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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 123372" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: X32 DiscussionActually I prefer averaging over several taps because sometimes it is hard to get the right interval with music that hasn&#039;t got a straight feel. If you hit the short interval the delay can feel a bit aggressive, while the long interval makes it too lazy and a feeling that it&#039;s off in the short interval, so a full four-beat with averaging seems do work for me. When I two-tap, sometimes I just nod my head or keep the beat with my foot and just hit the two-tap, but if I&#039;m really intent on getting the exact groove on something with a strong delay, I tend to practice tap beside the button and then just move my arm slightly to hit the button for two or more taps (moving the finger disturbs my rhythm so I move the whole arm).Sometimes you know immediately that you missed it, you don&#039;t need to hear it, you just know right away that you weren&#039;t in the groove, and then it is tempting to tap again right away. Then, by two-tapping, then leaving an interval and two-tapping again, you get the average of everything, and that is really off. So when realizing I missed, I either wait a few seconds and listen or start multi-tapping right away to get a full sequence that shifts the open interval beyond what is counted, I&#039;d normally do a full eight tap sequence if that happens. I know I don&#039;t have to do eight, but that allows my first two taps of the new sequence to be ignored (if I&#039;m not mistaken in how many actually counts). Works for me, but then again I&#039;m not doing sound for anything that can justify paying for a &quot;real&quot; soundguy, so there is unlikely to be anybody listening that is going to complain that the delay was off compared to the recording they heard on the radio or bought/downloaded. That doesn&#039;t let me off the hook in any way, but I&#039;m unlikely to get any feedback on my performance at such a detail level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 123372, member: 1285"] Re: X32 Discussion Actually I prefer averaging over several taps because sometimes it is hard to get the right interval with music that hasn't got a straight feel. If you hit the short interval the delay can feel a bit aggressive, while the long interval makes it too lazy and a feeling that it's off in the short interval, so a full four-beat with averaging seems do work for me. When I two-tap, sometimes I just nod my head or keep the beat with my foot and just hit the two-tap, but if I'm really intent on getting the exact groove on something with a strong delay, I tend to practice tap beside the button and then just move my arm slightly to hit the button for two or more taps (moving the finger disturbs my rhythm so I move the whole arm). Sometimes you know immediately that you missed it, you don't need to hear it, you just know right away that you weren't in the groove, and then it is tempting to tap again right away. Then, by two-tapping, then leaving an interval and two-tapping again, you get the average of everything, and that is really off. So when realizing I missed, I either wait a few seconds and listen or start multi-tapping right away to get a full sequence that shifts the open interval beyond what is counted, I'd normally do a full eight tap sequence if that happens. I know I don't have to do eight, but that allows my first two taps of the new sequence to be ignored (if I'm not mistaken in how many actually counts). Works for me, but then again I'm not doing sound for anything that can justify paying for a "real" soundguy, so there is unlikely to be anybody listening that is going to complain that the delay was off compared to the recording they heard on the radio or bought/downloaded. That doesn't let me off the hook in any way, but I'm unlikely to get any feedback on my performance at such a detail level. [/QUOTE]

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