists all cases where StartSong and StopSong messages are sent depending on the state of the Sync parameter SYNC OUT StartSong is sent at StopRecord finishing a loop with Record Start SyncRecord in the case where we come from TempoSelect SetTempo in TempoSelect UnroundedMultiply Multiply Record Unroundedinsert Insert Record UnMute ReTrigger when MuteMode StA Mute Undo RelTrigger when MuteMode Cnif NextLoop when SamplerStyle STA ReAlign MuteReAlign MIDIReAlign MIDIMuteReAlign QuantMIDIStartSong only at next loop start MuteQuantMIDIStartSong only at next loop start StartPoint MIDI StartPoint Undo Record only at next loop start StopSong is sent at Reference Synchronization 6 25 StartSong StopSong Continue Continued Reset GeneralReset Start Record Mute if MuteMode StA SYNC OuTUSERSTARTSONG OUS StartSong is
88. ay Mode Predetermine the final cycle count of a Multiply or Insert Multiply has a feature to aid in creating very long multiplies called Multilncrease Multilncrease is also useful when you know exactly how many multiples you want to do in advance Instead of waiting until the end of the Multiply to make the second press of the Multiply button now you can immediately tap in as many Multiples as you want in the beginning of the multiplying The Echoplex will automatically complete that many multiply Cycles for you This same function is also available for Insert however for simplicity we will just describe it in terms of Multiply Multilncrease is very helpful for situations where you want to have a large number of multiples and you don t want to wait to the very end to remember to press Multiply a second time This way you can set up in advance how far it will multiply and let it go while you continue playing Multilncrease is in addition to the normal Multiply operation so the standard use is not affected How TO USE MULTIINCREASE Once you have started Multiply with a tap of the Multiply button immediately tap the Multiply button again to signal you want to end The Echoplex begins Rounding off the Multiply just as it normally does During the Rounding period continue tapping Multiply to increase the number of Cycles you want to add The number of Cycles where Multiply will be stopped is briefly displayed as lt number gt
89. because you can choose how much the level of the existing audio should decay each time you do an overdub with Substitute Reference Functions 5 67 Substitute Continued In ReplaceMode the loop output level is also set to 100 during Substitute instead of being set by the Pedal as it is otherwise See the section on the Loop Delay parameter for more details on the InterfaceModes See also Replace Insert Multiply Rehearse InsertMode Loop Delay 5 68 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action SUS Commands Play Mode Changes Multiply and Insert into Real Time Granular Loop commands One of the values on the InsertMode parameter is called SUS This is short for Sustain InsertMode Sustain changes the way in which the Insert and Multiply buttons work SUS turns Insert and Multiply into Unrounded functions with Sustain action on the button In other words they start when the button is pressed and end immediately when it is released just like Record or Overdub do when RecordMode or OverdubMode SUS When the function ends it does so as if Record had been pressed as an alternate ending to the Insert This is what we call an Unrounded Multiply or Insert because instead of rounding off to the next Cycle point it is ended immediately and the loop time is redefined UNQUANTIZED SUS COMMANDS With Quantize Off the effect of SUS with Multiply and Insert allows you to splice together fragments of sound in
90. ceived at the BeatSync Jack the loop will trigger from the beginning to play once Repeated triggers will retrigger the loop See also Mute Retrigger SamplerStyle MoreLoops LoopTrig Sync BeatSync Reference Functions 5 63 StartPoint Immediate Action Parameter Row Timing Changes the logical starting point of a loop The logical starting point of a loop is the beginning of the first cycle You can see when this point comes around by looking at the display the green decimal point in the lower right corner of the display flashes briefly at the start of each loop Pressing this button makes the instant of the press the new StartPoint for the loop There are several reasons that you might want to change the starting point For one thing various operations that you perform might set the starting point to a value that doesn t make musical sense to you Ina rhythmic loop with multiple cycles this would be most evident if the cycle numbers don t appear to change on the beat The position of the beginning of the loop is important for several reasons among them m You can create arhythmic textural loops where the startpoint isn t immediately obvious At some point additions to the loop might give it a rhythmic character At that point you may want to redefine the StartPoint so that other functions behave sensibly in step with the rhythm m When you restart the loop from the beginning after muting it the StartPoint i
91. choplex will continue watching the sync to determine what the right cycle times are When you press Record again to end the Echoplex will automatically round off to the right point so that your loop is exactly the correct length to match the sync This is useful to let you start recording immediately without waiting for an entire sync period to occur See Also RecordMode Overflow Threshold Sync SyncRecord Quantize Reset 5 52 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action Rehearse Play Mode Rehearse a part before committing it to the loop When InsertMode Rehearse pressing Insert at the end of a recording puts you in Rehearse mode To use Rehearse begin by tapping the Record button to start recording a loop Instead of ending the recording with a second press of the Record button press the Insert button You will now be in Rehearse mode The cycle that you ve just recorded will be played back exactly once regardless of the Feedback setting The underlying timing of the cycle will continue and any new audio played is fed into the loop and repeated one time This gives you an opportunity to practice ideas for your loop When you play something you really like and want to keep for more repetitions press Insert again immediately after you ve played it This will exit Rehearse mode and put you in the normal Play mode You don t have to worry about where the Echoplex thinks the StartPoint is located One cycle s w
92. cord at any time When you press Record again to finish it will continue to the precise loop time determined by your tempo and the 8ths Cycle parameter and end the Record automatically Once the tempo is set in the TempoSelect state MIDI clock is sent out This allows you to start a sequencer or drum machine in time with your loop length before you even record the loop Or similarly it allows you to start a sequencer at the exact time you start recording a loop instead of when you finish Recording it TempoSelect gives you a lot more flexibility for working with sequencers and other synchable devices over direct recording of loops How To USE TEMPO SELECT TempoSelect requires that the Sync Parameter be set to Out or OuS When you have Sync Out or OuS the Undo LED will be green in reset to indicate the TempoSelect function is available 6 32 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual TempoSelect Continued To select the Tempo first press the Undo button in Reset This will put you into the TempoSelect State From there you will see the display change and you will have several different commands available from the front panel THE TEMPO SELECT DISPLAY When you enter the TempoSelect State the Undo LED will turn red and the BPM will appear on the LoopTime display The tempo LEDs will begin flashing to the beat You will also see that the Record LED is green and the Overdub Insert and Mute LEDs will be Orange to indicate t
93. ction on using some of the Echoplex s most common features For greater detail and complete information about all Echoplex features please consult Section II the Reference Guide This section contains the following chapters m Chapter 1 Quick Start m Chapter 2 Front Back and Underfoot m Chapter 3 MIDI User Guide l i l ii_ Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C H APTER 1 Quick Start imagine playing music with the Echoplex Digital Pro Plus This is the spiritual successor to the original Echoplex a device made by Maestro in the 1960s that relied on tape loops to create effects It was used extensively by the Jimi Hendrix the Doors and many others Now the temperamental tape technology that terminated the triumph of the original Echoplex has been replaced by high fidelity utterly consistent digital technology Not only does this result in increased sound quality but the flexibility afforded by programmable digital control also makes possible a much wider range of performance options C ongratulations You re in for more fun than you can possibly INSTANT GRATIFICATION AND DEPTH One of the great things about the Echoplex Digital Pro is that it offers both instant gratification and depth Once you hook it up it will probably take you about 10 minutes to learn how to work the basic functions and start making music After that you may be intoxicated with power for an hour or two before you re ready to come bac
94. current loop press and hold down the Record button for about half a second Reset erases the contents of the current loop This is also called a Long Press Record The loop will then be in the Reset State and ready for a new recording You can also execute Reset immediately using MIDI The DirectMIDI Reset command is located at Source 25 Although Reset erases the audio of the loop it does not cause the Echoplex to lose sync with external devices The Echoplex will continue to track the Global MIDI StartPoint or Beat 1 of the sequencer so that your next Recording can begin in Sync Reset will also leave intact any tempos you have set using the TempoSelect feature and keeps you in the TempoSelect state This means if you have recorded a loop to a preselected BPM tempo and then Reset it the next loop you record will still follow that tempo If you do a GeneralReset the Echoplex exists the TempoSelect state although your Tempo will be recalled if you enter it again See also Record GeneralReset MIDI Command List TempoSelect Global Local MIDI Clock Reference Functions 5 55 Retrigger Immediate Action Play Mode Restart a loop from the StartPoint and continue playing The Retrigger command instantly restarts the current loop from it s StartPoint and then continues looping This is useful for manually triggering a loop so that it starts in time with other music This is similar to the function called SamplePlay The differ
95. d be if it had continued playing Note that the MuteMode parameter reverses these roles m The Undo button is how you access the TempoSelect function while in Reset See the TempoSelect section in this chapter for more information on using this feature CONTROLLING UNDO WITH MIDI Several MIDI commands are available for controlling Undo These can give you more flexibility than the front panel Undo button alone m The Undo VirtualButton MIDI command is located at Source 7 This command emulates the action of the front panel Undo button and Reference Functions 5 73 Undo Continued is exactly equivalent to using it in every way For example holding the Undo VirtualButton down for half a second will do a Long Press of Undo m The DirectMIDI ShortUndo command is located at Source 19 This command is the same as doing a Short Press of the Undo button and will Undo material in an Overdub from the point where the command is sent to the end of the loop The DirectMIDI LongUndo command is located at Source 31 This command is the same as doing a Long Press of the Undo button and will immediately Undo an entire Overdub pass With the LongUndo command there is no need to hold it down for a long press it happens immediately UNDER THE Hoop If you really want to understand the way that Undo interacts with memory limitations you have to take a look at the way memory is used and understand the concept of the Playback L
96. d then use NoteOn 38 to command Record The note listed is assuming the default value of Source 36 This is the note of the resulting NoteOn message when you and Source and the offset together If you played that note on a keyboard you will trigger that function The tables are divided into three sections for the three types of MIDI commands MIDI Sync Indicators MIDI VirtuaLButtons and DirectMIDI MIDI VirtualButtons and DirectMIDI are described elsewhere in this section MIDI Sync Indicators are in the Synchronization section MIDI Sync Indicators Note Source Function Short descriptions offset G 4 8thSync out a short note out at each 8th note output only A 3 LoopSync out a short note out at each Loop StartPoint output only A 2 MIDISync out a short note out at each Global MIDI StartPoint output only B 1 CycleSync out a short note out at each Cycle StartPoint output only Reference MIDI Control 7 3 MIDI Command List Continued MIDI VirtualButtons Note Source Function Short descriptions offset C 0 ParameterButton Virtually presses the Parameter Button C 1 empty D 2 RecordButton Virtually presses the Record Button D 3 OverdubButton Virtually presses the Overdub Button E 4 MultiplyButton Virtually presses the Multiply Button F 5 InsertButton Virtually presses the Insert Button depends on InsertMode F 6 MuteButton Virtually presses the Mute Button G 7 UndoButton Virtually presses the Undo Button
97. dal was inserted in the Feedback Pedal Jack and is really just like LoopMode but with Loop Output Volume controlled by the pedal while Feedback was controlled by the Feedback Knob Now we have added several new options to allow new ways to interact with the loop for a total of eight Four of the InterfaceModes are available at any time and four require a pedal to be inserted in the Feedback Pedal Jack Those four are not visible in the parameter selection unless the pedal is connected These InterfaceModes are really expert functions for experienced users to find subtle new ways to interact with loops For newer or less experienced users we recommend that you stay with LoopMode until you feel ready to experiment with the other InterfaceModes Reference Parameters 4 15 Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued LoopMopeE Loop DELAY LOP LoopMode is the default setting for the Loop Delay parameter and is the most common way of using the Echoplex This is the InterfaceMode we recommend people to start with and most people stay with it In LoopMode the Feedback control is always active whether Overdubbing or not Feedback is controlled by the front panel Feedback Knob if there is no pedal inserted or by a pedal in the Feedback Pedal Jack Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are fixed all the way on or off depending on the function so these are being set for you according to what you are doing The following table shows ho
98. de 4 bits 00 InsertOnly 01 Rehearse 02 Replace 03 Substitute 04 Reverse 05 Half Speed 06 Sustain MuteMode 1 bit 00 Continuous 01 Start 11 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual toG SUS SAF NA toG SUS Cnt STA MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Overflow 1 bit 00 Play 01 Stop MoreLoops 4 bits 00 number of loops 01 number of loops SOF number of loops AutoRecord 1 bit 00 Off 01 On Next LoopCopy 2 bits 00 Off 01 Timing 02 Sound 03 NA SwitchQuant 3 bits 00 Off 01 Confirm 02 CycleQuantize 03 ConfirmCycle 04 LoopQuant 05 ConfirmLoop Velocity 1 bit 00 Off 01 On SamplerStyle 2 bits 00 Run 01 Once 10 Start 11 Attack Tempo 7 bits 00 value of tempo 01 02 03 gi 04 g 05 5 PLY StP OFF OFF Snd NA OFF CnF CYC CGY LOP CLP OFF run One StA Att off 26 28 30 32 34 tempo select off Continued Reference MIDI SysEx 11 7 MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Continued 7f 278 3 1 2 1 COMMAND GLOBAL PARAM REQUEST 10 16 Reads a range of global param values and returns them as a GLOBAL PARAM DATA command FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 10 from length pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 16 from length pset 247 byte bits description l 10 from param index range start 1 length param index range end
99. do button press except they will now be coming at the end of the LoopWindow Your new loop will start 5 seconds before the previous LoopWindow StartPoint and end at the 1 5 second point where you tapped Undo Using ShortUndo is more complicated to understand but is also more flexible If you want to scroll through different sections of the loop cleanly with ShortUndo press Undo right at the beginning of the window This way you will really jump back a whole Window length If you hit Undo somewhere within the boundaries of the window you ll find that you get a blend between different memory window sections with that blend happening at the exact point you hit Undo So the timing of the Undo button press becomes a powerful tool for playing with the distinction between window fragments It is especially powerful in rhythmic loops MODIFYING THE LOOPWINDOW You can define new LoopWindow sizes at any time by doing more Re Multiplies or Unrounded Multiplies and then move the new LoopWindow over the loop 5 24 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual See also Undo Multiply LoopWindowing Continued Once you have a LoopWindow defined you can do any other loop function on it that you like For example you can Overdub new material onto it Pressing Undo after that will first remove the new overdubs and then begin jumping backwards through memory of the larger loop Reference Functions 5 25 Multilncrease Immediate Action Pl
100. e value range is displayed as 0 127 with 0 being 0 and 127 being 100 This value range corresponds to MIDI continuous controller values 5 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Feedback Continued FEEDBACK CONTROL IS CONTINUOUS Feedback is a continuously variable control You can change it freely right in the middle of a loop and you will hear that change in the levels on the next repetition This allows you to selectively apply Feedback to one portion of your loop by dropping the Feedback when that section comes by and returning it to 100 for the sections you wish to keep FEEDBACK DURING OVERDUB AND MULTIPLY While you are Overdubbing or Multiplying and Feedback is set to 100 the Feedback level is automatically scaled back to about 95 to prevent overloading the Echoplex with the combination of the old signal and the new It returns to 100 as soon as you complete your Overdub Setting the Feedback to an intermediate level is a good way to create a smooth fadeout If you use Overdub and Feedback control together you can steadily evolve your loops from one place to another by adding new material as the old material steadily disappears This type of loop evolution is an important technique in looping UNDOING FEEDBACK After Feedback has been applied to your loop it is possible to Undo the effect If you turn down Feedback to allow you loop to fade away for a while pressing the Undo button will fade it bac
101. e Echoplex Front Back and Underfoot 2 5 THE EFC 7 FoOorTPEDAL The buttons on the optional EFC 7 footpedal perform exactly the same function as the buttons on the Echoplex Digital Pro s front panel Anytime that this manual refers to the Record button either the front panel button or the footswitch can be used The only button missing on the footcontroller is the Parameters button which takes you out of Play mode and lets you edit parameters We felt that it would be inappropriate to put this button on the footcontroller as it might take you to an unexpected place if pressed accidentally during a performance THE BACK PANEL e bso Sync MIDI Foot Switches Audio cE Made in the UK Brother Beat In Out Thru FootPedal Overdub Feedback Output Input FIGURE 2 4 The Echoplex Digital Pro back panel The back panel contains all the jacks for connecting the Echoplex Digital Pro to the rest of the world gt Audio Connections The Echoplex Digital Pro can accept a wide range of audio signals as input and it outputs a line level signal that can be attenuated by the 2 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Output knob or MIDI Control Change messages This makes it fit easily into a number of audio configurations such as m Plug a guitar keyboard or microphone directly into the Echoplex and plug the output into any amplifier or preamplifier The Echoplex has a high impedance input that works well with pas
102. e next Cycle point and begin playing back the loop This is very similar to the way Multiply works so it should be familiar if you have used Multiply SYNCRECORD SYNCHRONIZED RECORDING WITHOUT QUANTIZING SyncRecord is a variation of Record that is automatically done when a Sync of any type is being received Sync In and Quantize OFF Instead of always quantizing Record when a sync is being received the Echoplex will do a kind of Multiply over nothing for the unquantized case This means SyncRecord starts immediately when you press Record counts the Cycles on the green multiple display and rounds off at the end to fit the loop time defined by the sync SyncRecord gives you freedom from quantization so you can begin recording anytime you 6 30 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual SyncRecord Continued like while still allowing tight synchronization to an external clock source With SyncRecord you only need to have received the first sync event to begin Recording in sync As you are Recording the Echoplex will continue watching the sync to determine what the right cycle times are When you press Record again to end the Echoplex will automatically round off to the right point so that your loop is exactly the correct length to match the sync This is useful to let you start recording immediately without waiting for an entire sync period to occur SYNC WITH QUANTIZING When Quvantize Cycle 8th or Loop the Cyc
103. e over 400 or so beats per minute in which case the clocks will be turned off See 8ths Cycle for a full discussion BeatSync A pulse is sent out the BeatSyne Jack a the start of every cycle These pulses can be used to trigger or affect another device that accepts pulse inputs It can also be listened to as a basic metronome BrotherSyne All Echoplexes using BrotherSync should set Sync Out Out User Start OuS MIDI MIDI clocks are sent out the MIDI Out port when a loop is recorded or a Tempo is preset MIDI StartSong messages are not sent automatically when you record your loops StartSong and StopSong commands must be sent manually by executing the various functions available for sending them Reference Parameters 4 57 Sync Continued BeatSync A pulse is sent out the BeatSynce jack a the start of every cycle These pulses can be used to trigger or affect another device that accepts pulse inputs It can also be listened to as a basic metronome BrotherSyne All Echoplexes using BrotherSync should set Sync Out IN IN MIDI MIDI clocks are received at the MIDI In port MIDI clock received is piped from the MIDI In Port to MIDI Out by the MIDIpipe function MIDIclock is not sent based on recording a loop BeatSync The Echoplex will receive impulses from a footswitch a other pulse trigger source or an audio source It slaves its cycle time to that of the master This is described in detail in the BeafSync entry
104. e the Input Indicator Light to turn orange but never red See also Quick Start Input Knob Input Jack 9 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Input Jack Back Panel Plug in your instrument mixer send or microphone This back panel jack accepts 1 4 phone plugs carrying the audio signal to be recorded or delayed It is a high impedance input designed to accept a wide range of audio levels including high impedance microphone outputs signals from electric guitars and basses with either passive or active electronics and line level signals from electronic instruments and mixers Reference User Interface 9 9 Input Knob Front Panel Controls the master input volume level Set this so that the loudest levels cause the Input Indicator Light to turn orange but never red See also Input Indicator Light 9 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Loop Display Front Panel Indicates the current Loop The Loop Display shows the current Loop selected This is mainly meaningful when more than one loop has been set up using the MoreLoops parameter The Echoplex can have its memory divided into as many as 16 different loops In order to save front panel space and use a single digit for the Loop Display some of the loops are labeled with letters instead of numbers If you set up 16 loops you will see they are labeled 1 9 followed by A b C d E F G See also NextLoop MoreLoops Reference User
105. eating a Sequence to Set SamplerStyle to One 2 z Connect the MIDI Out from the Echoplex Digital Pro to the MIDI In of your sequencer Hit Record on your sequencer Hold down the Parameter button for a second or two The Echoplex Digital Pro will shift into Play mode if it didn t start out there Press Parameter 4 times Hold down the NextLoop button for a second or two The SamplerStyle will change to Run if it didn t start out there Press the NextLoop button once Press the Stop button on your sequencer to end recording See also Source Channel MIDI Control Chapter Reference Parameters 4 9 FeedBkCont Default 1 Parameter Row MIDI Choose a MIDI Controller for Feedback Values 0 99 This function lets you pick which MIDI Continuous Controller will control feedback The feedback value can be controlled by MIDI by the Feedback Knob on the front panel or by a volume pedal connected to the Feedback Jack on the back panel See the explanation of the Feedback Knob in this chapter for the most detailed explanation of feedback See also Channel Feedback Feedback Knob Feedback Jack 4 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default Rehearse InsertMode Parameter Row Switches Affects the behavior of the Insert button Values Rehearse rhr Replace rPL Substitute Sub HalfSpeed h SP Reverse rEV Insert InS Sustain SUS InsertMode redefines the function of the Insert button so
106. ecuted perfectly in rhythm The Quantize parameter has an important value 8th With Quantize 8th functions automatically shift to execute at subdivisions of the loop cycles giving us LoopDividing The 8th Cycle parameter normally determines how the loop is divided For example if 8th Cycle 8 the subdivisions are on 8th note boundaries of the Loop time Any function you press will wait until the next 8th note before it starts When you stop the function the Echoplex again waits for the next 8th note point to stop If 8th Cycle 4 the subdivisions are on quarter notes With the values available in the 8th Cycle parameter you have a wide range of options for dividing your loop The exception is when Sync In and a MIDI clock is being received MIDI clock specifically defines 8th notes so the MIDI clock information is used for Quantizing to 8th notes in this case LoopDividing appears simple at first but offers powerful new techniques when combined with other functions For example the Replace and Substitute functions can be used to easily change exactly one eighth note in a loop Or you can press Reverse and have it precisely aligned to the nearest quarter note which feels almost immediate but keeps your loop in tempo as you switch in and out of Reverse See also Quantize 8th Cycle 5 20 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate MIDI Action LoopTriggering Play Mode Switch to any loop using MIDI commands When multip
