Can you pan the stereo looper?

[s.fitzsimmons]

When running a stereo setup, is it possible to record a loop and have it automatically play back panned? My ideal would be after playback starts the right side is 80% loop and 20% live playing, with the reverse ratio on the left. I've been searching and can't figure out how to get this done.

 

[Sebastian]

Sure can be done, by various ways.

Easiest option: put the looper on another row, connect it to 'out' (= to the right end). Then use the out mixer to balance the looper row and the live playing row as desired.

 

[Bakerman]

If you'd want the sound centered when not playing a loop you could set an Ext Ctrl to the same CC# as looper play. Then hit play to begin playback and have the Ext Ctrl pan the amp or something else mostly left. Run looper in parallel at 100% mix and set its balance mostly right.

Another method that should work is making the looper playback open a gate for inverted right channel signal, example below. The filter level determines the level reduction of your live right channel. 0 dB = cancels it completely, lower levels allow some to remain. You could also balance the filter toward left to alter the left live level too (reduce/add by inverting/not inverting the left channel). Beware that extreme enough input gating could interfere with the way this works, letting the gate block close during pauses in the looped material. If you encounter this and prefer not to change the input gate settings, one solution would be sending constant low-level noise from a synth block to the looper.