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Kim Flint writes: >At 11:33 PM 12/17/96, JOHNPOLLOCK@delphi.com wrote: >>Dave Trenkel wrote, in part, >> >>>on another subject, does anyone have any experience with the cheapo >>>samplers that Roland, Yamaha, and (I think) Akai are coming out with? > >I saw some really hip demos of these dj oriented loopers at the Frankfurt >trade show. I haven't had a chance to play with them myself, but I think >they offer some interesting possibilities. A key difference from the >echoplex/jamman/boomerang loopers is that these were designed specifically >for dj/dance mix type musicians, and therefore they offer different sorts >of features and a different sort of control interface. I think some >interesting cross-breeding potential lies in there... > Could you be a little more specific? What was hip about the demos, what makes them more specific to the dance/dj crowd? I fairly interested them, but I haven't been able to get much info. I think that there's a really interesting crossover between the equipment needs of the dance scene and looping. I've been using a Roland mc-303 drum machine/sequencer/tone module lately, which was designed specifically for the dance scene, and it's one of the best live-performance oriented pieces of midi gear ever. A fairly intuitive interface, lots of real-time controls (filters, envelopes, arpeggiator), and a pretty cool feature that allows you to trigger sequences from the keyboard on top of any playing sequences, kind of like a sampler, but the loops come out synched to the master sequence. It's definitely designed to allow a lot of real-time modification of sequenced material. And it also makes a great master-clock for the JamMan. Hey, I've got an Echoplex Pro in my studio, borrowed, for 2 weeks, w/50 seconds worth of memory. First impressions: a very deep machine. With the jamman, I fest like I had mastered the learning-curve in about 1/2 hour, and then was on to really using it. The echoplex seems much deeper, and that I'll barely get into it in 2 weeks. The sound quality is excellent, though, way more "transparent" than the J-man. Also, I've got a vortex on order, should see it in a few days... >And since the dj subject has tentatively resurfaced, does anyone know any >dj types that would be interested in joining the list? There is a whole >world of looping in that genre, with an assortment of well developed >techniques not found in the soundscape/guitar-loop variety that tends to >get focused on here. I think some articulate dj types could give us a real >interesting (and probably needed) perspective. > The liner-notes to DJ Spooky's records have some pretty interesting thoughts on the african influence on the sampling/looping/manipulating esthetic. Would it be a breach of copyright for me to quote some here? ________________________________________________________ Dave Trenkel, NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: improv@peak.org self promotional web-site: http://www.peak.org/~improv/ "A squid eating dough in a polyethelene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?" -Captain Beefheart ________________________________________________________