Owners Manual

TimeFactor User Guide Looper
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the middle (knob set to 12 o’clock). Play Speed resolution is dependent on the setting of the
Depth control.
Filter: Controls the tone of the looped audio. Tone control filters are placed at both the input
and output of the Looper. This allows you to control the tone of the audio that you’re
recording and then independently control the tone on playback. Turning to the left cuts low
frequencies and turning to the right cuts high frequencies. For flat response, set the knob to
12 o’clock.
Tempo Mode and MIDICLK Sync
Tempo Mode allows beat-based recording and playback that stays in sync
with TimeFactor’s internal MIDICLK or as a slave to an external MIDICLK. Press the Encoder to
toggle the Looper in and out of Tempo Mode.
MIDICLK Slave mode
To slave off an external MIDICLK you’ll need to turn MIDICLK IN to ON in
the TimeFactor’s system menu under MIDI-> CLK IN-> ON or OFF, and you’ll need to
connect a viable MIDICLK master to your TimeFactor, either over the MIDI DIN5 input or USB.
While in MIDICLK Slave Mode, the Looper will respond to MIDI Start and Stop
commands. These commands are sent by many Drum Machines, Sequencers and DAWs
when used as MIDICLK masters. However, you’ll need to reference your own device or
software manual for specific MIDICLK master mode and start/stop command setup guidance.
Looper responds to MIDI Start and Stop commands as follows for each Looper State:
Empty
MIDI Start – Resets the Looper’s internal “beat counter” and causes a  Record
Footswitch press to sync up to the next beat (See the section
on FootSwitch Quantization below for more info on this).
MIDI Stop – no action
Recording
MIDI Start – Stops Recording and starts Loop Playback.
MIDI Stop – Stops Recording and goes to the Stopped State.
Dubbing
MIDI Start – Ends Dubbing and Starts Playing from Loop Start.
MIDI Stop – Stops Loop Playback and Dubbing and goes to the Stopped State.
Playing
MIDI Start – Retriggers to start Playing from Loop Start
MIDI Stop – Stops Loop Playback and goes to the Stopped State.
Stopped
MIDI Start – Starts Loop Playback
MIDI Stop – no action
Tempo Mode Footswitch Quantization
MIDICLK is made up of a series 24 “ticks” per beat. Tempo Mode quantizes many of the
Footswitch actions either to the next MIDI beat or the next MIDI tick. The quantization action
of the Footswitches for each Looper State is as follows:
Empty
 – Starting a new recording syncs to the next beat ONLY if in MIDICLK Slave
mode AFTER having received a MIDI Start command. Otherwise, this begins
recording on the next tick.
►– No action.
 – Only used for tap tempo