107. een when you play at normal levels and orange when you play at your loudest levels This light will turn red if you overload the Echoplex input Fortunately the Echoplex has a built in limiter to protect you from causing ugly digital distortion in your loops However if you are engaging the limiter the audio recorded in your loop will still not be a perfect representation of what you played If this happens turn down the Input level 5 Play your instrument and adjust the Output knob until you reach a pleasant listening volume 6 The LED labeled Feedbk indicates the level of the audio recorded in the current loop This turns red to indicate digital distortion in the loop If you see this after Recording and Overdubbing a loop your Input level is set too high Quick Start 1 3 START LOOPING gt Record It s easy to record your first loop Press the Record button Play a few notes Press the Record button Now you should be hearing your notes loop over and over again If you don t like what you recorded simply repeat the steps above once again The Record function starts instantaneously when you press the Record button You ll probably find that you get the best timing results if you press Record simultaneously with the first note or chord of your loop as opposed to trying to press it an instant before To end recording press it exactly at the time when you want the loop to restart right on the downbeat if you
108. eginning and continue playing Note The default value of 84 will be displayed in your sequencer either as C5 or C6 See also Channel LoopTriggering SamplerStyle Velocity MoreLoops Reference Functions 5 21 LoopWindowing Immediate Action Play Mode Define a Window for your loop and shift it over the audio stored in memory LoopWindowing originally started as an obscure bug in the LoopIIIv5 0 software for the Echoplex Digital Pro People liked it so much they insisted we not fix it and instead turn it into a feature The bug has now been cleaned up to work predictably and in a consistent manner with other functions So now it really is an interesting function called LoopWindowing UNDERSTANDING LOOPWINDOWING LoopWindowing lets you define a short segment or Window out of a longer loop and let that short segment repeat as a loop This Window is defined on the fly in real time Once you have defined a LoopWindow you then have the ability to move that window through the larger loop as it exists in memory In fact it is more than just moving the window over the loop as it currently exists you really move back through the memory through all of the changes that have been recorded to the loop by overdubbing or multiplying or any other functions you have used The LoopWindow can be moved backwards until you reach the very initial point where the first tap of Record happened LoopWindowing can give a variety of inter
109. elease the button Commands received via MIDI While in Upload mode the following MIDI Sysex commands are accepted SAMPLEHEADER SAMPLENUMBER Samples with the Sample Numbers 1 16 are stored in the corresponding loop All other Sample Numbers are ignored and the sample is stored in the current loop number Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 11 Sample Dump User Guide MIDI Sample Dump Continued SAMPLEREQUEST SAMPLENUMBER If Sample Numbers 1 16 are requested the corresponding loop is sent All other Sample Numbers are ignored and the current loop is sent as the requested Sample Number Examples The Echoplex is capable of starting the transmission and of passively waiting until the other unit takes control The following examples give a few examples for transmitting loops from one Echoplex to another one ECHOPLEX A gt ECHOPLEX B OPEN LOOP E AB Connect MIDI Out of Echoplex A with MIDI In of Echoplex B E AB Press Parameters on both units until they are both in the MIDI parameter mode A shows P3 B shows P3 E B Press Load on Echoplex B goes into Upload Mode showing EA Press Dump on Echoplex A A starts dumping showing d B starts uploading showing U a Wait until the entire loop is sent A shows P3 again B shows again E B Press Parameters on B to exit Upload Mode B shows P3 again E Echoplex B has now uploaded the loop 10 12 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample D
110. ell with most passive volume pedals If your pedal has a significantly different resistance it may not be able to span the full range of Feedback levels The Feedback value can be controlled by MIDI by the Feedback Knob on the front panel or by a volume pedal connected to the Feedback Jack See the explanation of the Feedback Knob in this chapter for the most detailed explanation of Feedback THE EFFECT OF Loop DELAY The Loop Delay parameter determines if the pedal in the Feedback Jack is routed to Feedback Loop Input Volume or Loop Output Volume There are eight different options for different styles of looping Below are three common ones please see the Loop Delay section in the Parameters Chapter for more info m When Loop Delay Loop the pedal controls the Feedback m When Lloop Delay Delay the pedal controls the Loop Input Volume m When Lloop Delay Out the pedal controls the Loop Output Volume See also Feedback Knob Loop Delay Reference User Interface 9 5 Feedback Knob Front Panel Sets the feedback level See also Feedback The Feedback level is the amount of signal that is fed from one pass through the loop or delay to the next For most looping operations Feedback is set to 100 meaning that the loop will go on forever While you re overdubbing or multiplying the Feedback level is scaled back to about 95 to prevent overloading the Echoplex with the combination of the old signal and the new
111. ely m Similarly if you press any additional function during the quantizing period it does not switch back to the previous loop The Echoplex assumes you want to elaborate on the B part See also LoopTrig Velocity NextLoop SwitchQuant 4 46 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default 36 Source Parameter Row MIDI Determines the starting note number or controller number for MIDI control of Echoplex operations Values 0 99 The Source parameter determines the base note or controller number from which all the other MIDI commands are referenced All buttons and functions are assigned to notes or controllers based on this parameter value The table below shows all the MIDI commands available and their offset from the Source value See also ControlSource Channel MIDI Command List DirectMIDI MIDI VirtualButtons Receiving MIDI Commands Transmitting MIDI Commands Reference Parameters 4 47 SwitchQuant Default Off Parameter Row Loops Lets you quantize loop switches Makes it possible to jump to specific loops copy the current loop to another or set up specific functions to begin in a new loop Values Off OFF Confirm CnF Cycle CYC ConfirmCycle CCY Loop LOP ConfirmLoop CLP The SwitchQuant parameter applies when you are using multiple loops Multiple loops are set up in advance with the MoreLoops parameter SwitchQuant determines when the switch to the next loop will occur after the
112. emove passes of Feedback If you reduce Feedback and let your loop fade down each press of Undo will take away one layer of Feedback reduction so your loop fades back up to the original If you combine this with Overdub you can get very creative results where you 5 72 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Undo Continued evolve your loop in one direction with Overdub and Feedback Undo it back a ways and then evolve it in a different direction Operation of Undo depends on memory availability The Echoplex monitors this for you When Undo is possible you will see the Undo LED is green When it is not possible the Undo LED will be off ALTERNATIVE ROLES FOR UNDO The Undo button serves some alternate roles in certain cases m The Undo button can be used to escape from SamplePlay SamplePlay is where a loop has been triggered to play once like a sampler and allows retriggering and stuttering effects Pressing Undo during a SamplePlay puts you seamlessly back into PlayMode so your loop keeps going instead of stopping at the end This is really useful if you are doing a lot of retriggers for stutter effects and then finally decide to let the loop keep playing You just have to press Undo and it seamlessly continues m When a loop is in Mute pressing Undo triggers the loop to come out of Mute and start playing from the StartPoint Normally when you come out of Mute by pressing Mute again the loop comes back on where it woul
113. ence is that Retrigger will continue playing the loop while SamplePlay plays it once and then stops There are several ways to access Retrigger MutE UNDO Press Mute to put the loop into the Mute state When you want to Retrigger the loop press Undo The loop will trigger from the beginning and continue playing Note that the MuteMode parameter affects this behavior When MuteMode Start pressing Mute to leave the Mute state executes the Retrigger function In other words MuteMode swaps the roles of the Mute button and Undo button for leaving Mute This is useful when you always want to Unmute with a Retrigger command and prefer a simpler way to remember it NextLoop WITH MoreLoops 1 When MoreLoops 1 the otherwise unused NextLoop button does the Retrigger function Its LED becomes yellow to indicate it has a different function than normal When you press it the current loop will retrigger from the start and then continue looping This is similar to doing Mute Undo to retrigger a loop but without silence from having to mute first This is only available when you have one loop set up in MoreLoops since the NextLoop button obviously changes loops otherwise 5 56 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Retrigger Continued MIDI RETRIGGER COMMAND The Retrigger command can be executed directly from MIDI The Retrigger DirectMIDI command is located at Source 37 So if you have Source 36 and ControlSource Notes the Re
114. ent in the loop for those 400ms and only after that it mutes for the Substitute If you have Quantize on you will not have this problem since the long press can happen completely during the ooo waiting phase When the Cycle point comes Substitute is started directly 5 66 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Substitute Continued SUBSTITUTE FOR REHEARSING Substitute can be used in similar fashion to the Rehearse function As long as Substitute is active all playing is repeated once This can be useful to find the groove to start a loop Just hold Substitute down as you play and when you ve played something you like let it go ADVANCED USE OF SUBSTITUTE If a Feedback Pedal is connected and you are using some of the advanced InterfaceModes Substitute has some extended functionality that makes it even more powerful Loop Delay StutterMode and Loop Delay ReplaceMode have this capability While the Feedback Pedal continues to do Feedback during normal playing the front panel Feedback Knob controls the Feedback just for the Substitute function So you can have different Feedback settings for each If you have the Feedback Knob all the way up The existing audio is completely preserved as you are adding more So it turns into Overdubbing With the Feedback Knob turned all the way down the existing audio completely disappears on the next repetition so it is the normal Substitute In between is where it is interesting
115. ent loop is completely empty USING AN AUDIO THRESHOLD When a non zero value for the Threshold parameter is set the Record function waits until a large enough audio signal appears at the Input jack before it actually starts recording When Threshold 0 this waiting is disabled and Recording begins immediately 5 50 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Record Continued SYNCHRONIZED RECORDING When a sync signal is being received by the Echoplex and Sync In the Echoplex will Record loops in sync with the external device s tempo Sync signals can be in the form of MIDI Clock BrotherSync from another Echoplex or pulses at the BeatSync input During Reset the Overdub LED turns yellow to indicate that a Sync has arrived When the second Sync point arrives to define the Cycle length the LoopTime Display shows the resulting Cycle time This cycle time is determined by the 8ths cycle setting and the tempo of the incoming clock Whenever the Overdub LED is yellow like this the next Record press will be Synchronized Loops recorded in sync will be either exactly this Cycle length or an integer multiple of it You can decide in real time how many cycles to Record You simply let the Echoplex continue Recording and it will keep adding cycles until you stop the Record at which point it will round off to the next Cycle point and begin playing back the loop This is very similar to the way Multiply works so it should be familia
116. ert reduces the LoopTime increase BPM and Mute increases the LoopTime reduces BPM Each press changes the loop time by approximately 3 milliseconds Fine tuning changes are not shown in BPM it only changes while the LoopTime is displayed Unfortunately the LoopTime usually shows the time in 100ms resolution So you might not be able to see anything change on the display as you fine tune the tempo until you have changed it by 100ms But you can hear it Since the MIDI clock is being sent out during this time any device following the clock will be slowly changing in tempo as it follows the fine tuning A long press of Undo clears the Tempo and exits from Tempo Select 6 34 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual TempoSelect Continued DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SYNC OQUT AND SYNC OUS TempoSelect behaves slightly differently depending on whether the Sync parameter is set to Out or OuS With Sync Ouf MIDI StartSong messages are sent when you start Recording or when you Set the tempo with Undo When Sync OuS MIDI StartSong is only sent at user command with the press of Undo in the TempoSelect state but not sent when you start or stop Recording If you have recorded a loop without StartSong you need to do one of the new Quantized StartSong functions to send a MIDI StartSong message This can give you more freedom in controlling when the sequencer starts See the Synchronization chapter for more details on the differences between S
117. es for the Sync parameter allows you to command directly how MIDI StartSong and StopSong messages are sent when the Echoplex is the clock master This is Sync OutUserStart or OuS This choice can be very useful in different circumstances when controlling external sequencers For example some sequencers need to have the clock sent in advance to set the tempo with the StartSong sent later Reference Synchronization 6 23 StartSong StopSong Continue Continued In other cases you may want to have the StartSong sent immediately with the MIDI clock when the loop is recorded so that a sequencer starts right up with the clock In that situation use Sync Out THE EFFECT OF THE SYNC PARAMETER The possible Sync parameter settings and their effect on StartSong and StopSong are as follows SYNC OUT StartSong and StopSong messages are sent in most instances automatically MIDI Clock is also sent based on the Cycle length of the loop and the setting of the 8th Cycle parameter The Echoplex does not send Continue SYNC OuTUSERSTARTSONG OUS MIDI clock is sent but no StartSong or StopSong messages unless the user specifically commands it The Echoplex does not send Continue SYNC IN MIDI clock StartSong StopSong and Continue messages are only received not sent They are piped through from the MIDI In Port to the MIDI Out Port by the MIDlpipe function SYNC OFF MIDI clock StartSong StopSong and Continue messages
118. esting effects depending on the size of the Window and how much material is in the memory to Window through You can even resize the Window on the fly to capture different sized chunks of memory 5 22 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual LoopWindowing Continued CREATING THE LOOPWINDOW The LoopWindow is created by either Re Multiplying a loop or doing an Unrounded Multiply Both of these are standard techniques that are are quite useful in many cases Re Multiplying is done on a loop that has already had Multiplies or Inserts done on it so you can see the Multiple display counting the cycles If you press Multiply again on this loop and then press Multiply again to end it somewhere well before the end of the loop you will get anew loop of just that section In this case it will be neatly rounded off to the previous cycle length This technique allows you to chop out Cycles from the larger loop You may want to experiment with setting Quantize Cycle or Quantize 8th as a way to get rhythmically aligned LoopWindows Unrounded Multiply is when you start a Multiply on a loop and then end it with a press of Record Instead of rounding off the cycle it will stop immediately and redefine the new loop length at exactly that point Unrounded Multiply is a great way to change rhythms by chopping out a completely new loop lengths Using the InsertMode SUS function is also an interesting way to create Unrounded Multiples Either one
119. ex opens up a lot of possibilities for a single player imagine the possibilities for multiple performers If you are also using MIDI Clock from another device note that if a MIDI clock is received at the MIDI In Port BrotherSync input is ignored Example 4 x Synchronizing Two Echoplexes with BrotherSync Connect a 1 4 stereo TRS cable between the BrotherSync jacks of the two Echoplexes Set Sync Out on both Echoplexes Put the current loop of both units into reset Record a loop in one of the Echoplexes You will see the Sync LED flash on the other Reference Synchronization 6 7 BrotherSync Continued Somewhere in the middle of the master loop press Record on the 2nd Echoplex The display will show ooo indicating that the Echoplex is waiting for a sync pulse before recording When the loop on the first reaches its start point the second will start recording Press Record again to stop recording The display will show ooo and recording will continue until the next pulse comes in You can wait longer than one cycle to press Record the second time The second unit will count cycles in the Multiple display and round off when you do press Record In this way you can have synchronized loops on different units that are multiples of each other Now repeat the above but this time start with the second unit Notice how any of the units can create the basic cycle for the others to follow This is why it is called BrotherS
120. f the MoreLoops parameter is greater than one see MoreLoops in the Reference section then the Echoplex will hold several different loops In this case one loop will be active at any given time and we ll call this the current loop The leftmost digit in the display is the number of the current loop When you use Multiply or Insert a new loop is built from a number of blocks of material with identical lengths We ll call each of these component blocks a cycle and continue to refer to the entire groups of cycles as a loop RESETTING Loops Empty Loops When you Reset a loop by holding down the Record button for half a second you completely empty it The time display will show just a decimal point This creates an empty loop We often refer to this as being in reset or the Reset state If you have set up multiple loops using the MoreLoops parameter you can reset them all at once This is called a GeneralReset and is done with a long press of the Multiply button while in a loop that is already reset SHORT PRESS Most functions are accessed with a quick tap of the appropriate button This is usually referred to as a Short Press LONG PREss In many situations a Long Press of a button will have a different effect than simply pressing the button and releasing it immediately resetting a loop through a long press of the Record button is the most obvious example Although there are situations where you may want to press a button for q
121. f you use SysEx ora preset librarian program to edit the parameter values saved in your presets If you want to edit the active playing state parameters with SysEx you simply edit the reset O location See the SysEx chapter for more information on SysEx control Reference Parameter Presets 8 5 Parameter Presets Continued SELECTING PRESETS FROM THE FRONT PANEL In Reset the Mute and Insert buttons can be used to select and load Presets 1 15 Mute scrolls up and Insert scrolls down The Preset number is displayed on the LoopTime Display as the Presets are selected Once you stop on one Preset for longer than 400ms it will be loaded The display briefly shows LOA when the Preset loads The Mute LED and Insert LED will be Orange to indicate they are available for Preset selection There are two important things to note about the front panel Preset selection feature For one if InsertMode HalfSpeed you do not have the Insert button available to scroll down through the Presets This is because we want to be able to start loops in HalfSpeed so the Insert button is dedicated to selecting HalfSpeed while in Reset You will be able to tell this is the case because the Insert LED will be green or red FullSpeed and HalfSpeed respectively It is Orange if it is available for changing Presets You will also be able to tell if you press Insert anyway because the display will show H SP or F SP instead of the Preset number The
122. ff However when OverdubMode is set to Sustain you can only layer sounds while you hold down the button as soon as you release it the overdubbing stops This is similar to using the long presses of the Overdub button except it is guaranteed to always operate in Sustain fashion no matter how short or long you press it There are many situations when your re likely to want to set OverdubMode to Sustain for example You want to overdub extremely short excerpts from a sound source If OverdubMode Toggle you have to press Overdub twice which can be difficult to do quickly With OverdubMode Sustain you can capture very short fragments of sound into your loop You want to guard against inadvertently putting yourself into an extended Overdub so you decide to overdub only when your foot is holding down the button This is extremely useful if you are playing without looking at the Echoplex You will always know the state of Overdub by whether you are pressing it or not 4 34 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default Stop Overflow Parameter Row Switches Determines how Record handles memory overflows Values Stop StP Play PLY An overflow occurs when you attempt to use more memory than you have during Record operations When Overflow Stop exceeding the memory capacity of your unit will cause the Record operation to be immediately cancelled and will reset erase the current loop When Overflow Play exceeding the memo
123. footswitch one with a different feel like a sustain pedal modeled after a piano pedal This would be especially appropriate for if you like to play with OverdubMode SUS FOOTPEDAL A 1 4 mono phone jack that connects to the optional EFC 7 footpedal with a standard guitar cord This jack also accepts a momentary switch to execute the Record function If you are electrically and mechanically skilled building your own pedal is fairly easy Contact customer support if you would like instructions on how to do this gt Sync Jacks These jacks are used to synchronize to external sync pulses or to synchronize multiple Echoplexes The BeatSync jack takes 1 4 mono cord while Brother Sync uses a 1 4 stereo cable See the Reference chapter entries for BeatSync and BrotherSync for more information gt Voltage Selector Switch The Echoplex Digital Pro Plus can operate on US style 115V power Japanese style 100V power and on European style 230V power All that s required is that the Voltage Selector Switch be set properly and the proper power cord be attached to the Power Input Jack gt Power Input Jack Use a power cord to connect this to a wall socket after checking that the Voltage Selector Switch is set properly 2 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual STEREO OPERATION You can use a pair of Echoplex Digital Pro Pluses to loop stereo signals A BrotherSync connection will ensure that the two halves of the signal main
124. free from it If a Sync has been received pressing Overdub in Reset switches off reception of incoming Sync events This is called StopSync The Overdub LED turns red to indicate that sync reception is disabled Once StopSync is done you can freely Record a loop of any length Another Overdub press in Reset makes the Echoplex receptive to Sync again This is called ContinueSync The Overdub LED is turned off until the next sync comes This means if you have a loop in sync and do a Reset you continue in sync with the incoming clock But with an Overdub press in Reset you can then Record a new Cycle length unrelated to the external clock This is mainly useful for working with other devices that send clock all the time StopSync also disables Tempo so if you have used TempoSelect to set a Tempo you can temporarily escape from it and then return to it later See also Sync TempoSelect 6 28 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization SyncStartPoint Play Mode Define a new Global StartPoint and send a StartSong Pressing Undo in Reset when Sync In defines a new Global StartPoint for Sync just like switching on a MIDI clock or sending a MIDI StartSong to the Echoplex does This is called SyncStartPoint The Global MIDI clock counter is also restarted at this point Reset does not do this When SyncStartPoint is pressed we also send out a MIDI StartSong message This allows you to have a clock source upstream of the Ec
125. hat caution should be displayed however because the levels are approaching the red zone Levels that cause the indicator lights to glow red will cause distortion You can t do much about controlling the level already in the loop except to lower the feedback to Undo recent actions or to reset the loop However you can and should control the input level as follows Key Point Set the Input Knob so that the loudest signals make the Input Indicator Light turn orange It should never turn red gt Display The Echoplex display conveys some critical information in a compact manner It takes on different roles according to the context STARTUP DISPLAY When you first power on the Echoplex it will show the amount of time available in the current loop If MoreLoops 1 it will show the total time available reflecting the amount of memory installed in the unit The Multiple display on the right will show how many loops are currently setup with the MoreLoops parameter The following illustration shows the display immediately after bootup 2 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual FIGURE 2 2 Number of the Total LoopTime Current number of loops The startup display shows current loop per Loop set with MoreLoops the time available and number of loops setup LOOP LOOPTIME MULTIPLE PLay Mope DISPLAY A typical display in Play Mode looks like this Number of the Current Cycle Flashes to indicate current loop Time display from
