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>Sure sounds like the best way to accomplish something like this for a >live musician is to use something like the Switchblade that someone else >mentioned. I guess for testing purposes, I could use a patchbay to >change routings around. > >As far as looping and effects go and what I am trying to personally >create ... > >I am a wind player (Sax, EWI, WX5). One type of musical structure that >I am trying to create is to lay down what I have seen mentioned (or read >in the archives) called a sound carpet and then play another instrument >over the top. For example, there is a Celtic group called IONA who >creates songs that contain fairly complex washes of sound where and then >other instruments such as Uilean pipes, whistles, etc. play the melody >over the top. For my contribution to a group, I would like to create >these types of sounds and it appears to me that looping is the best way >to do it (except maybe to cue everything up with a sequencer and play it >at the proper times). I think with looping, I will be able to create >these things on the fly (I hope). You can certainly do this live! I'd not recommend the Switchblade... a splendid piece of kit but expensive. I have a ProMix 01V, <$1600 US, 16/24 inputs, 4 sends, 2 internal effects units, 40 compressors(!), 4 band parametric EQ on all inputs... and it's a fully digital mixer so you can just send a program change and have all the routing change in an instant! (I'm a WX-7 player myself so...) /t <http://ax.to/fortune>.........a new fortune every minute. <http://FortNY.com>..................Forteans of New York.