Apparatus and methods for generating music
A guitar pedalboard for creating a loop includes a touch screen display for displaying a plurality of tracks of a loop. The touch screen display can be used to adjust a parameter of each track, and the loop. A plurality of footswitches corresponding to the plurality of tracks can be used to independently record and play each track of the loop.
1. A pedalboard for creating a loop comprising:
a touch screen display configured for displaying a plurality of tracks, wherein the touch screen display can be used to adjust a parameter of each track;—
a plurality of footswitches corresponding to the plurality of tracks, wherein the footswitches can be used to independently record and play each track; and
one or more processors operatively coupled to the touch screen display and the plurality of footswitches and having a first operational mode configured to play, continuously, a first group of the plurality of tracks as a first loop and play, in a serial sequence, each of a second group of the plurality of tracks as a second loop, the second loop playable simultaneously with and synchronized with and the first loop.
2. The guitar pedalboard of claim 1 , where the first group comprises all of the plurality of tracks.
3. The guitar pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the second group comprises all of the plurality of tracks.
4. The pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the first group comprises one of the plurality of tracks and the second group comprises multiple of the plurality of tracks.
5. The pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the display is adapted to enable syncing the tracks.
6. The pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the display is adapted to enable:
syncing the tracks;
playing a first track; and
recording, overdubbing, or playing one track at a time.
7. The pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the display is adapted to enable assigning multiple effects to an audio input or the tracks.
8. The pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the display is adapted to cause a processor to perform one or more instructions comprising:
adjusting a level or panning of audio inputs,
selecting an output to directly monitor audio inputs, or
stereo linking audio inputs.
9. The pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the display is adapted to cause a processor to perform one or more instructions comprising:
adjusting a volume of audio inputs, or selecting outputs for monitoring audio inputs.
10. The pedalboard of claim 1 , wherein the display is adapted to cause a processor to perform one or more instruction comprising:
routing one or more audio inputs to a track,
routing a track to an output, or
selecting a track output mode.
11. A method for creating a loop comprising:
using a touch screen to display a plurality of tracks, wherein the touch screen display can be used to adjust a parameter of each track;
using a plurality of footswitches corresponding to the plurality of tracks to independently record and play each track;
playing continuously, with a processors, a first group of the plurality of tracks as a first loop; and
playing, in a serial sequence, each of a second group of the plurality of tracks as a second loop, simultaneously with and synchronized with the first loop.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first group comprises all of the plurality of tracks.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second group comprises all of the plurality of tracks.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first group comprises one of the plurality of tracks and the second group comprises multiple of the plurality of tracks.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising using the display to cause a processor to sync the tracks.
16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising using the display to cause a processor to:
sync the tracks;
play a first track; and
record, overdub, or play one track at a time.
17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising using the display to cause a processor to assign multiple effects to an audio input or the tracks.
18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the display to cause a processor to perform one or more instructions comprising:
adjusting a level or panning of audio inputs,
selecting an output to directly monitor audio inputs, or
stereo linking audio inputs.
19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising using the display to cause a processor to perform one or more instructions comprising:
adjusting a volume of audio inputs, or
selecting outputs for monitoring audio inputs.
20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the display to cause a processor to perform one or more instructions comprising:
routing one or more audio inputs to a track,
routing a track to an output, or
selecting a track output mode.
21. The pedalboard of claim 2 wherein a first track with the first group has a playback length and other tracks within the first group have the same playback length or a multiple of such playback length.
22. The method of claim 11 wherein a first track with the first group has a playback length and other tracks within the first group have the same playback length or a multiple of such playback length.