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Electrix Repeater Manual

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  • Page 1 Loop B ased Digital Recorder...
  • Page 2 This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and Electrix, a div. of IVL Technologies Ltd., hereby declares on their own responsibility that the follow- used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 3: Before You Begin

    Repeater was designed for creative people, and as a tool to spark the creative process. Along those lines, we would like to hear what you can do with Repeater and other Electrix gear. If youÕre so inclined, please send your original ideas on CD, MD, MP3, vinyl or cassette to us at the address on the back page of this manual.
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  • Page 6 ¥You can cued up another Loop to play immediately after the current Loop. TERM # 2: TRACKS A track is a unique place to record audio within a loop. Tracks on Repeater are much like tracks on any hard disk or tape based recorder. Each track has level, pan, pitch shift and time slip controls.
  • Page 7 Reverse Play is a fun way to realize reverse solos and ambient textures. These are just a taste of some of the great features in Repeater. So call your friends and tell them how smart you are for buying Repeater, then sit down and learn how to use it. Trust us, it's quite easyÉ...

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL Compact Flash Card Slot - insert a Type 1 CFC here. Input Level - controls the input level to Repeater. The CFC is slotted so that the card can only be Set this control so that the input level indicator is plugged in right side up.
  • Page 9 The range of the tempo control may be limited record, re-sample, pan, pitch, slip, and FX insert all by the speed of the storage device. Repeater's has a use the Track Select buttons to determine which tempo range of 1 BPM up to 150% of the recorded tracks an operation is carried out on.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    REAR PANEL Power Input - accepts only the Repeater power supply. Pull back the connector housing to insert the jack into Repeater. Footswitch - plug in a Digitech FS-300 three button footswitch here. Undo, Play/Stop, and Record are supported with the footswitch. A sin- gle momentary footswitch will control the Record function.

