Recording A Loop; Recording Layered Overdubs To Your Loop; Using Quantize For Seamless Loops - DigiTech GNX3 User Manual

Recorder
Using the FS300 for Looping

Recording a Loop

To begin recording a loop is no different than when you are doing multi-track recording. You must begin
with a new song in order to create a loop. Press the GNX3's UP footswitch (the GNX3's footswitches
must be in recorder mode first) or the F FWD button to select a new song that has not been recorded
on . Here are the steps for creating a loop:
1. Press the B-RECORD footswitch. The TRACK 1 button will automatically light red, which will arm it
to record, and the recorder will begin recording on this track. The TIME display will begin counting off
the recording time.
2. Just as you reach the end of your take, press the C-PLAY footswitch. This will set the loop length and
place TRACK 1 into playback. You will now begin hearing what you just recorded. You will now see
that the TRACK 2 button is flashing red meaning it is now armed and ready to begin recording on.
You have just successfully recorded you first loop and are now ready to start layering overdubs.
NOTE: If the RECORD footswitch is pressed instead of the PLAY footswitch after recording
the first pass, recording will stop and the loop's length will be set. The TRACK 1
button will now be armed for record (flashing red). You will begin hearing playback
of track 1 at this time. If you decide you want to add material to track 1 rather
than recording on a new track, press the RECORD footswitch again to enable
recording on this track again. The new material will now be added to existing
recorded material. Until the PLAY footswitch is pressed, only track 1 will be
available to record on.

Recording Layered Overdubs to your Loop

To begin adding overdubbed layers to your first loop is easy. Since TRACK 2 is already armed for
recording, press the RECORD footswitch when you are ready to begin recording your overdub.
1. Press the B-RECORD footswitch. The TRACK 2 button will light solid red and will begin recording
on this track.
2.When finished, you can press C-PLAY to arm the next track for recording or just press B-RECORD
to begin adding your next overdub.
If at anytime you are not satisfied with your current take, you can undo it by pressing and holding the A-
STOP/UNDO footswitch. This will erase the last recorded track and let you proceed with trying
another take without having to stop.

Using Quantize for Seamless Loops

When recording loops using the GNX3's click track or drum machine, it is important that you set the
loop length exactly so that your loop is seamless from finish to start. Sometimes our timing may not be
perfect when pressing the PLAY footswitch to set the length. The GNX3 provides a Quantize feature
that corrects these timing problems to the nearest eighth note. Quantize looks at the point where you
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