The Free The Tone MOTION LOOP is a revolutionary short looper that performs short-term sampling and real-time effect processing such as pitch shift, delay, filter. We added it to our article about the Best Granular and Glitch Pedals. The following video by Ambient Endeavors does a great job in showcasing the Free the Tone Motion Loop creative potential. The Free the Tone Motion Loop can then apply these effects to the looped sample:ĭelay (with Subdivisions), Filter (Hi-pass and Lo-pass), Reverse (loop plays in reverse) and Envelop (which basically affects the loop’s attack). Pitch Shifter: This is a central effect in this pedal: it shifts the sample up to two octaves up or down (FYI, the speed of it changes too, so no time stretching here), and there’s also a portamento function that creates a glissando effect. However all the knobs can be reassigned to control any parameter, and the Expression pedal is also freely configurable.
At zero, the loop will keep playing at the same volume, while at positive settings it will gradually increase in volume. The Loop’s length can be shortened or lengthened manually through the readily accessible Rate knob, while a Level function lets you set the speed of the loop’s fading out (negative settings). But if the “Random” function is selected, the repeats will skip randomly from different sections of the loop, creating unexpected textures.
In this scenario, Manual mode will work pretty much like a delay, where the length of the loop coincides with the rate.
The Loop can be retriggered by footswitch or, automatically, by (detected) attack, which means that every new string plucked (within a few seconds) will stop the old loop and record a new one – which works well for phrases with a big space in between them. It can also randomize the order of sections of the sample to create accidental glitchy parts. This bright green fella samples a brief section of your performance and loops and manipulates it in real-time, then adding effects like pitch shift, delay, reverse, and filter, among others. Granular synthesis fans may have found a new best friend in the Motion Loop by Free the Tone.
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