Hi @whale-av or somebody else,

https://github.com/undessens/Lucibox/tree/master/machines/1

This Loop Machine (4 tracks) nearly perfect but there are 2 points I would like to change. The points I would like to change:

1. The stop record button. Now you need to push the record button again to finish a record. I would like to change it by pushing the record button again (track 1) OR another record track (track 2). By pushing the record track loop 2 the record loop 1 will stop and the new record on loop 2 will start.

2. The stop/play button. To stop a loop you have to wait until the loop finish. When there are multiple loops and you will stop a loop you have to wait until the whole loop finish. To play the stopping loop you have to wait the whole loop start from the beginning. So a good solution is the mute a loop when you push the stop button. The stop/play all button works perfect, I am talking about the stop/play button on a loop track.

Can you help me with this? I am very new in Pure Data so I REALLY need your help.
Thank you for any help.

@whale-av the new un-mute buttons work only on PD GUI. It doesn't send bang if I connect it to the keyboard/midi/arduino.
What did I do wrong?

@Butahuruf The play button in ui_tempo_small obviously does "play" but when the command comes from a control rather than the Pd GUI it is not actually "banged".
There is an incoming message that changes it's colour to green and that is all,, so here I have just hooked that up to your "unmute" send as well...... ui_tempo_small.pd
David.

@whale-av Thank you again it works! now I need more time to understand what you've done.
Sur

@Butahuruf @whale-av David, do you have time to check the overdub issue? Thanks
Sur

@Butahuruf I found the logic and where it happens and started to study it again.
Very little time at the moment.
I will try to post something soon and it will be unsure whether it will work.
David.

@whale-av Happy to hear! can't wait to see it.
Do you how to track/search 'send' and 'receive' easily?

@Butahuruf with ctrl+f you can search for any names in your patch.

@Jona thanks. Can you also track 'send' and 'receive' through windows and patches in a folder?

@Butahuruf only if they are part of the patch you are searching in (abstractions for example). (probably you could also do a document text search in a folder structure because a patch is just text, not sure about that).

@Jona said:

(probably you could also do a document text search in a folder structure because a patch is just text, not sure about that).

You can, I do it all the time using TextPad's "Find In Files..." tool.

@jameslo

@Butahuruf Backup first then instant overdub.zip
[moon_loopstation] to machine/1 and [recloopsaveundo] to patches/audio.
It will do something, but I am not sure what.
David.

@whale-av Hi David, thank you but unfortunately it doesn't work. It will 'erase' the existing loop. I mean the tempo and the starting point will not sync anymore.
Sur

@Butahuruf Ok..... thank you... I will be needing you to test this.

@whale-av sure I will be here if you need someone to test. I think, a loop always waits to the beginning of the cycle because of the sync. What if when you record a loop you should create also an empty loop and use this empty loop for overdub (over write it). When you want overdub again you clone the second loop and overwrite it. Indirectly you also can create an undo function by erasing the clone loop. Sur

@Butahuruf I think all that is already in place. I will look again and the sleep on it.....!
David.

Great! Thank you again for helping me. Maybe this link is useful https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/2379/l ooper-with-overdub-and-punch-plus-storage-in-a-table/2
Sur

@whale-av said:

@Butahuruf The play button in ui_tempo_small obviously does "play" but when the command comes from a control rather than the Pd GUI it is not actually "banged".
There is an incoming message that changes it's colour to green and that is all,, so here I have just hooked that up to your "unmute" send as well...... ui_tempo_small.pd
David.

The last ui_tempo_small.pd doesn't work properly. It will unmute the button but the loops I record will be empty even I don't touch the play all button.

@whale-av the unmute-all button works again. I use a spigot to manage it
ui_tempo_small.pd
Sur

@whale-av said:

@Butahuruf I think all that is already in place. I will look again and the sleep on it.....!
David.

Hi David, we can leave the overdub that way. I think the way the loop does the overdub is good enough.
Sur