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Clip looping+adjusting loop braces while playing=erratic playback.

The playhead jumps around or overshoots the new braces, or repeats the old brace, then jumps to random spots in the new brace. Granted, it does get back in sync, but it's way off for too long to use in a live situation.

Is this something that I can adjust through prefs? I'm using a 1 bar 4/4 60 bpm loop with quantize set to 1 bar- system usage is at 2%.

anyone else dealt with this?
thanks for the help.

That is actually how it is supposed to work. By moving the loop braces while it is playing, Live will calculate where it "should be" according to how you've now set it, and how long it's been playing...

Or something like that.

thanks for the reply- So then, should loop brace adjustment be avoided in live situations? I recall seeing folks scrub looping clips with a short loop brace, smoothly..

I thought I'd found a bug, but if this is a feature, I'm unclear how to work with it. Loop brace adjustment, live, seems like it would be a common move..?

you can adjust the loop brace by turning loop off first, adjust it and turn it back on...
just a workaround... doing loop adjustments live is a bit tricky...

thanks- Could you point me toward info on how it's supposed to behave, and/or any ways to adjust it's behavior with loop still turned on? i could compare it with my experience to confirm I'm not getting buggy-ness.

I figured if you were dj'ing with Live you might drag new clips into the session, and adjust their loop braces while playing- so, it seems you do need to prepare clips and brace points in advance? Also, when recording/looping rhythmic stuff on the fly this seems like it would be problematic..maybe I'm mixing examples incorrectly- thanks for the help.