Plethora Update 1.2!

[St_Genesius]

Based on things people have asked me about mine, this may be pertinent to some of y'all's interests: https://youtu.be/0lVrDQ4KwKc

 

[St_Genesius]

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[Mincer]

Question...when you have multiple loopers assigned to the pedals, are they really independent? I'd seriously consider one (and get rid of my Ditto X4) if they are.

 

[St_Genesius]

I haven't installed the update yet, but I'll let you know.

Question...when you have multiple loopers assigned to the pedals, are they really independent? I'd seriously consider one (and get rid of my Ditto X4) if they are.

 

[St_Genesius]

Okay, so.

They behave like (up to) five totally separate loopers: the start and stop are totally independent, as are the lengths of the loops. So you can really create some chaos with a mistimed footstep.

The only interaction between them is that any loopers down-chain still *hear* the loops playing on loopers up-chain. So when you're building layers, you should go R->L (because the Plethora still runs its signal backwards, for reasons that continue to baffle me).

All-in-all, I think I'm probably gonna keep using my Jam Man. I like how it syncs to my SDRUM. But I know looping was a very popular request for the PX5.

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Question...when you have multiple loopers assigned to the pedals, are they really independent? I'd seriously consider one (and get rid of my Ditto X4) if they are.

 

[Mincer]

Thanks for this. It helps me understand how this works. Are you able to add a master 'fade' for all of the loops? Their Ditto X4 has a 'Fade' button that takes whatever is playing and makes it all fade out over about 10 seconds.

 

[St_Genesius]

Not that I noticed, and I'd be very surprised if it's there. Controls were very basic: Record, Dub, Stop/Start, Erase-all. As far as I could tell, there wasn't even a way to undo only the latest layer on a given loop. Which is, I guess, more forgivable when you've got multiples, but... compared to the other pedal models in there, it's a bit bare-bones.

It would work fine for someone like me who tends to use looping as a way to lay down a chord progression over which my wife has to listen to me noodle for half an hour, but I've gotten spoiled by also having a drum machine in the mix.

Thanks for this. It helps me understand how this works. Are you able to add a master 'fade' for all of the loops? Their Ditto X4 has a 'Fade' button that takes whatever is playing and makes it all fade out over about 10 seconds.

 

[Mincer]

Well, there are always updates that might come out. Thanks for letting me know!

 

[PFDarkside]

Thanks for posting. It’s funny when you have a hardware item and V2 comes out the next year you are pissed. When it’s a software update everyone gets, it’s awesome!