Anderton's SONAR Looper

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2013/07/22 18:43:03 (permalink)

Anderton's SONAR Looper

I've just spent an hour scratching my head after watching Craig Anderton's SONAR ADVANCED WORKSHOP segment on setting up a "Looper".  It is also explained in his SOS article here:  http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct12/articles/sonar-tech-1012.htm

I thought I had my signal paths, sends, etc., set up exactly as shown (although I'm using a Rolad Quad-Capture which only has Input/Outputs 1-2 and 3-4), but am getting no sound from the delays on the Looper Bus.
 
Then I see in the SOS article that the looper bus he is using "...output terminates in audio interface outputs seven and eight, which patch through physical patch cords into inputs seven and eight."  Took me an hour to realize that my equivalent Outputs 3-4 need a "PHYSICAL PATCH CORD", right?  There's not some "internal" connection between those inputs and outputs?  
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    Anderton
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    Re: Anderton's SONAR Looper 2013/07/23 00:27:48 (permalink)
    Yes, you need to use physical patch cords to loop the output back to the input. It's a little inelegant but it's the only way I've figured out how to get really looooooooooooooooooooooooong loops.
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    Re: Anderton's SONAR Looper 2013/07/23 07:57:32 (permalink)
    Thanks, Craig.  Looks like this will be fun (but I sure did feel like an idiot for a while).  :-)
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    Re: Anderton's SONAR Looper 2013/07/23 14:13:08 (permalink)
    Hey, Craig. How are, ya? I'm wondering... I notice that a lot of the segments in the Advanced tuts have article counterparts on SOS. Do you have a list of those related articles somewhere? I've found watching the vid then working through the text version to be very helpful to learning those techniques. If not, that's cool. Just curious. Hope you've been well.
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    Re: Anderton's SONAR Looper 2013/07/23 14:29:34 (permalink)
    If you want really looooooooong loops would a long Monster cable work? 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Are we talking ground loops?

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    Re: Anderton's SONAR Looper 2013/07/23 14:53:48 (permalink)
    I think that would be long and overpriced loops, John. ;-)
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    Re: Anderton's SONAR Looper 2013/07/23 19:21:17 (permalink)
    looping huh ? Reyn is on point regarding that.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTSUR3RHh9M
     
    he don't use sonar though (sorry )
     
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