126. her there may be a whole loop length in memory without changes If there is Undo acts twice when you press it This eliminates the potentially frustrating cases where you might press Undo and it appears that nothing happens You would have to press Undo twice to get rid of a bit you had just listened to This makes Undo feel a lot more responsive for some users The Echoplex also monitors whenever a pass of the loop has completed and nothing has been done to change it When this happens the Echoplex automatically does what we call an AutoUndo Reference Functions 5 77 Undo Continued Ordinarily the Echoplex is always preparing for the possibility that you might make a change at some point in the loop by writing the current loop data into a new section of memory Then if you do an Overdub at the end of the loop your previous version is safely stored for future uses of Undo The new version is already in memory and becomes the new loop that is played However if we get to the end of the loop and no changes have been made we dont want to waste new memory with an exact copy of the previous section of memory We also don t want you to have to press Undo numerous times to find the last section where a change was made So the Echoplex does an AutoUndo which effectively puts it back in the previous memory area with the latest version of the loop AutoUndo is even done if you leave on Overdub but do not actually play anything The Echople
127. hey have special functions TEMPO SELECT COMMANDS Record Record a loop in tempo It will automatically do a SyncRecord to the selected tempo Overdub Press to disregard the Tempo without erasing it If you press it again later or reenter the TempoSelect function the tempo returns Feedback Knob sets the Tempo Insert and Mute use to fine tune the tempo Short press of Undo locks the tempo and triggers a StartSong message Long press of Undo exits from the TempoSelect state and switches the feature off Any time a tempo has been set a Long Undo during reset will clear it Reference Synchronization 6 33 TempoSelect Continued SETTING THE TEMPO Select the tempo with the FeedBack Knob You can select a tempo between 26 and 278 BPM Tempo can also be set by MIDI using the DataWheel continuous controller controller 6 While the knob is being turned the Tempo is displayed in BPM on the LoopTime display Once you ve stopped turning it for a moment the resulting loop time is displayed in place of the BPM The loop time depends on Tempo and the 8th Cycle parameter We assume that a beat is a quarter note so at Tempo 120 BPM and 8th Cycle 8 the Cycle time results in 2 0 seconds If 8th Cycle 16 you get 4 0 seconds and so on FINE TUNING THE TEMPO With the Feedback Knob the tempo is adjusted coarsely in 2 BPM increments The Insert and Mute buttons can be used to fine tune the tempo from there Ins
128. hoplex and be able to stop a downstream device and restart it in alignment with the Echoplex s new Global StartPoint If the Echoplex is in a state where we are waiting for a sync pressing Undo stops it from waiting so recording can be done normally SyncStartPoint is also useful when working with units that send clock all the time See also Sync StartPoint Global Local MIDI Clock Reference Synchronization 6 29 SyncRecord Synchronization Action Play Mode Allows spontaneous Recording in sync with external devices When a sync signal is being received by the Echoplex and Sync In the Echoplex will Record loops in sync with the external device s tempo Sync signals can be in the form of MIDI Clock BrotherSync from another Echoplex or pulses at the BeatSync input During Reset the Overdub LED turns yellow to indicate that a Sync has arrived When the second Sync point arrives to define the Cycle length the LoopTime Display shows the resulting Cycle time This cycle time is determined by the 8ths cycle setting and the tempo of the incoming clock Whenever the Overdub LED is yellow like this the next Record press will be Synchronized Loops recorded in sync will be either exactly this Cycle length or an integer multiple of it You can decide in real time how many cycles to Record You simply let the Echoplex continue Recording and it will keep adding cycles until you stop the Record at which point it will round off to th
129. iate Action Any Mode MIDI commands at the MIDI In port are intelligently filtered merged and sent to MIDI Out All incoming MIDI commands received at the MIDI In Port are automatically monitored by the Echoplex and selectively sent to the MIDI Out Port depending a bit on the state of the Echoplex We call this function Piping MIDlpipe makes it possible to have multiple Echoplexes chained together and easily switch between using them independently or together as stereo pairs without needing to reconfigure the MIDI cabling MIDlpipe also makes it simple to work with multiple devices sharing the same MIDI clock MIDlpipe is similar to a MIDI merge function except with Piping the Echoplex is intelligently deciding which MIDI messages should be piped to the output or not A MIDI Merge function would send everything through which can cause major problems in some situations MIDlpipe intelligently prevents such problems MIDlpipe works with very low latency so you will not notice any significant difference between a command that is piped and one that went direct or used the MIDI Thru Port MIDIpPIPE AND MIDI SYNc MIDI clock is piped when Sync In or Sync Off with a maximum delay of 2ms This makes it easy to chain together several Echoplexes with the same source clock as sync while still maintaining other interesting control options between them via MIDI MIDI clock is not piped when Sync Out or Sync OuS because the Echoplex wil
130. in the loop and the old portion will be removed See Substitute in the Functions section for more details INSERTMODE HALFSPEED When InsertMode HalfSpeed the Insert button becomes the HalfSpeed button during Play mode Pressing HalfSpeed switches the current loop an octave lower to half speed The Insert LED turns red and the display says H SP briefly Press HalfSpeed again and the loop returns to FullSpeed The LED turns green and ESP is displayed for a moment See HalfSpeed in the Functions section for more details INSERTMODE REVERSE When used in Play mode Reverse causes the current loop to be played backwards When InsertMode Reverse and Insert is used as an alternate ending during a Record the Record ends and reversed playback starts immediately See Reverse in the Functions section for more details Reference Parameters 4 13 InsertMode Continued INSERTMODE SUSTAIN InsertMode Sustain changes the way the Insert and Multiply buttons work SUS turns Insert and Multiply into Unrounded functions with Sustain action on the button In other words they start when the button is pressed and end immediately when it is released just like Record or Overdub do when RecordMode or OverdubMode SUS When the function ends it does so as if Record had been pressed as an alternate ending to the Insert This is what we call an Unrounded Multiply or Unrounded Insert because instead of rounding off to the next Cycle point
131. ing the function This is meaningful if you have used Multiply or Insert to add cycles to the loop When you press a function in the middle of the loop it will wait until the Loop StartPoint to execute 4 36 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Quantize Continued QUANTIZE CYCLE When Quvantize Cycle the Echoplex waits until the current Cycle completes before executing the function This is more meaningful if you have used Multiply or Insert to add cycles to the loop otherwise the Cycle and the overall Loop are the same QUANTIZE SuB CYCLE 8TH When Quantize 8th functions are Quantized to the next Sub Cycle as determined by the 8ths Cycle parameter This is very useful for giving a close to instant feel for operating the Echoplex while maintaining precise overall rhythm With the default value of 8ths Cycle 8 the Sub Cycles are equal to 8th notes However 8ths Cycle can be set to divide the loop anyway you want This setting for Quantize is essential for the concept of LoopDividing described in the Functions section of this chapter SYNC AND QUANTIZED RECORDING When an external clock is available for Sync the Echoplex can force the loop length to match so that the loops will be in perfect sync with the clock However we don t have to start recording at the downbeat defined by this clock if we don t want to This is the feature called SyncRecord When Quantize Off the SyncRecord function lets you press Record a
132. insertion cycle 5 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual FIGURE 4 1 Basic operation of the Insert button InsertMode Insert or Rehearse Quantize Off Existing Loop New Performance Button Actions eoundModecin BEES 2222222220022 00022 esults when J arra CCN Time Insert Continued wahe pa Oe sly Oe al p Example 4 10 The Effect of Quantization When Quantize 0n a press of the Insert button will cause insertion to start at the beginning of the next cycle As in the previous example ending the insertion with a second press of Insert will cause an exact number of cycles to be inserted the insertion will end at the end of the current cycle see Figure 4 2 Unlike Example 4 9 the setting of RoundMode will not have any affect when Quantize On Any music played after the second press of the Insert button will be recorded until the Insert ends Reference Functions 5 11 Insert Continued lg Cycle pa Cycle2 pa Cycle3 a Cycle4 a FIGURE 4 2 Quantized operation of the Existing Loop Insert button InsertMode Insert or Rehearse Quantize On lew Performance Button Actions i I loundModocmnd BEBSEESTD NNN AAAA Bi rata RAS NSN Time p ALTERNATE ENDINGS The simplest way to end an Insert operation is to press the Insert button a second time You ll get the results illustrated in examples above However
133. into Loop 1 then end recording 4 52 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual 4 SwitchQuant Continued Near the beginning of the loop press NextLoop then press Multiply 5 When your current loop ends you will be switched immediately into Loop 2 and you will be in Multiply mode You won t hear the transition as it will sound like your current loop continues to play Keep playing as you layer more sounds on top of the sounds being copied from Loop 1 When you press Multiply again the Copying will end and the new loop with the added overdubs will begin repeating Multiples of Loop 1 will be copied as long as Multiply is active If Loop 1 contains multiple cycles then you may not get all of them if you end the Multiply function prematurely Another example can clarify this Example 4 18 Copying a Portion of the Current Loop to the Next Loop Set MoreLoops to 2 or more Set SwitchQuant Loop Record a few seconds of chordal background in Loop 1 Use Multiply to record a short solo that lasts for 4 cycles or so then end the Multiply function Press NextLoop then press Multiply When you enter the next loop after all 4 cycles of the current loop have completed watch the Multiply counter in the right side of the display and press the Multiply button again when this counter reaches 2 Listen to the truncated solo as it loops One final observation you can achieve other effects by ending this Multiply function
134. ion continues until memory runs out or you end it with Insert or an alternate ending for the Insert operation This is very useful for dividing a longer loop into multiple cycles as you record it This can allow you to easily set a tempo for an external sequencer when using MIDI clock out for example If InsertMode Replace then pressing Insert at the end of a recording ends the Record as if you d pressed the Record button The Replace function immediately begins as explained in the InsertMode section If InsertMode Rehearse then pressing Insert at the end of a recording puts you in Rehearse mode The cycle that you ve just recorded will be played back exactly once regardless of the Feedback setting The underlying timing of the cycle will continue and any new audio played is fed into the loop If you play something that you really like and want to keep for more repetitions press Insert again immediately after you ve played it One cycle s worth of material prior to that point will be kept as the loop and will repeat according to the Feedback setting Rehearse is useful for practicing an idea before keeping it as the loop If InsertMode Reverse then pressing Insert at the end of a recording will end the Record and immediately start playing the loop backwards MuTE Ending a recording with Mute is exactly like ending it with Record except that the audible sound will shut off as soon as you press the Mute button Once you re in Mute mode
135. ion with a mixer so that you can hear the input signal whether or not the Echoplex is on then set the Mix control all the way clockwise to Loop Reference User Interface 9 19 Multiple Display Front Panel Displays the current cycle Alternately shows other information depending on context After Multiply or Insert has been used to add cycles to a loop the Multiple Display will show the current Cycle You will see it increment as the loop progresses through the cycles The Multiple Display will be empty after the initial loop is recorded since there is only one cycle Only after Multiply or Insert will it show anything If you put the loop into Reverse you will see the cycles count backwards In the Parameter Editing Mode the Multiple Display shows the current row selected in the Parameter Matrix In the Preset Editor the Multiple Display shows the current Preset being edited See also Multiply Insert Parameter Button Presets 9 20 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Output Jack Back Panel Audio output Connect it to your amplifier or preamp This line level output jack accepts standard 1 4 mono phone plugs The output is a mix of the input and the current loop with relative volumes determined by the position of the Mix knob and overall volume determined by the Output knob See also Mix Knob Output Knob Reference User Interface 9 21 Output Knob Front Panel Controls the overal
136. is retriggered automatically from its StartPoint When Sync Out the loop is retriggered when a BrotherSync is received MIDIMUTEREALIGN SOURCE 39 MIDIMuteReAlign is exactly like using ReAlign from the front panel except it directly does the function without requiring double button combinations When the command is received the loop is muted and AL appears on the display If Sync In when the next Global StartPoint arrives the loop is retriggered back in time with the external sequencer When Sync OUS the loop is retriggered when a BrotherSync is received Reference Synchronization 6 19 ReAlign Continued BROTHERSYNC AND REALIGN As shown in the tables on the previous pages ReAlign also works when BrotherSyncing two or more Echoplexes together When one Echoplex has had it s StartPoint shifted off from the other ReAlign can bring them back together Send a ReAlign command to one of the units and it will wait for a Sync with AL on the LoopTime Display When the BrotherSync pulse comes from the other Echoplex it will retrigger its loop so they are both back in alignment with each other BrotherSync is usually done with Sync Out so ReAlign to BrotherSync is available with that combination as shown in the previous table There can be some confusion when DeAligning and ReAligning to BrotherSync with more than two Echoplexes If you have two Echoplexes in BrotherSync and shift one unit s StartPoin
137. it is ended immediately and the loop time is redefined See SUS Commands in the Functions section for more details See also Insert Record HalfSpeed Reverse Replace Substitute SUS Commands 4 14 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default Loop Loop Delay InterfaceMode Parameter Row Timing Switch between loop and digital delay applications Values always available Loop LOP Delay dEL Expert EXP Stutter Stu Values also available with a pedal inserted Out Out Input In Replace rPL Flip FLD The Loop Delay parameter determines how feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are controlled during various states The parameter affects how you interact with and control the loop and different settings will be more or less useful to different players and different styles of looping We call these InterfaceModes Basically InterfaceModes reroute the control signals from the Feedback Knob on the front panel and the Feedback Pedal Jack on the back and determine when they are active and which parameters they control In some cases these settings end up affecting Insert in interesting ways as well There were only three settings in previous versions of the Echoplex LoopMode DelayMode and OutMode LoopMode has always been the default setting and most people use it DelayModee is there to give a familiar style of operation to people accustomed to using delays OutMode was only available if a pe
138. ital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Introduction Continued Who starts sending The previous section showed the case where the sample dump was initiated from the sending unit A This is not always possible or easy Some samplers don t even have a sample dump button or menu command They completely rely on the other unit to initiate the transfer This means the receiving unit has to send a sample dump request first The sending unit then reacts by sending the desired dump Unit A sender Unit B receiver Dump Header Data 1 Data 2 Data 8265 Figure x 5 MIDI Dump request initiates dump Of course this works only with a closed loop connection Sample Number The Sample Dump header and request contain several pieces of information about the sample The most important one for the user is the sample number Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 5 Introduction Continued Device ID MIDI Sample Dump A sampler can store many samples These samples are usually indexed In a MIDI sample dump the sender tells the receiving unit what sample number it is sending Correspondingly the receiving unit can request a specific sample number The sample number can range from 0 to 16383 Usually not all numbers are accessible to the user Unfortunately some samplers start numbering the samples with 0 and others with 1 while still others show you a 1 but actually send them as sample number 0 You have to find out what nu
139. ith NextLoop or triggered by MIDI Once OnE When triggered with MIDI the loop will trigger from the beginning to play just once and then go into Mute mode When triggered with the NextLoop button the Echoplex plays the next loop once and then returns to the previous loop automatically This is very helpful as a way to improvise the form of your music You could have the A section looping in Loop 1 and at some point decide you want the B or C section to drop in for one repetition before returning to the main loop With SamplerStyle One you can do this with one press on NextLoop and let the Echoplex take care of everything for you 4 44 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual SamplerStyle Continued ATTACK Att When SamplerStyle Attack a MIDI note will cause the loop will trigger from the beginning play as long as the triggering note is held down i e until a NoteOff or a different triggering note is received This type of action with SamplerStyle Attack only makes sense when loops are triggered by MIDI This gives a keyboard like play as long as you press function but it doesn t make sense with NextLoop So instead when the NextLoop button is pressed or MIDI NextLoopButton it operates the same as SamplerStyle run The loop starts in the same place where you last left it ALTERNATE NEXTLOOP FUNCTIONS WITH AND SAMPLERSTYLEZONE When you have SamplerStyle One and you are using NextLoop
140. k and learn more The Echoplex Digital Pro will reward further study because there are layers of refinements that will allow you to create more complex pieces with interesting variations But because you start making cool music from day 1 you can learn to use these refinements at your own pace gradually adding to your bag of Echoplex tricks when you have the time and energy We ve tried to make that process as efficient for you as possible by providing you with a carefully planned front panel footpedal and manual Quick Start 1 1 In the next few paragraphs you ll learn the basics of using your Echoplex Digital Pro After you ve recovered from the shocking joy of your first loops browse through this manual at your leisure You ll discover lots of new ideas that will keep you coming back time after time BEFORE POWERING UP gt Make the 9 n connections The basic connections for using the Echoplex Digital Pro are quite simple power audio in and out and the optional footpedal Follow along with the steps below and refer to Figures 2 1 and 2 3 in Chapter 2 for more information Check that the Power Selector Switch on the back of the unit is set properly for your power source 115V for US and Japanese style power outlets or 230V for European style If it is set incorrectly change it to the correct setting with a screwdriver Plug the Echoplex Digital Prointo a power source using the supplied power cord If
141. k in again by stepping back through the previous loop passes Reference Functions 5 5 Feedback Continued This happens because the Echoplex considers any pass over the loop with Feedback set less than 100 to be a change of the loop Just as when the loop is changed by Overdub the Echoplex writes this new version of the loop into a new section of memory Undo is then able to take you back to the previous versions of the loop that are still in memory UNDERSTANDING FEEDBACK Control over Feedback is one of the most fundamental looping techniques and has been a part of looping for decades Without Feedback control your loops just develop to a certain point abruptly disappear and you start a new loop Loops only grow as new material is added but they don t decay and they don t evolve So the loop only gets bigger and bigger until you kill it completely You don t have any continuity so your loops can t grow and evolve into something else Using Feedback changes all of this Feedback comes from the old universe of delay effects The Feedback setting causes the delayed sound to be reduced in volume by a certain amount each time it repeats In delay effects it is generally used to set how long the delay would last That concept was applied to looping in some devices like the Echoplex When dealing with longer loops Feedback control becomes a very powerful technique for making your loop evolve into something new over time When yo
142. l also be generating MIDI clock internally If they both went out you would have double clocks MIDlpipe automatically prevents that situation MIDI StartSong StopSong and Continue messages are piped in all cases SO an upstream MIDI controller at the beginning of the MIDI chain can send commands to a downstream sequencer that is receiving 7 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDIpipe Continued clock from the Echoplex When the Echoplex is piping StartSong StopSong and Continue messages it intelligently checks whether it has already sent the message itself within the last 10ms and does not pipe if it has This prevents multiple Echoplexes in parallel from stacking up the StartSong messages when they are all Recording simultaneously MIDIpiPpE PREVENTS COMMAND DUPLICATION Echoplex functions that normally send out a MIDI command do not duplicate the command if it is being piped For example if a MIDI command is received for Record the command is piped to the output and used internally to start the Record function The Record function does not then send another MIDI command for Record as it normally would so the commands do not get doubled by piping MIDIPIPE OF SYSEX MIDI Sysex commands are also piped immediately which is convenient for controlling multiple Echoplexes from a computer using a sysex librarian utility Unfortunately while piping Sysex commands the audio is stopped due to the complexity of handling
143. l output volume 9 22 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Overdub Jack Back Panel A normally open footswitch plugged into this jack can trigger Overdub operations This jack is provided for those who want to use their own footswitches to control Overdub operations Some may prefer piano style pedals to the Overdub button on the supplied footpedal Reference User Interface 9 23 Parameter Button Front Panel Enters Parameter editing mode selects row in Parameter Matrix When the Parameter Button is pressed the Echoplex enters the Parameter Editing Mode In this state you can edit the various Parameters described in the Parameters section of this manual Your loop will continue playing while you are in the Parameter Editing Mode PARAMETER EDITING The Parameters are arranged in a matrix so you can easily find and access the parameter you wish to edit The Parameter Matrix is shown in the text on the front panel of the Echoplex When you first press the Parameter Button to enter the Parameter Editing Mode the Timing LED will be illuminated and P1 will be displayed in the Multiple Display This indicates that the row of timing related parameters next to the Timing LED are available for editing Each successive press of the Parameter Button selects the next row of the matrix The second press selects the Switches Row with the Switches LED illuminated and P2 in the Multiple Display The third press selects the MIDI Row
144. lSource sample dumps see Load and a MIDI clocks see 8ths Cycle The MIDI Thru port echoes incoming information for the benefit of additional MIDI devices that may be daisy chained with the Echoplex Digital Pro Messages originating at the Echoplex are sent out the MIDI Out port only and are not transmitted out the MIDI Thru port One variation worth noting is the situation when several Echoplexes are daisy chained with the MIDI Out of each connected to the MIDI In of the next In this case it may appear that incoming MIDI messages are relayed out the MIDI Out port in addition to the MIDI Thru port which may seem puzzling The logic behind this is not inconsistent however Incoming MIDI messages from the master Echoplex are causing actions to occur in each slave Each of these actions generates a new MIDI message which is transmitted out the MIDI Out port of the slave See Chapter 3 for a summary of the many MIDI functions of the Echoplex Digital Pro 9 18 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Mix Knob Front Panel Controls the mix between the input and the loop This controls the mix between the input signal and the loop If you are using the Echoplex Digital Pro in an effects loop then you will probably want to set this so that the input and loop are evenly balanced or so that the input is a little louder than the loop this will facilitate soloing over the loop If you are using the Echoplex Digital Pro in conjunct
