Let me introduce a new LoopA to this world:
[tadaaaa.wav]
It took 7 months between the first order and completion… Some soldering mistakes (I had to reorder a PCB and some chips), and loooong shipping delays due to the global chip shortage. Thanks Andy for your support along the build process (and answering my n00bish questions), and thanks again Peter for your brilliant assembling tutorial on Youtube! It was the first time in my life I used flux / flux pen and the biggest soldering project I’ve ever done so far, quite an achievement for me 😅 (and a bit stressful…)
Now, the plan for this LoopA is to fully replace a computer I use to sequence MIDI polyphonic voices on hardware synths (with Ableton), and clock my synths. I will be doing my very first live performance mid January 2023, relying on the LoopA to sequence a Micro Monsta 2, so it was a short call and I really needed this to work haha!
I took a moment to play with it today, the UI/UX is very pleasant to use, and I expect muscle memory to come way faster than with other sequencers I had previously (Elektron quality level?). Congrats!
For the next 4 weeks I will need to:
- Find the best way to clock my entire setup to prevent any latency (Digitakt + Micro Monsta 2, and a triple modular synth with NerdSeq + Pamela’s New Workout to feed with a 24ppq clock),
- Learn to use the LoopA,
- Upload my Ableton MIDI tracks to the Loop A,
- Try to find a way to sequence the scenes changes on the LoopA from the NerdSeq (is the Gate input usable already for this? I didn’t find the menu to configure it, but may have to look again! If needed I will fallback on MIDI CC for this),
- Write some missing tracks, and if possible directly on the LoopA 🙂
…a lot of work!
Bonnes fêtes de fin d’année
