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RE:HEAR HERE!!!Being a lover of both units:PCM42+ECHOPLEX I concur completely...Those who have not enjoyed the beauty of these 2 musical boxes-I feel sad...I am an 8 bar guy myself,using the click track out of the 42...anyone else in this euphoric situation?...sadly...stannerthemanner... ---------- >From: Kim Flint <kflint@ati.com> >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >Subject: Re: "Double" Looper Functions? >Date: Mon, Nov 1, 1999, 9:50 PM > > This is exactly what the multiply function in the echoplex does. Great >idea, > but Matthias thought of it sometime around 1985! It was implemented >first in > something he hacked together out of a Lexicon PCM42, then was >implemented in > his Paradis LoopDelay in '92, then of course in the Echoplex '94. > > Check out his story on the echoplex page: > http://www.annihilist.com/loop/tools/echoplex/OBechoplexhistory.html > > It also lets you add material while you multiply, so it is very quick to >get > something like a 1 bar loop repeated 4 times with a 4 bar melody loop >over > the top. Check it out, the function has many more aspects that allow for >all > kinds of creative use. > > kim > > > At 09:40 PM 11/1/99 -0500, Brian Thomson, London UK wrote: >>Hi there: I've been thinking about an idea I had, which would be useful >if > I were ever designing a looper (hardware or software). >> >>Imagine the following scenario: I have a short loop set up, filled with > suitable sounds. It would be great if it were possible to multiply the >loop > in real-time, without glitching of any sort. >> >>So, if the original loop was 4 seconds, hitting the "double" footswitch > would immediately, seamlessly, duplicate the loop, to 8 seconds. The >effect > would initially be inaudible, since I'd simply have the original loop > playing twice, but I could then add more sounds, and duplicate again if > necessary. It might even be possible to "triplicate", "octoclate" (?), >etc. > by sending different controller messages. >> >>An alternative version might involve duplicating the audio, but within >the > _same_ time, but offset by 50%. So, a note that sounded at 1 second into >a 4 > second loop, would be duplicated at the 3 second point. >> >>Comments, anyone? Or have I just restated the obvious? >> >>Brian Thomson >>bnt@email.com >>Looping: Gtr / Bass into Korg DL-8000R and IBM ThinkPad (offline looping) >>----------------------------------------------- >>FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com >>Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com >> >> >> >> > ___________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint 408-845-6383 > Manager, System Engineering kflint@ati.com > ATI Research, Inc. http://www.ati.com > >