I Got Gear Judgement and Expression Qs Ova Here!!

[matthew hahn <esker@mail.utexas.edu>]

QUESTIONS FOR THE INTELLIGENTSIA/ANTI-INTELLIGENTSIA OR NEITHER OF LOOPDOM
BELOW!!(;

>And of course the other problem lies between the front and the end. My old
>friend midi. If you actively tried, you would not be able to design a 
>worse
>networking protocol for musicial instrument control than midi. That alone
>has hampered a lot of potential innovation in musical controllers.
>
Kim,
There were other computer interface possibilities when MIDI became the
standard, did we sacrifice anything, and do you think MIDI can be improved?
>>So, let's hear some weird ideas, eh?
>Oh boy oh boy, just wait til I git me edumacated...

QUESTIONS:
note: these questions may be rhetorical to some but try answering them, you
may find it harder than you thought or that something new might come up...

In general why loop or sample at all?  I mean so what?  
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Who has access, that is, look away from yourself and ask yourself why do I
do this?  Why don't other people?  Is it just that they don't know?  Or is
there some differentiation you might like to take on?

When you loop etc. what instruments or sounds do you tend to use and why?
What's so special about your guitar,  your synth, and your loop/sample
product?  Why is it relevant or why is it just slack?  I mean really so
what?   
(;

On the Echoplex what are your favorite choice knobs and what types of
sounds do you find most exciting?  I hear all kinds of talk about how
exhilarating it is, does this live up to it's calling? What does
specificaly does the Echoplex do that rivets you to the Loopdom!?  If you
don't use the Echoplex, why? and what do you use?

For DAW users, what specific benefits in pre or post production do you
find, and do you think there is a certain sterility in that medium?  If
not, is there a compensation for it, or is this idea moot?  

For Jamman users, what recently excites you so much to spend more than half
of the recent discussions tooting your loops/delay?  How long can you loop
as compared to the Echoplex, and how does it rate up for you?  
Why or why not do you think it gives you an edge over other
guitarists/musicians?

You can state that these topics just give you extra maneuvers by which to
travel, but you use them for a reason, why?

Almost lastly, is there a sampling looping culture?  This kind of reflects
earlier, but here we sit typing email to a list, this implies something of
our nature.  Also the locale of most of the individuals, and numerous other
issues unbeknownst to me.  What might typify loopers/samplers?  Is that
everything does, "hell we could be anybody?!"  And further is there a
certain communion experienced?

Lastly, what do you want to see for looping or sampling
that is lacking now?  Do you want something more intuitive that
anticipates, or responds more in line
with you?  Is there a danger to the "detente" (; or easing of relations
between complexity and simplicity?
Or do you think that intuitive systems might continue complexity, new 
avenues?
And dead lastly, while you may want looping or sampling to go a certain
direction, where do you think it is headed and why do you think it is
positive or negative? 

These are issues that I hope will socialize us into cheeky and mind
stimulatin' dialogue. Please try to log an answer for at least one of these
as they may show consensus and creativity where before may've been missed! 
 
And hey who knows maybe you will learn something?  Eh?
Mind-bending concept@!
(-;
Mjh 





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