Re: Real Time Sampling

["Dennis Moser" <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

Gah ... thanks, I like my navel just the way it is ... don't need to
do any more gazing.

This is why I am moving away from saying, to audiences and listeners,
that I am a "looper" ... the terms get in the way of the music. I've
started just saying that I am a guitarist. When they look at the gear
and start asking questions, I can tell them what each bit does,
provide an example of it and MAYBE we'll hear the mental synapses
click into place. Having referents in the form of other musicians
often helps them to make their own connections.

One of the difficulties with these kinds of discussions is that we
(The List) are "preaching to the choir". I'm not saying we should stop
(for the sake of folks who are just discovering the List and the use
of looping), but just that sometimes the discussion gets a little too
circular.

Ya know?

Dennis

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Micha? Wiernowolski <mihalw@gmail.com> 
>wrote:
>> Let me explain once again...
>>
>> Sampling is a process of recording sound in a digital form in order to
>> recreate it at a later time.
>>
>> Real-time refers to a computer system that can process incoming data at 
>the
>> rate they are delivered.
>
>
> Correct. But "real-time" may also refer to the musician's sampling
> action, meaning he/she is recording the sound on the spot as it
> happens. In this regard the "real-time" is just a way of stating that
> samples used in the performance were not recorded in advance.
>
> If talking "sampling" I think the term "live sampling", popularized by
> Mixmaster Morris, is better. But as "real-time sampling" it also has a
> problem with not describing what the performer is doing with the
> sampled audio (to compare with "live-looping" that rather puts
> emphasize on the performing aspect).
>
> --
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>
> Per Boysen
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