Guitar looping w/ MIDI Clock

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Maybe I’m being dumb, but with MIDI clock being sent to the looper, I can’t record a clean first-loop. Is there a trick to doing solo guitar-looping sessions where I can record a loop and then turn MIDI clock on for my time-based effects? Do I just have to send the “ignore MIDI clock” CC to Ribbons? And only provide MIDI clock to the other effects?

Or is there way to tap-tempo on my MIDI controller, and have Ribbons re-set its downbeat based on when I record/play the first loop?

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Hey @benz.mp3 ! Thanks for posting on the Kinotone forum. Could you describe your setup a little more? It would be helpful to know what’s sending the MIDI clock to your pedals.

You can reset Ribbons’ downbeat by sending it a “MIDI Start” message. Most drum machines and rhythmic devices that send MIDI clock do this when you press play. This is how they tell other devices where the downbeat is.

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Thanks for replying Jaak! If I do a MIDI Start when I start recording the loop, that will sync the downbeat, when I go to tap to finish recording will it quantize to the nearest beat of the clock?

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