It's Here! Initial impressions

[randycrouton]

@jaakjensen

My hunch is that mixing pre and post together using two knobs would result in some weird phasing issues.

I guess that makes sense for reverb? I feel like I’ve seen both in action, but maybe not. I do think it would be cool if the bottom knob added something other than Pre/Post.

@jaakjensen

It would be possible to merge speed and direction onto the same knob (noon would be ‘stopped’, fully clockwise 2x forward, fully counterclockwise 2x backward)

Ehh.. I feel like this would be weird with the middle position unless it is notched. But maybe another parameter or effect?

@jaakjensen

What I think you’re pointing out is that the 0.25 second threshold is too short, so it basically prevents you from latching. I can collect some more data on this and fine tune it.

Ah! Yeah, maybe closer to .5 second? I was (per a demo video) wearing socks, so I’m guessing the press time could have been slightly on the longer side.

@jaakjensen

Yes, so in Touch Mode 1 (MD) Ribbons is constantly recording to a 1 second loop. When you press the touch footswitch it starts to play back the loop using 4 read heads. It’s up this way so you can do things like freeze / drone notes and chords with a single action (sort of like EHX’s Freeze pedal).

For me, if I’m wanting to sample a 1 second loop, I might want to be able to nail down the start time of said loop instead of just trying to line that up with the beginning of a loop that started 1 second before I hit a button. It was kind of weird with guitar, but I get it for grabbing a sustained note from a synth.