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Old 01-12-2018, 12:15 AM
Revy Revy is offline
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Default Loop Fade

Thank you everyone for the great suggestions. Great playing Doug and a fantastic video and article! Very informative!

I'm a single player so I have to be the rhythm, percussion, vocals, etc. I don't do a lot of soloing mainly because my soloing abilities are limited (but I'm working on it!). Singing has been my forte and to add something to my show I play most of my lead or melody breaks on harmonica. So my main use for a looper is timing. What I was trying to accomplish was to stop my guitar playing and gently have the rhythm track fade out, not so much for guitar parts to fade out. But I have songs that I start and stop my percussion tracks during the song. That's where the problem lies. Never seen a looper you could fade and also completely stop. Like when you stop playing a guitar the sustain of the guitar gives it a natural fade. When you stomp a looper there's no sustain ringing out, it's just an abrupt stop. It never sounded natural to me. I'll do some more experimenting and see what I can come up with.

Thank you everyone!
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