145. layer a 4 measure melody over a repeating 1 measure rhythm pattern for instance It s called Multiply because the original cycle is multiplied copied multiple times while the new material is added to it The result is a loop whose length is an integer multiple of the length of the original cycle unless you use the Record button to end the multiplication see Alternate Endings below UNQUANTIZED MULTIPLICATION The Multiply function is started by pressing the Multiply button There are several ways to end the function but the most natural and common is to press the Multiply button a second time When you do this you will always create a loop that consists of an integer 1 2 3 etc number of cycles The existing cycle is repeated and mixed with the new playing which may be several cycles long Figure 4 5 demonstrates this behavior when Quantize Off Multiply doesn t restart the loop the instant you press it the second time it always rounds off so that the original loop isn t cut off in the middle Normally it rounds up to the next cycle point However if you press Multiply the second time within 150ms after the cycle point it will round down When you examine Figure 4 5 you ll see that there are two possible results shown depending on the value of the RoundMode parameter If RoundMode is set to Round then the timing of your second press of the Multiply button isn t critical everything in the current cycle
146. le where Feedback is always available to control independently of whether Overdub is on or not Hold also works while Multiplying and while the loop is Muted Any pedal attached to the Feedback Jack will control the Loop Input Volume to the delay rather than Feedback This is useful as a way to do volume swells into the delay line m Feedback will only be controllable with the front panel Feedback Knob The following table shows how Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states Reference Parameters 4 17 Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued Table 4 x DelayMode State Feedback Loop Loop Pedal NoPedal Input Output Playing Knob Pedal 100 Overdub hold 100 0 100 Substituting 0 Pedal 100 Recording NA Pedal 0 Multiplying Knob Pedal 100 Multiplying hold Knob 0 100 Insertin 0 Pedal 0 Replacin 0 Pedal 0 Mute 100 Pedal 0 Mute hold 100 0 0 EXPERTMODE Loop DELAY EXP ExpertMode uses the pedal for Feedback during play and the front panel FeedBack Knob for Feedback during Overdub Multiply and Substitute This allows you to have different Feedback settings between playing and overdubbing When there is no pedal connected to the Feedback Pedal Jack the Feedback during play is always set to maximum 100 The following table shows how Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states 4 18 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Lo
147. le loops are set up using the MoreLoops parameter incoming MIDI NoteOn messages can trigger any loop s playback This function is called LoopTriggering The LoopTrig parameter sets the value of the MIDI note number that will trigger Loop 1 The other loops are triggered by successive note numbers i e if Loop 1 is triggered by note 84 then Loop 2 will be triggered by note 85 Loop 3 will be triggered by note 86 etc This is especially useful when you ve recorded a number of loops and want random access the ability to jump directly from any loop to any other without passing through the intervening loops You can of course accomplish this without MIDI see SwitchQuanf but MIDI provides a much faster way to accomplish this and even works when SwitchQuant Off You can send the NoteOn messages from a keyboard sequencer MIDI footcontroller guitar controller or any other MIDI controller Triggering loops in this way turns the Echoplex into a limited sampler with the unique ability to easily record and modify the samples in real time With Velocity On the echoplex will use the velocity information in the Note On message to control the loop volume The harder you play your controller the louder the loop plays Use the SamplerStyle parameter to determine if your loops play from where it was last left trigger from the beginning and play once trigger for the beginning and play as long as the note is held or trigger from the b
148. length With SUS you can get much quicker Inserts and Multiplies than you could if you had to press the button twice Note that this quantized behavior is true with other SUS functions like Replace and Substitute With Quantize CYC it s easy to create rhythmic sequences of sounds when using SUS commands With Quantize 8th a short press of Multiply will change the loop length to one Cycle divided by the value of 8th Cycle See also Multiply Insert RecordMode OverdubMode Quantize SUS MIDI Commands MIDI Command List 5 70 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Sustain Action SUSNextLoop Play Mode Jump to the Next Loop and back SUSNextLoop is an interesting special case of the SUS MIDI Commands described in the MIDI section SUSNextLoop is only available as a MIDI command and is located at Source 20 With SUSNextLoop pressing it puts you into the Next Loop and releasing it returns you to the previous loop In other words NoteOn puts you into the Next Loop and the NoteOff brings you back This allows you to bounce in and out of an alternate loop from your main loop Combining SUSNextLoop with functions like AutoRecord and LoopCopy can give many interesting possibilities for creating alternate loops to bounce in and out of Note that only sending the NoteOff component of SUSNextLoop gives you the command PreviousLoop See also NextLoop PreviousLoop SUS MIDI Commands MIDI Command List Reference Functions
149. les are tracked and counted properly when recording in sync When Record is pressed it will be quantized to the next sync point defined by the incoming sync signal before it starts and again quantized when Record is pressed to end This means that if the incoming clock defines a Cycle length of 2 seconds and you let Record continue to 8 seconds you will see the multiple counter counting from 1 to 4 The Cycle boundaries will be set at 2 0 seconds and the startpoint will be aligned with the startpoint defined by the incoming sync See also Record Sync Quantize 8ths cycle Reference Synchronization 6 31 TempoSelect Synchronization Action Play Mode Set Tempos and Loop Lengths in Advance in Beats per Minute BPM TempoSelect is a way to set up the tempo ofa loop in Beats Per Minute BPM before you record it Once you set the BPM the basic loop length is determined by the 8ths Cycle parameter You can also think of this as setting the loop time ahead of recording the loop The tempo is set with the FeedBack Knob or by MIDI While still in reset and before a loop is recorded you enter the TempoSelect state with a press of the Undo button From there you can set the Tempo After setting the tempo the loop can be recorded When you press Record the Echoplex actually does a SyncRecord to the clock tempo that has been set See the SyncRecord section or the Sync chapter for more details on SyncRecord This allows you to start the Re
150. ll be overdubbed on this loop as it stutters And as before you keep it with another press of Insert Pressing Undo sends you back to where you were in the previous loop Copying a stutter is a good way to preserve the original loop while making stuttered variation out of a fragment from it MANAGING MEMORY IN STUTTERMODE If you perform a very large number of repetitions of Insert and Undo button presses to trigger and cancel the SingleCycleMultiply you may eventually notice bits of the loop being erased by the Undo presses as well This is a result of the way the Echoplex processes its memory If you re planning to do heavy Insert Undo button combinations with SingleCycleMultiply you should be aware of this and consider copying your loop via NextLoop and LoopCopy before doing intensive Stutter work so you can return to the original loop fully intact if you wish Another trick you can do to avoid the loss of the overdubs is to first fill a bit of memory reserve by letting the loop repeat a few times without AutoUndo Without the left green dot AutoUndo LED blinking You can do this by reducing Feedback a little bit for a few repetitions say to 120 125 That is small enough that the fading will not be obvious over a couple of repetitions but you will force the Echoplex to copy the loop a few times into new memory Obviously by doing this you lose some of the older stuff in memory which you will note if you later want to go backwards wi
151. ll be the final 20 seconds of the Overdub followed by the final 20 seconds of the original loop It s an interesting effect but it may not be what you were shooting for 5 76 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Undo Continued gt Undoing Multiple Layers When you leave Overdub on for a long time recording moves to a new area of memory each time you pass the loop s start point If your loop is short compared to the amount of memory available then a number of Overdub cycles can pass before overwriting of memory starts to occur If you end the Overdub before any overwriting occurs then you ll be able to Undo each layer in succession until you return to your original recording If overwriting occurs then you ll only be able to Undo back to the last fully intact recording gt Arming Undo Undo can be executed even when the Undo LED is not green It will be executed as soon as the Undo LED lights up so you can easily Undo the maximum possible without struggling to press Undo at the right moment This is an improvement over previous versions of the Echoplex where you could have a loop with only a short area containing an overdub that was undoable The Undo LED turns on and off in such a case to indicate when you are in the Undoable section In older versions you could only tap Undo during that time for it to work Now you can tap it any time and it will be done for you gt Preventing Extra Undo Presses Undo checks whet
152. lluminated when the MIDI Row of the Parameter Matrix has been selected for editing with the Parameter Button The Multiple Display will also show P3 when this row is selected in the Parameter Editing Mode The MIDI Row consists of the Parameters related to MIDI control of the Echoplex These are Channel ControlSource Source VolumeCont FeedBKCont Dump and Load PLAY MODE During Play Mode the MIDI LED is part of the Visual Tempo Guide It blinks at each Loop StartPoint This will only blink if your loop has multiple cycles When there is only one cycle only the Switches LED blinks to indicate the Cycle StartPoint See also Parameter Button Multiple Display Parameter Matrix Visual Tempo Guide Reference User Interface 9 17 MIDI Ports Back Panel Enable communication with other MIDI devices The MIDI In Out and Thru ports are standard equipment on most MIDI capable devices These ports are connected to other devices with standard MIDI cables available at any music store The MIDI Out port is used to send messages originating at the Echoplex Digital Pro These include the messages generated by button pushes if ControlSource is not Off see ControlSource for more information sample dumps see Dump and a single Note On message sent at the start of each loop see Sync The MIDI In port is used to received messages from other MIDI instruments These include the messages to remotely control button pushes see Contro
153. locked the tempo changing the knob position at this point will not change tempo only Feedback You may also find the RecordMode Safe parameter helpful here Whenever you are ready to record your loop you can simply tap Record to begin You will actually do a SyncRecord After the second press of Record to end recording the Echoplex will round off the recording to the next sync point as determined by your tempo Your loop will end at exactly the right length and in time with the sequencer Start up the Sequencer as you begin Recording your Loop The second option for starting the sequencer is to trigger it immediately as you start Recording You can do this by pressing Record directly 6 36 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual TempoSelect Continued when the Undo LED is still red right after you have dialed in the tempo A MIDI StartSong message is sent and the sequencer will start at the same instant as you start recording your loop In this case the press of Record is the Setlempo moment When you press Record again to finish the Echoplex rounds off the recording to the correct loop time same as before For this to work you have to have Sync Out 3 Record a Loop to a Tempo and Start the Sequencer Later The third option lets you record a loop without starting up the sequencer immediately This requires the Sync parameter to be set to OuS Set the tempo in the TempoSelect state and then record your loop to it as above With O
154. made with it are sent to the Slave Echoplex by MIDI With the alternate InterfaceModes the slave in such a setup will not have a pedal inserted and it can not be set to the InterfaceModes requiring a pedal The slave will only cycle through the first four InterfaceModes while the master cycles through all 8 There are a few ways to work around this problem One way is to use a stereo volume pedal for the Feedback Pedal Jack Connect the two channels of the pedal to the two Echoplexes and then each will have a pedal inserted with the control coming from the same place Both can be set to all InterfaceModes and be controlled appropriately If you are really picky you may find that your pedal is not exact between channels so you may find values are not set exactly the same between the two Echoplexes Fixing this will either mean finding a pedal that is better matched or soldering a wire between the two potentiometer wipers inside your pedal to force them to have the same voltage This makes the pedal useless as a true stereo volume pedal so make sure you understand what you are doing before attempting such a modification A second approach is to use a single mono pedal connected to the Feedback Pedal Jack of both units with a Y connector For this to work the potentiometer in the pedal must be half the resistance of the pedal requirement for a single Echoplex This means it will have to be approximately 10 KOhms or greater but you may need
155. mbering system your sampler uses If you can t find it in your manual you have to try it out Send a sample as 10 and see whether it arrives as 9 10 or 11 See the following sections for information on how sample numbers are used in the Echoplex The device ID of Sysex messages sample dumps are Sysex messages are used to make sure that the message is received only by the device that you wanted to send it to Two units have to have the same ID in order to talk with each other The name Device ID is somewhat misleading Sysex channel would be more appropriate Think of it as the equivalent of the MIDI channel But be careful MIDI channel and Device ID don t have to be the same value It is possible to have the MIDI notes go through channel 1 to one unit and the MIDI sysex through device ID 114 to another unit Device IDs can be in the range from 0 to 127 A device ID of 127 has a special meaning Ifyou set the receiving unit to 127 all device IDs are accepted If you set the sending unit to 127 all receiving units should therefore accept your SYSEX data This is called broadcasting See the following sections for information on how device IDs are used in the Echoplex 10 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Introduction Continued ECHOPLEX SAMPLE DUMP Connections The Echoplex allows you to transfer the sound data through open loop connections one cable and closed loop con
156. mmand by MIDI A large set of commands in the MIDI command list are called DirectMIDI commands Please see the MIDI command list under the Source parameter section to see them DirectMIDI commands do specific functions unavailable from the front panel or reach functions directly that would take several button presses from the front panel There are some limits to this in that ReAlign Half Speed and Quantize DirectMIDI functions can execute at any time but the others can only be executed while the loop is playing overdubbing or substituting Unlike MIDI VirtualButtons in most cases DirectMIDI commands only require the NoteOn message or the single continuous controller message They do not need the NoteOff This is not true for the SUS DirectMIDI commands These use the NoteOn message to start their function and the NoteOff message to end it similar to the way SUS commands work from the front panel See also MIDI In MIDI Out Channel ControlSource Source MIDI VirtualButtons 7 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action MIDI Command List Play Mode Complete list of MIDI Commands available for controlling the Echoplex through MIDI In the tables below the Offset is the number that should be added to Source to get the listed command For example the midi command for the Record button is an offset of 2 If Source 36 the message number for Record would then be 38 If you have ControlSource Notes you woul
157. n 6 21 SongPositionPointer and Continue Synchronization The Echoplex can receive and use MIDI SongPositionPointer and Continue messages from a sequencer or drum machine MIDI SongPositionPointer and Continue messages are received according to the MIDI spec when Sync ln Since the Echoplex cannot reproduce the entire sequence of how the loop was built throughout the song we just put the current state of the loop in the correct timing with any position of the song assuming that the loop length and the sequencer timing stayed the same The positioning happens through ReAlign after you press Continue on the sequencer You use it as follows m After the sequencer has been stopped put the Echoplex into the ReAlign state You can do this by press Mute Multiply on the front panel or using the MIDI ReAlign commands The Echoplex will wait for a sync event Press Continue on the sequencer The sequencer will send a MIDI SongPositionPointer message to the Echoplex to indicate where in the sequence it is starting from m The sequencer will then send a MIDI Continue message and begin sending MIDI clocks again m The Echoplex will use the SongPositionPointer information to determine where the Global MIDI StartPoint should be E When the next Global StartPoint occurs the Echoplex will automatically trigger the loop at the beginning so that it is back in sync with the sequencer See also ReAlign Global Local MIDI Clock Sync StartPoint
158. n during Play mode will replace a segment of the loop with new material for as long as Replace is held down The overall loop length is not changed Reference Functions 5 15 Insert Continued If Quantize On and Replace is pressed during a cycle the function will begin at the end of the current cycle and will continue to the next cycle point after Replace is released again When InsertMode Replace and Insert is used as an alternate ending during a Record the Record ends as if you d pressed the Record button and the Replace function immediately begins See Replace in the Functions section for more details INSERTMODE SUBSTITUTE When InsertMode Substitute the Insert button becomes the Substitute button during Play mode Substitute has some similarity to the Replace function However with Substitute the original loop playback continues while you are playing the new material On the next repetition only the new audio will remain in the loop and the old portion will be removed See Substitute in the Functions section for more details INSERTMODE HALFSPEED When InsertMode HalfSpeed the Insert button becomes the HalfSpeed button during Play mode Pressing HalfSpeed switches the current loop an octave lower to half speed The Insert LED turns red and the display says H SP briefly Press HalfSpeed again and the loop returns to FullSpeed The LED turns green and ESP is displayed for a moment See HalfSpeed in the Function
159. nate method of doing copies to the LoopCopy parameter This SwitchQuant method of copying gives you more direct control over copying instead of the automated method using the LoopCopy parameter LoopCopy is essentially the same as multiplying your current loop into the new one so it all happens seamlessly in real time The audio from the first loop will be copied to the new loop and the Echoplex will continue to add multiple cycles for as long as you let it run You end the copy by pressing the Multiply button again The timing of this next press of Multiply will determine how many cycles from the first loop are kept While the copy is happening any new material that you play will be added over the top of the new loop just as with Multiply This is a great way to create a variation of your first loop into a new loop and then switch back and forth between them later Caution LoopCopy erases the existing contents of the next loop Example 4 17 Copying the Current Loop Prior to Switching When SwitchQuant is on you can take advantage of the quantize period to copy the current loop into the next one by pressing the Multiply button This can be handy when you want to create a single backing track for several distinct loops which you ll later embellish differently with overdubbing and other actions To see this in action take the following steps 1 Set MoreLoops to 2 or more 2 Turn SwitchQuant On 3 Record something a few seconds long
160. nation Now any function you press will begin according to the Confirm setting regardless of the Quantize parameter setting This can be an easy way to have both quantized and unquantized actions readily available to you without needing to change parameter settings while you play You can even start Overdub quantized this way Example 4 x Quantizing Overdub in the Current Loop 1 Set MoreLoops to 2 or more Reference Parameters 4 55 SwitchQuant Continued Set SwitchQuant CLP and Quantize OFF Record a loop in loop number 1 e Press NextLoop until next loop number 1 is displayed 2 3 4 5 In the middle of your current loop press Overdub 6 The Echoplex will show ooo to indicate it is quantizing the Overdub 7 e When the loop restarts Overdub will come on See also NextLoop Quantize LoopCopy AutoRecord 4 56 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default Out Sync Parameter Row Timing Synchronizes the Echoplex Digital Pro with another Echoplex Digital Pro a MIDI sequencer a pulse trigger device or a sound source Values Off OFF Out OutUserStart OuS In Orr OFF No synchronization signals are received or sent Out Out MIDI MIDI clocks are sent out the MIDI Out port when a loop is recorded or a Tempo is preset MIDI StartSong and StopSong messages are sent automatically when you record your loops If 8ths Cycle is large and your loop is short the effective tempo may b
161. nc OutUserStart OuS This command is very useful for restarting a sequencer or drum machine so it is in time with the loop The function can be executed at any time independent of the Sync parameter setting QuantMIDIStartSong allows you to always have a way to send a StartSong message in sync with the loop StartPoint even if the Echoplex is not the clock master Unfortunately we did not find a reasonable way to do a Quantized StartSong from the front panel without muting first Therefore QuantMIDIStartSong is only available as a MIDI command See Also ReAlign MuteReAlign MuteQuantMIDIStartSong Source StartPoint Reference Synchronization 6 13 QuantStartPoint Synchronization Reset the StartPoint to match the Global MIDI StartPoint If Sync In and an external clock is present a long press on StartPoint executes the QuantStartPoint function QuantStartPoint moves the internal loop StartPoint to the next Global MIDI StartPoint defined by the external clock the Beat 1 of the sequencer The internal sync counters are realigned to the sequencer s beat 1 The actual loop audio does not change The result is the same as if you had built the current loop from the beginning with all operations Quantized to the external clock QuantStartPoint is another way to ReAlign the loop to MIDI although you are really redefining the internal StartPoint according to the external sync instead of retriggering the loop to it Qu
162. nc source and our Local StartPoint as they are split apart ReAlign essentially gives you a variety of simple ways to bring them back together again ACCESSING REALIGN FUNCTIONS FROM THE FRONT PANEL WITH MUTE MULTIPLY Mute Multiply is the button combination for executing ReAlign from the front panel When using this combination the loop is first put into Reference Synchronization 6 15 ReAlign Continued Mute and then the ReAlign is armed by pressing Multiply When the next Global StartPoint comes the ReAlign is executed There are also several MIDI commands for ReAlign detailed in a few pages What exactly happens at the point when ReAlign executes depends on the setting of the Sync parameter and whether or not we have clock The LoopTime Display will show what specifically happens whether it is ReAligning our loop to an external sync or sending out a MIDI StartSong to an external sequencer A ReAlign of the local loop is displayed as AL and sending a StartSong is St S The Multiply LED will be red during this waiting time to indicate the ReAlign is armed If you want to cancel ReAlign after it is armed another press of Multiply switches it off and we don t wait for anything anymore This is helpful if you find yourself stuck there with no sync coming Here are the different cases that can happen with the Mute Multiply state and various sync conditions Mute Multiply with Sync lIn Sync Event
163. nd hold the Multiply button to reset all loops See Also Record Insert Quantize Overflow RoundMode Reference Functions 5 37 Mute Immediate Action Play Mode Silences the loop output This mutes silences and unmutes the output of the Echoplex Digital Pro Mute works very simply it always silences the output immediately However there are a number of options for restarting the output THE EFFECT OF MUTEMODE MuteMode determines where loop playback starts the second time you press the Mute button As you ll see under Alternate Endings below whichever approach you choose the Undo button takes the opposite viewpoint so you ll always have both ways to end a Mute readily available MuteMode Start When MuteMode Start a second press of the Mute button will always restart the current loop at the beginning This is probably the most useful setting for solo playing When MuteMode Start the end of the Mute is affected by the setting of Quantize If Quantize On then sound won t restart until the end of the current cycle Be aware that restarting the loop can move your StartPoint in relation to external sequencers or other musicians This could be a problem if you wish to keep things tight with a sequencer but it can also be very useful if the band s time has shifted and you need to line your loop up again with everybody else 5 38 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Mute Continued MuteMode Continuous
164. nds It s incredibly easy Press Overdub The Overdub light turns red Play Each time the loop restarts you ll hear whatever you played during the last pass added to the mix When you re done overdubbing press Overdub again to stop it s a good idea to not leave the Overdub function on when you re not actually playing For more information see Overdub in the Reference chapter If you don t like what you ve just overdubbed you can press Undo to erase it If your loop length is short compared to the amount of memory in your Echoplex Undo can erase the layers of overdubs one by one However this capability is limited by the amount of memory that you have installed If your loop length is longer than half your memory capacity for instance you won t be able to Undo at all Undo also cancels a function that you may have started by accident After you press Record without meaning to for instance you can recover your loop simply by pressing Undo instead of Record to end the Record operation For more information see Undo in the Reference chapter Quick Start 1 5 gt Multiply Multiply is like Overdub except that Multiply lets you record longer passages For instance you can use Multiply to overlay a 4 bar bass riff over two repetitions of a 2 bar chord pattern Or if you have enough memory you can use Multiply to record a long solo over a repetitive backing track It s a powerful function that adds a lot to y
