How does pickup machine set the bpm after recording?

[Clancy]

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Octatrack Tips & Tricks (OT Tips)

As many of these tips probably are, this may be obvious to some, but last night, I made a very cool discovery with pickup machines. I have always used multipliers on slaved pickup machines, like x1 or x2. So every slaved loop is 2 two times as long as the master, or whatever multiple you happen to select. BUT! If you turn the multiplier setting to off, you can select how long the loop is, in sequencer steps, in the recorder setup menu. I always assumed that pickup machines were excluded from po…