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[James McCollough <mccollo@texas.net>]

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Jeff Duke wrote:

> Hey ya'll,
> R&T, or anybody, could you explain what gradual changes in phase means,I 
>am
> going to look for Reich.It sounds cool and I have been wanting to do some
> looping with real and analog drums.
> thanks much,Jeff
>
> R & T Cummings wrote:
>
> > Some interesting ideas with the minimal music approaches, I think.
> > One of favorite pieces is Steve Reich's _Drumming_ which at
> > 1 1/2 hours length involves "changes of phase position, pitch and
> > timbre" (liner notes). In this piece they start on tuned bongos and
> > gradually introduce voice, marimbas and glockenspiels while all
> > basically using the same rhythmic figure (with gradual changes of
> > relative phase). Another approach that he used on some pieces (e.g. 
>_Six
> > Pianos), was changing phase in discrete steps of eigths etc. combined
> > with addition/ subtraction/ replacement of notes.
> >
> > This latter technique seems to me to be simpler and maybe a more
> > feasible way of getting started (Although, I personally have not
> > really tried this to any depth). Any of you have some ideas on these
> > sorts of techniques, as applied to machine-aided looping.
> > Machine-aided looping (especially the 95% echo feedback type
> > of looping) basically uses similar concepts, doesn't it?
> >
> > Thanks for the posts in this direction - this induces some new (well,
> > actually old - let's say recycled) ideas!