165. nections two cables If you have a choice always use closed loops The transmission will be approximately twice as fast Who starts sending The Echoplex can either initiate a sample dump itself with the Dump button in parameter mode P3 or respond to a sample dump request Responding to a request is only possible while in Upload mode Enter this state by pressing the Load button in parameter mode P3 During normal operation all Sample Dump messages are ignored Loop Numbers and Sample Numbers Many samplers have sample numbers up to 999 Since the Echoplex has a maximum of 16 loops we have a problem in how to match an incoming sample e g 254 with a loop number The Echoplex gives you the possibility to set a current loop number and a current sample number as special Sample Dump parameters While in Upload mode press Record to edit the loop number and Overdub to edit the sample number Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 7 Introduction MIDI Sample Dump Continued When you send the current loop it is always sent with the sample number you defined on the Echoplex Receiving a sample number in a header or a request is somewhat more complex To give a maximum of flexibility the following scheme is applied to incoming sample numbers Sample Number Accessed Loop sent or received 0 access current loop number 1 16 access corresponding loop number 1 16 if you have that many loops 17 16383 access current loop number gt 9
166. ngUndo Immediately execute the LongUndo function G 32 Forward Go into Forward A 33 Reverse Go into Reverse A 34 FullSpeed Go into FullSpeed B 35 HalfSpeed Go into HalfSpeed C 36 SamplePlay Immediately restart the loop and play once C 37 ReTrigger Immediately restart the loop and play forever D 38 ReAlign Restart the loop at next Global MIDI StartPoint D 39 MuteReAlign Immediately Mute and restart the loop at next Global MIDI StartPoint E 40 QuantMIDIStartSong Wait to next Local Loop StartPoint and then send a StartSong F 41 MuteQuantMIDIStartSong Immediately Mute then wait to next StartPoint and send StartSong F 42 StartPoint Set the StartPoint to the current spot in the loop G 43 QuantStartPoint Wait to next Global MIDI StartPoint and then set the local StartPoint there G 44 BeatTriggerSample Mute and wait for BeatSync then trigger loop to play once Repeated BeatSyncs n OOOO Ee A__45__MlDIBeatSync___Virtually send a BeatSyne pulse by MIDE o uuu LoopTriggers When multiple loops have been set up with the Moreloops parameter you can trigger them directly with MIDI Note messages The LoopTrig parameter defines the base Note for Loop 1 The consecutive Loops occupy the notes above that so Loop 2 is LoopTrig 1 Loop 3 is LoopTrig 2 etc Reference MIDI Control 7 5 MIDI Command List Continued Preset Change MIDI Program Change commands are used to change Presets on the Echoplex There are 15 Preset locations avail
167. nger sent for similar reasons You can still make loops as short as you like VISUAL BEAT MATCHING INDICATOR The Multiple Left Dot LED showing the Sync correction can be useful for tuning the tempo on a sequencer to match with an existing loop on the Echoplex By watching the frequency and intensity of this LED you can quickly speed or slow the tempo of the sequencer to match the loop in the Echoplex at which point the dot stops blinking This technique 9 32 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Visual Tempo Guide Continued allows you to start a loop without the sequencer then start the sequencer and tune its tempo to match Reference User Interface 9 33 9 34 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 1 O MIDI Sample Dump Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 1 Introduction MIDI Sample Dump The Echoplex uses the MIDI Sample Dump Standard to transfer the loop you recorded to another Echoplex sampler or even your computer MIDI Sample Dump is an extension of the MIDI standard which has been used by many samplers in the past 20 years It uses SysEx to transmit the audio data Unfortunately not all samplers implement sample dump exactly the same way To give you the possibility of transferring samples between a wide range of samplers we have provided a flexible variety of of settings for the MIDI sample dump parameters in the Echoplex The following sections give a short introduction into some details of the
168. ns 5 1 Dump Immediate Action Parameter Row MIDI Sends the contents of the current loop in MIDI Sample Dump format The dump travels out the MIDI Out port It s a good way to save your best loops to a sampler or sequencer Later you can use the Load function to load the loop back into the Echoplex Digital Pro Dump and Load are digital data transfers that will not degrade the audio quality of your loops at all There are subtle differences about the way MIDI sample dump operations work with different instruments and sequencers You always need a MIDI cable connecting the dumping instrument and the receiving loading instrument A cable in the other direction which allows both instruments to send handshaking messages that communicate instrument status and confirmations are sometimes required by samplers and sometimes not Even in those cases when a second cable is optional adding one can speed up the dump and load processes Example 4 7 Dumping the Current Loop to a Sequencer 1 2 3 Record a loop Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port on the Echoplex Digital Pro to the MIDI In port on your sequencer If your sequencer has a special area for System Exclusive dumps enter that area and press the Receive button Otherwise select a track to receive the dump and press the Record button on your sequencer Press the Parameter button on the Echoplex Digital Pro until the light next to the word MIDI
169. nt loop The behavior is set with the InsertMode parameter INSERTMODE INSERT OR REHEARSE When InsertMode Insert the Insert button performs its basic function of inserting segments or cycles into an existing loop When InsertMode Rehearse all the functions in this section work the same the only difference is in the way that Insert behaves as an alternate ending button for the Record operation That behavior is described in detail under the Alternate Endings section of the Record entry There are a number of variations to examine here Example 4 9 Basic Behavior InsertMode Insert Quantize Off The Insert function is started by pressing the Insert button There are several ways to end the function but the most natural and common is to press the Insert button a second time When you do this you will always insert an exact number of cycles in other words you ll change the loop length but not the underlying cycle length Figure 4 1 demonstrates this behavior when Quantize Off When you examine Figure 4 1 you ll see that there are two possible results shown depending on the RoundMode If RoundMode Round then the timing of your second press of the Insert button isn t critical everything in the current cycle measured from the first press of Insert is recorded In contrast if RoundMode Off then a section of silence marked A in the figure is inserted to fill out the time from the Insert press to the end of the
170. nytime to start recording but Quantizes the ending of the Record so that the loop length exactly matches the length defined by the clock and 8ths Cycle If you set Quantize Loop Cycle or Sub Cycle the Echoplex will Quantize the start of the Record to the downbeat of the external clock When you press Record you will see the ooo display When the external StartPoint is reached Record will begin Reference Parameters 4 37 Quantize Continued ESCAPING QUANTIZATION If you use Quantize you may find that sometimes you want to execute a function Unquantized You could do this by changing the Quantize parameter to Off executing your function and then turning it back on again but that is hardly convenient or economical Instead the Echoplex allows you an easy way to break free of the Quantization when you choose to Anytime you have pressed a function and gone into the Quantizing Mode with ooo on the display all you have to do is press the same function again and it will execute immediately If you like you can think of this as double clicking the function See also Multiply Insert Mute Reverse Substitute HalfSpeed SyncRecord 8ths Cycle LoopDivide LoopTime Display 4 38 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Presets Editor Presets Parameter Row Switches Enters the Preset Editor Pressing the Presets in the Parameter Matrix puts you into the Preset Editor More information is available in
171. o Parameter Button Parameter Presets Reference Parameter Presets 8 9 8 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 9 User Interface Reference User Interface 9 1 DataWheel Front Panel The Feedback Knob becomes the DataWheel during Parameter Editing mode The Parameters that have many values can be edited with the Feedback Knob on the front panel while that parameter is being viewed The Feedback Knob becomes the DataWheel USING THE DATAWHEEL Select the parameter as usual and then turn the Feedback Knob to edit the value instead of pushing the button repeatedly Parameters with less than 127 values have them spread over the range of the knob Note this only works from the actual Feedback Knob on the front panel A pedal connected to the Feedback Pedal Jack does not have this function DataWheel works with m 8th Cycle MIDI channel Source LoopIrig VolumeCont FeedBkCont MoreLoops 9 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual DataWheel Continued AVOIDING CONFLICTS WITH FEEDBACK Since the DataWheel is the Feedback Knob in Play Mode the Echoplex makes some effort to avoid conflicts between Feedback settings and DataWheel settings The value for Feedback is stored and maintained when you enter the Parameter Editing Mode Using the Feedback Knob as the DataWheel for editing a Parameter value does not change the actual Feedback setting When you leave Parameters Feedback is still
172. o changes in your clock rate Sequences with tempo changes in them therefore are not good choices for sync sources for the Echoplex Another useful variation on the above theme is to reset the current loop and briefly send MIDI clock to the Echoplex from your clock source You can easily do this by playing a single empty measure from a sequencer Once the Echoplex has received MIDI clock while in reset it will know to expect more Press Record before restarting your clock source Then the Echoplex will wait for the first clock pulse before recording displaying ooo in the display while it does so This is a good way to get the Echoplex and a sequencer to start simultaneously Some sequencers make this approach difficult however because they send out MIDI clocks even when they re not actively playing Example 4 2 Syncing a drum machine or sequencer to the Echoplex 1 Set 8ths Cycle 8 This means that each cycle will be eight eighth notes one measure long Reference Parameters 4 3 8ths Cycle Continued Set Sync Out Connect the MIDI In port of a sequencer or drum machine to the Echoplex Digital Pro s MIDI Out port using a standard MIDI cable Load a pattern or sequence into your drum machine or sequencer Set the clock parameter to Internal and play back the material to verify that your MIDI and audio connections are working Stop the device Set your drum machine or sequencer to sync to incoming MIDI Clocks Pres
173. o phone plug When Sync Out a pulse that is the equivalent of a switch closure will be sent out this jack at the start of every cycle This can be used to synchronize older devices that accept pulse triggers If you connect the BeatSync output to an audio system the pulse will be audible and can serve as a Click track for your loop When Sync n and no incoming MIDI clocks are present record operations will be quantized to incoming pulses at the BeatSynce jack The incoming pulses can be generated by another Echoplex an ordinary footswitch the pulse trigger output used on many older devices or a line level audio signal If a BeatSync pulse is received during Reset while Sync In MIDI Clock is sent out at the corresponding tempo The purpose of this is to receive a Sync at the BeatSync of the Echoplex and send the Sync on to other devices as MIDI clock Applications of BeatSync include rhythmically relating the cycle times of the Echoplex to older devices with pulse trigger outputs letting a trigger or footswitch control synchronized recording synchronizing to external audio signals from a metronome or a live musician and creating stuttering playback effects If you want to use a pair of Echoplexes to loop recordings from a stereo source you would be best off using BrotherSync instead of BeatSync BrotherSync is also the best way for synchronizing two or more Echoplexes used independently by multiple musicians See the BrotherSync sec
174. o the first loop So you can stack up a sequence of jumps and then return to the beginning all automatically There is a limit to this in that you can t NextLoop through the same loop several times and automatically jump back to it that many times It will stop the first time it returns to that loop and ignore previous steps in the sequence m Record If you press Record while the second loop is playing you will record a new one It will continue repeating instead of jumping back to the first loop m AutoRecord If the loop you jump to with SamplerStyle Once is in reset and AutoRecord on you record the B part and immediately jump back to the previous loop when you tap Record to finish If you press some additional function during recording for an alternate ending like Multiply or Insert it will go ahead and do that function and stay in the second loop There is a limitation with AutoRecord and several loops If you use AufoRecord to record several loops it will only jump back one loop at the end instead of jumping back through all of them m LoopCopy and TimeCopy If you have LoopCopy on or if you engage a LoopCopy by pressing Multiply Insert or Overdub when using SwitchQuantize to change loops the copy will be made into the new loop When you finish the copy with a press of Multiply or Insert it will jump back to the first loop This is an interesting way to make copies into a new loop and not necessarily listen to it repeat immediat
175. o the unusual crossfade effect Other functions interact with FlipMode as follows Reference Parameters 4 25 Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued Multiply allows you to continue to crossfade over repetitions of your loop m Insert does a SingleCycleMultiply as described under StutterMode so you can Overdub onto repeats of the next Cycle in the loop Remember you can hit Undo to end the SingleCycleMultiply and not keep the stutters in the loop m Mute allows you to build up a crossfaded loop without hearing it and then bring it in at once FlipMode does not exist without a Pedal connected The following table shows how Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states Table 4 x FlipMode State Feedback Loop Loop reversed Input Output Playing Pedal Pedal 100 Overdubbing Knob Pedal 100 Substituting 0 Pedal 100 Recording NA Pedal 0 Multiplying Pedal Pedal 100 Inserting Pedal Pedal 100 Replacing 0 100 0 Mute Pedal Pedal 0 4 26 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued USING THE INTERFACEMODES WITH A STEREO ECHOPLEX SETUP Many of the InterfaceModes require a pedal connected to the Feedback Pedal Jack in order to be available at all and use that pedal as a key part of their functionality This causes a problem with the traditional Echoplex Stereo setup where a pedal is only connected in the Master side and all value changes
176. of these techniques let you chop out a segment of your loop either maintaining rhythm or not depending on what you want to do The resulting loop is your LoopWindow MOVING THE LOOPWINDOW Once a LoopWindow has been defined we can move it backwards through the loop memory by pressing Undo With each Undo press the LoopWindow jumps back in memory by the size of the window and Reference Functions 5 23 LoopWindowing Continued then loops over that section You can continue moving the window backwards to the point where the initial loop was started with the first tap of Record If a Reverse has been done on the loop then you can only move it back to the point where Reverse was tapped Moving the LoopWindow works in the same way as Undo works so it is useful to understand the distinction between a ShortUndo and a LongUndo See the Undo section of this chapter for more discussion on Undo Basically a long press of Undo will jump you back a complete LoopWindow length before your current window and is the most obvious to use A short press of Undo sets the LoopWindow to end at the spot where you press it and begin a LoopWindow length before that For example if you redefine the length of the LoopWindow from 8 seconds to 2 seconds and then tap a short press of Undo at 1 5 seconds it is only the last 5 seconds that change in that window The previous 1 5 seconds of the window remain intact in the new window after that initial Un
177. oop all of which we ll explain in the next few paragraphs gt When Memory Is Ample Figure 4 11 shows the normal operation of Overdub in a situation where memory is ample When the Overdub button is first pressed the Echoplex copies the beginning of the loop to a new memory area marked A in the diagram It then mixes the previously recorded material with the new material into area B When the Overdub ends it copies the remainder of the original loop to area C This fills out seconds 40 80 of memory with a complete loop the result of the Overdub The Echoplex then alters its playback loop so that the new recording is heard even though the original recording also resides in memory 5 74 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual FiGure 4 11 1 loop Basic operation of AO seconds Overdub when memory is Existing Loop ample Undo Continued New Performance Button Actions Audible Results go 100 After Overdub Playback loop If instead of completing the Overdub normally you press the Undo button to terminate it the Echoplex simply resets the playback loop to play back the first 40 seconds and marks the memory area that it was using for the Overdub as available for the next operation gt When Memory Is Tight Now let s look at what happens in a tight memory situation Figure 4 12 shows the course of an Overdub Undo when the original loop is 40 seconds long and total memory is 50 seconds As before
178. oop during this time you will see the destination increment BUTTONS ACTIVE DURING THE QUANTIZE PERIOD gt NextLoop Pressing NextLoop during the quantize period increments the destination loop without switching you there This skips over the next loop allowing you to move to any other loop without activating the ones in between The current destination loop is displayed in the LoopTime display Example 4 16 Switching to a Loop Other Than the Next One When SwitchQuant is on you can move directly from any loop to any other without passing through the intermediate loops For instance to switch from Loop 1 to Loop 3 take the following steps Set MoreLoops to 3 or more Set SwitchQuant Loop Record something a few seconds long into Loop 1 then end recording Near the beginning of the loop press NextLoop twice Notice that the display shows L 3 in red indicating that you are going to loop 3 next When your loop ends note that you will be switched immediately into Loop 3 If AutoRecord On then the Echoplex Digital Pro will start recording as soon as you enter that loop Reference Parameters 4 51 SwitchQuant Continued You can also switch to a loop other than the next one with MIDI messages whether SwitchQuant is On or Off See LoopTrig for more information gt Multiply LoopCopy Pressing Multiply during the quantize period will put you into SoundCopy mode when you move to the next loop This is an alter
179. op Delay InterfaceMode Continued Table 4 x ExpertMode State Feedback Loop Loop Pedal NoPedal Input Output Playing Pedal 100 0 100 Overdubbing Knob 100 100 Substituting 0 100 100 Recording NA 100 0 Multiplying Knob 100 100 100 Insertin 0 100 0 Replacin 0 100 0 Mute 100 0 0 SamplePla 100 0 Pedal STUTTERMODE Loop DELaAy Stu StutterMode is just like LoopMode except that Insert works as what we call a SingleCycleMultiply SingleCycleMultiply works as follows When you have done a Multiply and have several Cycles in a loop pressing Insert will insert repetitions of the next Cycle As the inserts are made you can overdub a longer phrase over the repetitions of the Cycle The results will be inserted into the loop when you press Insert again If you press Undo instead the loop will return to its original form Using Insert Undo like this lets you alter the flow of a loop by having one of the Cycles Stutter in a way similar to a skipping CD and then return to the original This can make very interesting results when working with very short Cycles and that is why it is called StutterMode Reference Parameters 4 19 Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued STUTTER AND LoopCopy Stutters can be done into a new loop as a LoopCopy function when in StutterMode With multiple loops set up in MoreLoops and SwitchQuant On pressing Next Insert will do the stutter into a new loop Any new material you play wi
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181. orth of material prior to the point where you pressed Insert will be kept as the loop and will repeat according to the Feedback setting Make sure you press Insert to exit Rehearse mode after you play the material you wish to keep and not after it repeats Rehearse is useful for practicing an idea before keeping it as the loop See also Record Insert InsertMode Reference Functions 5 53 Replace Immediate Action Play Mode Replaces a section of the current loop When InsertMode Replace the Insert button becomes the Replace button Each press and release of the Replace button during Play mode will replace a segment of the loop with new material for as long as Replace is held down The overall loop length is not changed If Quantize On and Replace is pressed during a cycle the function will begin at the end of the current cycle and will continue to the next cycle point after Replace is released again When InsertMode Replace and Insert is used as an alternate ending during a Record the Record ends as if you d pressed the Record button and the Replace function immediately begins FIGURE 4 X Replacing with the Insert button InsertMode Replace Existing loop 9 ol la ga eas eas eas eae New Performance Button Actions I Resulting Loop baal BZ a paeeseeseesees Time gt 5 54 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action Reset Play Mode Resets the Current Loop To Reset the
182. ou ll get some interesting results as illustrated in the next few examples RECORD Ending a Multiply operation with the Record button causes the operation to end immediately terminating the loop at the exact time of the button press Since the loop can t contain fractional cycles the entire new loop will be considered a single cycle This is called an UnroundedMultiply Figure 4 7 illustrates this behavior FIGURE 4 7 ass Ending Multiply with Baling G aes i Record changes the cycle TTR agih xisting Loop Quantize Off New Performance ROSA Button Actions VSS Results BOSS KS SSSR New Cycle Reference Functions 5 31 Multiply Continued Unrounded Multiply is an important function It allows you to change the length of the loop on the fly either shorter or longer For example you can edit out a small portion of a larger loop as a means to quickly transition to something new Unrounded Multiply also changes the rhythm of the loop including the output of any synchronization pulses In this way you can easily manage tempo changes while looping either generating a new clock tempo for other devices or fitting your loop to a tempo change otherwise in the music OVERDUB Ending a multiplication with Overdub is exactly like ending it with Multiply except that you immediately toggle Overdub mode after the Multiply rounds off It s the equivalent of ending the multiplication by pressing
183. our expressive capabilities using the Echoplex Digital Pro Here s a quick introduction to Multiply 1 Record a simple short loop 2 Press Multiply and play over several repetitions of the loop 3 Press Multiply again to end the recording Multiply doesn t restart the loop the instant you press it the second time it always rounds off so that the original loop isn t cut off in the middle Notice that the right hand digit of the display counts the repetitions of your first loop as the entire loop is played back There are a number of situations where we ll need to distinguish between these so we ll introduce some terminology Key Point The first loop the atom that you started with is called a cycle We ll reserve the term loop to refer to the full loop which can consist of several full cycles never a fractional number of cycles like 2 1 2 If you ve just recorded a single loop and not used Multiply or Insert then your loop will be exactly one cycle long gt Reverse Reverse is a great deal of fun In the Echoplex loops can be Reversed at any time You can easily and quickly create loops with some parts going forwards and some parts going backwards Before we can do Reverse however we will need to edit a Parameter value This is a good opportunity to learn how to do Parameter editing The parameter we wish to change is called InsertMode This parameter determines what function the Insert button will do We
184. pload mode on the Echoplex Select the right sample number and send a Request Undo button You can also start the dump from the K2000 The function is well hidden in the sample editor Press lt Dump gt The Echoplex will ignore 10 18 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Other Device Implementations Continued the sample number you send and store it in the loop number you defined in the Echoplex Upload mode Record button E MU 64 The device ID of the E MU is set to 127 and cannot be changed It therefore will always accept all samples independent of your Device ID ECHOPLEX gt E MU 64 The E MU accepts dumps at any time Just start sending from the Echoplex E MU 64 gt ECHOPLEX Send a Request from the Echoplex at any time faster or Start the dump from the E MU This is very slow Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 19 Sample Dump Trouble Shooting MIDI Sample Dump MIDI Sample Dump is a standard However not all samplers implement this standard the same way This can lead to problems The Echoplex displays information during the Sample Dump process that can help you understand what is going on SAMPLE DumpP DISPLAY Display for received messages H I z z gt s Q header received header received but ignored e g too long data received load data packet wrong packet received e g Sysex for other machines ACK received NAK received WA
