Re: The magic of Torn

[jeff & mary duke <jmar@bellsouth.net>]

hovard@online.no wrote:
> 
> Hi guys , I have a question about some of the sounds David Torn gets out 
>of
> his
> equipment ( I know this is hard to answer , I`m just looking for ideas 
>and
> information).
> And I hope this is not off-topic , but ;  Torn makes these huge, lush ,
> organic and warm/ugly carpets of sound that lies way back in the mix and
> sortof just envelopes the music. (I`m shure u know what I mean. If u 
>dont,
> listen to his cd "tripping over God".
> 
> Is this done with volumepedal and reverb/delay?? if so , how can he make 
>it
> move and change throughout the loop?? how long do u think these loops 
>are??
> 5 secs or 90???
> I mean , I dont understand HOW he does it , but those things are the main
> reason I`m out there searching for a looper.Which I can`t find BTW.
> 
> I hope I haven`t annoyed you with my ignorance or started a debate which 
>is
> off-topic
> (I have noticed that a lot of the postings are gear-related).
> 
> Yours truly , Thomas Woehni

>I was reading an old interveiw with Torn and he called it
>hypnodrones;> Well what I do is, I play guitar into a delay line, which I 
>then process. Then play more into
> it and then I process more, and then play more into it, and then process 
>more. And the
> opening sound, if you can hear it in "Time Bomb" ö it's a little bit 
>low, is a drone, is a
> loop. All the background sounds in "Time Bomb," in "Diamond Mansions," ö 
>that's a
> loop. The solo on "The Others" underneath things, I looped Chris B's 
>trumpet. In the end
> of "Brave Light of Sun," that is solo guitar. After the drums drop out, 
>and there's about a
> minute and a half of sound ö that's solo guitar, with the drones. Let's 
>see ö what doesn't
> have it? "Door X" is all loops. That's all it is [laughs]... It's 
>nothing but guitar - it's like
> three tracks of guitar.
>also he has said that he improvises onto dat then puts it into a computer 
>to make songs out of the bits!So its improvised then modified.
>I hope this helps a little.Have you checked out "The Torn Web" at
http://ott-outreach.engin.umich.edu/torn/
>Jeff Duke
>