Re: EVENTIDE/Granular

[landman@wco.com (Mark Landman)]

>set record mode to SUS, set Overdub mode to SUS, Set Insert mode to RPL
>(replace). Then all these functions work in the "sustain" mode, where they
>are only on while the button is held. What this lets you do is tap the
>button very lightly, to get the function on for a very short period of 
>time.
>So you can record micro-length loops, overdub micro-sized bits, replace
>micro-sized bits. (rumor has it there might be a similar feature for 
>Insert
>and Multiply some day, and rumor has it that it's even more fun....) I can
>easily get the record lengths below 10ms with Record=SUS, where the
>repetition rate is an audible frequency. I'm not sure if this is exactly
>what you are looking for, but it does seem a bit like a real-time approach
>to granular synthesis. And its damn fun!! You can make some very cool
>textures this way. Take some loop, sustain some new sound, tap replace
>and/or overdub over it a whole bunch of times, repeat with different 
>sounds
>.....you'll lose a weekend, I guarantee it.
>


Which reminds me, there's something like this onŠ

http://www.ovenguard.com

Šthat sounds rather interesting.

Micro controlling the Plex would indeed start to get into granular land,
but that's only one granular "stream". Most of the programs I've run into
allow multiple streams and/or overlapping.

A great example is "Thonk", which David Myers talked about a little on the
list. Non-real-time, but pretty damn amazing.

Thonk uses a few different settings of a larger algorthim, no user
adjustable features, yet much sonic variety ensues. If you haven't played
with this Kim, I guarantee yet another lost weekend!

And I'm getting very enthused by the small hints of new Echoplex features,
anything else that's sharable at this time?

best-

Mark