I need to be able to change OT projects on-the-fly during live sets (I’m done with wasting hours and hours copying samples, patterns and parts between OT projects to build live sets!), and need a tightly sync’d midi looper to cover the joins.
I have a separate midi clock source to sync all the hardware, so stopping the OT won’t break or interrupt the master clock
The specifics of my requirements are:
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be able to trigger loop record (of my main mix) in sync with master midi clock
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be able to fade over to loop, once it’s recorded
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loop to stay in sync with master clock
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be able to fade back to the main mix once I have changed projects on the OT (and other gear) and re-started them in sync with master clock
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ideally the loop record and fade controls would also be controllable via midi messages/notes
Options appear to be:
Electrix Repeater (hard-to-find, and and rack format not so good for me)
Korg KP3 (lots of poor midi-sync issues reported online, also don’t know if can fade loop in/out, sound quality not the best?)
Gotharman DeFormer (don’t know much at all about this one yet!)
Does anyone have any experience of doing this kind of this with these devices, or can recommend another? Even a DJ mixer with built-in looper might work for my set-up, provided it can stay in sync…
Thanks for any tips in advance!