185. pture very short fragments of sound into your loop You want to guard against inadvertently putting yourself into an extended Overdub so you decide to overdub only when your foot is holding down the button This is extremely useful if you are playing without looking at the Echoplex You will always know the state of Overdub by whether you are pressing it or not See Also Record Insert Quantize Overflow Reference Functions 5 45 PreviousLoop Immediate Action Play Mode DirectMIDI only command for switching to the previous loop An interesting feature that falls out of the DirectMIDI function called SUSNextLoop is the PreviousLoop function With SUSNextLoop the NoteOn portion sends you forward one loop and the NoteOff portion sends you back one loop If you only use the NoteOff command for SUSNextLoop it only sends you backwards through the loops and becomes the PreviousLloop command If you set one button on a MIDI controller to only send the NoteOn for SUSNextLoop and another button to only send the NoteOff for SUSNextLoop you have a convenient way to go forward and backwards through your loops PreviousLoop is only available through MIDI and is located at Source 20 See Also NextLoop MoreLoops MIDI Command List SUSNextLoop Receiving MIDI Commands 5 46 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action Record Play Mode Records a new cycle This is where it all starts This button lets you record
186. qually well the only reason that you might be compelled to set this to Controllers is if you want to embed a track of Echoplex control commands into a sequence that is playing notes on all 16 MIDI channels You can usually choose a starting controller number with Source so that the Echoplex commands will be able to share a channel with a stream of notes destined for a sound module without affecting their sound You generally won t know what state the Echoplex Digital Pro will be in when you play back your control sequence Because of this there are many cases where it s not enough to simply record your button pushes Suppose for instance that you want to create a short sequence to change the SamplerStyle to One If you start from the normal playing 4 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default Notes ControlSource Continued state and also have SamplerStyle set to its default value of Run it takes 4 pushes of the Parameters button and two pushes of the NextLoop SamplerStyle button to accomplish this So you record exactly those button pushes into a sequence Fine Then you play it back Whoops You didn t start from the same state as when you recorded the sequence and the sequence starts a Load operation wiping out your current loop Ouch The moral of the story is that when recording a control sequence each button that you press should start with a long press to reset it to its default state Example 4 6 Cr
187. r and play once Reference Synchronization 6 5 BeatSync Continued 7 This can also be done with guitars bass drum machines audio outputs of metronomes etc Any audio source that can give a sufficient pulse will work See also BrotherSync Sync 6 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization BrotherSync Back Panel Synchronizes multiple Echoplexes at the sample level while allowing any one of them to define the basic cycle length for the group Especially useful for stereo recording multi track looping and jamming with multiple Echoplex users The BrotherSyn e jack accepts a 1 4 stereo TRS phone plug BrotherSync provides the tightest possible synchronization among multiple Echoplexes It maintains synchronization at the sample level Among other things this enables you to use two Echoplexes to record the separate halves of a stereo signal When locked together with BrotherSync the units will remain in lockstep without even shifting phases between them over 198 second loops Figure 2 4 on page 2 8 is a diagram of exactly how best to accomplish this You can use stereo Y cords to connect the BrotherSync jacks of many Echoplexes On each unit set Sync out and reset the current loop From then on any unit can define the basic cycle time just by recording a loop The other units can then be synchronized to that loop time or a multiple of it Have an Echoplex jam session If you think that the Echopl
188. r if you have used Multiply QUANTIZED SYNC When Quantize Cycle 8th or Loop the Cycles are tracked and counted properly when recording in sync When Record is pressed it will be quantized to the next sync point defined by the incoming sync signal before it starts and again quantized when Record is pressed to end This means that if the incoming clock defines a Cycle length of 2 seconds and you let Record continue to 8 seconds you will see the multiple counter counting from 1 to 4 The Cycle boundaries will be set at 2 0 seconds and the startpoint will be aligned with the startpoint defined by the incoming sync Reference Functions 5 51 Record Continued UNQUANTIZED SYNC SYNCRECORD SyncRecord is a variation of Record that is automatically done when a Sync of any type is being received Sync In and Quantize OFF Instead of always quantizing Record when a sync is being received the Echoplex will do a kind of Multiply over nothing for this unquantized case This means SyncRecord starts immediately when you press Record counts the Cycles on the green multiple display and rounds off at the end to fit the loop time defined by the sync SyncRecord gives you freedom from quantization so you can begin recording anytime you like while still allowing tight synchronization to an external clock source With SyncRecord you only need to have received the first sync event to begin Recording in sync As you are Recording the E
189. r you end it with Insert or an alternate ending for the Insert operation This is very useful for dividing a longer loop into multiple cycles as you record it This can allow you to easily set a tempo for an external sequencer when using MIDI clock out for example See Insert in the Functions section for more information INSERTMODE REPLACE When InsertMode Replace the Insert button becomes the Replace button Each press and release of the Replace button during Play mode will replace a segment of the loop with new material for as long as Replace is held down The overall loop length is not changed If Quantize On and Replace is pressed during a cycle the function will begin at the end of the current cycle and will continue to the next cycle point after Replace is released again When InsertMode Replace and Insert is used as an alternate ending during a Record the Record ends as if you d pressed the Record button and the Replace function immediately begins as explained above See Replace in the Functions section for more details INSERTMODE SUBSTITUTE When InsertMode Substitute the Insert button becomes the Substitute button during Play mode Substitute has some similarity to the Replace function However with Substitute the original loop playback continues 4 12 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual InsertMode Continued while you are playing the new material On the next repetition only the new audio will remain
190. re recording rhythmically A few minutes of practice will be all that you need to create great loops with no audio or rhythmic glitches As you record you ll see the length of the current recording in the display Keep an eye on this especially if you don t have much memory installed in your unit see Appendix A Memory for more details Your maximum recording time is displayed when you first power on the Echoplex Digital Pro Plus If you exceed this time during recording your loop won t be kept with the default settings See Overflow in the Reference chapter for other options If your loop seems surprisingly loud or soft in relation to what you played adjust the Mix knob until you find the right balance If you want to record a new loop simply repeat steps 1 3 above If you want to reset completely clear the loop simply press and hold the Record button for half a second For more information on recording see Record in the Reference chapter 1 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual gt Mute gt Overdub gt Undo If you get sick of listening to your loop you can silence it without erasing it by pressing the Mute button The light under the Mute button on the front panel will turn red Press the Mute button a second time to hear your loop again For more information see Mute and MuteMode in the Reference chapter Now that you have a loop running let s start to have some fun by overdubbing some additional sou
191. recording and begins playing the loop just as if the recording had been ended with another press of Record Note however that when MoreLoops 1 NextLoop becomes a retrigger button so Record to NextLoop can be an interesting way to immediately go into stutters of your loop THE LONG PRESS Pressing and holding down the Record button erases the entire current loop This is also called a Long Press Record The loop will then be in Reset and ready for a new recording Reference Functions 5 49 Record Continued THE EFFECT OF RECORDMODE When RecordMode Toggle the Record button works as described above However when RecordMode Sustain you can only record sounds while you hold down the button as soon as you release it the recording stops When RecordMode Sustain you lose the ability to reset a loop normally accomplished by a long press of the Record button This may not be a great loss for you since a short press of Record while you play nothing will create a short loop with no contents However there are two consequences of this approach m Aloop that is pseudo cleared this way will not go into AutoRecord if you enter it with NextLoop m There is no way to reset all loops in this situation except to enter a loop with AutoRecord Off that has not been recorded since power up The orange light under the Multiply button signifying that a long press of that button will reset all loops does not go on unless the curr
192. ressing Insert button will retrigger the loop MIDI Note TRIGGERS MIDI NoteOn messages can be used to trigger any of the loops you have created by setting the MoreLoops parameter greater than 1 If you have SamplerStyle One the loops will be triggered in SamplePlay When the NoteOn message corresponding to a loop is received the loop will trigger from its StartPoint play once and go to Mute Repeatedly 5 62 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual SamplePlay Continued playing the same note will retrigger the loop The LoopIrig parameter determines which NoteOn messages correspond to a given loop MIDI SAMPLEPLAY COMMAND The DirectMIDI command SamplePlay will trigger the current loop and play it once exactly as if you had pressed Mute Insert The MIDI location for SamplePlay is Source 36 BEATSYNC JACK TRIGGER The Echoplex can be set so any trigger received through the BeatSync Jack triggers the loop in SamplePlay This is useful for triggering loops from a pulse trigger from an external device an external switch a drum trigger or even an audio signal with a sharp attack See the BeatSync section for more information on the types of triggers that can be used in this flexible input To set up the Echoplex to do a SamplePlay from a BeatSync trigger first set Sync In Record your loop as normal and press Mute Then press Multiply This will arm the Echoplex to wait for a trigger to do a SamplePlay When a trigger is re
193. ro Plus User s Manual MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Continued al Loop Delay 4 bits 2 Timing Quantize 2 bits 3 8th Cycle 7 bit 4 SyncMode 3 bit 5 TrigThreshold 4 bits 6 RecordMode 2 bit 7 OverdubMode 1 bit 8 RoundMode 1 bit 9 InsertMode 4 bits 10 MuteMode 1 bit 11 Overflow 1 bit 12 MoreLoops 4 bits real NLoops 1 13 AutoRecord 1 bit 14 Next LoopCopy 2 bits 15 SwitchQuant 3 bits 16 Velocity 1 bit 17 SamplerStyle 2 bits 18 Tempo 7 bits The local parameter data values in version 1 are as follows Loop Delay 4 bits 00 LoopMode LOP 01 DelayMode DEL 02 ExpertMode EXP 03 StutterMode Stu 04 OutMode Out 05 InputMode In 06 ReplaceMode rPL 07 FlipMode FLI Time Quantize 2 bits 00 Off OFF 01 Cycle CYC 02 8th Notes 8th 03 Loop LOP 8ths Cycle 7 bits 0 0 0 0 0 0 8ths Cycle ll PRON amp OB WNEHE O ON Reference MIDI SysEx 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O wra g 69 SyncMode 3 bits 00 01 02 03 Off OutUserStartSong SyncIn SyncOut O O E Q MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Continued o 2 64 128 256 96 ff us TX ut TrigThreshold 4 bits Xxx value 0 8 RecordMode 2 bits 00 Toggle 01 Sustain 02 Safe 503 NA OverdubMode 1 bit 00 Toggle 01 Sustain RoundMode 1 bit 00 Off 01 Round InsertMo
194. rolSource Default Notes Parameter Row MIDI Sets up MIDI control of Echoplex Digital Pro operations Values Notes not Controllers Ctr Off OFF This parameter controls how and if Echoplex Digital Pro operations are transmitted and received over MIDI It is useful primarily if you have an interest in controlling the Echoplex Digital Pro from a sequencer or from a programmable footcontroller If you are controlling one or more slave Echoplexes from a single master all the values for ControlSource among the various units should be identical and not Off Every button on the Echoplex Digital Pro front panel and the corresponding buttons on the footpedal can generate either a Note On or a Continuous Controller with value 64 when it is pressed When it is released the corresponding Note Off or Continuous Controller with value 0 is sent This allows a sequencer to capture and later recreate almost any sequence of Echoplex moves no matter how complex The fact that each button push and release pair generates a pair of MIDI messages allows you to duplicate long presses of buttons that either initiate special functions or reset parameters to their default values When ControlSource Notes each button press will send out a pair of notes exactly which notes is controlled by the Source parameter When ControlSource is set to Controllers each button press will send out a pair of Continuous Controllers Each of these methods works e
195. ry capacity of your unit will cause the cycle length to be set to the full time available to the current loop Everything that you ve played from the start of the Record to the instant just before the overflow will be looped and everything that you ve played after that instant will be ignored If youre trying to create rhythmic loops neither of these options will produce very satisfactory results you re best off avoiding overflows in the first place See Also Record Reference Parameters 4 35 Quantize Default Off Parameter Row Timing Defines whether certain functions are executed at the end of the the current loop current cycle the current sub cycle or immediately Values Off OFF Cycle CYC Sub Cycle 8th Loop Lop Functions affected Multiply Insert Reverse Mute Substitute HalfSpeed Replace Quantize forces a function to wait for a designated point before executing This is very useful for forcing functions to occur precisely in rhythm When Quantize off all functions execute immediately When Quvantize is on and you press a function button prior to the Quantize point you will see ooo on the LoopTime Display to indicate the Echoplex is waiting See the entries for the functions affected for detailed explanations and examples QUANTIZE OPTIONS The Quantize values mean the following QUANTIZE Loop When Quantize Loop the Echoplex waits until the entire loop completes before execut
196. s Play on your drum machine or sequencer It will wait for incoming clocks before taking off Record a loop one measure long in 4 4 time in the Echoplex As soon as you press Record the second time MIDI clocks will be transmitted Your drum machine or sequencer should play back in perfect sync If you want to sync to loops that have different lengths set 8ths Cycle appropriately For instance set 8ths Cycle 6 to sync to a3 4 time measure or set 8ths Cycle 16 to sync to 2 4 beat measures CHANGING TIME SIGNATURE IN RHYTHM When a loop is playing and the 8ths Cycle or Sync parameters are edited the change of value is only activated at the first Loop StartPoint after you come out of the Parameter Editing state At that point you jump directly to the new selected value This means the value change occurs only while back in the playing state and only at a rhythmically sensible point This helps eliminate any confusion when working with a synchronized sequencer and makes for much smoother transitions into new time signatures Try changing 8ths Cycle with Sync Out and a sequencer slaving to the clock You control the sequencer s tempo in relation to your loop 4 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual 8ths Cycle Continued MIDI Clock LIMITS There is a limit to how fast the Echoplex will transmit MIDI clocks the equivalent of about 400 beats per minute If you create a loop that s 1 2 a second long with 8ths Cycle 16
197. s as you record them in one pass When MoreLoops 1 ending Record by pressing NextLoop stops recording and begins playing the loop just as if the recording had been ended with another press of Record Note however that when MoreLoops 1 NextLoop becomes a retrigger button so Record to NextLoop can be an interesting way to immediately go into stutters of your loop Reference Functions 5 41 NextLoop Continued See also MoreLoops SwitchQuant AutoRecord LoopTrig LoopCopy SamplerStyle 5 42 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action Overdub Play Mode Lets you add layers of sound Overdub is the basic magic wand of the Echoplex Digital Pro It allows you to add layer after layer of sound to any existing loop As you play the level of the sound in the existing loop is subtly lowered to prevent a gradual accumulation of signal that would overload the system You can leave Overdub on for extended periods of time but we recommend that you turn it off if you aren t adding new sonic material to the mix See the Quick Start page 1 1 for the fastest introduction to overdubbing Overdub is related to the Insert and Multiply functions but its behavior is simpler Unlike those operations Overdub never changes the length of the cycle or loop Overdub is also not affected by the settings of Quantize or RoundMode overdubbing starts when you press down the Overdub button and ends either when you press it a second
198. s section for more details 5 16 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Insert Continued INSERTMODE H REVERSE When InsertMode Reverse the Insert button performs the same function as the Reverse button on the front panel but more conveniently See Reverse in the Functions section for more details INSERTMODE SUSTAIN InsertMode Sustain changes the way the Insert and Multiply buttons work SUS turns Insert and Multiply into Unrounded functions with Sustain action on the button In other words they start when the button is pressed and end immediately when it is released just like Record or Overdub do when RecordMode or OverdubMode SUS When the function ends it does so as if Record had been pressed as an alternate ending to the Insert This is what we call an Unrounded Multiply or Unrounded Insert because instead of rounding off to the next Cycle point it is ended immediately and the loop time is redefined See SUS Commands in the Functions section for more details See Also InsertMode Multiply Reverse SUS Commands Rehearse Replace Substitute HalfSpeed Record Undo Reference Functions 5 17 Load Immediate Action Parameter Row MIDI Loads the current loop from a MIDI Sample Dump This replaces the current loop with the contents of a dump received at the MIDI In port It s a good way to restore your best loops from a sampler or sequencer Dump and Load are digital data transfers that will not degrade
199. s where it begins Quantized activities occur on multiples of cycles counted from the logical starting point m It s easier to relate to the display if the logical starting point makes musical sense See also Quantize Mute MuteMode 5 64 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action Substitute Play Mode Replaces a section of the current loop beginning in the next repetition When InsertMode Sub the Insert button becomes the Substitute button Substitute has some similarity to the Replace function With Replace the original loop playback is cut while the replace is done So while you are playing something new to replace what was there you don t hear the old loop Replace is useful when the new material would clash with what was there but oftentimes the result is not very tight since you don t have any guide to play along to as you are doing the Replace With Substitute the original loop playback continues while you are playing the new material On the next repetition only the new audio will remain in the loop and the old portion will be removed This helps keep the groove going while substituting and gives you something to play along to as well as giving an overlap between the old portion and the new portion for continuity Substitute is the same as if you were doing an Overdub with the Feedback turned down to zero only during the Overdub However it is much easier to just press Substitute US
200. second important thing to note is the front panel Preset selection is not available at all until you have saved your first preset This was done to make the user interface friendlier to new users We didn t want somebody to accidentally press the button select a Preset and lose any other parameter changes they had made before they understood how the Preset feature worked So until they ve read this section and learned how the Presets work we save them from that mistake In any case there is no point in loading Presets if you haven t saved any so we don t clutter the interface with it 8 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Parameter Presets Continued SELECTING PRESETS WITH MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE Selecting presets with MIDI is very straight forward MIDI Program Change messages 1 15 select presets 1 15 Remember Moreloops value changes are not made unless we are already in Reset If you have edited parameters on the fly and want to return to what you had MIDI Program Change 16 reloads the original saved preset See also Parameter Button Channel MIDI Command List MoreLoops Reference Parameter Presets 8 7 Preset Editor Parameter Editing Mode Edit select save load and restore presets ACCESSING THE PRESET EDITOR The Preset Editor is accessed by the Preset parameter location This is in the Switches Row of the Parameter Matrix under the NextLoop Button When you press it you are in the Preset
201. seconds each Changing the number of loops with the Moreloops parameter will reset all existing loops since the memory must be reconfigured When you first turn on the Echoplex Digital Pro the rightmost two characters of the display above the word Multiple tell you how many loops are set up If the number of loops is more than one than the leftmost digit in the display above the word Loop tells you which loop is current On the Loop Display the numbers above 9 are shown with letters due to the lack of a leading 1 So they go 1 2 3 9 A b C d E F G All recording and overdubbing operations affect the current loop only You can Reset all the loops at once by a long press of Record to reset the current loop followed by a long press of Multiply This is called a GeneralReset Both types of Reset are also available as DirectMIDI commands See Also LoopCopy NextLoop AutoRecord LoopTrig SamplerStyle Velocity Multiply SwitchQuant 4 32 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Default Continuous MuteMode Parameter Row Switches Determines how sound is restarted after it is muted Values Continuous Cnt Start StA MuteMode determines where loop playback starts the second time you press the Mute button to UnMute a loop Whichever approach you choose the Undo button takes the opposite viewpoint so you ll always have both ways to end a Mute readily available MuteMode Start When MuteMode S
202. sent at QuantMIDIStartSong only at next loop StartPoint MuteQuantMIDIStartSong only at next loop StartPoint Mute Multiply ReAlign StopSong is sent at Reset GeneralReset Start Record IF SYNC IN StartSong is sent at Undo in Reset QuantMIDIStartSong only at next loop start MuteQuantMIDIStartSong only at next loop start StopSong is sent at never 6 26 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual StartSong StopSong Continue Continued COMMANDING A STARTSONG WHEN SYNC IN StartSong can be sent in Reset with a press of Undo This can be useful if you have another source of sync upstream of the Echoplex but have stopped something downstream from it Pressing Undo on the Echoplex is a convenient way to send a StartSong message to the downstream device and start it up This also restarts the internal clock counters used to keep track of the beat 1 of the external sequencer So if you get off from the sequencer somehow or if you want to have a different point in the sequence considered as Beat one tapping Undo lets you redefine the downbeat See also Sync TempoSelect ReAlign SongPositionPointer and Continue StartPoint 8th Cycle MIDIpipe SyncRecord Multiply Insert ReTrigger MuteMode Reference Synchronization 6 27 StopSync Synchronization Play Mode Temporarily ignore Sync Sometimes you may wish to temporarily ignore a Sync signal being received by the Echoplex so that you can Record
203. set the same as you left it However you should still be careful because the Feedback Knob will now be in a different position The next time you change the Feedback with the Feedback Knob the value will jump to the knob position Usually it is best to remember setting it back where you want before returning to Play Mode The Echoplex helps you with this if you forget by providing a short time gap after you start moving the Feedback Knob before the knob is read So if you turn the knob quickly you can return to the value you want without getting a strange Feedback setting See also Feedback Knob Feedback Parameter Button Reference User Interface 9 3 Feedbk Indicator Front Panel Displays the volume of the material in the loop When this light is dark it is measuring very little or no signal When it is green the signal is healthy Orange indicators are fine too with the signal at a good level Levels that cause the indicator lights to glow red will cause distortion 9 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Feedback Pedal Jack Back Panel Plug a volume pedal into this jack to control feedback levels with your foot This jack lets you use a passive volume pedal one with no power supply or battery to control the Feedback parameter Use a standard guitar cord to connect a volume control s Amplifier output to this jack in order to use the pedal as a Feedback controller This jack has been calibrated to work w
204. sive devices like electric guitar or bass m Put the Echoplex in the effects loop of your favorite amplifier or effects device Be careful about using distortion in the amp after the Echoplex When you build up a loop it will often sound muddy with distortion after it which you may or may not want m Plug the final output of your favorite effects device directly into the Echoplex and plug the Echoplex output into any amplifier or preamplifier m Connect the Echoplex to the Effects Aux Send and Return of your mixer m Connect a pair of Echoplexes to loop stereo signals Refer to the Stereo section later in this chapter gt MIDI Connections The standard MIDI In Out and Thru ports are described in detail under the MIDI Ports heading in the Reference chapter A wide range of MIDI functions are available to you These are summarized at the start of Chapter 3 gt Footswitch Jacks FEEDBACK 1 4 jack that connects to the output of a passive volume pedal one that doesn t require power with a standard guitar cord This connector doesn t work with all pedals but it will work with many including the popular Boss FV 50L Call Gibson if you are in doubt about whether a particular pedal will work or test it if it s convenient Front Back and Underfoot 2 7 OVERDUB A 1 4 mono phone jack for attaching a momentary switch This is useful if you don t own the EFC 7 footpedal or if you prefer to use a different style of