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    á First load the drum loop just like we've been tempos together into one new loop (see sidebar). By utilizing Repeater's FX loop you can teaching you. add an external Filter or effects unit to shape the sound of each track. Once you're satis- fied you can re-sample the loop and export it to your PC via the CFC or Digital output.
  • Page 12 Tempo Lock button for 1 sec- ond. While the metronome is playing Repeater will quantize the initial record to the beat of the metronome. To dis- engage the metronome press and hold Tempo Lock for 1 second.
  • Page 13 GETTING STARTED ACOUSTIC GUITA R Here's a basic setup to get an acoustic guitar up and running with Repeater - without the need of any help from your "pocket protector" friendsÉ Making a Connection Plug in your guitar here. Connect the optional Digitech FS-300 or a single momentary footswitch to engage/disengage the Record function here.
  • Page 14 Using an amp with an effects loop It is best to plug Repeater into the Effects Loop of your amp if it has one. Connecting this way will ensure safe passage of your tone through Repeater. If your amp has a Wet/Dry Mix, set it to 100% wet for best results.
  • Page 15 LIVE SAMPLING Repeater is set up to take just about any kind of signal; from a sub-mixer to your mixer's FX send, a group output, or even a vinyl source. In addition, you can connect an effects processor to Repeater's FX Insert for easy patching of the effect onto the overall input or individual tracks.
  • Page 16 THE ALL REPEATER BAND One day every person in every band will integrate Repeater into their live show. Imagine a band that utilizes Repeaters, allowing them to loop themselves, then move on and overdub additional parts. All in perfect sync with each other via MIDI.
  • Page 17 Now press Record near the Gain) and take command from the downbeat of the end of your track, as long as youÕre close Repeater bridge of your own console, captain. will automatically tweak the loop end to the nearest transient. DonÕt worry about your loop speeding up when youÕre done.
  • Page 18 Setting L e v e l s before Recording The Input Level knob on the front panel of Repeater controls the front and back input levels. To set the level, plug in your instrument and tweak the Input Level knob until the LED flickers red just on the loudest notes.
  • Page 19 O V E R D U B VS. R E P L A C E Repeater normally operates in Overdub mode. In overdub mode, Repeater will mix the recording with the existing material on the selected track without erasing the original recording. In Replace mode, Repeater will replace the existing material on the track with the new recording like a conventional tape based recording device.
  • Page 20 ¥ Press Resample again to confirm your settings. ¥ Now press Record to engage the resample. Repeater will stay in record and play until you press Record again. If you press Record before an entire loop cycle is completed then the record light will begin to flash.
  • Page 21 More appropriately, Reverse Play is a fun way to create reverse solos and ambient textures. You can put Repeater into Reverse only when Repeater is in PLAY or STOP mode. Repeater will not allow you to reverse direction in the middle of a recording.
  • Page 22 LOOP CUEING If Repeater is currently playing a loop, you can use the Loop knob to select a new target loop number (if not the current loop number). The new loop needs time to load (about a half a second), so prepare a little early for your loop transition.
  • Page 23 P L AY In Play mode, Repeater plays back the contents of a recorded loop at the selected tempo, and the green LEDs of the Play button are illuminated (seems obvious, but you never knowÉ). In addition, the Slip, Pan, and Pitch controls are available and can be tweaked.
  • Page 24 Beat Quantization in MIDI and Beat Detect Sync modes If Repeater is in Beat Detect or MIDI sync modes or the Metronome is on then it is assumed that you want to hit the Record button near the beat of the input signal. This is why, in these sync modes, Repeater quantizes your recording to the beat of these tempo sources.
  • Page 25 Beat Detection and MIDI Sync, force the loop to synchronize to the incoming beats. HereÕs what happens: as Repeater goes in and out of Reverse the beat of the loop may become misaligned to that of the external sync source, so Repeater will speed up/slow down to correct this timing discrepancy and realign the beats.
  • Page 26 T R I MM I N G When you first record into an empty loop Repeater pads the record- ing a little, leaving you extra room at the start and end to develop the best loop points. You can even move the trim point past zero to add silence to the beginning or end of your loop.
  • Page 27 Repeater must record or Overdub though the entire length of the ÒVirtual TrackÓ after which it flattens the track and it is no longer virtual. If you do not record through the entire length of the loop Repeater will auto- matically keep recording until the end of the loop.
  • Page 28 ¥ Press and hold Slip to reset to 0 slip. Using a Keyboard to Trigger Pitch RepeaterÕs Track Pitch Shift can be eas- P I T C H S H I FT I N G ily controlled with MIDI note informa- tion.
  • Page 29 In the absence of an input signal the beat detection software will lock onto the last stable tempo and hold there until it can detect a new signal/tempo. The Beat Detect LED will flash to indicate that Repeater is not able to lock to the incoming audio.

