SooperLooper

1 Introduction

SooperLooper is a flexible live looping sampler with similar functionality to the venerable Gibson/Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro (EDP). It is very configurable and feature rich. Zynthian integrates much of its functionality.

1.1 How to get started

SooperLooper is an audio effects processor which needs to be added to a chain. You will find it in the "Other" category of the audio effects.

Note:

Note that only one instance of SooperLooper may be created. After this it will disappear from the list of processors until it is removed from its chain.

Many users add it to the main mixbus chain. Some add it to a dedicated group or effects return / mixbus chain and some insert into an individual audio or synth chain. Your choice depends on how you want to use it. If you want all zynthian sounds to be recorded into loops then the main mixbus may be the best option. If you want to select several, but not all chains to be recorded then a group or return / mixbus chain may be your choice. If you only want to record a single source, e.g. a microphone then you may want to insert into a single chain.

There are two default presets:

• default - Configures SooperLooper as a fairly standard, free-running audio looper.
• sync2clock - Configures SooperLooper to syncronise with the zynthian transport and clock.

1.2 Single Pedal Mode

You can drive SooperLooper with a single MIDI pedal. This is achieved by binding the pedal that sends a MIDI CC message to the "single pedal" controller that is found on the "Global loop" (6th) page of controls. Zynthian expects a non-zero CC value when the pedal is pressed and a zero value when released. The following actions are available:

• Press when idle, e.g. first press will start recording the loop.
• Press when recording will stop recording and start playing the loop.
• Press when playing will start overdubbing the loop.
• Double press whilst playing will pause the loop.
• Triple press will clear the loop.
• Double press and hold will clear the loop.
• Single press and hold will record or overdub until the pedal is released.