205. ss while editing the 8ths cycle parameter returns you to the initial value of 8 Example 4 1 Syncing to an external MIDI clock 1 Set 8ths Cycle 8 This means that each cycle will be eight eighth notes one measure long 2 Set Sync ln 3 Connect the MIDI Out port of a clock source to the Echoplex Digital Pro s MIDI In port using a standard MIDI cable 4 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual 8ths Cycle Continued 4 Make sure that your clock source is set to transmit MIDI Clocks this setting is usually found under a MIDI or Sync menu or function key 5 Reset the current loop by holding down the Record button for several seconds 6 Load a rhythm pattern or sequence into your clock source set it up to loop indefinitely and hit Play At the beginning of each measure you will see the sync LED flash on the Echoplex display 7 The next time you hit Record the Echoplex will wait for the beginning of the next measure before starting the Record process You end the Record operation by pressing the Record button a second time Instead of ending immediately recording will continue until the next measure boundary as determined by the incoming MIDI clocks 8 Once you ve recorded your first cycle this way the Echoplex continues to monitor the clock source and maintain synchronization However once the basic loop is recorded the Echoplex will not change the timing or playback speed of the loop to respond t
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207. start recording Press Record again to stop recording The display will show 000 and recording will continue until the next tap or audio pulse comes Example 4 x Synchronizing an External Device to the Echoplex with Pulse Triggers 6 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual BeatSync Continued Many older devices can us a pulse trigger for synchronizing triggering or other interesting effects If you have one try connecting the BeatSync jack of your Echoplex to its trigger input so the Echoplex can control it Set Sync Out Record a loop on the Echoplex The Echoplex will begin sending pulse triggers out to the other device A pulse will be sent at each cycle point of your loop Example 4 5 Foot Controlled Stuttering Mute Multiply Connect a footswitch to the BeatSynce jack Set Sync ln Record a loop Press Mute then Multiply Press the footswitch The loop you ve just recorded will start playing back from the beginning and play once Every time you press the footswitch the loop will restart from its beginning Example 4 x Audio Controlled Stuttering Mute Multiply Connect a microphone to the BeatSync jack You could also use an aux send of a mixer that has the microphones connected to it Place the mic near an appropriate sound source that can give a sharp attack like a drum for example Set Sync ln Record a loop Press Mute then Multiply Every time the drum is struck your loop will trigge
208. t away from the other you will have them both sending pulses on the BrotherSync line at different times Those two are able to tell which pulse is theirs and which is from the other unit so they can stay in sync with each other just fine They can be ReAligned later at the user s command However if you try to add a third unit to the sync it will see the two different pulses coming and be unable to tell the correct loop StartPoint and loop length It will not be able to SyncRecord to the others correctly The best way to deal with this is to have the third unit record a loop in sync before having any of them shift their StartPoints Then the third unit will be in sync already and not have to worry about joining the sync later Or ReAlign the other two first before the third unit joins An alternative would be to use the QuantStartPoint command on the unit that has been shifted so that it will reset its StartPoint to the next BrotherSync coming in from the other Echoplex Then they will both have their StartPoints in the same spot and be sending BrotherSync pulses at the same time so there will not be any confusion for the third unit Of 6 20 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual ReAlign Continued course this means ReAlign can no longer be used on the second machine to put it back in the original alignment with the first See also Mute Global Local MIDI Clock Sync BrotherSync BeatSync StartPoint Reference Synchronizatio
209. tMode H SP the Insert Button becomes the HalfSpeed button Pressing HalfSpeed switches the current loop an octave lower to half speed The Insert LED turns red and the display says H SP briefly Press HalfSpeed again and the loop returns to FullSpeed The LED turns green and ESP is displayed for a moment The function is reset to Full Speed with Reset but it can be selected while still in Reset This allows you to start a loop in half speed with the audio sounding normal and then switch to full speed It ends up as double speed one octave higher All other functions work normally in HalfSpeed The speed can be switched anytime during playing or Reset even while in the middle of overdubbing or multiplying So as you are overdubbing you can switch freely between HalfSpeed and FullSpeed to get interesting octave and speed jumps in the middle of the overdub The sound quality is somewhat reduced during HalfSpeed because the sampling rate for the audio is cut in half Also note that MIDI piping is slowed down by HalfSpeed so it is possible to see to see slight delays in very dense MIDI streams See the MIDI chapter for more details on MIDIpipe See Also InsertMode Reference Functions 5 9 Immediate Action Insert Play Mode Inserts cycles replaces sections reverses playback and lets you rehearse This is a redefinable button capable of inserting sound into a loop in several different ways and also capable of reversing the curre
210. tain their phase relationships through loops of any length A MIDI connection provides simultaneous control over the process Figure 2 4 shows the way to create a seamless connection The values of all parameters in the MIDI row of the Parameter grid should be set identically in both units Make sure ControlSource is set to Notes or Controllers and not off The Sync parameter should normally be set to Out on both units unless you are using an external MIDI clock In that case set Sync ln on both units Slave Echoplex Audio In BrotherSync__ MIDI In _ Audio Out Left Stereo Audio Source Righ Audio In Master Echoplex Footpedal oooo0o0 o P FIGURE 2 5 Using a pair of Echoplexes to loop or delay stereo signals BrotherSync MIDI Out Audio Out Left Stereo Audio Amplifer Right Front Back and Underfoot 2 9 2 10 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 3 MIDI There are a number of different ways that MIDI interacts with the Echoplex Digital Pro The MIDI chapter in the Reference guide contains extensive details on all MIDI features The MIDI functions available are You can virtually control all front panel buttons with NoteOn or Continuous Control messages see the ControlSource and VirtualButtons entries in the Reference chapter You can directly control many features that are difficult or complicated to access from the front panel with NoteOn or Continuous Control messages see the MIDI Command
211. tart a second press of the Mute button will always restart the current loop at the beginning This is probably the most useful setting for solo playing When MuteMode Start the end of the Mute is affected by the setting of Quantize If Quantize On then sound won t restart until the end of the current cycle Be aware that restarting the loop can move your StartPoint in relation to external sequencers or other musicians This could be a problem if you wish to keep things tight with a sequencer but it can also be very useful if the band s time has shifted and you need to line your loop up again with everybody else MuteMode Continuous When the MuteMode Continuous the loop continues counting even when it is silenced by pressing Mute Then when you press Mute a second time to allow audio output again the loop will become audible wherever it happens to be at that time This is probably most useful if you want to silence the loop for just a beat or two to play a fill or have your loop stay in time with other musicians even while it is not heard See Also Mute SamplePlay Quantize Reference Parameters 4 33 OverdubMode Default Toggle Parameter Row Switches Affects the behavior of the Overdub button See Also Overdub Values Toggle tog Sustain SUS When OverdubMode is set to Toggle the Overdub button toggles the Overdub function on and off In other words tap Overdub once to turn it on and tap it again to turn it o
212. te sample dumps in both directions Alchemy actually sends the sample number off by one When you ask for sample 5 it actually requests 4 from the Echoplex ECHOPLEX gt ALCHEMY Go into Upload mode on the Echoplex Send a request from Alchemy menu Network Get Sound ALCHEMY gt ECHOPLEX Go into Upload mode on the Echoplex Start the dump from Alchemy menu Network Put Sound Make sure the sample length actually has the number of samples that you want to transmit Sometimes Alchemy stores short sounds in huge files filling the end with zeroes Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 17 Other Device Implementations MIDI Sample Dump Continued K2000 The K2000 reserves the samples 1 199 for ROM samples which can not be dumped or overwritten It automatically adds 200 to incoming samples with sample numbers lt 200 Sample number 0 writes an incoming sample to the first free place The K2000 always adds 1 to the sample number You have to set the device ID called Sysex ID to the same as on the Echoplex Setting it to 127 doesn t do the standard behavior accepting all IDs so make sure they are equal on both units ECHOPLEX gt K2000 Start sending from the Echoplex at any time Make sure the sample you write to is free You need to go into the Edit Keymap to see your new sample It is probably best if you add a new Keymap with your new sample K2000 gt ECHOPLEX Go into U
213. tely put into Multiply mode It s the equivalent of ending the insertion by pressing Insert a second time and then pressing Multiply immediately Ending an insertion with Mute is exactly like ending it with Insert except that you will go immediately into the Mute mode once the Insert has ended The audible sound from the loop will remain off as Insert ends Once youre in Mute mode you can restart the sound with the mute button or with the Alternate Endings listed for the Mute entry later in this chapter LONG PRESS REPLACE The Insert button can also be used to replace material that is in the loop This is accomplished by holding down Insert as you play the new material instead of pressing and releasing it as shown in Figure 4 4 The Replace will continue as long as you hold Insert down 5 14 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual FIGURE 4 4 Replacing with a long press of the Insert button InsertMode Insert Insert Continued Existing loop 9 la paeeseesesseoee New Performance Button Actions I Time gt INSERTMODE REHEARSE When InsertMode Rehearse the behavior of the Insert button as a way to end recording changes Rehearse allows you to practice a part before committing it to a loop See Rehearse in the Functions section for more information INSERTMODE REPLACE When InsertMode Replace the Insert button becomes the Replace button Each press and release of the Replace butto
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215. th Undo The reasons why this works are very complicated but suffice to say that you will not find bits of your loop disappearing when doing heavy stuttering effects SUBSTITUTE AND STUTTERMODE Substitute gains more advanced control in StutterMode If you have a Pedal inserted in the Feedback Pedal Jack for Feedback control the pedal controls the Feedback during normal use and the knob setting is 4 20 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued not used However during Substitute the FeedBack Knob becomes active for Feedback control This lets you have two different Feedback settings between normal playing and Substituting If you do not have a pedal inserted Substitute operates the way it normally does in LoopMode and has Feedback set to 0 while active See the Substitute section to learn more about this function The following table shows how Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states Table 4 x StutterMode State Feedback Loop Loop Pedal NoPedal Input Output Playing Pedal Knob 0 100 Overdubbing Pedal Knob 100 100 Substituting Knob 0 100 100 Recording NA 100 0 Multiplyin Pedal Knob 100 100 Insertin Pedal Knob 100 100 Replacing 0 100 0 Mute 100 0 0 OutMope Loop DELAY Out The Out choice for the Loop Delay parameter is only available when a pedal is plugged into the Feedback Pedal Jack This state is identical Reference
216. the Overdub button m You can end the Record operation several ways m When MuteMode Continuous the loop runs in the background even when it s silent Introduction iii 1 TERMINOLOGY There are a few key terms that are used frequently in this manual Here s a summary PLAY MODE This is the condition of the Echoplex Digital Pro Plus when you re not editing parameters or performing an operation like recording overdubbing inserting etc None of the Row Indicator LEDs are lit in this condition and the current loop simply plays back over and over PARAMETER EDIT MODE This is the condition of the Echoplex Digital Pro Plus when you are editing parameters You reach this state by pressing the Parameter button and you will see one of the Row Indicator LEDs lit to indicate which row is being edited OTHER MODES These are the states that the Echoplex Digital Pro Plus is in after you ve pressed a button to initiate an action but before you ve ended the action The mode is the name of the button that you ve pressed e g Record mode Mute mode Insert mode etc Loop Loop LENGTH CURRENT Loop CYCLE A loop is the entire program that plays when the Echoplex is in Play mode The length of the loop is the number that is in the LoopTime iii 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Display while in Play mode the length of the recorded material which will be less than the total length available for recording I
217. the audio quality of your loops at all Pressing Load puts you in a mode where there are several possibilities for transferring samples Any samples that are received will be put in the current loop erasing anything that was there Even though MIDI Sample Dump is a standard many manufacturers have implemented it with slight variations The Echoplex was designed to handle a wide range of difference When your e in Load mode the Echoplex will respond to MIDI Sample Dump Requests See Example 4 8 under the Dump heading for more information Example 4 11 Loading the Current Loop from a Sequencer or Sampler without Handshaking 1 Load the contents of a previous dump into your sequencer or load a sample into your sampler 2 Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out port on your sampler or sequencer to the MIDI In port on the Echoplex Digital Pro If you also connect the MIDI Out of the Echoplex to the MIDI In of the sampler then a faster dump can occur provided that your sampler supports handshaking protocols 3 Press the Parameter button on the Echoplex Digital Pro until the light next to the word MIDI is lit and then press the NextLoop Load button to wait for the dump The display will show moving dashes to indicate a wait state along with the numbers 00 that indicate that no bytes have been received 5 18 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual 4 5 Load Continued Start a dump on your sequencer or sampler
218. the sysex commands in real time This is not audible for short commands like changing a single parameter but you may hear it for long Sysex strings See also MIDI In MIDI Out Channel ControlSource Source Reference MIDI Control 7 9 MIDI VirtualButtons Immediate Action Play Mode Midi Commands can be used to emulate the Front Panel Buttons Aset of MIDI commands in the Echoplex are called MIDI VirtualButtons because they behave exactly the same way the corresponding front panel buttons do With MIDI VirtualButtons you can press the front panel buttons virtually by MIDI and do things like long presses and short presses and cross functions If the ControlSource parameter is set to Notes then a NoteOn message is the same as pressing the button and a NoteOff message is the same as releasing the button If the ControlSource Parameter is set to Continuous Controllers a controller with a positive value is the same as pressing a button and a controller message with a value of 0 is the same as releasing the button This press and release concept is important to remember when programming a MIDI controller When using VirtualButtons you have to make sure you send both the NoteOn and the NoteOff so that you both press and release the button The VirtualButtons emulate the front panel interface in MIDI However there are more VirtualButtons than front panel buttons because we offer all the InsertMode options simultaneously from MID
219. their Sample Dump implementation Sending MIDI Sample Dumps from one Echoplex to another one is simple If you are connecting two Echoplexes make sure they don t use the same MIDI channel and or the MIDI parameter ControlSource is switched off on the sending machines both machines in a closed loop This is especially necessary now with the MIDI pipe feature when using closed loop since any MIDI command received is immediately sent out again If you forget this the two machines will send every button you press back and forth to each other in an infinite loop Unhook them and do one of the following E Choose another MIDI channel on one of them m Switch the MIDI parameter ControlSource on the sending machine to off This is necessary for closed loop and both must have ControlSoutrce off m Select another MIDI parameter Source for one of them so they send on another octave SOUNDDESIGNER SoundDesigner subtracts 2 from the device ID number 10 16 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI Sample Dump Other Device Implementations Continued SOUNDDESIGNER gt ECHOPLEX SoundDesigner and the Echoplex do not agree on how to calculate the checksum The Echoplex sends a NAK Not Acknowledge after every data package Luckily SoundDesigner ignores all handshake messages and the Echoplex stores it anyway so you will end up with the correct sample in your Echoplex ALCHEMY Alchemy needs to initia
220. thers are set globally and independent of the Presets They will always retain the value set no matter which Preset is loaded The following are Global Reference Parameter Presets 8 3 Parameter Presets Continued MIDI Channel ControlSource Source VolumeCont FeedBkCont LoopTrig Device ID for Sysex and Sample Dump Last Preset MoORELOOPS IS A SPECIAL CASE Normally when the MoreLoops parameter is changed a GeneralReset is done automatically This is necessary because the memory must be reorganized to support the new number of loops but it unfortunately means current loops are lost When you change MoreLoops from the front panel we assume you are doing it consciously and are aware that any loops you have currently in memory will get Reset However we found it was very easy to change to a Preset while you are playing without realizing that it had a different number of loops setup in the MoreLoops parameter and consequently destroy the loops you are currently playing We developed a simple system to protect against this situation Whenever you change Presets while in a loop with something recorded any change in the Moreloops parameter due to the Preset change is ignored The rest of the changes in that Presets are loaded and your loops are not be destroyed by the Preset change If you are in a Reset loop when you make the Preset change we go ahead and implement the Moreloops change as well and do the GeneralReset
221. tice the green Multiple Display counts the cycles backwards while the loop is Reversed You can also engage Multiply and Insert while the loop is Reversed and they work normally The Multiply and Insert functions can be ended with a press of Reverse The Multiply or Insert will round off exactly like it normally would When it reaches the end of the cycle the whole loop will immediately play backwards In this way you can go directly from Multiply into Reverse without extra button presses THE EFFECT OF QUANTIZE Reverse is affected by the setting of Quantize If Quantize Cycle Loop or 8th the reverse playback will not begin until the end of the current quantize period and proceeds backwards from the end of the quantize period towards the beginning of the loop If Quantize Off then reverse playback begins as soon as you press Reverse and proceeds from the time of the button press back towards the start of the loop UNDO AND REVERSE It is possible to press Undo while in Reverse Undo during Reverse works normally back to the point where Reverse happened This means any overdubs you do while Reversing can be Undone However it is not possible to Undo past a Reverse since memory really does get used in 5 60 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Reverse Continued the other direction and overdubs made prior to Reverse get destroyed by overdubs made after the Reverse Record Undo is also possible in Reverse So if you
222. tion for more details Reference Synchronization 6 3 BeatSync Continued Example 4 4 Synchronizing the Echoplex to a Pulse Trigger 1 Connect a 1 4 mono cable between pulse trigger output of the external device and the BeatSync jack of the Echoplex 2 Set Sync In on the Echoplex Put its current loop into reset 3 Start the external device so it is sending a pulse You should see the Sync LED on the display blink with each pulse 4 Somewhere in between the pulses press Record on the Echoplex The display will show ooo indicating that the Echoplex is waiting for a sync pulse before recording 5 When the next pulse arrives the Echoplex will start recording 7 Press Record again to stop recording The display will show ooo and recording will continue until the next pulse comes Example 4 4 Synchronizing the Echoplex to a Footswitch or Audio Signal Connect a 1 4 mono cable between a footswitch and the BeatSync jack of the Echoplex Or connect an audio source with a sharp attack directly to the BeatSync jack Set Sync n on the Echoplex Put its current loop into reset 3 Tap the switch Or play the sound source You should see the Sync LED on the display blink with each pulse 4 Somewhere in between the taps or audio pulses press Record on the Echoplex The display will show ooo indicating that the Echoplex is waiting for a sync pulse before recording 5 When you tap again the Echoplex will
223. to change loops there are a few differences in functionality while the new loop is playing once Undo If you decide you want to stay in the new loop instead of bouncing back you just have to press Undo while it is playing the single repetition Instead of bouncing back to the first loop when it reaches the end it will keep repeating the new one Mute If you press Mute during the second loop it will Mute and stay in that loop Insert If you press Insert while the second loop is playing it will retrigger You can retrigger it as much as you like and when you let it go to the end it will return to the first loop Multiply Multiply is not available while the second loop is playing Overdub If you turn on Overdub while the second loop is playing it will be assumed that you want to make some change to the new loop and it will not switch back to the first one If you have the SwitchQuant parameter on and press Overdub while you are still waiting for the first Reference Parameters 4 45 SamplerStyle Continued loop to finish Overdub will be on when you go to the second loop Again it will not return to the first loop after it is done and the overdub is kept m NextLoop NextLoop is interesting If you press NextLoop again while the second loop is playing you will go to a third loop When the third loop is finished playing once it returns to the second loop When the second loop finishes playing one more time it returns t
224. to a loop One use of this is to create very short loops and splice short grains of sound together in real time by tapping on the multiply or insert buttons as sounds are played into the input If you hold the button down the Multiply or Insert goes on as long as you hold it but if you just tap the button lightly the functions will only be active for as long as the switch is contacting This can be as short as a few milliseconds allowing you to splice together very short fragments The result is a Granular loop where all the fragments or Grains of sound together become a new sound Combine InsertMode SUS with RecordMode SUS and OverdubMode SUS as well as the SUS MIDI commands to access other functions as a sustain action like SUSReplace and SUSSubstitute Reference Functions 5 69 SUS Commands Continued SUS techniques give exciting new timbre and glitch effects all created in real time Real Time Granular QUANTIZED SUS COMMANDS With other settings of the Quantize parameter the SUS Insert and SUS Multiply start and stop quantized There will always be an Insert or Multiply of at least one time period as determined by the quantize setting Loop Cycle or 8th Even if you quickly tap the button such that it is actually released before the start of the function you will still get one time period worth of the function This is very useful when working with short loops where it is important to maintain a rhythmic
225. trigger command will be at MIDI Note 73 MIDI SUS MutTE RETRIGGER Another way to execute Retrigger with MIDI is the SUS Mute Retrigger command With this command when you press the appropriate MIDI button down on your MIDI controller and the loop will immediately go into Mute When you release the button it will Retrigger the loop SUS Mute Retrigger is located at Source 30 So if Source 36 and ControlSource Notes the SUS Mute Retrigger command will be at MIDI Note 66 NoteOn 66 will put the loop into Mute and NoteOff 66 will Retrigger it See also Mute MuteMode SamplePlay Reference Functions 5 57 Reverse Immediate Action Play Mode Reverses the direction of the current loop Reverse reverses the playback direction of the current loop so that the audio plays backwards Reverse can be accessed at most times and most functions are available even while the loop is in Reverse Since there is no LED specially designated for Reverse the Insert LED comes on when Reverse is engaged Whenever you engage Reverse the front panel LoopTime Display will briefly display rE to indicate that Reverse has started When you press Reverse again to go forward the display will briefly show Fd ACCESSING REVERSE There are several different ways to access the Reverse function There is no direct Reverse button on the front panel however you can bring this function to the front panel and down to the footpedal by
