Re: loop deconstruction with Repeater

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Those are great ideas and you don't even have one yet!  Further proof 
that if you're a serious looper, you shouldn't be without a Repeater or 
EDP.

Mark

On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 08:45  PM, Duke Sexton wrote:

> At 08:23 PM 9/6/2002 -0700, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>> Wait, why are we thinking tracks?  Think Loops.  The Repeater let's 
>> you do up to 99 of 'em.  Why not just make each cord a loop?  That 
>> way, they could be put back together pretty easily in any order you'd 
>> like.
>
> Maybe even easier than that.  Since each loop can contain 4 tracks, 
> sample single notes into each track to make a single 4-note chord 
> voicing.  Then mute/unmute each track to revoice the chord.  For more 
> complex chords, sample a couple or three notes into each track.
>
> For instance, track 1 could contain a major triad, track 2 the tonic 
> transposed two octaves down, track 3 a major 7th note, and track 4 the 
> minor7th.  Now multiply that by 999 possible combinations.  And 
> perhaps add some tonal movement to each track rather than just static 
> notes.  Oh, and let's not forget the pitch transposition function on 
> top of all that.
>
> And... agh!  You mean I gotta wait another three weeks before getting 
> this thing out of layaway???  This sucks!!!  ;)
>
>         -c-
>
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