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At 03:12 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote: > > > >> > If your looper had 10 minutes of looping time, what would you do with >it? >> > How would it affect your music? > >> couldnt you say that theres a certain point at which sample >> time becomes academic? after 1 minute, after 4? > >I have made songs/EPs that were meant to loop over and over again. I >create a piece of music that has the beginning blending into the end and >vice versa. One piece was exactly ten minutes and I recorded it to an >endless loop cassette. I've also pressed up limited edition 8tracks with >similar stuff. > >In this case the "loop" is 5-30 minutes. Sometimes in live shows I play >these "loops" throught the mixer and play other instruments/sounds over >top of them. > >Quite frankly I think Joesph makes a very valid point though. My first >reaction was if there was a 10 minute looper I'd use two minutes and trim >the rest. However when i started to think about it if you change the >concept of "song" or put it in a performace mode I bet a number of people >have already used 10+ minute loops. > >Personally I wouldn't really give a damn about a piece of hardware that >would do this though. My portable 8track works just fine for me... > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > HELP WANTED PRODUCTIONS - Http://www.voicenet.com/~legion >"Bringing you the best in Organic Electronic music since we started..." > >Home of the Unusual Instrument and Recording Gallery with pictures and >info of Tube recorders, Omnichords, weird guitars, Casios, and more. > Visit it at: Http://www.voicenet.com/~legion/weird.htm > > > > > Hey David, I used to do the same thing, only with a four channel tascam. I used 3 minute continues loop casette tapes. I also used a vintage tape echoplex. The echoplex tapes where usually about 3 minutes also. Three minutes are plenty for looping especially if you're over dubbing. I still have a few echoplex's that I use once in a while by the way. One has four line inputs. Mark of b. aka Theatre of the Mind