FEEDBACK on LOOPING

Damir

Hi Peter and all that care, I am finding it hard to select another loop when i am using lots of loops and the song is performace demanding and up tempo, stepping through a 13 minute song medley that contains 3 songs with all 12 loops used so i can jump around conveniently ,
The issue is its hard to recognize the loops selected as the selection is not highlighted enoug, specially when loops are short , you dont get the naming for a start which is not a dealbraker but the loop selected does not stand out enough as you are selecting through loops , the reason is the loops are small but they are also washed out by the white waveform behind it.This does not help at all.
Second issue is selecting a loop is not very forgiving, if you go past a loop you really need you are in trouble as you cant step back to it, so you are forced to go through another 11 loops to get there this is very awkward to do when you have an up tempo medley and very poor visual indication of where you are and you are aproaching the end of another loop which is forcing you to be ready for next loop and beeing a very long song if you miss this selection you could create another long repeat of totally unwanted area in a song.

So my poin is , why cant we have a back selection on the pedal , something like a quick double tap steps back one loop , a single tap moves forward but a double tap moves backward, so if you do overstep a selection you can just double tap to home in on the correct loop.

Here is an example of a long 3 song medley that i am talking about, which i ended up making a dogs breakfast out of last night because i missed the correct loops , instead of shortening the medley i increased its time then i butchered it more by trying to recover, luckerly all my loops work really well together so it seemed ok to the audience but i kept on jumping from one song to the other a number of times showing off how i can mix 3 songs in random order creating a messy masterpeace.

Can we make the loops solid colour with no waveform bleed through?
Can we have a back step when choosing loops?
Thanks Peter love your work!

peter

Double taps are always a problem because any function that does something different on single and double tap will be delayed. The app needs to wait for a possible second tap before the primary function can be triggered. That does not work well. I have told you this a thousand times.

Damir

peter Double taps are always a problem because any function that does something different on single and double tap will be delayed. The app needs to wait for a possible second tap before the primary function can be triggered. That does not work well. I have told you this a thousand times.

I don’t believe in this case a delayed action would have any significance just like a double tap to start a song, we don’t require instant action in both cases we require convenience instead , choosing a correct loop is not an instant requirement it’s something you do as you’re performing so being under pressure and not seeing the loops clearly already once you pass a loop you require a delayed action double tap to get back to the correct loop would still be much more convenient and faster to have than having to tap 11 or 13 times to get back, holding the foot switch down is convenient in theory but in practice on stage with poor visual feedback of loops its dangerous as you can easily overshoot your target and have no means to get back.
So to me having a way to step back is vital and a simple quick double tap allows us to home in on the target with confidence.
At the moment I have no confidence to move to a new loop selection unless all my loops are very big and few, as I can definitely see what I am doing from 1 meter away and if I miss the target I only have a few hits to correct it.

As I said a thousand times we need a better/clearer display of loops and a convenient way to choose and home in on a target loop, so having confidence of geting there in a very short time, otherwise the looping feature is only great for those that have a second person controlling the show with the screen in their face.
Heres a good example.
In a lot of my 300+ song repertuare when you re on the last loop i just want to repeat the loop before it as the crowd is in the mood to keep going so by simply a quick double tap that might be slightly delayed which i dont really care about its got no significance to me saves me a lot of bother on stage than stressing out on hitting the foot pedal 12 times and possibly stuffing it up as i am runing out of time to get there and if i do overshoot i am in deep ship, so i would rather just double tap and know i have stepped back one loop than spend valuable time on controling something i might bugger up , with sweat pouring of my face while keeping a smiling face to the audience and keeping eye contact with the blonde on the dancing floor and strumming on my guitar like a trained monkey , that stress i dont need a simple double tap is doable or any other method that makes it simpler would do.