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Re: Looping with sequencersoftware



Well to answer shortly, the tools (of the trade) i mentioned, are all the
more or less hardware tools, like delays, loop recorders etc. which are 
very
well suitable for performing in live situations.

What i wondered about, is the use of sequencer software for use in live
looping, as in overdubbing, letting audio loops fade out et cetera. Can 
that
be done, or is sequencing software so limited that it's useable only when
having prepared loops which were recorded before.

I guess you could push software so far that it can be used as live looping
software, and not only for playing prerecorded loops. I just don't know if
it is hassle-free :)

best, roel


----- Original Message -----
From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: Looping with sequencersoftware


> Well I can't speak for those apps, but I have looped
> with MOTU's Digital Performer.  It actually has a
> pretty strong looping tool called "POLAR" that loops
> audio.  If ProTools, Cubase, or Logic does audio
> looping it's news to me.
>
> I'm a little confused by what you mean about "tools
> mentioned on the LD site."  Is there a tool we haven't
> gone over?  The tools of the trade page is pretty
> complete... though I don't remember if it lists MOTU's
> POLAR.  It should, it sure is a real time software
> audio looper.  If you're talking about the difference
> between the real time looping you can do with the
> tools listed on LD (such as the Echoplex Digital Pro
> or software like Mobius or Augustus Loop) and audio
> editing apps that let you take pre-recorded audio and
> loop it... you're talking about such different things
> it's impossibe to fully explain.  One cannot be told
> what live looping is.  Reading about live looping is
> like reading a book about swimming.  You can read
> volumes about it, but the first time you dive into
> water you'll "know" it in a way that reading can never
> communicate.
>
> The best analogy I can think of is that looping with
> prerecorded audio in a DAW like Logic is like clipping
> images and pasting them together to get a new image,
> where live looping is more like dipping a brush into
> oil paint.
>
> Mark
>
> --- roel <q-mailing-list@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was just wondering if any ppl here are using
> > "regular" sequencer
> > software like pro tools, logic or cubase for audio
> > looping. If so, do you
> > see any advantages of these software compared to,
> > let's say, any looping
> > tool mentioned on the LD site?
> >
> > best, roel
> >
> >
>
>
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