  • Page 30: File Management

    Repeater are Sandisk, Simple technologies, Kingmax and our own cards. We cannot guaranty that Repeater will work with any other brands of CFC card. Before you buy a card make sure it is type 1 and that it is a high bandwidth card.
  • Page 31 Internal memory is limited to 8MB, which translates to about 85 seconds of record time. This memory is volatile memory, so if you lose power to Repeater, you will lose the data. Internal loops can be copied to a CFC. Internal memory space may have performance advantages over some CFC's.
  • Page 32 - Simply copy the contents of a card onto a local drive on your PC. Here you can rename each folder (within Repeater's naming convention of course!) to re-organize a new set of loops for a new card. Now copy the fold- ers onto the card into the Electrix\Repeater\ directory.
  • Page 33 SHARING FILES WITH YOUR PC Here's how to get the loops you've created with Repeater onto your PC for back up or for loading into your favorite PC based audio application. First you're going to need a USB Compact Flash Reader. Check out the SanDisk ImageMate, (http://www.sandisk.com/cons/imagemate.htm).
  • Page 34 Advanced MIDI RT tweaking In some situations it may be desirable for Repeater to NOT send out MIDI RT start, stop and SPP messages. The output of these messages can be inhibited/enabled by sending Repeater the Inhibit MIDI RT Control CC message.
  • Page 35 USING A MIDI FOOT CONTROLLER WITH REPEAT E R By lining up a MIDI foot controller with some of the above mentioned parameters it is possible to control a Repeater entirely with oneÕs feet. May we make a few suggestions:...
  • Page 36 P r o t o o l s Syncing to Protools is a two step process. First, if you are using a Mac, you must set up OMS to acknowledge Repeater and its characteristics. In the Studio Setup create a device...
  • Page 37 MIDI MIDI SPECIFICATIONS TABLE Name Default Value Ranges and meaning Track 1 Record Select 0 - 127 64-127 (active) Track 2 Record Select 0 - 127 64-127 (active) Track 1&2 Record Select 0 - 127 64-127 (active) Selects stereo pair 1&2 Track 3 Record Select 0 - 127 64-127 (active)
  • Page 38 MIDI Tempo Lock 0 - 127 0-63 (off) 64-127 (on) Tap Tempo 0 - 127 64-127 (Press) Loop Select Up 0 - 127 64-127 (Action) Loop Select Down 0 - 127 64-127 (Action) Dry Mute* 0-63 (Off) 64-127 (On) Erase Loop* Value of 123 erases the current loop Audio Trigger Record* 64-86 arm trigger at current programmed...
  • Page 39 MIDI The MIDI CC and PC messages tables reference the following appendices: Appendix A - Loop Bank Select MSB controls the range of the LoopSelect LSB message as received by Repeater. - Bank 0 = Internal 1-16 - Bank 1= External 1-128...
  • Page 40 REFERENCE D I S P L AYED MESS A G E S For those of you who hate reading manuals, weÕve matched LCD displays to brief descriptions so you can quickly flip to what you want to know. Power Up On power up.
  • Page 41 REFERENCE C o p y If there is not enough memory to complete the copy the " " message is presented. If there is room to copy the display will indicate the current source loop on the left and destination loop on the right. The Tempo knob controls the destination. Stop and Record will flash.
  • Page 42 REFERENCE FX Insert E n g a g e When the FX Insert is lit the FX Insert is engaged. While it is held down the display says " " and the tracks to be sent can be selected by the Track Select buttons (which are lit to indicate the selected tracks to be sent out the insert).
  • Page 43 REFERENCE Upgrading Software To upgrade RepeaterÕs software, first copy the file from your PC onto a CFC card that Repeater has formatted. Unplug RepeaterÕs Power Supply and insert the CFC with the upgrade software. Restore the power. If more than one ver- sion of software exists on the card then the Tempo encoder will scroll through them.

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    . Disengage the phono pre by pressing the back button on the back of Repeater next to the RCA inputs.
  • Page 45 Try changing loops before removing the card. My loop speeds up. If you are in Beat Detect or MIDI sync modes Repeater will sync your loop to these sources. If In different cases this could cause Repeater to speed the loop up to resync the beats. Putting Repeater into User sync will prevent this.
  • Page 46 INDEX 0% Feedback 28, 40 Pitch 14, 28, 40 Acoustic Guitar Trigger Pitch 28, 34 Ambient Tracks Play Audio Threshold Rear Panel Beat Detection 7, 29 Recording 11, 23 Bounce Tracks Recording and Combining Loops at Different Te m p o s Recording Polyrhythmic Time Signatures Replace Compact Flash Cards...

  • Page 47: Specifications

    Frequency Response: +0/-0.6dB (20Hz to 20kHz) Gain: 36dB @ 1kHz Gain: POWER CONSUMPTION 15W Vo l t a g e Fr e q u e n c y USE ONLY WITH ELECTRIX 100-240 V 47/63Hz POWER SUPPLY MODEL TFR0035 English... 47...
  • Page 48 FLOW DIAGRAMS English... 48...

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