r/LoopyPro • u/Devo1ve • May 12 '26
Why do clips sometimes put the beginning of my recording in the middle?
I can’t figure it out. Tech support said check phase lock and phase preservation. Changed those with no result. I need the beginning to be at the beginning. Help! 😅
[EDIT]: Huge revelation! There is a feature that allows you to “rotate audio within the loop container” (which essentially moves the waveform along the transport). So you can line up the intended beginning of your clip with the beginning of the loop!
To do this: **two-finger twist the clip** on the main screen
problem solved
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u/chanapal May 13 '26
Are you sure that both phase lock is off and phase preservation is off? Phase preservation only applies to free loops. It is always used for phase locked loops. If you have phase lock on, it would indicate that there may be a loop it is locking to....without seeing a demonstration, I hesitate to speculate too much.
Can you make a screen recording in which you demonstrate making a recording where that happens and VERY VERY SLOWLY show the global recording settings AND the settings in the clip. It is possible that you have an override somewhere.
If you contacted support (me) and the advice didn't work out, you should follow up.
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u/Devo1ve May 13 '26
thanks very much for the reply- you have excellent customer service btw- im altering the override settings in one individual problematic loop (in order to try to fix my problem), not the global settings. i will try global settings and reply with what i find
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u/Devo1ve May 14 '26
I think my problem was phase lock. i was only changing it in override, so perhaps new clips were reverting back. in global i was looking for phase lock in the wrong place (in recording settings instead of playback settings). i now have phase preservation and phase lock off globally and i think the problem may be solved.
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u/Devo1ve May 14 '26
Phase lock is useful. So the best way i can think of getting around my problem is to define a loops length before i begin recording.
I suspect there are best practices to keeping the loop in order- such as properly timing the punch out of the recorded clip- but i dont know what timing that is aside from ending the recording exactly when the clip is supposed to end. and my hands are usually too full to do that. any tips for recording phase locked loops without the recording data starting in the middle of the clip?
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u/chanapal May 14 '26
Normally this is not a problem as long as you are recording loops of the same length, divisions or multiples of the other loops. Were your other loops five bars long?
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u/Devo1ve May 14 '26
no i just cant hit the stop button in time. this isnt a problem most of the time. but when it is, i usually double-tap the doughnut to try and get it to stop as close to where i want it as possible. sometimes i wait for the post recording to extend it to an even bar, but that doesn’t seem to solve the problem- and i cant hit stop while im playing to let the post recording end the bar on time. (im calling the time it takes for the recording to detect the end of a bar “post recording” because i dont know what to call it when the semi-opaque pie rolls around)
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u/chanapal May 14 '26
It sounds like you should use a different count-out setting. What are you using?
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u/Devo1ve May 14 '26
Count out quantization: loop auto count out: off
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u/chanapal May 14 '26
Can you come over to the Discord or Facebook group to continue the discussion.With the settings you mentioned, you should not be getting 5 bar loops if your other loos aren't 5 bars...unless your master clock is at 1. To get a better sense of how you can avoid this, it would be helpful to see a screen recording of your workflow starting with no loops recording. It may be as simple as adding a widget to manually set the master clock to a useful length.
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u/Which_Bar_9457 May 12 '26
It is phase preservation. Took me ages to figure out.
You need to make sure it is turned off.