Re: Considering building an ultimate looper...

[Bob Weigel <sounddoctorin@imt.net>]

Thanks...yeah I didn't mean to sound insulting but it was starting to 
look like it was going out of control on that issue :-).  The volume 
control feature is a very 'fine point' but one that came to attention at 
the beginning so I mentioned it. 

For those who don't know, the interface I designed for Todd has analog 
switches and sample/hold cells which can hold volume control voltages 
for a long time.  It allows him to mute/unmute and/or select/deselect 
any channel. It also displays a lo-res representation (4 LED's) of his 
current volume on that channel.  4 channels.  A single volume pedal then 
is used to control the volume of all selected channels....whether or not 
they are muted.   And then when you unmute the channel if it's muted, it 
comes back at the newly selected volume.  So for example you can create 
a track, layer other tracks, the mute the first track, then back only 
it's volume down, unmute it, and fade it back in.  Or whatever your 
heart desires in that realm.  I'd asked Todd if cross fading would be 
useful but he didn't think it was worth the effort at the time.  However 
I'm hoping to put that into this version also.   In that way the 
performer could for instance lay a base percussion track, then two aux. 
percussion tracks and then selectively fade between them in real time! 

Just a hint of some of the things that hopefully will be in this hummer. 
ANOTHER really nice thing about Todd's rig of course, is that the 
control i/f is small and remote from all the audio.  The cable runs from 
the jamman units he uses currently go straight into a VCA box, and mix 
to one audio run to the mixer since he doesn't use anyone to mix live.  
The new vca box will likely have individual outs for multi-trak 
recording.  -Bob

GORDIUS info wrote:

>By coincidence I was just doing some tests on this topic right on the 
>moment
>your post came in, so I just thought it wouldn't do harm to share some 
>info
>on what I was experiencing. Not at all my intention to suggest "you said
>something stupid" - on the contrary, wish you all the luck with your
>project.
>
>Xavier
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Weigel [mailto:sounddoctorin@imt.net] 
>Sent: zondag 18 februari 2007 9:28
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: Considering building an ultimate looper...
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>>If you don't find any advantage in it yet, just ignore it.  But don't 
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>bringing it up like I said something stupid because it's not stupid.
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