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By noobkid Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:35 pm
If i build a drum loop that is only two bars long... what is the easiest way to make that loop turn into 8 or 10 bars instead of 2?
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By emceewhiterabbit Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:49 pm
noobkid wrote:If i build a drum loop that is only two bars long... what is the easiest way to make that loop turn into 8 or 10 bars instead of 2?


I often wondered if grid edit can do such a thing.

maybe the free jjos doesn't support copy and paste?
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By Coz Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:09 pm
Go into sequence edit and under 'bars' you can specify how you want to extend your whole sequence. Easy. :wink:
Last edited by Coz on Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By emceewhiterabbit Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:11 pm
Coz wrote:Go into sequence edit and under 'bars' you can specify how you want to extend your sequence. Easy. :wink:


but the new bars will be empty, though, no?
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By Coz Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:17 pm
Nope.

If you need to extend your 2 bars into 4 or 8 (and you have multiple tracks) then don't look elsewhere.
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By emceewhiterabbit Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:18 pm
Coz wrote:Nope.

If you need to extend your 2 bars into 4 or 8 (and you have multiple tracks) then don't look elsewhere.


in that case you are a legend.

does it state this in the manual?! if it does it isn't very clear. or i am a retard. probably the latter, no doubt.
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By Coz Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:30 pm
emceewhiterabbit wrote:does it state this in the manual?!



I wouldn't know cause I haven't read it! I assume it does though...

There was a big enough overlap in features from the 2kxl, so I scraped by for a week then bought JJ.
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By nod records Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:38 pm
hit mode seq edit

then hit bars

change last bar to 2

change after bar to 2

then pick how many copies you want to make

ex 1 copy of a 2 bar seq will make it 4 bars, etc...