Hi guys,
Since the discussion for the Foot Controller, I'm thinking about the "Looper" feature and how it could be include and make the KPA even better.
Everyone is different, so please, don't toss me a stone if you don't like the idea, just elaborate on why it wouldn't be great for you and what you would like better
Just to illustrate my thinking, I attach the draft I did (because it has 3 rows instead). Note it could also work with 2 rows of switches.
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Let's say we have a "Looper" switch on the Foot Controller as well as the Stomps, Effects and/or Presets switches (let's called them: 1, 2, 3, 4)
On the LCD screen we could see the feature of these switches (Intro/Chorus/Verse for the Presets and/or Pedal type for the Stomps, etc...)
If we simply press "Looper" (Maybe Press-hold for 1 second if you prefer??), we will enter in the Looper Mode, and we will get on the screen: Record, Stop/Play, Back to Zero and Undo and it will be used by the 1,2,3,4 switches.
The Looper will get 8 "Tracks" with the XMDR and ABCD switches. Let's use the first track and press Record, you play the guitar and press record again (just like any Looper) now it goes on for ever until you press Stop/Play. You can start it again if you Stop/Play again.
You can of course undo a take by pressing undo. If you want add more stuff on this track, just press Record and it will over-write (non-destructive with the undo button).
Back to Zero will just help you to "play from start" on-the-fly... (maybe we could use the Tap for that feature if you want another important feature I forgot).
If you select another of the 8 Tracks, you can record something else. If you want change your sounds (or even presets), you can just press "Looper" to go back to your Rig setup, add a stomps, add some effects, etc... and go back to the Looper (even if it's playing).
So what's the point to have 8 Tracks would you say?
The point if that we could build some Sequence with the Bank/Song switches. If you press "Bank/Song Next", the Looper will go on, but we can remove/add some Tracks and have another Loop. If you have 2 Tracks on the first Sequence, and 3 Tracks on the second one, you can just go from one to one by pressing the Bank/Song switch and then have different Loop with different stuff... and even build different kind of song structure.
(For the ones who knows, it would be similar of Ableton Live)
To turn on/off (Mute/Play) a Track we can just press-hold one of the 8 Tracks switches... (or use the Booster as a Mute page and then simple press on one of the 8 tracks switches. You tell me what you think is the best)
In few words, it wouldn't be a simple Looper, but an advanced 8 synced Loopers, with different Sequences where you can mute/play the Loopers.
What you think?
Phil