226. ts are backwards compatible The version numbers start with 1 LD4 0 revision 95 96 If data is requested in a known version the answer will be in this format Version 0 zero is interpreted as the current version of this unit Unknown version numbers are ignored error message The format of the data bytes of the following commands depends on this version number 3 COMMANDS 3 1 COMMANDS VERSION 1 Overview FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers cmd data F7 11 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual MIDI SysEx MIDI SysEx Detailed Reference Continued INFO REQUEST FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 0 F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 0 247 INFO DATA FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 1 vers mem_1 mem 2 mem 3 F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 1 vers mem_1 mem 2 mem 3 247 GLOBAL PARAM REQUEST FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 10 from length pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 16 from length pset 247 GLOBAL PARAM DATA FO 00 01 30 0B dev vers 11 from length pset val_1 val_n F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 17 from length pset val_1 val_n 247 LOCAL PARAM REQUEST FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 12 from length pset F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 18 from length pset 247 LOCAL PARAM DATA FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 13 from length pset val_1 val_n F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 19 from length pset val_1 val_n 247 ALL PARAM REQUEST FO 00 01 30 OB dev vers 14 F7 240 00 01 48 11 dev vers 20 247 GLOBAL PA
227. u ve built up a loop it will have certain elements that dominate and give it a particular character If you then turn Feedback down a bit those things slowly begin getting quieter Then you begin adding new elements to the loop which will be relatively louder since they have not had any feedback applied With each repetition you add a little bit more to evolve the loop in a new direction Those new elements will then begin dominating the loop and the character will steadily change When it has changed to something you like you set the Feedback up to maximum so the level does not reduce with each repeat anymore 5 6 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Feedback Continued This technique gives a nice evolving effect to the loop and is a very powerful and expressive tool By actively controlling the feedback you can control how quickly this evolution occurs See Also FeedBkCont Feedback Knob Feedback Jack LoopTime Display Record Overdub Undo Reference Functions 5 7 GeneralReset Immediate Action Play Mode Reset all Loops When the number of loops the value of MoreLoops is greater than one the GeneralReset command can be used to reset all the loops at once From the front panel GeneralReset is done with a Long Press of the Multiply button while you are in a loop that is already Reset In other words first you have to Reset the current loop then you hold down Multiply for half a second to do a GeneralReset The e
228. uS the MIDI StartSong message is not sent out when recording is started or stopped so the Sequencer will not start up When you are ready to start the sequencer you need to send a MIDI StartSong message with the QuantStartSong command executed by pressing Mute and then Multiply while the loop is playing At the next StartPoint of your loop a MIDI StartSong message will be sent automatically and your Sequencer will start You can also use one of the MIDI StartSong commands which don t necessarily require you to mute your loop first More details about the quantized Startsong commands can be found in the Synchronization chapter and the MIDI chapter SETTEMPO AND PRESETS The Setlempo moment when the tempo is locked in is important At Setlempo the tempo you have defined with the Feedback Knob is stored as a parameter value in memory You can then save it as a Preset and recall it again later This allows you to have predefined tempos stored in different Presets and jump to them immediately See the Presets section for more information on Presets Setfempo also means that the tempo is remembered if you go out of TempoSelect and then come back For example after SetTempo and while still in Reset you press Overdub to disable sync At that point you can record a loop out of sync if you like After reset press Overdub again to re enable sync Reference Synchronization 6 37 TempoSelect Continued and then press Undo again to go back into the
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230. uite a long while any press longer than half a second will count as a long press Introduction iii 3 IMMEDIATE ACTION This is a term used in the Reference chapter to describe buttons that initiate an operation as soon as you press them in contrast to buttons that set parameters QUANTIZE When an action is Quantized it means it will waits until an appropriate rhythmic moment before it executes The Quanftize parameters let you choose whether actions wait until the next Loop StartPoint the next Cycle StartPoint or the next Cycle Subdivision point or 8th ROUNDED AND UNROUNDED Some functions like Multiply and Insert are designed to automatically operate for an integer number of Cycles If you end the operation sometime in the middle of the Cycle it will continue operating until the end of the cycle time so that you end up with an even rhythm This is called Rounding because it rounds off to the nearest integer number of Cycles The RoundMode parameter lets you determine how the Echoplex operates while Rounding It is possible for the user to force a Rounded action to end without Rounding This is referred to as an UnRounded operation For example an UnRounded Multiply is a Multiply that is forced to end without reaching the end of the cycle iii 4 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual SECTION I User Guide USER GUIDE INTRODUCTION This section will help you get started using the Echoplex and provide instru
231. ump Sample Dump User Guide Continued EcHOPLEX A gt ECHOPLEX B CLOSED LOOP A INITIATES E AB Set MIDI ControlSource to Off to avoid MIDI loops Connect MIDI Out of Echoplex A with MIDI In of Echoplex B Connect MIDI Out of Echoplex B with MIDI In of Echoplex A E AB Press Parameters on both units until they are both in the MIDI parameter mode A shows P3 B shows P3 E B Press Load on Echoplex B goes into Upload Mode showing EA Press Dump on Echoplex A A starts dumping showing d B starts uploading showing U E Wait until the entire loop is sent A shows P3 again B shows again E B Press Parameters on B to exit Upload Mode B shows P3 again E Echoplex B has now uploaded the loop ECHOPLEX A gt ECHOPLEX B CLOSED LOOP B INITIATES E B Press Load on Echoplex B goes into Upload Mode showing EA Press Load on Echoplex A goes into Upload Mode showing E B Press Load again on Echoplex B B sends a SampleRequest to A A starts dumping showing d B starts uploading showing U Reference MIDI Sample Dump 10 13 Sample Dump User Guide MIDI Sample Dump Continued E Wait until the entire loop is sent A shows again B shows again EA Press Parameters on A to exit Upload Mode A shows P3 again E B Press Parameters on B to exit Upload Mode B shows P3 again E Echoplex B has now uploaded the loop Not all samplers or computer programs are
232. urn off the power For example if you like to switch Quantize on and off quickly you could switch it on through the Parameter Matrix then save to Preset 1 then switch it off and save to Preset 2 From then on you just have to call those two Presets with a MIDI Program Change from a MIDI controller while you continue to play This is much easier than editing from the front panel every time SELECTING PRESETS The 15 Presets can be chosen by one of the following methods m From within the Preset Editor accessed with the Presets parameter Using the Mute and Insert buttons while in Reset Sending MIDI Program Change commands at any time MIDI SysEx Note that When InsertMode HalfSpeed HalfSpeed takes precedence over the Preset control on the Insert button while in Reset So only the Mute button is available for changing Presets in that case 8 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Parameter Presets Continued PARAMETERS SAVED IN PRESETS Some Parameters are considered Global and are not stored in Presets Those will be noted shortly The following Paramefers are saved in Presets Loop Delay Quantize 8ths Cycle Sync Threshold RecordMode OverdubMode RoundMode InsertMode MuteMode MoreLoops AutoRecord LoopCopy SwitchQuant Velocity SamplerStyle In addition Tempos set by using the TempoSelect feature are saved in the Presets GLOBAL PARAMETERS NOT CHANGED BY PRESETS The MIDI parameters plus a few o
233. us User s Manual Default Off RoundMode Parameter Row Switches Determines whether certain material will be recorded Values Off OFF Round rnd During Multiply and Insert operations which always are active for an exact number of cycles unless ended with the Record button this parameter determines whether new material played after the second press of the button but before the end of the current cycle will be recorded Diagrams under the Multiply and Insert headings elsewhere in this chapter demonstrate the effects of this parameter explicitly See also Overdub Multiply Insert Reference Parameters 4 43 SamplerStyle Default Run Parameter Row Loops Determines how multiple loops are triggered with MIDI or the NextLoop button Values Run One Attack This is primarily useful when you are using multiple loops As you can read in the discussion of LoopTrig an incoming MIDI Note On can trigger any loop If Velocity On the velocities of the incoming notes will control the volume at which the loop is played There are four different types of responses to one of these triggers corresponding to the values of this SamplerStyle parameter as follows RUN run The loop will start and play continuously just as if you had pressed NextLoop to trigger it The loop always begins where it was last left Start StA The loop will trigger from the StartPoint and play forever This is true whether the loop is entered w
234. user interface is there to help you find the tempo The Visual Tempo Guide makes use of several LEDs on the Echoplex front panel that are otherwise not used during Play Mode They work as follows Timing LED Blinks at each Sub Cycle Point as determined by the 8ths Cycle parameter and the Global Clock Usually indicates 8th notes Switches LED Blinks at local Cycle StartPoints MIDI LED Blinks with the local Loop StartPoint only shown if multiples established Multiple Right Dot Blinks at the Global MIDI StartPoint Beat 1 of the external clock Only shown if local loop is not aligned Multiple Left Dot Blinks when a Sync correction happens as follows bright Sync came early the Echoplex jumps back almost the whole loop This means the external sequencer was a little fast faint Sync came late the Echoplex jumps a little This means the external sequencer was a little slow Loop Display Dot AutoUndo executed loop was not changed in last pass 9 30 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Visual Tempo Guide Continued The following figure shows the location of each Visual Tempo Guide LED Number of the Current Cycle Flashes to indicate current loop Time display from Multiply or Insert Loop StartPoint Flashes to indicate Cycle StartPoint i LI MULTIPLE Timing Switches Flashes to indicate Indicates Sync Flashes to indicate Flashes to indicate AutoUndo Correction Global MIDI StartPoint Sub
235. utomatically copied into every empty reset loop that you enter The sound copy occurs in real time and works just like doing a Multiply into the new loop If you let it keep going your previous loop will be repeated into multiple cycles in the new loop which will be counted in the Multiple Display Any new material that you play during this copy will be overdubbed on top When you want to complete the copy press the Multiply button to end The copy will round off to the next cycle exactly as it does when using the Multiply function COPY THE TIME BASE TO A New Loop Similarly if LoopCopy Timing the length of the current loop will be automatically copied into every reset loop that you enter This also happens in real time and works just like doing an Insert into the new loop If you let it continue you will see additional cycles counted in the Multiple Display Any new material that you play will be added to the new loop When you want to complete the copy press Insert to end The copy will round off to the next cycle exactly as it does when using the Insert function Reference Parameters 4 29 LoopCopy Continued THE EFFECT OF AUTORECORD If AutoRecord On and LoopCopy is not Off LoopCopy will take precedence and the Echoplex will behave as if AutoRecord Off OTHER Copy METHODS Another way to perform copies is to use Multiply Insert or Overdub as alternate endings to a NextLoop press when SwitchQuant On See the
236. uttons Immediate Action Play Mode SmartButton control offers a quick way to access several common functions when using MIDI control SmartButtons are only available when using MIDI to control the Echoplex They allow you a convenient way to access several common functions by double clicking the MIDI NoteOn trigger for a given loop This can be convenient in performance or in the studio as it allows you to switch loops and execute functions with the same buttons on your MIDI controller With this feature you have many functions under control simply by connecting a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI controller programmed with the notes from 84 to 99 DouBLe C ick COPYING When you are triggering loops with MIDI NoteOn messages and SwitchQuant is on repeating double clicking the same note during the quantizing period will do a LoopCopy from the current loop into the triggered loop This is similar to using Next Multiply but is much quicker and simpler to use from a keyboard DouBLe CLickK RECORD If the current loop is in reset and you double click the NoteOn trigger for the current loop the Echoplex will start Record DousBLe Ciick MULTIPLY If you have a loop playing and you double click the NoteOn trigger for the current loop you will do a Multiply 9 26 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual SmartButtons Continued DouBLe CLicK STOPRECORD AND STOPMULTIPLY If Record or Multiply is running and you press the same Note
237. w Feedback Loop Input Volume and Loop Output Volume are set in various states Table 4 x LoopMode State Feedback Loop Loop Pedal NoPedal Input Output Playing Pedal Knob 0 100 Overdubbing Pedal Knob 100 100 Substituting 0 100 100 Recording NA 100 0 Multiplying Pedal Knob 100 100 Inserting 0 100 0 Replacing 0 100 0 Mute 100 0 0 4 16 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Loop Delay InterfaceMode Continued DELAYMopE Loop DELAY dEL DelayMode operation is like a traditional delay and is useful for people familiar with that style of looping In a traditional delay the input to the delay line is always open and Feedback is always being applied When a Hold button is pressed the input to the delay is closed and the Feedback is set to 100 Therefore when the Echoplex is in DelayMode it acts much like a traditional delay You set and reset the delay time by a pair of presses on the Record button The Loop Input Volume is always open and Feedback is controlled by the front panel Feedback Knob You ll probably want to keep the Feedback Knob set fairly low when you use the delay function In DelayMode some actions have different effects than in LoopMode m The Overdub button becomes the Hold button When you press Overdub the Feedback is set to 100 for infinite repeats and the Loop Input Volume is closed so that no new material is recorded into the delay This is different from the LoopMode sty
238. while you are tapping Multiply If you like you can tap them in very quickly right from the beginning Or if you have had Multiply going for a while using MultiIncrease simply adds to the number of multiples you already have 5 26 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Multilncrease Continued If you are tapping the Cycles in quickly it is helpful to remember that the first tap of Multiply is just starting the Multiply The second tap is where you start counting the total number of Cycles you will get This can throw you off when you count the Multiply taps quickly because you need to tap one extra time than the number of Cycles you want So if you want 4 Cycles total you need to tap five times You might count it start 1 2 3 4 Example 4 x Basic Operation of Multilncrease 1 Record a loop 2 Tap Multiply 4 times and you get Tap 1 Start Multiply Tap 2 Stop Multiply begin Rounding Tap 3 Multilncrease Cycles 2 Tap 4 Multilncrease Cycles 3 3 You ve set it to Multiply by 3 4 At the third Cycle the Multiply will stop automatically MULTIINCREASE WITH QUANTIZE LOOP When Quantize Loop MultiIncrease adds entire loops For example if the loop consisted of 4 Cycles Multilncrease counts C 8 C12 C16 etc See Also Multiply Insert Reference Functions 5 27 Multiply Immediate Action Play Mode Lets you overdub passages that are longer than the existing cycle Multiply makes it easy to
239. x saves you from accidentally wasting memory in this way so that the next time you press Undo you really Undo something from your loop The AutoUndo LED allows you to see AutoUndo in action This LED is the decimal point at the lower right of the Loop Display Every time an AutoUndo occurs it will blink faintly This can be a useful way to monitor the Echoplex if you ever feel that Undo is not doing what you expect All of this occurs behind the scenes and is certainly not necessary to understand in order to use the Echoplex It is presented here for those who wish to understand a bit more about how it all works See also Record Overdub Feedback 5 78 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual C HAPTER 6 Synchronization Reference Synchronization 6 1 AutoStartPoint Synchronization The Echoplex automatically corrects the StartPoint in certain situations where Sync cannot be maintained The Echoplex maintains sync to an external clock by retriggering the loop at the Global MIDI StartPoint defined by the clock An old problem with this method is that true sync cannot be maintained when either FeedBack is reduced or Overdub is on because an early arriving sync would erase the change made in that pass of the loop or cause glitches to record in the loop Because of this the Echoplex has to free run during that time to prevent such problems There is no fix for this really as it is a fundamental issue of how sync works in
240. xtra steps are there by design to reduce the likelihood of accidentally destroying your loops When you are in a Reset loop and multiple loops are set up the Multiply LED turns Orange to indicate this special function GeneralReset is also available immediately through MIDI using the DirectMIDI command for GeneralReset This is located at Source 26 If you are using the TempoSelect feature GeneralReset additionally exits the TempoSelect state so that your next loop recordings will not follow your preselected Tempo If you re enter TempoSelect your previous tempo is recalled and you can record in sync to it again Although GeneralReset erases the audio in all the loops it does not cause the Echoplex to lose sync with external devices The Echoplex will continue to track the Global MIDI StartPoint or Beat 1 of the sequencer so that your next Recording can begin in Sync The following example illustrates how to do a GeneralReset from the front panel See Also Reset Record Multiply MIDI Command List Global Local MIDI Clock TempoSelect 5 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action HalfSpeed Play Mode Play back the loop a half normal speed HalfSpeed switches the playback speed of the loop to half the normal speed making it an octave lower and twice as long HalfSpeed is an InsertMode option making it available from the front panel on the Insert Button HalfSpeed is also available by MIDI When nser
241. y use SUS action to put you into Forward and then back to Reverse when you release it DirectMIDI Reverse is Source 33 This command always puts the loop into Reverse If the loop is already in Reverse it does nothing m DirectMIDI Forward is Source 32 This command always puts the loop into Forward If the loop is already in Forward it does nothing REVERSE AND OTHER FUNCTIONS OVERDUB If you Overdub while a reversed loop is playing and then press the Reverse button a second time you ll hear your original loop play back forwards and your overdubbed part play backwards You can easily have audio going forwards and backwards in loop by combining Reverse and Overdub This is great for backwards guitar solos or secret messages Reverse and Overdub are independent so you can Reverse the loop while Overdubbing and the Overdub will continue RECORD Reverse can be used to end Record so that the Record stops and the loop immediately plays backwards This is very useful for doing backwards audio tricks live You may find this works especially well with the Feedback Knob set to 0 and the Mix Knob set to Loop Note that this Reference Functions 5 59 Reverse Continued only works with the Reverse button InsertMode Reverse or the Reverse VirtualButton the DirectMIDI Reverse has no effect while Recording MULTIPLY AND INSERT Loops that have had cycles added to them using Multiply or Insert can be Reversed You will no
242. ying During this operation the loop will continue running even when silenced regardless of the setting of MuteMode releasing the button will not start the loop at the beginning except by coincidence See Also MuteMode 5 40 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Immediate Action NextLoop Play Mode Moves to the next loop NextLoop is primarily used when multiple loops are set up with the MoreLoops parameter Pressing NextLoop will switch you to the next loop The setting of SwitchQuant will affect when this happens see the discussion of SwitchQuant for a detailed explanation RECORD TO NExTLoop If you have the MoreLoops parameter set greater than one ending a recording with NextLoop immediately ends the recording and puts you immediately into the next loop If AutoRecord On the Echoplex immediately continues recording in the new loop You can continue playing without any interruption and have what you play split into the two loops This is especially useful for filling the loops with the various parts of a song while playing continuously You just keep pressing Next as you play This is a great way to record a verse loop and chorus loop in one pass as you play them live If you continue to press NextLoop at the end of each part you can use this method to record into all of the loops you have set up Similarly if LoopCopy Sound or LoopCopy Time you can continuously copy the audio or the time base into new loop
243. ync Comparison of BeatSync and BrotherSync See also BeatSync When connecting Echoplexes to each other BrotherSync synchronizes loop times and start points It provides a tight sample level sync between units It is peer to peer in that any of the Echoplexes can define the loop time for the others BeatSync allows you to synchronize loops to external sync pulses from other devices or send sync pulses out to them It can also sync to audio pulses like a kick drum It is not intended for synchronizing to other Echoplexes and only operates in one direction at a time 6 8 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual Synchronization Global Local MIDI Clock Clock mechanism that allows synchronization magic in the Echoplex The Echoplex uses a Global Local MIDIclock system that allows the slaved unit to lock up with an external sequencer without drifting even if the loop start point on the Echoplex is moved by one of the following de aligning functions m StartPoint Sample Triggering Mute Undo restart loop Reverse HalfSpeed NextLoop Each loop keeps its own local MIDIclock counter m Stopping and restarting the sequencer or drum machine This feature lets you shift the loop freely away from the downbeats of an external sequencer for interesting rhythmic effects All the while the Echoplex keeps track of the external sequencer s downbeat and clock as a Global clock and the local Loop s StartPoint as a Local
244. ync Out and Sync OuS Details on the Quantized StartSong functions can be found in the Synchronization chapter and in the MIDI chapter MIDICLOCK AND STARTSONGS MIDIclock is sent out immediately when you enter the TempoSelect state but without a MIDI StartSong message Some devices like to have MIDI clock in advance and for some cases this allows you to get a feel for the rhythm But to really start things you need to send a MIDI StartSong message Reference Synchronization 6 35 TempoSelect Continued RECORDING IN TEMPO l There are three ways to send the MIDI StartSong and get things started Start up the sequencer before recording any loops The first option for starting the sequencer is to start it in tempo before recording any loops After you have entered TempoSelect and set the Tempo press the Undo button again This press of Undo sends a StartSong message to the sequencer and locks in your tempo We call it Setlempo The sequencer will receive the MIDI StartSong message and start playing at your tempo using the MIDI clock out from the Echoplex and the Echoplex and sequencer will be aligned from then on If you don t like the tempo you can press Undo to set it again with the Feedback Knob or the fine tune buttons This StartSong is sent if Sync Out or Sync OuS If you are not using a pedal for Feedback make sure you set the Feedback Knob back to where you want it for Feedback before recording Since you have
245. you own the optional EFC 7 footpedal connect it to the Footpedal jack on the back panel using a standard guitar cord with 1 4 phone plugs on each end Connect an audio source to the Echoplex s back panel Audio Input jack with a standard guitar cord or plug a high impedance microphone directly into the jack The Echoplex Digital Pro can accept microphone level instrument level and line level inputs along with anything in between Connect the Echoplex s Audio Output jack to an amplifier mixer or preamp to let you hear what s happening These are all the basic connections See Chapter 2 for information on additional possibilities 1 2 Echoplex Digital Pro Plus User s Manual gt Turn it On Use the power switch at the right of the Echoplex Digital Pro to turn it on The display will briefly show the software version number and then switch to the standard display see the section titled The Display in Chapter 2 LEVEL ADJUSTMENT gt Set the Levels 1 Turn the Output knob all the way off 2 Turn the Feedback Knob all the way up This is the best setting for most uses of the Echoplex Digital Pro See Feedback Knob in the Reference chapter for more information 3 The Mix knob lets you balance the volumes of your playing and loop playback Set it to the half way point straight up to start with 4 Set the Input knob so that the LED light labeled Input is dark when you re not playing anything gr

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