TC Electronic Ditto Manual page 17

Exporting Ditto Stereo Looper loops to a computer
Never let a great loop go to waste!
If you have created a really great loop (e.g. a song
idea or a beautiful riff), you may want to reuse it.
Now you could simply record the signal coming
from Ditto Stereo Looper's audio outputs to your
DAW – but this could lead to signal quality deg-
radation and requires post-editing (trimming) the
recording. This is why Ditto Stereo Looper allows
you to export your loops in pristine quality.
1. When you are happy with your loop, nudge the
Store / Backing track level switch up briefly.
This will store the current loop within the de-
vice in a format (actually, two formats) that can
easily be transferred to a computer.
After storing the current loop, please wait a
few seconds before connecting the pedal to
your computer.
2. Connect a USB port on your computer to the
USB port of Ditto Stereo Looper using the
supplied USB cable. The footswitch LED will
start blinking orange, indicating that Ditto Ste-
reo Looper now is in USB transfer mode, and
audio will be disabled.
3. Your computer will recognize Ditto Stereo
Looper as an external USB storage device. It
will be shown in the Finder (OS X) or Windows
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Explorer as a drive called "DITTO" containing
a folder called "TRACK".
The "TRACK" folder should hold two files:
"TRACK.AIF" and "TRACK.WAV". These files
contain the loop that you have previously
stored (see step 1) in both AIFF and WAV for-
mats. AIFF is commonly used in OS X, while
WAV is the commonly used format for Micro-
soft Windows.
Please refer to the instruction manual of your
DAW to learn which format you should use.
4. Copy the respective file ("TRACK.AIF" or
"TRACK.WAV") to your computer, e.g. by
dragging it from the "TRACK" folder to the
desktop. Wait for the file transfer to finish.
5. On a Windows PC, eject the "DITTO" drive by
clicking it with the right mouse button in Win-
dows Explorer and selecting "Eject" from the
context menu.
On a Mac, eject/unmount the "DITTO" drive
by selecting it and pressing [Cmd] and [E] si-
multaneously.
6. Disconnect Ditto Stereo Looper from your
computer.
Storing, importing and exporting loops
The footswitch LED will stop blinking orange
and return to green, and audio will be enabled
again.
About audio formats
Ditto Stereo Looper saves audio files in 32 bit
floating point format. If your DAW does not sup-
port this AIFF/WAV "flavor" – or if it doesn't sup-
port AIFF or WAV at all – you will have to convert
the files coming from Ditto Stereo Looper to a
supported format.
Please consult your DAW's manual or support
pages to find out which audio formats it sup-
ports.
You should then be able to find a free audio for-
mat converter – either as an application for your
operating system or as an online service.
If nothing else works, you can simply record the
signal from Ditto Stereo Looper's audio outs into
your DAW.
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