Hello good people of op-1 community!
Firstly, I dig the tune and video!
I’m not sure if what you’re experiencing is quite the same as what I’ve encountered but it sounds like the result is similar, loops get shifted or clipped slightly.
I’ll set the master tempo to 80 BPM, select 4 measures using SHIFT + >, then record a drum loop on one tape track.
Next I’ll record some chords or something on a second tape track…if I press STOP once, then use LIFT to delete that loop, sometimes the play head jumps back to a point just slightly before the IN marker.
If I’m not cautious then the next take of that loop is recorded that much out of sync with the other recorded tape tracks, leaving either a silent spot or odd clip at one end of the loop. If after LIFT I press STOP again, then the play head goes back to the correct IN marker time.
This doesn’t always occur, like if the IN marker is at 0:00:00, or if there isn’t anything recorded on the same tape track immediately before the IN marker.
I hope my description makes sense.
It may not be all that helpful to you, but it really does seem like we’re encountering a similar effect.
Just being aware of the exact location of the IN and OUT markers and using caution when lifting and dropping clips is what helps me prevent this issue…usually
SHIFT + 3(loop) might be helpful here.
3sleeves // Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your kind words about my video! So I guess it’s just one of the “op-1” things we have to deal with… Your workflow also sounds pretty similar to mine. I mean, I don’t think it won’t be that bad after I get used to it, but it would be much better to have this fixed. I will bump this thread if I figure something out. Until then, keep on groovin!
@3sleeves: I’ve tried to replicate what’s been happening for you without any success so far. Is there any chance you could post a video showing what happens?
Also, @afroduckswagga, if you can come up with the exact steps (or a video) to replicate what’s happening for you.
Sometimes it randomly just shortens the loop.
perhaps you’re accidentally hitting the set-loop-points buttons? happens to me occasionally, easy to do when twiddling on the keyboard in tape mode.
I happens to me everyday. But i thought I did something wrong (I probably did most of the time, tweaking a Knob on the wrong screen, pressing two button instead of one…). Do you have a video of the bug ?
Also i think I read here about bugs at the start 0.0.0 of the tape so I always start four bar away.
@<a href=“https://www.operator-1.com/index.php?p=/profile/53/5StarNomad” class=“Username” style=“margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: “lucida grande”, “Lucida Sans Unicode”, tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(66, 157, 168); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);”>5StarNomad<span style=“color: rgb(37, 38, 30); font-family: “lucida grande”, “Lucida Sans Unicode”, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);”> I will definitely share it when I get it on the camera !
@<a href=“https://www.operator-1.com/index.php?p=/profile/77/beefinator” class=“Username” style=“margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: “lucida grande”, “Lucida Sans Unicode”, tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(66, 157, 168); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);”>beefinator<span style=“color: rgb(37, 38, 30); font-family: “lucida grande”, “Lucida Sans Unicode”, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);”> I don’t think it’s the blue knob issue. One thing I’m suspecting is maybe I have too many 4-bar loops ? I usually keep about 5 loop ideas so I can play around with it.
<span style=“color: rgb(37, 38, 30); font-family: “lucida grande”, “Lucida Sans Unicode”, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);”>@<a href=“https://www.operator-1.com/index.php?p=/profile/3021/TiboDzi” class=“Username” style=“margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: “lucida grande”, “Lucida Sans Unicode”, tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(1, 115, 198); background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);”>TiboDzi<span style=“color: rgb(37, 38, 30); font-family: “lucida grande”, “Lucida Sans Unicode”, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 255);”> I am not sure what’s going on with this issue, but I will upload a video when I catch it on camera.
I lots of looping issues when I first had my OP1 with this, especially when I was doing shift+lift to take all four tracks and “duplicate” them to create an arrangement. It really annoyed me, and I thought my OP1 was broken, but it turns out you just need to do a few things to keep your loop “clean”.